The people who make the club

It's half time during a home game and Carmarthen are 2-0 down. While the riot act is being read in the changing rooms, the fans outside seem far more relaxed. The centre of chat is the Tuck Shop,where everyone seems to know each other and people are tucking into a cheeseburger and a drink for under £4.

Josh Edwards, aged 14, son of the Chairman Chris Edwards, Cordelia Evans, aged 73, who has worked at the club for 32 years, and the Chairman's wife, Kath Edwards, aged 48, in the Tuck Shop

There's a 60-year age gap between those working behind the counter. One is Carmarthen mainstay, 73-year-old Cordelia Evans. Taking my questions while serving and bantering with customers, she says: “I have volunteered for 35 years. My husband used to love football and I would go along with him and when they opened the tea room I started making tea and coffees - I have been involved ever since. It has changed so much since then but I still enjoy it.” Alongside her are mother and son Kath and Josh Edwards. Kath is 48 and married to the club chairman. Josh is 14 and has been doing the job for a year after starting when his mum “dragged me along to help out”.

For some members of Carmarthen Town, the final whistle is when the work begins. In some ways, this work is more valuable than that of a 30-goal-a-season striker.

Josh illustrates some of the issues facing Welsh Premier League clubs like Carmarthen, who are struggling to survive and keep young people interested with the likes of Swansea City down the road, several rugby clubs nearby (professional ones included) and thousands of games available at the touch of a button at home. This puts pressure on the gate receipts. And there's one man who will happily talk to you about this. Ron Kirkby is 85 and, along with his wife, Celia, runs the club shop, a small pre-fab office building that looks like it belongs on a second hand car dealership and is packed to the brim with shirts, hoodies and badges in a sea of black and gold. It looks like the inside of a hoarder's house.

Ron and Celia Kirkby who run the club shop

Ron and Celia have volunteered to run the club shop at every home game since 2009. “Most of the time I enjoy it - when we get plenty of customers,” says Ron in a soft cockney accent. “We moved from London about 20 years ago and I am a Millwall fan. I bought a few shares in Millwall many years ago that go down steadily. “It was too far away for me to go to Millwall and we wanted to support a local team. “The nearest club was Carmarthen and we gradually got involved, as simple as that. “They needed someone to run the shop so we volunteered and we have been running it ever since. “It's a family club. Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham all deserted the Welsh leagues many years ago and they didn't come back. “For crowds we are fighting against Swansea, in particular, all the time. Our crowds are in the hundreds - Swansea get thousands!” For some members of Carmarthen Town, the final whistle is when the work begins. In some ways, this work is more valuable than that of a 30-goal-a-season striker. You'll never be short of men wanting to play football for money. It is the ones willing to input data for free that are rare.

Peter Price was a sweeper in his playing days for Carmarthen, now he's match day secretary and "general dogsbody"

Match day secretary Peter Price is a hidden gem. He helps make everything tick on game day. “I make sure everything is ready, especially the referee's room - I check they have everything they need. Closer to kick-off I get given the two line-ups and I put that through to the Welsh FA and make sure the official team sheet is checked by the two managers. “In the lead-up to the game and after there are all sorts of jobs, things like notification of red cards.” Peter's passion for the club isn't chest-beating or loud. It's a quiet dedication born of a long love of the club and the area. He has been involved with the club since he was 10, first as a fan then as a player. “I am born and bred in Carmarthen and went to the grammar school here. A few of us used to go on the bus to away games in the old Welsh League days. “We used to pick most of the players up from the Swansea area and go up the valleys. Then I played for Carmarthen on and off for about 12-15 years for the first, second and third teams. “I played probably between 250-300 Welsh League games. That was the tier below the current league.” Peter is articulate as he sets out his great fondness for his club and his community. “Everyone is in this together. I know a lot of people around the town and people will always stop me to discuss the club. “There is a professional look and feel about the club - a lot different to when I was playing. “The club has made great strides in the last 10-15 years. They have played 10 European matches over three or four seasons. If someone had told me when I was playing 25 years ago one day they would be in Europe I would say they are having a laugh - it's what dreams are made of.” Not all the volunteers have been involved in the club since before they took the 11-plus. Some have taken a far more winding road.

John Collier writes the match reports

John Collier, 69, travels home and away to write the match reports for the Carmarthen Journal. He started writing match reports for an audience of one. “I've been supporting Woking all my life - my dad started taking me there when I was about five. “There was an elderly relative, a lifelong Woking fan, who went blind so he couldn't travel any more to see football. So I started writing little reports for him that his son would read to him and I got a feel for it. “But then I came down here 17 years ago and straight away started going to Carmarthen because the trip to Woking wasn't easy. “The first six years there was another chap doing the match reports and then he left and it was just something other people used to reluctantly do. “I foolishly said I would do it. I was going to away matches and not many would go to away games. After the first two voluntary match reports, one away and one at home, it has sort of stuck. If you’re mug enough to put your hand up- you're stuck with it. “I really enjoy doing it. Usually if I have got time on a Saturday evening I will make a start on it. It probably takes me three hours or so to finish it and I try and do a fair bit of research in the course of it to pad it out. “I do as much as I can manage on a Saturday night and then over the course of Sunday, sometimes into Monday. The tightest deadline I have got is with the Carmarthen Journal because they go to print on a Tuesday and the editor there really wants me to get the report to him by Monday lunchtime. “Sunday games are a nightmare, so if I have to go to Bangor I have to have it written by the next morning. “It changes how you watch a match - in a way, you don't enjoy it as much. I have got to keep my attention on what is going on, I can't relax at all.”

Gareth Jones is the general manager