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Nuneaton Town - 2024
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๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐
๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐งโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐.
Following the demise of Nuneaton Borough FC at the end of 2023, supporters and former sponsors have come together and worked hard to create a new football club, Nuneaton Town FC, which is now a registered Community Interest Company (CIC).
โThe club youโve supported all your life has withdrawn from the league and has no manager, no players and no ground. So, what do you do? Accept that itโs the end of 130 years of the townโs proud footballing heritage? No chance,โ said long-time Boro fan and one of the clubโs new directors, Jim Evans.
โAs fans all over the country have done in similar circumstances, you come together as a fan base, as a community, and you rebuild. This is the start of the journey. We want you to come along with us.โ
Ahead of the new season, Nuneaton Town FC will be sharing updates so fans can get an insight into what is happening behind-the-scenes. Simply follow Nuneaton Borough Supportersโ Co-Operative on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) or the just launched Nuneaton Town FC WhatsApp Channel, where news will be shared first.
๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐
Following an open meeting held by the Nuneaton Borough Supportersโ Co-Operative back in January, around twenty Boro fans formed a Steering Group that has met weekly to create the new club and ensure everything is in place for the start of the 2024/25 season.
The Steering Group has agreed a Board of Directors: Ian Cook (chair), Derek Dunnachie, Stuart Elliott, Jim Evans and Mark Lacrouts, with Lee Hayward as the clubโs treasurer and Richard Dean as secretary.
Cook and Elliott represent Nuneatonโs football business community. Dunnachie is an independent representative. Evans and Lacrouts represent the Nuneaton Borough Supportersโ Co-Operative and were appointed by the Co-Opโs elected board. This structure ensures that fans are at the heart of decision making within the new club.
All have years of relevant experience, garnered from their professional lives and time spent on the Boro terraces, which will be put to good use running a football club with a sustainable ethos centred around the local community.
Chair Ian Cook says โI feel honoured to have been asked to represent the club as a CIC director and chair. I will show huge passion and dedication to help drive our club back towards where we belong.โ
Supportersโ Co-Operative representative Mark Lacrouts says he โis so proud and privileged to be selected as a director. I want to ensure that we have a well-managed and ambitious team that is sustainably financed that can stand on its own two feetโ.
๐๐ซ๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
The FA has yet to determine which level Nuneaton Town FC will be playing at but the Steering Group has created financial models and plans for each of the potential leagues. The Steering Group has also started the process of recruiting a new manager and arranging pre-season friendlies, while the wider fan and club community has helped select a club badge and kit.
โI am honoured to be working with a group of people who are so passionate in delivering what the fans want and deserve,โ says Steering Group member and now Director, Derek Dunnachie.
โI would like to thank the Steering Group for all of their hard work to date,โ adds club director Stuart Elliott. โWhat a great team you all are off the pitch after a turbulent time towards the end of the Boro.โ
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๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ โ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ
With Nuneaton Town FC moving into an operational phase, the Steering Group will continue its work through sub-groups focused on different aspects of running a football club.
One thing already decided is where the team will be playing โ in the short term, at least. The club has an agreement with Bedworth United to use The Oval for upcoming seasons. All involved with Nuneaton Town FC are, however, determined to bring home games back to the town itself. As board member Stuart Elliott puts it, โAs a long-time fan and sponsor, I am committed to seeing Nuneaton Town FC playing back in Nuneaton.โ
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๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐
Keep up to date with club news by following Nuneaton Borough Supportersโ Co-Operative on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) or the Nuneaton Town FC WhatsApp Channel. The new website (www.nuneatontownfc.co.uk) is under development and we will update fans when it is ready.
>>>> Former Nuneaton Boro fan <<<<
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Re: Nuneaton Town - 2024
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I'd hoped that the two co-op seats on the board would have been chosen by the members of the co-op and not the board of the co-op.
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it will be nice to see people with normal jobs involved rather than those who call themselves business men.
something like a plumber, nurse, teacher or electrician.
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Think we have that!
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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It was an interim board of directors set up due to urgency with FA affiliation time period.
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Co-op members/fans had the time to ponder a name for the new club and vote on it, all done within the FA affiliation time period.
Is it still an interim board?
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We'll be explaining the process about appointing (and ensuring accountability) for the coop reps for the football club board at the upcoming AGM in May
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Hope is not a plan.
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Yes. It will be the duty of NBSC members to democratically vote for a board. Join now......
Edited by Helpline......999 at 12:40:37 on 19th April 2024
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I joined many years ago.
Thank for the info, it's much appreciated
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Agreed - Perhaps they will in time,
>>>> Former Nuneaton Boro fan <<<<
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