A final quick reminder that all LCFC Fans are invited to the above which will take place in the Garden of Remembrance (if the weather is inclement this will take place in the West Stand) on Sunday 11th May and commence at 2.30 p.m. The service should finish no later than 3.15 p.m. and will be followed by refreshment in one of the club’s function rooms. 

Don’t forget also that Supporters who hope to attend, or would like the name of a loved one read out during the service, are advised to contact the club by email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  or via the Supporter Hotline 0116 229 4555. 

For full details of the Service please click on the following link: http://foxestrust.co.uk/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=465&Itemid=2

An account of the inaugural service that took place this time last year can be found by clicking on the following link: http://foxestrust.co.uk/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=290&Itemid=2

In a week when our Chairman agrees (subject to the as yet unknown small print) to freeze season tickets, here (in a 2 part interview) are the views held by another Championship Club Chairman, Barry Kilby of Burnley, who goes as far as saying that if they get promoted next season they will give Season Ticket Holders a free Premiership Season Ticket ... read on:

Burnley Supremo Barry Kilby talks free footy and the perils of parachute payments

Burnley Chairman Barry Kilby talks over-paid players, parachute payments and fans watching football free of charge. And Turf Moor’s top man tells tfs’ Jez Robinson precisely why, like the majority of his Championship counterparts, he wants Watford and Charlton Athletic to win promotion back into the Premiership this season. 

Being Chairman of a football club in the cash-strapped Championship can prove a pretty unenviable task. Especially when the majority of your local rivals are reaping the rewards of the Premiership and you have to put your hand in your own pocket just to make ends meet. After too long spent watching your neighbours’ exploits in the manner of a kid peering through the window of a sweet shop which is displaying a “Closed” sign, you’re beginning to wonder exactly when the doors of wonderland will be opened.  

To wonder, in truth, just whether or not they’ll ever be opened to you at all. The passing of each year renders both you and a committed, passionate support – the legacy of the club’s long and proud history rather than a productive recent past – increasingly desperate to join your near neighbours in the Premiership. As they’ve frolicked amid the plentiful revenue streams of the Promised Land, your frustrations have been compounded further by the knowledge that you’re barely even competing with them on a level playing field anymore. 

But try telling that to those success-starved supporters, who it is imperative you keep attracting through the gates, despite the wall-to-wall live football on the pub telly. And the fact some of the top flight clubs on your doorstep can sometimes afford to provide their fans with Premiership football at prices lower than those you are charging your own supporters to watch second-flight games……