Re: When did Boro play Leicester City?

By VoR6/10 22:02Tue Oct 6 22:02:32 2026In response to Re: When did Boro play Leicester City?

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If you Google 'when was the first game at Manor Park played under floodlights' the following two websites should appear:-

Nuneaton Local and Family History, showing a photo of the floodlights being erected on the Canal Side & also an advert about Elequip Ltd., the Leicester contractor who carried out the work.

The photos were taken by Reg Bull.

Our Warwickshire, showing a brilliant photo of Peter Shilton diving across goal to his right at the Beaumont Road End but failing to stop the Boro centre-forward Billy Atkinson from scoring the Boro's first goal.

It also shows the crowd on the Canal Side.

I was at the game with my uncle.

I was 9 years old & I first started supporting my club Nuneaton Borough at the start of the 1965/66 season.

Edit:

Peter Shilton was 16 years old.

Edited by VoR at 22:30:55 on 6th October 2026