I e-mailed Leighton Mitchell asking him why no poppy shirts this year. He replied:
"Thank you for your email.
"Unfortunately this year we are unable to participate in the poppy appeal due to reduced staff numbers and the significant amount of administration time the campaign requires.
"We are very proud to have raised over £20,000 over the last 3 years for such a worthy cause and I am not aware of any other football club that has raised anywhere near this much.
"We hope to be able to participate again in the future."
This year then, if anyone wants to donate direct to the Poppy Appeal, it's easily done at http://www.poppy.org