ASHBY FC
CLUB OFFICIALS
Chairman: David Morris Directors: Jon Emmerson & Neil Johnson Club President: David Morris
Vice Chairman: Bryan Smith
Vice President: Charlie Tissington Snr
Senior & Matchday Secretary: Stuart Mann
Junior Secretary: Steph Rawden
Finance Manager: Derrick Barrett
Groundsman: Ian Irving
Facilities Manager: Dave Buckley
Interim CWO: Chris Wood
Supporters Club Chairman: Mick Buckley
Website & Programme Editor: Ryan Johnson
Head of Social Media & Marketing: Ryan Morris
Matchday PA: Mick Buckley
Turnstile And Pay Kiosk Operator: Liam Rawden
Lifetime Members: Keith Wright, Charlie Tissington Jnr
Head Of Girls & Ladies Football: Neil Crowder
Head Of Junior Football: Mark Scrivener
Girls Secretary: Sade Palmer
Community Liaison Officer: Dean O’Shea
FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT
Manager: Andy Gray Coaches: Pete Dunn & Chris Wood
Goal Keepers Coach: Rob Lawrence
Matchday Co-Ordinator: Lee Barratt
RESERVE TEAM MANAGEMENT
Knights Manager: Shaun Hession
MIDWEEK FLOODLIT UNDER 18's
Manager: Conrad Corrolan
GROUND STAFF
Mark Pepper, David Buckley
Tel: 01530 413140
CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME
David Morris gives his latest thoughts ahead of today's match
FIRST TEAM UPDATE
Andy Gray gives his latest thoughts ahead of today's match
FIRST TEAM LEAGUE TABLE & GOALSCORERS
Latest fixtures update
IN OPPOSITION
Read about Heath Hayes history SOCCER SCHOOL
Boys and girls aged 4-7 years.
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KIDS CORNER
Quiz's, puzzles, competitions and more to keep the kids busy
LOTTERY
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CLUB HISTORY
A brief history of Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club
Email: info@ashbyivanhoefc.co.uk Website: www.ashbyivanhoefc.co.uk
NFU Sports Ground, Lower Packington Road, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 1TS
CHAIRMAN'S WELCOME
Good afternoon and welcome to The NFU Sports Ground for the last home game of the season…….or is it ? The last 3 tremendous performances have secured our play off place and now it’s a question of which position we finish in as to who we will play. To explain Atherstone are Champions and rightfully so (a crowd of 550+ watched last week’s game !!) , although I have to point out they didn’t beat us over our 2 games this season. Darlaston are currently 2nd, Stapenhill 3rd ourselves in 4th and Dudley Town in 5th, 2nd play 5th at their home ground and 3rd play 4th at their home ground, those games take place on Tuesday 3rd May with the final on Saturday 7th at the home ground of the highest placed club, simple eh !!
Away at Bilston last week the boys fronted up against a hostile crowd, rock hard pitch and aggressive opponents and came away with another victory, great credit must go to Andy and his coaching staff in the way he has managed the team over the last few months which puts us in such an exciting position !
Lots of positive developments going on behind the scenes at the club at the moment so over the Summer keep your eye on the social media feeds to see what’s going on, one sad note to report is that after many years of dedicated service working on the pitch and around the ground Ian Irving has decided to hang up his strimmer. Ian has been at the football club almost every day for the last few years and we couldn’t have asked for a better servant to the club over this time, Ian you are a Gentleman Sir and
everyone at the club thanks you for your service and hopes to see you at the club whenever you fancy a Speckled Hen, best wishes to you.
Welcome to Heath Hayes Football Club, hope you enjoy your time in Ashby de la Zouch, best wishes to Andy and the team today, thank you all for your support this season it’s much appreciated by everyone at the football club.
Enjoy the game and come on Ivanhoe, make us dream !!!!
Dave ChairmanPs – if you are visiting the ground by car please DO NOT OBSTRUCT the junction to Cambrian Way by parking on the grass/ path verge as this is both dangerous and you could get a fixed penalty notice from the Council and or Police.
FIRST TEAM UPDATE
Hello and welcome all.
We've played four games since my last notes.
Our first was the 3-1 defeat of Wolverhampton Sporting I hope that those of you who saw the game were impressed with the performance. After their equaliser we remained calm and continued to play football and eventually overcame our opponents.
Our next game was away to Darlaston who were second in the league. We knew that we needed a point to secure our playoff place but we had no intention of playing for a draw.
Our attitude was fantastic and we outplayed them for the majority of the game and ran out 0-1 winners.
The result was a statement of intention.
We then saw the visit of the champions Atherstone Town. In my opinion they have been worthy winners and we hope of course to join them in promotion from our league. The 1-1 draw was the same result and scoreline as our last encounter and we are the only team who are undefeated against them this season. I thought we were the better team in both games but I was again pleased with our attitude and performance.
Our last game was a tough 1-2 victory at Bilston Town. Our opposition certainly made it a tough
encounter. We kept playing our style of football but had to dig deep to secure the points. A pleasing victory as Bilston offered a very different challenge compared with previous games.
Overall taking 10 of the 12 points on offer in those four games has not only firmly secured our playoff place but also shown us, and others that we can more than compete with the teams at the top of the league.
Today we see the visit of Heath Hayes. We certainly aim to overturn the result from our visit to their's earlier in the season.
Enjoy the game and thanks in advance for your support.
Regards, Andy Gray
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IN OPPOSITION TODAY HEATH HAYES
The club was established in 1965 as Heath Hayes United, breaking away from the Heath Hayes Co-op Youth Club. They initially played in the Cannock Youth League, before joining Division Two of the Cannock Chase League for their second season. The club were soon promoted to Division One and then the Premier Division. After moving their base from the Five Ways Inn to the Constitutional Club, the club was renamed Heath Hayes Cons. They won the Premier Division of the Cannock Chase League in 1971–72 and 1972–73, and subsequently moved up to the Mid-Staffordshire League and then the Staffordshire County League (South).
Heath Hayes were Staffordshire County League (South) Division One champions in 1976–77 and were promoted to the Premier Division. They won the league's Premier Trophy in 1986–87 and went on to win the Premier Division title the following season. After retaining the Premier Division title in 1988–89 and returning to the Five Ways Inn in 1989, the club adopted their current name and moved up to the Staffordshire Senior League. In 1994 the league was renamed the Midland League, with Heath Hayes becoming members of Division One. In 1996 the club transferred to Division One North of the West Midlands (Regional) League. They were Division One North champions in 1998–99 season, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
In 2001–02 Heath Hayes won the Staffordshire Senior Vase with a 3–0 win
over Alsager Town in the final. In 2006 the club transferred to the Premier Division of the Midland Combination. They won the Staffordshire Senior Vase again in 2008–09, beating Ball Haye Green 2–1 in the final. After winning the Premier Division title in 2009–10 the club were promoted to the Midland Alliance.
In 2014 the Midland Alliance and Midland Combination merged to form a new Midland League, with Heath Hayes placed in the Premier Division. However, they finished bottom of the division in the league's inaugural season and were relegated to Division One. The 2015–16 season saw the club win the final edition of the Staffordshire Senior Vase when they beat Lichfield City 4–0 in the final.
Honours
Midland Combination
Premier Division champions 2009–10
West Midlands (Regional) League Division One North champions 1998–99
Cannock Chase League
Premier Division winners 1971–72, 1972–73
Staffordshire County League (South) Premier Division champions 1987–88, 1988–89
Division One champions 1976–77 Premier Trophy Winners 1986–87
Staffordshire Senior Vase Winners 2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16
CLUB HISTORY
Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club was founded in 1948 and play their home matches at the NFU Sports Ground, Lower Packington Road, Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire. This is the clubs new home from the beginning of the 2012/2013 season. Since being founded in 1948 up until the end of the 2011/2012 season the clubs previous home was at Hood Park also in Ashby de la Zouch.
The club currently consists of Two adult teams and Twelve sides in the Junior section. The first team play in the Midland Football League Division One, with the Knights in the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division. In the 2008/2009 season the club formed a Youth Team (Under 18’s) side who play in the Leicestershire Midweek Floodlit Youth League on Wednesday nights. A Sunday team was reintroduced for this season and they play in the Burton Sunday League Division Four.
The club’s junior sides ranging from Under 7’s through to Under 18’s play in the Burton Junior Football League and the Tamworth Junior Football Leagues. The junior section came after the club merged with the David Hunt Soccer School at the beginning of the 2009/2010 season.
In February 2004, Ashby Ivanhoe became an FA Charter Standard football club. The club is very ambitious and has plans to progress further up the league pyramid system. The club is run by an experienced management team and enjoys the support of some very prestigious commercial partners.
Ashby Ivanhoe had one of their most successful seasons in 2010/11 as they completed a league and cup double by winning the Leicestershire Senior League by nine points and also lifted the Coalville Charity Cup for the very first time after producing a superb second half comeback to beat Bardon Hill 3-2 in the final. They have
also reached successive Leicestershire Senior Cup finals in 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 but had to settle for runners-up on both occasions losing 3-1, firstly to Ibstock United and then Aylestone Park.
The 2013/2014 season saw the first team achieve a long-term ambition as they won promotion into the Step 6 of the Pyramid system playing in the East Midlands Counties League for the 2014/2015 season after finishing third place in the Leicestershire Senior League. It was a close title race with the top three all finishing level on points with Ashby third on goal difference. The Reserves were also promoted to the Leicestershire Senior League Division One.
2014/2015 saw Ashby compete at Step 6 for the first time and they had a very good season and secured a top six finish in the East Midlands Counties League which featured victories against all of the sides above them. The Reserve side were involved in a tight title race and it went down to a last day decider against Lutterworth Athletic Reserves but despite the result going against them on the day they were still promoted for the second season in succession and will play at Step 7 in the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division for 2015/2016.
2015/2016 saw Ashby have another fine season and they mounted a strong title challenge and they led the East Midlands Counties League for the majority of the season before finally finishing in third place. That saw them assured of a first ever appearance in the FA Cup for the 2016/2017 season where the aim again will be to push for promotion to Step 5.
The 2016-17 season was the most memorable in the history of Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club. For the very first time in the clubs history they were accepted to play in the most famous club competition in the world, The FA Cup. It turned into a thrilling journey with higher
CLUB HISTORY
ranked opponents of Quorn and Loughborough Dynamo knocked out before Ashby fell to Ilkeston in the 1st Qualifying Round. Prior to the Ilkeston defeat Ashby received a visit from the FA Cup which was paraded through the town centre visiting local sponsors before players and spectators had the opportunity to view the cup at the NFU Sports Ground.
The league season was inconsistent with a strong finish to the season seeing the team finish in tenth place. The season did end with a first appearance in the final of the Jenkins & Jenkins League Cup but Dunkirk overturned a one goal deficit late on to see Ashby end as runners-up.
The 2017-18 season saw the 1st team finish Seventeenth in the East midland Counties and the Reserves finished in the bottom Two and relegation to Division One.
2018-19 saw the 1st team finish in the bottom half of the East Midlands Counties Football League and The Reserves now called the Knights finish runners up in the Senior League Division One and promoted back to step 7 in the Senior League Premier Division.
In the 2019-20 season Ashby first team faced a fresh challenge when they were moved to the Midland Premier League Division one by the FA in a shake up of the NLS, the season as we all know was expunged due to the pandemic. The
Reserves league also had all results expunged.
As a club we are now looking to but our ground and have since the end of the previous season become a CIC club.
CLUB HONOURS
East Midlands Counties Football League League Cup Runners Up: 2016/2017
Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division Champions: 2010/2011 Division One Runners Up: 2007/2008
North Leicestershire Football League Premier Division Champions: 1994/1995, 1996/1997 1998/1999, 2002/2003 Premier Division Runners-Up: 1997/1998, 2004/2005
Cobbin Trophy Winners: 1996/1997
Chairmans Shield Winners: 1995/1996, 1996/1997
Leicestershire Senior Cup Runners Up: 2011/2012, 2012/2013
Coalville Charity Cup Winners: 2010/2011 Runners Up: 2002/2003
ASHBY IVANHOE
MANAGER: Andy Gray ASSISTANT Pete Dunn COACHES: Chris Wood & Shaun Hession Rob Lawrance Lee Barratt
PHYSIO: Elise Watts
Chris Acott
Jacob Conkay
Liam Donaghy Ryan Dowling Hayden Grifiths (GK)
James Grouse
Sam Grouse Sam Hankin Jack Hession Macauley Holmes Nathan McAllister Ross McGarry Jack Robinson William Robson Fortune Sibanda Harry Stewart Liam Storer Ross Thomas Luke Thorogood Gabe Webster Tyler Williamson (GK) Jordan Wilson Thomas Winfield
HEATH HAYES
MANAGER: Adam Robinson
Rhys Bills
Nashawn Blake Cameron Bliss Chance Bowen Alister Brauns Hayden Brown Jamie brown Ryan Burns Scott Cooper Jordan Dodd Thomas Faulkner Alexander Forde Mark Giles Issacc Hall Matthew Hardiman
Ben Harvey Thomas Howard Jordan Hunt Adam Jenkins Connor Leek Charles Marshall Daniel McLeod Samuel Mellor
MATCH OFFICIALS Harry James Ryan Haynes - Martin Chilver