Rob's Column
Rob’s Echo Column Mid June
With thanks to the Lincolnshire Echo
Your Trust – I say ‘your’ because most of our fans are members – has done a bit of soul-searching in the last couple of weeks. We like to think we’re on the ball and we do some good things but we can never stand still.
One area we think can be improved is assessing what younger fans think about their club and, indeed, this fans organisation that they are an important part of. We’ll soon be announcing a young supporters representative will be joining our board. What he – it’s a ‘he’ but I can’t identify him yet – brings to the table will, if necessary, be taken into the heart of the club and get the attention it deserves. The last few years at the LNER have been successful and this has attracted a lot of youthful fans to our games. Knowing what they think is pretty vital therefore. We’ll help those messages get heard.
Aiding this young fella will be a new dedicated Trust volunteer who is keen to assist, and you will maybe notice a significant Trust presence in the ground at matchdays in 25-26. We have a busy role in the Fan Village but not all our fans go in there so we’ll be promoting the Trust and completing surveys in the stands and circulation areas on a regular basis.
We’ve looked at our comms and our team do a great job. Our posts and content will continue to do the basics and more but there’ll be more of a creative element too this coming season. Feature video clips will be put out and, a hidden gem in our heritage work – our online museum – will be promoted much more. Judging by the collectors and other Imps history buffs who we see at our pre-match pod, there’s a real appetite for looking through Imps memorabilia. We have a good deal of it and it’ll soon be more readily accessed.
Our heritage remit has grown and grown. Our third landmark plaque, recognising our Imp nickname and its Cathedral-based origin, has been ordered from the manufacturer and we’ll have an opening ceremony in the next few weeks.
On top of that we’re hard at work setting up a Lincoln City exhibition in an amazing location here in this amazing city. It’ll be open during the summer school holidays so watch out for news of that.
I’ll now stop dropping all these not-so-subtle hints and never fear you’ll get much fuller details as soon as we’re ready. The bottom line is that we’re honoured to have so many brilliant members and we’ll continue to work hard on their behalf.
