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Help needed to create a new history of Littlehampton Town FC

Help needed to create a new history of Littlehampton Town FC

LT FC14 Feb 2023 - 13:48

Get in touch to help put together a new online and printed official history of Littlehampton Town FC

We’re sure you don’t need convincing of the value of our football club to the local community. Whether it’s the shared experience of supporting the Golds together or the army of volunteers that all pull together to make things happen.
Be it the generations of players or committee members, the burger flippers or pint pullers, the ground staff or turnstile gate keepers it’s clear that the shared purpose of Littlehampton Town Football Club and it’s journey through the football leagues gives us a shared purpose.
We win together, we lose together and we make new friends and build a shared sense of history that binds us all, no matter our age or background.
As we enter our 127th year as a club and on the back of the most successful season we have ever seen, there is a new project in the pipeline to document the history of the club, its local community and the wider impact it has had on the town itself.
With funding support from Historic England, Chris Hare from History People UK, his son Sam and local supporter Steve Darken will be making a video about the club - past and present, which will go onto the club’s YouTube channel. They will also be producing a booklet to commemorate the project.
Can you help them create this record of the club?
They want to speak with anyone who has memories of the Golds over the last five decades or more. Perhaps you are a long-time supporter?
Perhaps you were a player or a past trustee of the club? If you don’t have memories, you might have memorabilia: photos, old programmes, old scarves
or other souvenirs? Please do get in contact with them if you have any of these.
We would love to interview any supporter that has something to say about the club - it doesn’t have to be about the past - it could be about the here and now.
Why did you start supporting the Marigolds? What is it about the club and watching the team that makes a difference to your life? Do you remember any old songs from the terraces? This is an opportunity to celebrate everything that is good and great about the club.
We are looking for ex-players, fans, and volunteers. If you have memories we would like to hear them. This is a unique opportunity for everyone to share their personal feelings and experiences and help us document all of the reasons we give up our time, our voices and our hard-earned cash for the love of our local team and the community that surrounds it.
Would you like to get involved? If so, have a word with Steve on match day (he’s the one with the beard and the drum) or email Chris at sussexhistory.hare@gmail.com
Thank you for your support.
Steve Darken & Chris Hare
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