County scoops top programme award

County’s official matchday programme has been named as joint best in League Two in the prestigious annual Soccer Club Swap Shop Programme awards.

Soccer Club Swap Shop each year takes matchday programmes all the way through from the Premier League right through to the non-league and judges the overall quality of each publication.

Soccer Club Swap Shop has rated County’s programme as joint winner of the League Two accolade – with Grimsby Town also receiving equal recognition.

For many years, County’s programme has been recognised for its wide variety of features, including its regular in-depth coverage of the club, historical pieces, and becoming a key part of the matchday experience for County followers.

Soccer Club Swap Shop undertook its first programme awards for the 1991-92 season which proved a successful exercise for the hundreds of clubs that entered and the competition has gone from strength to strength.

Editor Keith Chapman, who has edited the County programme for the past nine seasons, was understandably delighted at the prestigious League Two award:

“We were absolutely thrilled to win the League Two award which is a brilliant achievement everyone at the club can be proud of.

“We have a brilliant, knowledgeable team of writers that produce a mixture of informative and light-hearted articles and this award is a well-deserved recognition for the many hours they put into producing such a good read and make it the best it can possibly be.

“I would also like to thank everyone at County for their support, our designer Daniel Parker from Duplexity Artwork, our printers Triple P Marketing and our supporters who regularly provide feedback and buy a programme.

“We’ve set a high standard but the challenge moving forward is to keep providing a programme that is interesting to read and provides value for money.”

You’d expect the programme team to be taking a well-earned break from their efforts over the summer, but work has been going on to get this season’s programme ready for many weeks, with a new look already in the pipeline.

In total, County’s programme has won 16 awards since the 2015/16 season.