CLEETHORPES PROGRAMME NOTES 14th September 2024

 

Many thanks to all those supporters who have added their name to the WORKING TOGETHER boards. Board No1 is now full and can be seen on the far side, above the fence near the dug outs. Board No 2 is now around 30% complete. 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 will cost £100. Alternatively, scan this QR code.

Current Life members can donate via the same link above. Or visit the Klondike/Programme table in the clubhouse prior to matches. So far this season we have gained 22 new members with 12 renewals to date.

Once again, the Poppies Trust have sponsored two players shirts. This season we have goalkeeper Dan Jezeph’s home shirt and Dan Jarvis’s away shirt. All trust members names will go into the hat with the winner drawn out at the end of the season. Paul Evans and John Cecil won last season’s shirts, drawn out of the hat by the club’s new owner George.

A group from the Trust board have met with the club’s new owner George. We discussed topics including how we can work together going forward. We also discussed the circumstances of the Kettering Town ‘Poppies’ Supporters Trust was formed 32 years ago. Of course, we would much prefer not to be useful only in a crisis or merely as a ‘cash cow’ as and when the club have a dodgy cash flow. We would very much prefer to undertake fundraising for specific projects that benefit our supporters. i.e. the TINHAT FUND several seasons back, the defibrillator, etc.

Many of you may remember that as part of the Poppies Trust’s Tinhat extension fundraising campaign referenced above. We got all 891 FA cup goals sponsored by our supporters; we are now up to 914 goals. Once this season’s run is done, hopefully not today, we will relaunch this for the outstanding goals, 23 so far and hopefully counting. The display boards showing all the goals, and their sponsors will be updated and put back on display inside the ground. We look forward to further discussions in the very near future.

The Trust are saddened to hear the news that loyal Poppies supporter Barry Medlock has lost his long battle against illness. Barry was always there to help when needed, he will be sorely missed. Our condolences to Barry’s family and friends. RIP Barry.