Kettering Town 'Poppies' Supporters Trust

08/10/2026

Amazing Charity and a brilliant Golf Day earlier this summer 🏌️‍♂️

New financial year, same great support! 🥰

Mikayla and her Trustees give deep thanks to Kettering Town FC and Kettering Town 'Poppies' Supporters Trust FOUR hosting TM as their chosen Charity for their Annual Golf Day, with the 17 teams all happy PUTTING their hands in their pockets to CHIP IN enough donations to go a FAIRWAY towards two Wishes 😍

Thanks All 💖

07/10/2026

Another home game for the under 18’s tomorrow - come along and support the young Poppies

✨‘Thursday Night Lights is Back and it promises to be a great evening of cup football!’✨
Kettering Town FC U18’s Academy side are at home this Thursday 8th October, 7.45pm KO. We would love you to come along and support the boys - see poster for more details. 🔴⚫️

25/09/2026

🔴 TRUST STATEMENT ⚫️

The Poppies Trust Board welcomes the joint statement confirming that an agreement in principle has been reached for Brad Piercewright and Craig Norman to take over ownership of Kettering Town FC from George Akhtar.

The takeover offers the potential for an exciting new era in the history of the Poppies, and a chance to build on the achievements of George and his family over the past two years.

The Trust will look to support the current and incoming owners during the forthcoming period of due diligence and legal process, and we would urge all Supporters to remain focused on backing the managers, squad, staff and volunteers during this time.

🔴⚫️

16/09/2026

✨‘Thursday Night Lights is Back!’✨
Kettering Town FC U18’s Academy side are at home this Thursday 17th September, 7.45pm KO. We would love you to come along and support the boys, as they aim to achieve their first victory of the season against ‘The Daniels’ of Stamford - see poster for more details 🔴⚫️

16/09/2026

The Trust would like to extend our sincere thanks to the family of Terry Gray, who have donated an important collection of memorabilia to the Trust. Terry was a prominent local businessman and community figure who served at the club during the 1970s and 80s. You can read Ron Atkinson’s tribute to Terry in the ET here: https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/ron-atkinson-pays-tribute-to-former-kettering-town-fc-director-terry-gray-4892105

The memorabilia donated includes programmes (including the very first braille football programme), scarves, badges, and a large number of carefully collated press cuttings.

We hope to be able to put some of the objects on display in our forthcoming memorabilia day - keep an eye on our socials for details.

If you wish to join the Trust, you can do so on our website here: https://ktfctrust30.blogspot.com/p/membership.html?m=1

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11/09/2026

🚨TRUST STATEMENT🚨

To All Poppies Supporters:

We would like to thank the Football Club for their latest statement, in which they acknowledged that “Discussions remain ongoing with a number of potential investors and one consortium in particular” and that “There are meetings planned”.

We would encourage Supporters to allow this process to take its course, and in the meantime get solidly behind the team. On the field we remain unbeaten this season, and negativity online and in the stands will inevitably affect the team, and possibly make some Supporters decide to stay away due to an increasingly toxic atmosphere.

The Trust are fully aware of the disquiet among the fanbase, and we will continue to convey concerns of Supporters to the Club.

In the end the Supporters, the Club and any other interested parties all want the same thing - a successful, stable Kettering Town FC.

UP THE POPPIES!

10/09/2026

🚨⍰ What have the Supporters Trust ever done for us ⍰🚨

🙋‍♂️The Toilet renovations?…

What?

The Toilet renovations? Remember the Trust donated £2500, which has been spent renovating the toilets inside the ground…

🙋🏻‍♀️Oh yeah, That’s true, they did do that…

🙋🏼‍♂️The covered terracing?

🙋🏻‍♀️Yes - they raised £25,000 which paid for the extended covered terracing at the Tin Hat end. Remember what it was like before that!

Alright! I’ll grant you that the the toilet renovations and the terracing are two things the Trust has done…

🙋🏼‍♂️Helped save the club from extinction on several occasions?…

Well yeah, obviously saving the club goes without saying doesn’t it - Mark English, Imraan, CVA, blah blah blah - But apart from the toilet renovations, the terracing and saving the club from oblivion - what have the Supporter’s Trust ever done for us?

🙋🏽‍♂️The huge memorabilia collection?

🙋‍♀️The Defibrillators? (2 funded so far, and a 3rd which will also be accessible to the local community on the way)

🙋‍♂️The Free water? (Nearly 500 bottles of free water handed out during the heatwave match against Bradford PA)

Yeah, Yeah, alright, fair enough….

🙋🏽‍♂️The french drain? (Money donated to help with pitch drainage)

🙋🏽Supporter representation? The Trust has maintained a constant a dialogue with club owners over the years, to ensure supporters views are heard - and they have had a seat on the board in the past, and seek to do so again going forward..

Well yes - direct dialogue with club owners is certainly valuable, and difficult to maintain….

🙋🏻‍♂️Easter Egg handouts for the kids?
🙋🏻‍♀️Organised the Christmas party?
🙋‍♂️The Food bank collections?
🙋🏻‍♂️The Golf day? - don’t forget about the golf day…

All right, all right!… But apart from the toilet renovations, the terracing, saving the club from oblivion, the defibrillators, the memorabilia collection, the free water, the french drain, Supporter representation, the Easter Egg handouts, the Christmas party, the food bank collections and the golf day, What have the Supporters Trust ever done for us?….

🙋🏼‍♂️The money they’re raising for the stair lift in the clubhouse?…

Oh shut up!

The Supporters Trust is run by Supporters, for the benefit of Supporters. The more members we have, the stronger our voice. Please consider joining the Trust today. You can do so by following the link to our website: https://ktfctrust30.blogspot.com/p/membership.html?m=1,
or by dropping into the club house on match days.

Membership is £10 for adults, £100 for Life Membership, and free for Junior Members (Under 18s).

All our members can also stand to be on the Trust board. Our board is currently quite a small band of dedicated Supporters who carry out all the work of the Trust. We are always looking for new board members to help drive the Trust forward - so if you have some spare time and energy you could put into our work, please email us at [email protected]

Thanks as always for your continued support.

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01/09/2026

Come and support our under 18’s if you can ⚽️⚽️

‘Thursday Night Lights at the Poppies!’
Come along this Thursday 3rd September & support our new KTFC U18’s Academy side, in the All Counties Premier Youth League.
This is their inaugural first match since being re-formed. Our side is predominantly first years, so it will be a big challenge for the boys to compete this season & they would love your support! 🔴⚫️

29/08/2026

Need to renew your membership, or would like to join the Trust?
It's very easy to do - just head to our website here:
https://ktfctrust30.blogspot.com/p/membership.html?m=1
Adult Members - £10
Life Membership - £100
Junior Member (U18) - Free

We would also welcome any Trust members who would like to join the Trust board, so if you have some time and energy to spare, please email us at [email protected]

🔴⚫️

16/08/2026

UPDATE - SUPPORTERS QUESTIONS FOR GEORGE

Following the recent meeting hosted by Brad Piercewright and his consortium, The Trust offered to put questions and concerns from Supporters to club owner George Akhtar.

George very kindly agreed to meet with us, and offered answers to most of our questions. Many of the same questions that we asked of George were also asked of him by the club media team, and his answers were broadly in line with those he gave to the Trust.

Rather than list them all, which would make for a lengthy post, you can see the interview he gave to the media team here: https://youtu.be/DaS6C5e4lo8?si=MAPMd8Yiua2V3aYe

The main question from a Trust perspective was around the toilet renovations and our donation towards them. You will have seen details of the resolution to this particular issue in our recent email, and on our socials. We are delighted that the toilet renovations are now proceeding apace inside the ground.

The only question George was not able to answer at the time, for various reasons, was the question around Liam McDonald, the FA investigation, and what plans were in place should he receive a ban. This has obviously now played out, and so has also now been answered.

It is part of our remit as a Trust to hold the club owners to account to help protect the future of the club, and we will continue to do so.

We extend our thanks to George for agreeing to meet with us, and for engaging positively with all of our questions and concerns.

Thanks as always for your continued support.

The Poppies Trust Board