Poppies Back in Cup Action: Match Preview FA Trophy St Ives Town vs. KTFC

In the absence of any home league fixtures during October, Kettering Town are back in cup action with the away visit to the Quattro-Tech Westwood Road to play St Ives Town in the Isuzu FA Trophy third round qualifying fixture to compete for a place in the next round.

With Will Glennon making a return to his former club, the Poppies face another trial by combat on an artificial pitch a surface which KTFC sides over the past few seasons have often failed to perform at their best. However, The Ives are already out of the Emirates FA Cup, beaten 2-0 away at Berkhamsted but have only lost once in their past five matches at Halesowen 1-0, a result sandwiched between two wins (away at Bromsgrove 0-4 and 2-0 versus AFC Sudbury) and two draws 2-2 away at Leiston and the latest game 1-1 at home vs Bishop’s Stortford. St Ives lie in tenth place in the league only three points off the playoff places and four points behind the Poppies in second.

Last time out in the FA Trophy the sides faced each other in 2023 in a game which saw St Ives progress to the First Round Proper 2-3 thanks to a freak own goal, as well as efforts from Jonny Edwards and Michael Richens which cancelled out goals from Tyrone Lewthwaite and Sam Bennett.

In the event the game is level at the end of 90 minutes, the team progressing to the First Round Proper will be decided via a penalty shootout.

There will be 64 ties with winning clubs at this stage receiving £2450 from the competition prize fund while losing teams will get £625.

Enjoy the game.

ST IVES TOWN

Season V Comp F-A Att: Poppies Scorers

2013-14 H CLD1C 4-1 536 Clifton, Ogbonna, Moreman, Thorpe

A CLD1C 1-0 449 Hamilton

H FAT1Q 0-1 609

2014-15 H ESLD1C 5-0 645 Hall, Ogbonna, Solkhon.3

A ESLD1C 0-0 537

2015-16 A FAT1Q 1-0 325 Mulligan

2016-17 H ESP 1-1 483 O’Connor

A ESP 7-0 495 Brighton, Weir-Daley.4 (1p), Howe, Carvalho

2017-18 H ESP 4-1 499 O’Connor, Howe, Milnes, Hoenes

A ESP 4-3 354 Milnes, Solkhon.2, Richens

2018-19 H ESLSPC 0-3 653
A ESLSPC 2-1 639 O’Connor, Hoenes

2023-24 H PISLPC 1-1 871 Lewthwaite

A PISLPC 0-6 512

A FAT3Q 2-3 351 Lewthwaite, Bennett

2024-25 H PISLPC 2-3 1169 Fifield, Noel-Williams (p)

A PISLPC 2-1 471 Fifield (p), White

A FAC3Q 3-0 681 Ranger, Andrade, Miller

POPPIES WINS: 10 GOALS FOR: 39

SAINTS WINS: 5 GOALS AGAINST: 25

DRAWS 3

Most goals in a game for the Poppies v St Ives Town (4)

Spencer Weir-Daley (2016-17)

Most goals in career Poppies v St Ives Town (5)

Brett Solkhon

Played for both clubs (37)

Assistant manager at both clubs (1)

Mitch Austin.

League debuts (5)

Jamie Tricks 26:08:13 (a)

Ben Toseland 12:09:17 (a)

Josiah Bridgeman 28:08:23 (h)

Bruno Andrade 26:12:23 (a)

Nile Ranger 09:09:24 (a)

Club debuts (1)

Jonathan Bukasa 19:10:13 (h) FA Trophy

Kettering Town players sent off v St Ives Town (3)

Luca Purse 2023-24 (a)

Dan Holman 2018-19 (h) Rescinded

Alistair Worby 2013-14 (h) GK

St Ives Town players sent off v Kettering Town (1)

Aaron Smith 2023-24 (h)

Poppies players who have scored against Kettering Town (2)

Sam Cartwright, Michael Richens.

Poppies players to score an own goal v St Ives Town (1)

Gary Stohrer 2023-24 (a) FAT

ST IVES TOWN

Manager Ricky Marheineke

Ground Quattro tech Westwood Road

Nickname The Ives

Position in League 10^th – 13pts from 10 games

Top League scorer 3 – Michael Richens

Form last 5 league WWLDD 8pts

The Ives so far…….

Date		Comp	Opposition	R	F-A	Att	Goalscorers
Aug	9	PISLPC	Barwell	L	2-3		Chong, Dobson
Aug	11	PISLPC	Stamford AFC	W	1-0	352	Alexandrou
Aug	16	PISLPC	Stourbridge	D	2-2	228	Richens, Johnston
Aug	23	PISLPC	Harborough Town	L	0-2
Aug	25	PISLPC	Real Bedford	D	0-0	347
Aug	31	FAC1Q	Berkhamsted	L	0-2
Sep	6	PISLPC	Bromsgrove Sporting	W	4-0		Creary, Adams, Meade, Hadi
Sep	8	PISLPC	AFC Sudbury	W	2-0	283	Richens, Cross
Sep	20	PISLPC	Halesowen Town	L	0-1
Sep	23	PISLPC	Leiston	D	2-2		Williams, Hadi
Sep	27	PISLPC	Bishop’s Stortford	D	1-1	292	Richens (p)