Club Officials

Andy Melvin – Chief Executive

Major shareholder of the Club since 1990, Andy continues to work to secure the future development of a new ground for the Club, whilst maintaining an overview of the Club’s activities.

Terry Barratt – Club Chairman

Terry is responsible for all the duties of a Club Chairman – to provide leadership and oversight of the Club, and to oversee its standards, its operation and chair the Management Committee.

Roy Izzard – Club Secretary & Treasurer

The longest serving member of the Hitchin Town FC Management team, Roy performs two major roles at the Club. He is the Club’s Football Secretary, liaising with the league and County FA on matters of operation of the Club’s football teams, and ensuring that matters of football affiliation, discipline and administration are effectively executed. In his role as Club Treasurer, Roy is responsible for the management of the Club’s income and expenditure, its cash flow, money management and the timely preparation of financial statements.

Mark Burke – Company Secretary & Community and Development Manager

In his role as Company Secretary, Mark is responsible for a number of the business management requirements of the Club, such as insurances and liabilities. As Community and Development Manager Mark leads operations at the Arena – including our Academy provision and all aspects of our Community Football offering such as schools coaching and holiday courses.

Paul Sprague – Vice Chairman

Paul is responsible for all media and communications at the club. Paul is also responsible for Merchandise and the club shop. Assisting Kate Deller Paul helps to plan and manage maintenance and improvement works at Top Field.

Mick Docking – Commercial Officer

Mick is responsible for all of the commercial activities of the Club, liaising extensively with local businesses and commercial outlets to foster new relationships and maximise revenue income from sponsorship, advertising and fundraising for the Club. In addition he is the Club’s Programme Editor, ensuring the compilation of Match Day Programmes to strict deadlines in order to meet the League’s criteria for the production of these.

David Tudball – Supporters’ Trust Chairman

David is the current elected Chairman of the Supporters’ Trust, and is responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s interests and representation are effectively included in all aspects of Club activities and planning. He is also playing a leading role in managing the accounts of the Canary Club since the Club took over its management again in August 2018. As Safety Officer David is also responsible for Health and Safety compliance matters.