Rhodes 201 Posted July 8 An opportunity to start a thread on Pitstone & Ivinghoe with these photographs from a 2016/17 SSML Division Two fixture at home to Unite MK, at the Pitstone Recreation Ground on Saturday 29 October 2016, Unite MK won 4-2: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted July 9 Some interesting links from when anoraks have visited Pitstone & Ivinghoe's Recreation Ground over the years. In addition a link to Bucks TV from back in the day covering video footage of then supremo Jerry Diamond speaking after a 3-2 SSML Division Two win over Tring Corinthians on Monday 30 August 2010 and a pre-season friendly fixture with 'the mighty' Aylesbury United on Saturday 24 July 2010 which Pitstone & Ivinghoe also won 3-2, Aylesbury United turned up with the bare eleven players and Coach Glyn Creaser had to play in goal (interesting match report below): https://stevebthegroundhopper.blogspot.com/2018/08/pitstone-and-ivinghoe-v-bovingdon.html https://laurencereade.com/2014/04/13/the-beacon/ https://www.baldocktownfc.com/teams/6241/match-centre/0-4201246 http://hoppingacrossthepond.com/pitstone-ivinghoe-v-totternhoe/ https://www.buckstv.co.uk/category/sport/football-sport/pitstoneandivinghoefc/ Played at Pitstone Pavillion and Sports Pitch which is a couple of hundred yards from Pitstone's normal ground, the ground is usually used by Pitstone & Ivinghoe and Cheddington United of the Aylesbury & District League. It is more or less on the site of the old Castle Cement ground My headcount was 90 many of whom were from Aylesbury. The teamsheet which was included in the £1 admission was worth 20p or 30p on it's own. Good catering at the ground, teas and coffee 40p each, plus the club was doing hot food, burgers etc. Pitstone put on a good show at this temporary venue and to be fair every time I see them play I find their officals a very friendly and helpful bunch. Pitstone were two nil up but Aylesbury got two goals back in the minutes leading upto half-time. The 2nd period was even to start with but Aylesbury began to tire and the last quarter of the game was all Pitstone. Aylesbury had a man "sin-binned" late in the second half and by this time they had managed to find a sub, it looked as though they may have ended up with 13 players but a few minutes prior to the game kicking off they had only nine men present at the ground. And at the start of play as quoted the very bare XI. A few of them did not look SSML Premier standard. In the week I saw that despite cutting everything back to the bone Aylesbury United are very much in debt, rumour today was that manager Tony Joyce has not been seen at the clubs pre-season games. A club in crisis was one quote. Five years ago to the day I visited Buckingham Road for a friendly against Oxford United, the crowd given that day was 605 but after the event Aylesbury fans claimed on an unofficial website that it was in fact much bigger and one report said they thanked the 900 to 1,000 Oxford fans for attending, in the crowd of 605! The crowd that day was certainly way above 605 and certain remarks were made on the Website about the then chairman, when I visited later in the season nearly all the players from the start of the season had left and Aylesbury were fielding a number of youth players, in the last five years things have gone from bad to worst for the Ducks and on today's showing sadly they still seem to be on the way down. The Pavillion ground which rumour has it Pitstone and Ivinghoe would like to move to is still some way short of staging senior football, four metres in fact. The pitch is to short, to get it to the correct length either a wooden electricity pylon would have to be moved at one end of the pitch, this would cost around £20,000, or the land behind the near goal would have to be leveled to create extra yardage between said goal and the dressing room complex, this would cost £5,000. To build a bar and function room on the ground would cost £150,000. The club have approached the football foundation for advise and to see if they could get any funding, but it appears they can't. As a club Pitstone do not have much in the bank themselves. The ground at present is quite acceptable, it's enclosed so a gate can be taken, there is room for two pitches at the current length and there is a tea room and good dressing rooms and for todays game the pitch was roped on two and a half sides. There is a reasonable car park outside the complex. One can only hope Aylesbury United can survive what appears to be yet more problems for the club, though they do still seem quite well supported. The Pitstone assitant manager for this season is Banjo Malcolm, ex Milton United, Launton Sports and Ardley United. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted July 9 YouTube action from Pitstone & Ivinghoe v The 61 FC Luton on Saturday 16 February 2019 in a 2018/19 SSML Division Two fixture, Pitstone & Ivinghoe won the game 2-1, the first half and second half are in separate links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlBmp6mNvW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfpEnpA_ElE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted July 9 YouTube action from Pitstone & Ivinghoe v Aston Clinton on Saturday 26 January 2019 in a 2018/19 SSML Division Two fixture, Aston Clinton won the game 4-1, the first half and second half are in separate links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvE945RuQfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0K0Ct_j4E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted July 9 YouTube action from Pitstone & Ivinghoe v MK Gallacticos on Saturday 23 February 2019 in a 2018/19 SSML Division Two fixture, Pitstone & Ivinghoe won the game 1-0, the first half and second half are in separate links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOqkXIYhrE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbwDfrIsjm0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted July 9 Pitstone & Ivinghoe appear to have pulled their Development side out of the North Bucks & District League Intermediate Division for next season after just one uncompleted campaign where they were lying in sixth place when the curtain came down in March: North Bucks & District League Intermediate Division 2019/20 POS TEAM PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Willen First 15 11 0 4 59 25 34 33 2 Deanshanger Athletic First 14 10 1 3 49 35 14 31 3 Blisworth James King Reserves 14 7 3 4 30 26 4 24 4 Grendon Rangers Reserves 12 7 2 3 38 16 22 23 5 Twyford United First 13 6 2 5 33 34 -1 20 6 Pitstone & Ivinghoe United Development 15 6 2 7 35 42 -7 20 7 AFC Santander Saturday 11 5 2 4 26 17 9 17 8 Hanslope Reserves 10 4 1 5 24 19 5 13 9 Unite MK Reserves 14 4 1 9 27 57 -30 13 10 Buckingham United Reserves 14 4 0 10 40 54 -14 12 11 New Bradwell St Peter FC Reserves 12 4 0 8 22 42 -20 12 12 Mursley United Development 14 3 2 9 27 43 -16 11 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted July 23 Good news for Pitstone & Ivinghoe: Pitstone Parish Council and Pitstone & Ivinghoe United Football Club are delighted to announce that the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) are to provide grant funding of up to £35,924 towards the refurbishment and extension of their pavilion in Pitstone. The development includes new changing and community facilities, covered walkway and viewing area, turnstile access, outdoor equipment stores, office and car park improvements. These elements will meet the requirements of the football league and bring the club one step further down the road of being able to realise their ambitions of promotion. The club and parish council are most grateful for all the support received from both the FSIF and all their other grant funders. Funded with £6.5m each year from the Premier League, the FSIF – the sister organisation of the Football Foundation – is the country’s largest provider of grants towards projects that help improve the comfort and safety of lower league football grounds in both the professional and amateur game. These improvements range from new football stands and turnstiles to floodlighting and improved provision for disabled supporters. Both the Parish Council and Pitstone & Ivinghoe United Football Club, along with their other partners and site users, look forward to inviting members of the public to view the new facilities once the work is complete. https://pitstoneandivinghoefc.co.uk/news/pitstone-scores-with-£36-000-grant-win Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted August 7 Pitstone & Ivinghoe Development go into Division One of the Bedfordshire County League this coming season, they didn't appear too keen on the North Bucks & District League: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted August 13 Pitstone & Ivinghoe Reserves are one of the new teams in a new look Division One of the Bedfordshire County League for the forthcoming campaign after a brief flirtation with the North Bucks & District League last season, the format looks a little bit confusing though and surely not ideal, make of it what you will: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted August 20 Pitstone & Ivinghoe's Reserve team have been placed in Division One 'B' of the Bedfordshire County League, arguably the more difficult of the two divisions, and they will meet The 61 FC (Luton) Reserves and Ampthill Town Development. The Club didn't seem to take to the North Bucks & District League Intermediate Division last season and departed after just one uncompleted campaign due to the Coronavirus descending on us when lying in a respectable sixth place: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted August 20 Is this correct or has it been overtaken by recent events and spectators will be allowed at Saturday's friendly fixture with Chipperfield Corinthians at Marsworth Road: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted September 1 Pitstone & Ivinghoe will be all dressed up with nowhere to go on the first day of the new SSML Division Two season (Saturday 19 September) as they are without a fixture however the following Saturday they travel to the Recreation Ground to play New Bradwell St Peter for what is also a meeting of the so called 'Windmill Club's'. Last season Pitstone & Ivinghoe won 2-1 at the Recreation Ground in November in a close contest where a needless New Bradwell St Peter dismissal was the difference, New Bradwell St Peter had already surprisingly won 3-0 at Marsworth Road in August however Pitstone & Ivinghoe had rather an odd start to their campaign, for example losing 7-1 at home to MK Gallacticos and then beating The 61 FC (Luton) 9-1 just a week later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted September 14 (edited) Pitstone & Ivinghoe Reserves will kick off their Bedfordshire County League Division One 'B' campaign with a visit to The 61 FC (Luton) Reserves on Saturday 3 October, kick off 2.30pm, they are then on the road again to Bedford SA the following week followed by yet another awayday to Stopsley United on Saturday 17 October, this may be due to the facilities at the Recreation Ground being upgraded following the £35,924 in funding gratefully received by the Club from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF). Strangely Pitstone & Ivinghoe Reserves do not appear to be involved in the Bedfordshire FA Intermediate Challenge Cup, with First Round ties taking place on Saturday 26 September, so the team will be able to go to watch the First team perform at New Bradwell St Peter that afternoon in their first fixture of the SSML Division 2 campaign. Edited September 14 by Rhodes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes 201 Posted September 16 On 01/09/2020 at 03:16, Rhodes said: Pitstone & Ivinghoe will be all dressed up with nowhere to go on the first day of the new SSML Division Two season (Saturday 19 September) as they are without a fixture Pitstone & Ivinghoe have arranged a friendly fixture for their First team against AFC Oakley M&DH to compensate for drawing the short straw on Saturday and not being given an opening SSML Division Two fixture, the Reserve side, who don't start their Bedfordshire County League Division One 'B' campaign until Saturday 3 October, also have a friendly against fellow Division One 'B' AFC Oakley M&DH Reserves: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
