Dear Supporter
It’s that time of year when we enjoy time with our
family and friends and reflect on the year that is just about to end. From a footballing perspective the Poppies
have definitely had a year of two halves.
At one point early in the year, we faced the reality that we could get
relegated for a second season in a row.
It could have happened – no team is immune; why would we be any
different? Fans often say “that was the
worst game I have ever seen” – last season not a truer word was spoken after
the defeat away to St Ives. Luckily for
us Ritchie stepped in and appointed Richard Lavery who did what he had to do to
keep us in this League. First half of
they year over.
Mid-year George, Nadiya and Fabian walked into the
Club and breathed new life into it. And
what new life, so far, it has been. Who
could have even dreamt that we would be this high up in the League with a great
cup run thrown into the mix – no-one that’s for sure. There will be bumps along the way, that’s
football. But there is renewed vigour
and hope around the Club and we can’t ask for more than that.
It is also the time of year when we remember loved
ones who are no longer with us. Within
the Poppies community we have lost “loved ones” this year. I lost my Dad at the beginning of the
year. He was a Poppies fan for many
years and served on the Social Club Committee.
We travelled to away games on the Travel Club coach together when Hamish
Young ran it. Sadly, Hamish died
recently. Lots has been written about
him – larger than life is the most common thread! Indeed he was! As well as running the Travel Club he ran the
Tin Hat Social Club for a while along with his wife Shirley. He was also at the forefront in the Mark
English days/formation of the Trust and I remember him leading a pitch side
protest against said peron away at
Slough when a lot of fans realised that Mark English’s intentions were not good
ones. For a real insight into the man
that was Hamish, read the PATGOD article which sums him up perfectly. With their permission I have used the closing
paragraph of the article: “So RIP Hamish, a legend in your own (extended)
lunchtime and a bit part of what made KTFC enjoyable back in the day. A lot of us would settle for even a fraction
of that.”
Our thoughts are with everyone who has lost a loved
one. As a wise man once said (Bruce
Springsteen!), we grieve because we have loved well.
The Trust would also like to wish everyone a Merry
Christmas and a peaceful new year.
Karen Spencer-Lewis
Supporters Trust
Kettering Town (Poppies) Supporters
Trust, PO Box 6492, Kettering, NN16 0YT
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enquiries@poppiestrust.co.uk
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