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Re: Town winning
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Good stuff so far with a great attendance of 535 I’ve been texted.
The King is dead. Long live The King.
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Decent first half
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Really enjoyed it until one of our “fans” suffering from OTS came and moaned loudly.
Went and stood with two lovely ladies who know far more about the game,
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Re: Decent first half
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Who’s that aimed at if u think or assume it was my ur mistakenly wrong
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EH?
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No idea what you're talking about.
This guy was about 70 I'd say. He was moaning about the equaliser. After we were 3-1 up. No Boro colours on at all.
I have no idea what you look like.
But I don't think you stand over by the tea bar do you?
lol
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Re: EH?
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Oh ok fair enough and behind the goal
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Exactly
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There you are. Miles apart. Too hot for me behind the goal, either half.
I don't mind people moaning. They've paid to do it. But when we are 3-1 up and playing our opponents off the park it just grinds my gears. Always has. I don't get confrontational-I just move away. Safer all round.
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Re: Exactly
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Same I’m only here for the football I’ve been told to stay off the forum but when I read that I only think stuff is aimed at me but anyway great win today tbh
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Re: Decent first half
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5-1
Their keeper has spared them a beasting
Edited by Unnamed Sauce at 16:34:31 on 25th August 2025
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Re: Danico warming up?
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Someone on Boto chat said he was warming up at the start. Not sure who he was warming up for
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6-1 now
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Sommel hat trick
Edited by bert's dad at 16:53:21 on 25th August 2025
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Re: 6-1 now
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Must have been an awful afternoon out at The Oval for those poor souls forced to watch. Suppose there’s always Barwell ?
As one door closes,another one opens.
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Re: 6-1 now
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Did one of the subs run the line?😊😊
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Re: 6-1 now
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It was ghastly. Awful. Very very low standard of football. ( Not.).
The gent with OTS ("Opinionated Twat Syndrome " ) was very angry about Yaxley's equaliser, whereas I thought the finish was good although it came from a defensive error.
In the second half I heard Boro's performance described as complacent and then walking out after the final whistle the bloke next to me said " I suppose that was quite good."
Other than that I think the rest of us thoroughly enjoyed it.
Danico incidentally wasn't warming up anywhere. He walked past me before the kick off. Looked as if he might have shed a few pounds.
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Re: 6-1 now
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He was practicing on the pitch before the start although not in full kit. I was told he has signed for us.
Amused to see their goalkeeper in our kit - does he normally play in blue?
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I did think that about the kit
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If he has re-signed, I'm glad. (I expect that will get me a fair amount of stick).
The gent with OTS commented as Danico walked past "Didn't do any good for us first time round did he?"
Hmm.
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Re: I did think that about the kit
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Well hopefully he will make more of an effort than he seemed to at the cup final in Walsall!
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Re: I did think that about the kit
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if he has signed then his place isn't garenteed, he'll have to work hard to even get on the bench.
You cant leave and exspect to walk back into a team thats won the first 6 league games.
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Re: I did think that about the kit
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Of course it isn't. With 14 goals in two games that's stating the obvious.
I don't.
He won't.
Still ok with it though. If it's true.
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Re: I did think that about the kit
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Yeah me too .... he adds something different to the squad
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Hat tricks are like buses
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Danico was definitely warming up on the pitch with the players . He was also at Highgate as a spectator .
Anyway goal scorers were Carsley , Somel (3 ) , Harrison & Jardine .
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Re: Hat tricks are like buses
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2 games Fourteen GOALS !!!!
without being biased or trying to score brownie points
sounds suspiciously like 2 walkovers.
cant comment on the entertainment Professional-ism etc of the opposition
but it still had to be done.
keep it up lads. well done.
Happy days.
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Re: Hat tricks are like buses
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Highgate were poor and got there tactics completely wrong .
Yaxley tried to give it a go but were completely outclassed .
We are looking a really strong side all over the pitch with a bench that would be starters at the majority of sides we've played .
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Re: Hat tricks are like buses
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sounds very positive all round
word of warning . . . . keep ones feet on the ground. yes yes yes.
take IT one game at a time.
nothing is ever guaranteed in football.
long way to go. there will be bumps.
even so wouldn't bet against us.
UTB
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Re: Hat tricks are like buses
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The new Club will take time to find its own level.
It then needs to take stock of its position, re-assess the situation & then go again.
At that point it will no longer be a new Club, it will be an established Club.
Everything is all new & exciting at the moment & very enjoyable for the supporters, with unprecedented on-field success.
It will all settle down in time.
May that success continue.
UTT
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Re: Hat tricks are like buses
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partly agree
remember WE.... you and i dont attend matches at this moment in time
hence we are in no position to lecture the fan base or the CLUB on the whys and wherefores
who do attend, if the shoe was on the other foot i would get annoyed
i can only imagine the amount of hard graft etc etc that has gone into
starting a club up YET again from scratch due to TOTAL mismanagement
of so called PAST investors (BTW im being polite there )
in truth it sickens me the broken promises blatant lies the bullshit etc etc
people who used the club for their own ends
even the latest move to LW was imo a stitch up by certain parties
SO lets ALL hope that at last this time round we end up with a proper sustainable club.
that finds its true status in the football community by people who have the clubs best interests at heart and not for their own ends.
rant over NUFF said
UTB.
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Re: Hat tricks are like buses
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Said on Boro chat he would be back after Crossley left, hasn't played for Shifnal this season
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No subject
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Think I'm right in saying he's asked to come back but he hasn't signed yet ..... stand corrected on that....
O....
and we have another keeper ....... just saying 🤔
Edited by Lord of the Manor at 18:06:01 on 25th August 2025
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Now I DID see that
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Acco warming up a young lad..
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Re: 6-1 now
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Did you pass OTS on to him Sauce - and then moved away lol.
You certainly wouldn’t have passed Nuneaton DNA on to him would you (;
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Ah: Wise Man Number One speaks
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My Grandad was a stretcher bearer on the Somme before returning to where he was born. (Nuneaton)
My Dad was born in Nuneaton.
I was born in Warwickshire. I work for an NHS charity based in Nuneaton
All my Aunts Uncles and two granddaughters were born in Nuneaton.
Probably got more Nuneaton DNA than you have.
I enjoyed the game. I reckon about 538 did too. You enjoy your keyboard.
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Re: Ah: Wise Man Number One speaks
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All Nuneaton bar you who always wishes to pontificate to those that are.
I don’t have to pay to use my keyboard either lol.
O and my great grandad took gun shot wounds in both legs on the Somme - spent a year recovering and went back to win the MM.
He wasn’t from Nuneaton so I’ll give you that one lol.
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Ah yes
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You reminded me. Ta.
Great Grandad Sauce. He was born in William Street which you will know is across from Seymour Road where my grandad and dad were born. He worked for the LNWR as a fire dropper at the MPD. Dunno about his war record. Doubt I can match an MM though.
I have checked with the appropriate authorities btw. It isn't (yet) illegal to follow the Boro if you don't live in Nuneaton. I think the same rule still applies to players, too. (For the moment).
It's an interesting thought isn't it, that my ( Nuneaton born) grandad might have carried yours to the ambulances he drove.
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Re: Ah yes
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Sauce I’m pulling all my plastic shite - it’s just a wind up - you have plenty ancestry to be involved in town/ Boro and I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
As it goes although I am born and bred Nuneaton I’ve lived in Hinckley now as long as I lived in Nuneaton. Half my family are from County Durham and great grandad was wounded on the 17th of September 1916 near Martinpuich as part of the Flers - Courcelette battle during the Somme offensive - He was with 5th DLI and would have used the 50th Northumbrian field ambulance - I would have thought your grandad was in Royal Warwickshire- perhaps south midland divison. All told the stretcher bearers were very brave individuals.
As for Boro - seriously I’m really pleased that the club is now seemingly being run properly by those that care and hopefully they’ll be no more of the past shenanigans.
Me - I’d be happy to watch again but the insults aimed at me - and others by those who supported JG when we tried to stand up to the hubris aimed at long standing fans has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I cared about the club as did others but we were vilified.
If the club and more importantly the coop- who I was once a member of issued a statement condemning those who aimed shite at me and others through personal messages, threats and insulting songs (just because we were not happy about how the club was being run) then I would be more than happy to support again and I’d probably enjoy it. It would be a token gesture but that would be fine by me - some can forgive and carry on - not so easy for me.
Edited by Armchair Observer at 20:46:31 on 25th August 2025
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Blimey
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Pipe of Peace?
Accepted.
Yes The Royal Warwicks. Though somehow he was in the Warwickshire Rifle Brigade first. (Still got his belt with their badge on). My Dad was in the Warwicks too. WW2.
As for shenanigans and the JG years-I honestly don't think we have ever been too far apart on that. I swore I'd never go back. And yet..........here I am.
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Re: Blimey
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Here's a bit of an oddity for you. My grandad was born in Ridge Lane and lived in and around Nuneaton - in fact, I don't believe he'd strayed more than 10 miles from the town when he signed up for WW1 - and joined the Seaforth Highlanders!!! He went on to fight at Passchendaele and the Somme, where he picked up a small wound. On the way home, his wound was treated by a volunteer nurse in Folkestone, and he ended up marrying her. Without WW1, I wouldn't be here lol.
On the JG front, AV, a few people were subjected to abuse. I just stopped going, so I avoided that. As far as I am aware, none of the abusers go to matches and they are most definitely not involved with the club.
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Re: Blimey
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One simple statement from the new club and the coop would suffice me and result in my return - without that no. Not just me- many were insulted - it wasn’t on - fans have opinions and fans loved the club as I did - that’s why I was pissed off at how it was being run- and those who moaned were prove right.
Edited by Armchair Observer at 18:33:53 on 26th August 2025
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Re: Blimey
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There were hundreds that moaned about the toxic JG but unlike yourself many of us refused to allow him to kill the club forever and now follow the completely new clean and revitalised Nuneaton Town.
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Re: Blimey
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He did kill the club forever - Nuneaton Boro no longer exist - it’s now Nuneaton town yet again. Sorry but I refuse to accept the notion that individuals can insult other fans online and at games. Good look to yer if you can accept that.
The latest demise was far worse than any previous crash - previous occasions the club never lost a ground in Nuneaton and I’ll tell you now that will be a very very difficult obstacle to overcome of it ever is.
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Re: Blimey
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Not wanting to spoil the current armistice, although I agree fully with your last sentence, it is my own personal standpoint that no one will ever come between me and The Boro. That's just me. I'm a stubborn old sod and I won't ever change, As well as having Nuneaton DNA ( leave it!) I also have Yorkshire blood on my Mother's side. It's a potent combination. Someone can tell me something but I won't accept it just because someone says it. Makes no difference in my mind. I'll decide whether they exist or not and that's that.
During JG's reign I lost heart completely and stopped going altogether well before the end. I just got demoralised. I could see the crash you describe coming but I felt powerless to stop it. The run down ground, the woeful football, the imported yobbery-it all got to me. So I stopped.
I accept totally what you say about hurt ,offence and injury caused and I respect your stance on that. You have your principles and you must stick to them. But as you and others like Joe have said-each to their own.
I set down my conditions for a return and almost all have been met. That's why I'm back on board.
Better still-I'm bloody loving it.
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Re: Blimey
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sauce fwiw this club/setup are in their infancy
hence so far so good, agreed.
you would have to be hyper critical to detract - moan - complain.
so far this season its proving as good if not better than last season.
its been a great new start cant be faulted going on results.
i think its a tad hypocritical though that some posters on here condemn
people who dont attend yet you for one, plus others stopped going under jimmy.
its a 50/50 call !! i think your a fair minded person/poster
so imo. what is good for the goose is good for the gander ?? agreed.
what i will say is that people who post on here cannot deny that they have an interest in the club
or there are some funny buggers indeed out there.
variety is the spice of life if we all agreed 100% it wud be a dull world indeed
i will just add UTB which i think goes without saying for both of us.
ps one thing never assume why others might not attend
people have lives to live outside of football
cheers.
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As always
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JT and I never did get to have that pint together.
FTR with the very greatest of respect I don't think I am condemning or criticising anyone who doesn't attend. If that comes out of any of my posts I apologise. Attending or not attending supporting or not supporting-that's their decision.
All I am trying to do is to point out a few of the positives. Some posters don't want to see any positives-and that's fine too. It's a free country (just!).
While I can, I'm still going.
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Re: As always
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absolutely no problem Sauce
keep posting i read and enjoy ALL your posts
a lot of what you say i agree with.
we only want what is best
ps.
HEY we've all got our faults
and ive got my fair share for sure
cheers.
pps this might make you SMILE........ i used to be BIG headed. . . . but im perfect now
Edited by Joe at 11:08:53 on 27th August 2025
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Re: Blimey
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My other half attended games with me for 20 odd years - she is from Bedfordshire so not a native- ( you’ll like that Sauce lol)
Anyway the day some moron mouthed off at me at a game (because I’d criticised the JG regime online) she became very apprehensive about attending any more games. I’ll put that another way- she was frightened of the mob. Me - nah I told the cretin exactly what I thought of him but the missus has categorically said she’ll never watch another Nuneaton match.
So that’s two fans the club has lost.
I’d come back but only after a club or coop statement of understanding related to the hurt dished out during the last regimes tenure.
And just to add - the current town manger who I used to watch at MP insulted me on Boro chat when I criticised the JG era as the club was collapsing.
No club officials and certainly not managers or coaches should be anywhere near social media groups slating their own fans . This was another JG tactic - it was a disgrace and massively unprofessional. .
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Re: Blimey
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I am on board but must admit I am not loving it and I do get disheartened when people say we could be at the Oval for another 5 to 10 years.
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Re: Blimey
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The short-term priority for Town is to make sure that the Oval is up to the Standard required to play at Level 7/Step 3 (SLPC) & not get caught with their pants down!
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Re: Blimey
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Sorry to be negative but that may be the reality - look at Leamington and more to the point Darlington. Getting new football grounds these days is very very difficult and time consuming in planning and cost terms.
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Re: Blimey
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If you read the very good newspaper report posted yesterday by VS, you will see that Leamington & Warwick District Council have been in discussions about the new Stadium for 10 years.
The Council's Cabinet are about to sign off on RIBA Stage 4, moving to the technical design stage & detailed cost planning, to give budget certainty.
The Council have also capped their expenditure & allocated £5m of CIL funds to go towards the cost of the project.
They have also outlined the procedures necessary to protect the taxpayer & gain value for money.
All that said, it is likely to take another 6 years before the new Stadium is complete...& that is with both parties co-operating to make it all possible.
That is the reality!
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To add...
Warwick District Council will own the new Stadium, they will award Leamington FC a long-tern lease & charge the football club a peppercorn rent.
Edited by VoR at 11:08:28 on 27th August 2025
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Loving it
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I meant that I'm now loving the football again. It is so direct: so refreshing. It got so drab and dreary latterly at LW which seemed to end up as an old mates club or even worse a home for footballing mercenaries. In my last full home season we won there twice, I think. Acco and Co seem to actually know what they are doing. That's a pleasant change.
I also enjoy seeing old faces who also seem to be enjoying it. People I respect and trust.
I very much enjoy the feeling of coming out of a ground having enjoyed the football. You will know that ,despite what JMT says, the standard of football at this level is surprisingly high. Our players are coached. They train. They are not left to their own devices.
As fans, We are now allowed to watch highlights. (If you remember, JG banned them in case it gave our opponents an insight to how we play. Ridiculous!). We are now allowed (encouraged) to see the club's accounts. Involvement is everywhere.
Being selfish (and much older now) The Oval is a much safer ground for me. There is no dangerous. dark, potholed approach for night games. With mobility issues I can sit (for free) in the stand on a bad day, or hang over the (excellent) fencing. Parking nearby and the walk to the ground is much easier. Yes, it will be great if we get back on home turf in the town which bears the club name. But I honestly thought it was over full stop a year or two back. It actually isn't.
A few posters (just my thoughts) put their posts of doom and gloom up here deliberately to dishearten people. Ignore them. They are trying to convince you, not how much they love the Boro or Nuneaton, but how much more cleverer they are than us ordinary mortals. Ignore them.
The more people come through those turnstiles now, the more possibility there is of a return NOT taking 15 years. A lot can happen in 15 years. Ask our neighbours up the A444.
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Re: Loving it
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Your last sentence is correct . However In 14 seasons of Alliance premier football Boro have played the average league attendance is just 1300 that’s all - nowhere near what that division sees now. The conference north averages are bigger than what Boro have achieved in that division.
There is work to do then. I reckon there’s a chance if the club can stick a new ground within the traditional catchment area - and that is not on the east side of Nuneaton where many residents come from other towns - such as my in laws.
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Re: Loving it
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Actually his last sentence is the only one I’d disagree with as it’s factually untrue. But I agreed with everything else he said in that post.
As for crowds in the early 80s. Im not sure how old you are but I would take the declared crowds with a pinch of salt. The crowd at MP certainly did when they were announced at the time.
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