I am, by some mischance, the webmaster of the Lowestoft Town FC website.
It is important that everything on the website is officially approved by the Directors (Committee as was) or at least nodded at in approval. However, I would like to give supporters a space to be creative, in a supportive not detrimental way. Every couple of months, as long as there is a response, I would like to set an idea running.
The first is this.
What would you like to do now which would enable the supporters of the future in 30 years time to continue to find the enjoyment we find in standing around on match-day talking to friends and occasionally commenting on the play. They could be your young daughters, sons, godchildren or friends (or if you are nearer to my age your grandchildren, great-nieces etc.:)
I first came to the Meadow in 1968 or 69, sitting with friends at the age of 14 in the old stand which later burned down, No computers, of course, no mobile phone. Word of mouth and the Lowestoft Journal for information about our league position and our opponents.
Although there are a lot of memories in the past* I don't want to look back today, I want to know what you would like to put in place for the future of our Club, for future supporters.
Please join in, in prose, a story, a poem, a painting or other graphic, or even in an algebraic formula.
You will retain the copyright of your work, but we will have the right to submit your contributions to “the press” and for publication in the match-day programme.

Email paul.whitlow@talk21.com with the title “In 30 years”

* 30 years? It's not quite 30 years since Micky Chapman stopped playing, and just over 30 years since a Lowestoft and Crystal Palace supporter (R.I.P. Gordon) was in all the newspapers (four rows back).

Here is the first submitted work. Thanks.

In 30 years...
When I first read the question; "What can we do so that supporters 30 years from now can enjoy the club as much as we do today?" I didn't think about promotions, trophies or success on the pitch.
As much as it is joyful to watch the lads winning matches, I have realised that isn't what keeps me coming back every week. That isn't what has made me committed to getting to every away match I can.
When I first moved to Lowestoft, I was as near to rock bottom with my mental health, as a person can be without actually reaching it. Then one Saturday, I was persuaded to go to Crown Meadow. For whatever reason, I agreed.
I am eternally grateful that I did.
Lowestoft Town Football Club played a huge part in helping me climb out of that deep pit. I loved watching the matches, I enjoyed interacting with players and, eventually, I became the volunteer that cleans the changing rooms - something I take great pride in.
Over the last couple of years, Crown Meadow has become my comfort place. A place I can come to whether I'm having a good day or a bad day and, no matter the score, I know I will be ok.
I've met people that have become important to me. I’ve found a place where my confidence continues to grow; a space where my brain can quieten down, even with the noise of football all around me; a place where I can simply be.
That's why, when I think of the next 30 years, league tables and trophies aren't my first thought. I think about how a place like Crown Meadow can become the one thing in someone's life that gives them the strength to carry on. To make it to the next match. To get that next high five from their favourite player.
I hope that, 30 years from now, I'm still cleaning the changing rooms, smiling as I complain that the lads have somehow managed to let the bin bag fall inside the bin but still carried on filling it anyway, making my job that little bit harder. And I'll still be grateful that I'm able to give something back, even in the smallest way, to a club that gave me so much without ever realising it.
I hope that someone else can say this club helped them through one of the hardest periods of their life. If they can, then we'll have built something far greater than just a football team.
I hope Lowestoft Town Football Club isn't remembered only for the matches it won, but for the lives it quietly changed.
So, what can we do so that supporters 30 years from now enjoy this club as much as we do today? We can keep creating the kind of club that quietly changes lives. If someone else can write a story like mine, then we'll know we've done it right.