Huntingdon Town

Ground
The Hunters Stadium, Jubilee Park, Kings Ripton Road, Sapley, PE28 2NU

Club History

The club was formed in 1980 under the name Montagu FC by former

secretary Russell Yezek, before being renamed to Sun FC. In 1995, the club

was renamed to its current name, Huntingdon Town, following a move

from the West Anglian League to the Cambridgeshire League, and entered

the Cambs League Division 2B for the 1996-97 season. The club committee

had decided it wanted to progress through local football, and chose to

resurrect the then-defunct Huntingdon Town name, the name formerly

used until the 1940’s by a Huntingdon-based team that then merged with

Huntingdon Wanderers to form Huntingdon United in 1948.

The club was promoted from Division 2B to 1B in 1997-98, before winning

Division 1B in 1999-2000, as well as winning the Huntingdon Junior Cup.

The following year, the club retained the Hunts Junior Cup, but was

defeated in the Hunts Scott Gatty Cup. The 2001-02 season saw more

success, with the club going one step better to win the Scott Gatty Cup,

and retaining the Hunts Junior Cup for the third year in a row. The club

also finished runners up in the Cambs League Senior B Division and the

Percy Oldham Cup in that season. In 2003, the club moved to its current-

day home, Jubilee Park (presently known as Hunters Stadium), which

allowed work to be undertaken on facility upgrades needed to continue the

clubs progression through the Leagues.

The new clubhouse was opened for the 2009-10 season, at a cost of £1.1 million. The

only on-field success this season was the U18 side, who won the treble, the league, the

League Cup and the County Cup. 2010-11 was an up-and-down year, with the team

starting the season slowly until Ricky Marheineke & Paul Swannell took charge in

February 2011, with the team sitting third bottom, and eventually guided the club to

5th by the end of the season. The pair built on this success in their first full season,

2011-12, storming to the United Counties League Division 1 title, scoring over 100 goals

along the way, with Marheineke winning two Manager of the Month awards. Town

also reached the semi-finals of the Hinchingbrooke Cup but lost 3-0 to St Neots Town.

2011-12 also saw a 50-seater stand erected. 2012-13 saw Town finish a lofty 4th in

their first season in the Premier Division, scoring over 100 goals, and reaching the

final of the Hunts Senior Cup, however the club were beaten on penalties after a 0-0

draw, once again to St Neots Town. The second 50-seater stand was erected.

In 2013-14 Town finished 2nd in the league, but won the league KO cup and the

Hinchingbrooke Cup for the first time.

2014-15 and 2015-16 were far more difficult campaigns, with the club staving off

relegation in 2014-15, before finishing rock bottom in 2015-16, however Town were

reprieved from relegation by circumstance. 2015-16 also saw the loss of the Reserve

and U18 teams by the end of the season. Town finished bottom of the league again in

2016-17, and this time were relegated to Division 1, however the U18 team was

restarted during the season.

Town finished 12th in Division 1 in its first season back (2017-18), but reached the final

of the Hinchingbrooke Cup.

2018-19 was another tough campaign for the club, finishing 3rd bottom. 2019-20

looked like more of the same, although investments were made to improve the pitch

and other facilities at Jubilee Park. The club was 2nd bottom, however, when

lockdown hit, and the season was suspended. 2020-21 was another curtailed season,

with the club 10th when the season was suspended again. The club transferred to the

Eastern Counties League Division 1 for 2021-22.

The club finished 7th in the ECL Division 1 in both 2021-22 and 2022-23, before being

transferred again, to the Spartan South Midlands League Division One for 2023-24.

Under the new ownership of Richard Maxwell, and with a new coaching staff, ethos

and new players, the club finished 14th in the league in the first season of the new era,

and with more upgrades and facility improvements during the off-season, are

optimistic for a strong 2024-25 campaign.

Huntingdon Town Reserves
Division: Saturday Division Two
Home Colours: Red
Alternate Colours: Yellow
Manager: Rhys Leggett
Manager Email: rhysleggett@hotmail.com
Manager Contact Number: 07710833227

Huntingdon Town Veterans
Division: Veterans South Division
Home Colours: Red and Black
Alternate Colours: Blue and Black
Manager: Phil Meacham
Manager Email: philmeacham@hotmail.co.uk
Manager Contact Number: 07702409586