Re: Slightly-only?

By Armchair vulture (Armchair Observer)26/11/2025 20:52Wed Nov 26 20:52:30 2025In response to Slightly-only?

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I’ve often wondered how many Nuneaton residents actually support local league clubs and attend games. There seems to be lots of Cov city fans and Villa fans and many of these seem to watch Boro/town when big games occur.
Suppose it’s just the way it is.
I’ve also always wondered why in the late 60s Boro were so well supported and why those crowds tailed off during the 1970s.
Lots of theories and if you wanted a definitive answer you’d have to do some proper academic research.
As for Nuneaton heritage I can only claim 50 percent Sauce as mother and all that side of my family landed on camp hill in 1964 from country Durham.
What I do remember though was when Brendan Phillips won the Southern prem and took us back into the conference I spoke to more than one regular cov fan from Nuneaton that started watching Boro more regularly.
Never had a problem with CCFC myself but that changed a tad after working with a few Cov lads in the building industry- once they found out you were from Nuneaton they began to destroy you. White socks, treacle town, fish fingers and so much else. I responded by calling them lathe monkeys and car bolters and told them if it wasn’t for the Nuneaton fire brigade in 1940 the place would still be on fire today! Joking aside they’ve gone through hell the last few years and have turned it around and fair play to them.
But my football interests have never really looked down the A445 - they lie in the north east - they used to include Nuneaton Boro first and foremost but that took a real ponding during the horror show years we are all well aware of.

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