AFC SUDBURY PROGRAMME NOTES 19th October 2024

 

Dear Supporter

The Trust has donated £150 to the Club in memory of long-time Poppies fan and former Trust Board member, Barry Medlock who sadly died recently.  Barry was a big fan of the Poppies and we could think of no better way of donating this money in his memory.  Rest in peace Barry.

Both WORKING TOGETHER boards are pretty much full now.  Board No 1 can be seen on the far side of the ground above the fence near the dug outs.  Board No 2 will be placed there in the next couple of weeks. 

You can add your name by joining the Poppies Trust. POPPIES TRUST: MEMBERSHIP (ktfctrust30.blogspot.com); membership is £10, adding your name will be a further £10.  Life membership is £100.

Alternatively, scan this QR code.

We will be ending this initiative at the end of October, so still time to add your name to the board.

The Trust has been raising money via  for some time now  We have raised over a £1000.  It is an easy way to shop.  All you need to do os go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ketteringtownpoppiessupporterstrust and join for free.  Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.  After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to the Trust for no extra cost whatsoever!  The Club has recently launched this initiative.  It will work the same for the Club and those details can be found on the Club’s media outlets.  No matter which page you go to, ultimately the money raised will go to the Club in one way or another.

Today we welcome AFC Sudbury to Latimer Park.  Last season they and the Poppies were battling to avoid the drop – both teams eventually survived with us doing the double over Sudbury and Hitchin dropping like a stone.  Two things to mention about Sudbury – one: the spicy bean nachos I had from their snack bar at the away game last season – absolutely bloomin’ delicious!  And two, earlier this season, whilst on holiday in Suffolk, me and the other half went to watch Sudbury play at Leiston.  It was an entertaining game with Leiston running out 3-2 winners – no spicy bean nachos at Leiston though!

Our poor Trophy record continued when we fell at the first hurdle at home to Gainsborough Trinity.  Shame, as those of us lucky enough to have been to one or both of our Trophy finals will know how reaching a final brings a whole town together – the excitement and anticipation of reaching the non-league equivalent of the FA Cup is a feeling that does not leave you.  Players get to play and possibly score on the hallowed turf.  This is something that we were reminded of for those of us who were able to attend the Craig Norman/Colin Vowden evening recently.  Both players played and scored in the 2000 Trophy Final – it was a lovely to reminisce and what great memories for those two players – and something that will always be written in the history book for the players, the Club and the FA Trophy.

The glamour of the FA Cup is more enticing for a lot of fans.  A chance to get some national coverage and possibly a cup upset – plenty of which we have experienced over the years.  Don’t get me wrong – I have no problem with that.  I have lived through a few of those upsets – but is it wrong to want an FA Trophy run and an FA Cup run?!

Thanks for all your support.

Supporters Trust

Kettering Town (Poppies) Supporters Trust, PO Box 6492, Kettering, NN16 0YT

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Trust Board Members:  Karen Spencer-Lewis (Chair), Mark Severn (Treasurer),

Richard Atkinson (Vice Chairman), Bill Pringle, Lewis Horne, Martin Bellamy, Dave Tailby and Ed Palmer.