The Club can confirm that Graham Starmer, Doug Brown and Rob McGreavey have voluntarily decided to step down from the Kettering Town Football Club Board with immediate effect.
It has been a year since the change of club ownership, and since all three stepped in, with the other members of the Board during the 24_25 season, to assist with running of the club.
With increasing work and family commitments the decision, taken last month, meant that the preseason period is a suitable time for the handover. However, they will all still be involved with club activities as a valued members of the volunteer Management Committee (MC) team.
The Club’s owner George Akhtar stated “As part of the Board and the Management Committee Graham, Doug and Rob have been instrumental in the recent development of the club and I thank them for their time, guidance and professional approach that has been a hallmark of their involvement.”
The Club has been restructured and the board has amalgamated with the Management Committee to create a single management structure. In addition, the Club is delighted to announce four new members of the Kettering Town Football Club Volunteer Management Committee. Tom Issacs, Paula Condé-Sharpe, Ross Patrick and Yousuf Miah will join the existing MC members to provide assistance in the day-to-day running of the club.
All the new members have existing connections with KTFC and please join us in welcoming them to the team.
Tom Issacs
Tom is a familiar face at Latimer Park and is currently helping with project planning for the infrastructure of the ground, as well as assisting with day-to-day running of the site including the pitch work alongside Premiership Lawncare.
As well as a running his own business, Tom is a coach a Kettering Town academy and community teams having been a fan of the club since the 90’s and being a ball boy at Rockingham Road.
Paula Condé-Sharpe
Paula has lived in Kettering for over 50 years, having moved here in 1974 when Big Ron Atkinson brought her dad, Jim Conde, to the club as Kettering’s number 9 where he enjoyed a successful playing career, followed by a challenging time as manager up till 1983.
Paula’s own career has been in the public sector, serving as a detective with Northamptonshire Police. Now retired, Paula splits her time between the gym and Latimer Park.
Paula commented “I’m a lifelong Poppies fan, as is my husband Jason, and we love being part of the club’s community. Running the hospitality suite with our football family has been incredibly rewarding — it’s been exciting to see it grow over the last couple of seasons and it’s great to see the work off the pitch matching the commitment on it. I’m truly honoured to be part of the Committee and to have the opportunity to give back to the club I care so much about. Hopefully, I can bring a bit of extra energy and passion to the role!”
Ross Patrick
Ross is a local businessperson and has been involved with the club providing signage and volunteering to assist the club over many years. Ross stated that “I will seek can help improve the aesthetics of the place, media output, social events and offer a ‘younger’ voice on the Committee. A KTFC fan since 6-year-old and having worked almost every job at the club from Ballboy to Kit Man to Programme Editor and I can contribute to the development of KTFC.”
Yousuf Miah
Yousuf dreamt of becoming a footballer, however, now works as a Town and Country Planner/Urban Designer, currently working for a multinational property development company, planning and managing large development projects at home and abroad, including football and sports complexes. Yousuf has a longstanding connection with Kettering through family and business and can recall watching my first Poppies game at Rockingham Road, 30 years ago. He commented that “I am delighted to be part of the club, looking to the future, helping to shape the ideas and discussions for a permanent home for the Poppies in Kettering. A football complex, a community hub for the people of Kettering with the Poppies at the heart of this exciting idea.”
