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On Sunday 3rd August, City Supporters, Neil Harvey and John Aves will be embarking on a "History Triathlon" visiting every venue that Cambridge Town/City called home for a competitive league game since their formation in 1908....
"We will start our journey with a swim in the One Leisure pool in St. Ives, followed by cycling to Cambridge via Histon and visiting all the grounds/venues that City/Town used for competitive league matches and then onto the Salisbury Arms Pub (where the inaugural meeting to form the club took place in 1908) and finishing by running from the pub to our new stadium in Sawston.
We are primarily undertaking this challenge for our own satisfaction and curiosity, but at the same time, we would like to raise some funds for the whole club.
We will cover a distance of around 30 miles and if you would like to make a donation, donations will be split between our Cambridge City Youth Boys & Girls, Par Ability team, Women & Men's teams and a donation to British Heart Foundation.
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Enjoy your summer break and see you next season for what we all hope will be a successful season as the club continues to make progress in the 'rebirth' at Sawston.
Up the Lilywhites.''
John & Neil
You can view their route in the pictures above, as well as see a photo of John & Neil standing at our old stadium on Milton Road in 2021, when they walked from Milton Road to Sawston.
Neil is known to many as our Historian, you ask him about something he will more than likely be able to tell you dates and detail. Neil grew up just over a mile from the old ground at Milton Road and started going on a regular basis in the late 1970's. My interest in the history of the club started in the early 1980's when working in the same office as a former Cambridge City player called Brian Holmes. Brian would happily talk about his playing days in the late 1940's into the early 1950's, but his favourite story was about the day he saw the former Everton & England striker Dixie Dean play at Milton Road during World War Two. Intrigued by this tale, I went to Cambridge Central Library and found the match report from the game - Cambridge Town won 15-1 and Dixie Dean scored eight goals! From that moment on I was hooked on the history of the club.
Over the years I have sold programmes (and still do!), managed the club shop, had a spell on the tannoy and was a turnstile operator as well. I was also very fortunate to turn out for the reserves on a handful of occasions in the late 1980's during their days in the Essex & Herts Border Combination. I am currently a Trust Director and before that was on the Supporters Club Committee.
John attended his first game in 1962 when we played Norwich City (John's other passion) and has done lots of jobs at the Club over the years club and company director, finance director, club physio, supporters club and trust committee, programme editor and currently volunteering with the Wednesday ground maintenance group!
Good Luck Gents and Thank you for your support!