Ivybridge Town F.C.
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| Full name | Ivybridge Town Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Ivies, The Bridgers |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Ground | Erme Valley, Ivybridge |
| Capacity | 2,000 (116 seated) |
| Chairman | Dave Graddon (2012) |
| Manager | Nicky Marker |
| League | South West Peninsula League Premier Division |
| 2016–17 | South West Peninsula League Premier Division, 17th of 20 |
Ivybridge Town Football Club is an amateur football club based in Ivybridge, Devon, England and play in the South West Peninsula League Premier Division. Established in 1925, the club was a founder member of the Devon County League in 1992.
For the first decade of their membership of the County League, they were regular strugglers, finishing in the bottom half of the table for seven successive seasons. Since the turn of the millennium, they had become one of the stronger sides in the league, culminating in taking the title for the first time in the 2005–06 season.
Ivybridge Town play their home games at the Erme Valley, Ermington Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9ES, a multi-sport venue just across the main A38 dual carriageway to the south of the town with an average attendance of 50–100 for each game. Until 2010 it was one of the more basic venues in the League, and as such inhibited any ambitions to progress further up the National League System. This was also the reason they have yet to make their debut in national FA competitions
After a huge fundraising drive, contribution from generous sponsors and a grant from the Football Foundation the club redeveloped an area of Erme Valley to create a new pitch, complete with floodlights and spectator facilities much more in line with the requirements of league. The club opened their new "Erme Valley Stadium" in November 2010.
Unfortunately, the diversion of funds to the ground development project and a reduced budget for 2011–12 saw fortunes on the pitch take a dip with the first team battling for survival near the foot of the South West Peninsula League. Although technically finishing in one of the relegation positions in 19th, survival was secured after it was announced that Buckland Athletic F.C. would be promoted to the Western League, meaning only one team would be relegated from the South West Peninsula League Premier Division at the end of the 2011/12 season. That team was bottom-placed Royal Marines.
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