Meet The Committee

Having been involved with the club since 2003 initially as a player, my interest in how a community club run was spiked.

I got involved with the 1st team and helped with the less glamourous tasks that perhaps were not being done with any routine.

Shortly after I was elected on to the committee as someone looking after fundraising before moving on to Vice Chair and later on found myself in the Chair role.

Having grown up playing grass roots football, getting involved in a club with such potential seemed like a natural progression and the vision is to firmly cement Capel Plough as a key community group within not only grass roots football but also the local community itself.

I’m Nikki, the Club Welfare Officer at Capel Plough Football Club. I recently joined the club committee, and I’m passionate about supporting the wellbeing and safety of all our players, coaches, and volunteers.

Football plays a big part in both my professional and personal life, and as a parent with two children playing for the club, I understand how important it is to create a positive, inclusive, and safe environment for everyone involved. I’m always here to listen, help, and ensure that every member of our club feels supported both on and off the pitch.

Gary moved to Capel st Mary in the early 90's. He joined the Capel Tigers aged 8, run by Bob "Ploughman" Morrison.

After a short stint away from the Club, Gary joined the Capel men's teams in 1998/99 season.

He's been with us ever since. Gary broke into the 1st team, aged 17 and stayed there until he turned 38.

Gary claims to be the Club's highest ever goalscorer (not proven)!

He now plays for the over 35 Veterans team and runs the Junior Section. He is also the coach of his son's team.

Patrick Tynan was signed for Capel Plough FC in the early 90's from Bentley. In youth football, Pat's claim to fame is he played in a prestigious tournament on the sacred Wembley turf.

A no-nonsense centre forward, Pat played for Saturday & Sunday teams regularly enjoying league and cup wins. He became Capel Plough FC 1st team player/manager aged just 28.

Leading The Plough to their 1st ever Senior League Cup Final at Portman Road in 2005, repeated in 2009. The most successful manager in the Capel Plough's history.

Pat managed the team to 2nd place in the Senior league. The clubs highest ever league finish! Pat is currently Vice Chairman & bar manager, among many other jobs. Pat is also the current Veterans Manager. League and County Shield Winners 2024/25.

Nathan started playing for Capel's 1st team in 1992 and was part of the team that was promoted to the senior division.

He took over the player manager role for reserves 2004, leaving for Brantham in 2008 after getting the sack.

He came back to Capel in 2017 to manage the 1st team for three seasons.

He was bullied into becoming secretary in 2021 by the chairman and vice chairman.

Claire started off football life as a parent at the sideline watching her children play on a Saturday and Sunday morning.

It wasn't long before she got involved in supporting the girls manager with the admin tasks and doing all the tasks that no one ever knew existed!

Mark suggested she joined the committe and made her role formal.

Claire is the club secretary for the women’s and girls section, along with the admin role for both women’s teams.

Claire also runs some of the fundraising events during the year including the annual quiz night. In May Claire was recognised as the club person of the year.

Currently Treasurer. I made my debut for the club in September 1987, a thrilling local derby victory over Copdock!

Since that time I have been manager of the Saturday 1st team and reserves and the Veterans.

I joined the Committee over 30 years ago and have held the position of Treasurer for the majority of those.

I currently also help out with running the Saturday reserves and had to play as recently as January 2025 despite being far too old!

I’ve been part of the club now for over 20 years, started with youth football at under 7’s and have played every season since now with over 200 appearances for the men’s teams.

I joined the committee (after being pestered by Gareth and Gary…) to give something back to the club, my current role is a link between the adult teams and the committee & chairman.

A personal target of mine is to improve the intergration and transition of our youth players in to the adult teams.

Marc joined Capel Plough FC in 2019 and became Head of Girls Development in 2020. A UEFA-qualified coach, he focuses on growing female participation in football. Alongside his role at the Ipswich Town Foundation, Marc developed numerous pathway players, leading to an official partnership between the Foundation and Capel in 2023.

With seven new girls’ teams but no women’s squad despite the chairman’s ambition Marc launched Capel’s first-ever Women’s team in the 2023/24 season. They won the league and earned promotion in their debut year. Marc was then appointed Head of Women’s and Girls Development, overseeing both the first team and newly formed reserves by the 2025/26 season.

He also coaches the Capel Panthers, his daughter’s team of Tier 1 and 2 Ipswich players an all-girls squad competing against boys on Saturdays and girls on Sundays.

Bob is the most senior member of our team.

Bob played 5 years for Capel Plough FC between 1977-82. He then moved on to coaching the boys teams for 15 years.

In 1998 he became the Saturday 1st team press officer as the 1st team was promoted to the Senior Division for the 1st time.

He then took on the Secretary role from 2010 until 2015 as computer administration encouraged Bob to step away from this role and move into the groundsman role to which he continues to do till this day.

Bob was honoured recently with the Bobby Moore Award for his services to grassroots football.