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Jardine
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Looks like he is going to rejoin Heather, going to be announced tomorrow
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Thats a surprise going down 2 divisions , i thought he would of gone to Coalville
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Possibly suggests he is just happy playing with mates and didnt want the level of commitment playing at step 4 for us would need
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All a bit sad, really. I'm a great believer in if the principle of you've got talent, use it. On the basis of:
1. You never know when it runs out and:
2. If you never try to reach your limit you may one day live to wish you had done so.
Que sera sera.
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Its his choice though, if he is happy just playing football with his mates and doesnt want to play at a level where more commitment may be required in.terms of training, getting fit, travel etc then that is up to Kyle
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Yes, I hear what you say. Entirely his choice.
But I was never that good and often wished I had been.
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If he never wanted to progress in the game why sign for us ?
Seems a strange one. He knew we would be a club on the up yet he still signed .
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He as probably had a right good bo^%$£*ing for not putting a shift in or a arguement with the manager(s) and didnt like what was said , seemed happy to sign a 2 year deal but we move on hopefully Mr Murphy will be as good or better than him.
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He was took off early in a game on a Saturday and Doddsy told him exactly what he thought ....
cant remember now but it was something about going out or playing on the Friday night. Doddsy wasnt happy
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He should of known about Nuneaton when he signed Acco and Doddsy take their jobs serious and want the best for the club.
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I knew he had a roasting thanks for that.
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For whatever reason he is gone. Good luck to him; we move on.
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Job security?
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I believe he's a self employed plumber ....
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Plumbers and knees
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I have a couple of mates who are semi-retired plumbers. Both have had to have knee ops. Years of crawling about under sinks or fitting baths. Neither of them ever played football.
Both made a lot of dosh out of plumbing though.
Yep: Kyle's definitely doing the right thing. All makes sense now.
Edited by Unnamed Sauce at 22:18:52 on 3rd June 2026
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Yeah but also earning money through football. Signing a contract guarantee's that income.
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I dont get your point ....
He had a contract which garenteed his wage but decided to leave, probably going back to non contract, that doesn't garentee his wage.
Money wise surly he'd of been better off ( money wise ) with us .
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It shows lack of football ambition. Happy playing at step 6 with his mates. If he had wanted to get fit I am sure he could have done, and played at a higher level. But did not want too. Took the easy way out.
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What’s wrong with ‘taking the easy way out’ if that means being happier?
I have every ounce of respect for anyone in life who does what makes them happy.
If working full time in a good career and playing a level of football at a club he enjoys makes him happy, then good luck to him.
Get back to playing with a smile on your face Kyle, and don’t worry about people who think committing to Nuneaton Town FC is the be all and end all.
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I think we all get that. What puzzles me, and several other supporters is , why sign a contract which run until the end of next season.? From what I understand the contract was only signed a few months ago at such a time when it looked likely that we would be promoted.
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Contract was signed in September 25 miles away from any promotion charge.
Agree with MJNB full respect to Kyle go do what you enjoy. Life/family first, sport second..
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I stand corrected. I was told it was signed early january.
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Why did Kyle return home?
Kyle Jardine returned to Heather St John's FC because balancing his job and personal life with the demands of playing for Nuneaton Town FC became increasingly difficult. He mentioned that he couldn't give the level of commitment the club deserved, especially with Step Four football. It seems he wanted to prioritize his personal life and enjoy playing football without added stress, which returning to his former club Heather St John's FC might provide. Some fans speculate that he might have preferred to play for a team closer to home or with more flexible expectations, allowing him to play with friends and enjoy the game more. ¹ ²
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Hence my post about contracts. The contract did not protect the club in any way. All it did was ensure that the players wages were guaranteed.
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Do you understand how contracts work? It did protect the club, without a contract last season any club could have just put in 7 days notice to sign him
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It has not protected the club from him leaving. I believe his contract expired at the end of next season as he was considered the main asset player wise.
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It protected him..... it did nothing for us.
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It would have done something for us if a club higher in the pyramid wanted him. We would have been entitled to a fee.
Earlier in the season, it looked as if he was attracting attention from bigger teams. As far as I am aware, no other club made an offer, so the contract resulted in no benefit for us - but the potential was there.
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I still think the reason he gave was a white herring ...
Hes gone anyway and thats that
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Yes it did, it meant clubs could not sign him.last season by just putting in 7 days notice
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He was given a contract to protect his position with the club. He is gone, yet the contract was due to expire at the end of next season. How has this protected his position with the club?
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If they had wanted to the club could have held him to his contract, they have chosen not to do so, i will repeat yet again the contract protected the club last season as it prevented him leaving on 7 day approach from another club
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Well a short term contract; to the end of last season would have offered what protection the club had.
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I dont know why he signed that contract either, when he signed it he must have known there was a fairly good chance of us being promoted
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There could be other footballing reasons too. When Kyle signed the contract, Boro were playing great football, passes through midfield and delivering chances for him to convert. As the season progressed, many of us noticed that long balls through the middle were becoming more common than flowing football moves. IMHO, that may not have been the best match for Kyle's skill set - and that may have made him less happy with his position at Boro.
Of course, I may also have misread the situation - I have no inside knowledge at all.
Edited by Greg (NBFC) at 17:07:30 on 4th June 2026
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Re: Jardine
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I don't think you have misread the situation at all. All players, strikers especially, want to make an impact on the game. Certainly in the last five or six home league games, Kyle was becoming more, and more isolated because of the style of football we were playing. Others have commented that he did not seem happy towards the end of the season, which seemed the case for me too. I only saw home games, so cannot comment on whether this was also the case in away games. As you imply, the long ' hoof ball' game frustrated Kyle, and perhaps, contract or not, he thought it was time to move on. All conjecture of couse, but he has now left the club.
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I think the opposition had sussed us out and were closing us down more.
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Of course you could be right. That scenario is preferable to it being a conscious decision by the managers. Whatever the reason it was not playing to Kyle's strengths.
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You are both spot on .... his father told me he wasnt happy, didnt like the long ball and preferred the ball to feet. He wasnt happy the way the season went , more and more long ball.
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I think most of the fans would have preferred us to stick to the free flowing, passing game - but I'm sure Acco and Doddsy had their reasons for changing it. And we won the league :)
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I dont think they did ... I think other teams sussed us out and we had nothing else in the locker bar the long ball
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End of the day, a youngish lad has made a decision which he thinks is right for him at this stage of his life.
I don’t see any need to try and work out the ins and outs other than a lad has made a decision which he believes is right and will make him happy.
I find football fans weird though; no one claimed Gaz Dean ‘lacked ambition’ when he reportedly turned down higher level clubs to stay at Boro and focus on a good career off the pitch, but I guess that’s cause he stayed with us to show that ‘lack of ambition’ rather than leaving… funny that
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Am I the only person who’s ever made a decision, then life events changed and means you have to do something different?
Life is bigger than football. Happiness is too.
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Spot on mate
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To be fare to him... circumstances change in life .... maybe this was the case
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Being on contract did prevent him playing on Sundays though.
Little by little.
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I stand corrected on this but I believe he still played for other teams. Apologies if thats wrong.
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Depends if playing at step 4 makes up for the money he loses as a plummer, ie extra training session, finishing work early to get to away games, guess he has decided it wouldnt
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I say again ...
I think he's self employed as a plumber ....
Being self employed you choose when you work .....
If he'd of got fit, banged in the goals, he'd have an open checkbook with some clubs, imagine what Jimmy would of offered him at Barwell
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Being self employed means he has to take work when he can so my point was that having to drive to nuneaton/bedworth for an extra training sesion next season, having to finish work earlier to get to some of the away games would all cost him in terms of lost income, also petrol to nuneaton/bedworth twice a week for training, all these things i am guessing he has weighed up and decided he is better off going back to Heather. I doubt we were paying him signifcantly more than Heather either
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Hes a plumber.... they charge you best part of £80 to do an half hour boiler service .... without parts
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Doesnt matter how much he charges, you get that by having to attend an extra training session.every week, posdibly having to finish work earlier to get to some away games is time he is loosing to make those 80 quids, and he has presumably decided what we pay him doesnt compensate for those lost 80 quids as you put it
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Anyway he's gone ... we move on without him
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We can go round in circles with this, upshot is he has decided he is better off going back to Heather rather than stay with us
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Maybe to get a league winners medal, doesnt follow that every player is ambitious, some are just happy at a certain level, Carsley maybe the same, they dont want the commitment that higher level football demands
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He may have thought it was a stepping stone to much higher things. The contract would seem to indicate that.
However now he doesn’t seem to get much higher than step 4 maybe all the travelling and training doesn’t seem worth the aggravation.
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Which bit?
I’ll try again.
He may have hoped joining Nuneaton would be a stepping stone to much high levels eg conference. The contract he signed would indicate both eh and the club thought this might be possible.
However despite having scored many goals last season it’s now apparent there isn’t interest above step 4.
Now all the travel and commitment doesn’t appear worth it if this is going to be his ceiling.
So he’s happier to play more locally with friends at a slightly lower level.
Do you understand now?
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No not really, i dont see that if he wanted to play higher he would give up aftwr one season, that makes no sense to me at all
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I dont think that is the case at all, if you are ambitious you dont give up after one season
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IMO, Level 8/ Step 4 is the ideal place to aim for if you want to test your credentials, as a club & a player, to progress any higher?
It is the lowest level of the Trident Leagues (Northern, Southern & Isthmian) & is one Step above the abyss of non-league football, (the County Leagues with hundreds & thousands of football clubs).
If you look at the clubs at Level 8/Step 4 they are mostly small town or village clubs, who are sampling life at that level, while working out what to do next plus a few fallen giants of non-league football.
This is where ambition/aspiration takes over!
Harborough Town, Quorn & Anstey Nomads are examples of clubs that have done exceptionally well, considering their roots were in the Leicestershire Senior League.
Two clubs who Town will be playing next season, Basford United & Mickleover will be familiar to Town's supporters.
I suspect all five of those clubs are being bankrolled by benefactors to some degree.
When it comes to the players with ambitions to play higher, they will migrate to the ambitious clubs, because those clubs will also pay the best wages.
So, back to the likes of Kyle Jardine & choices, he & many others I am sure don't see playing at Step 4 that big an attraction, at the detriment to their happiness in the rest of their lives?
Step 4 will bring that realisation to some players who have never had the ambition/or even the opportunity to play at that level before & the increased demands on their time more importantly if they want to succeed?
Just my thoughts!
Edited by VoR at 17:54:21 on 3rd June 2026
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Lots of things can happen in the course of a year that change your perspective and outlook.
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You dont give up if your ambition.is to play higher
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There are many factors which may impact ambition in one aspect of your life.
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If he has decided to prioritise his job and family life over football i can see why he may decide to drop down the leagues again thats true, but drop down just beacause a club in a higher league didnt come in for him.doesnt make sense
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It does lack ambition but if that's how he wants to play his football it's his decision .
I'm glad it's Heather as it fits in with what he and the club have said . Certainly wouldn't want it being someone we see as proper rivals like the Adders . From what i've read last couple of days we seem to have a more than adequate replacement in Liam Murphy . Good luck Kyle and thanks for the huge part you played in last seasons championship .
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It may ‘lack ambition’ from a football perspective.
But how do we know he hasn’t won a big plumbing contract? The type that could set him up with buying his first house? Paying his parents mortgage off? Paying for an engagement ring and honeymoon? Investing in his long term future and developing his business?
I’d argue that sticking with a step 4/tier 8 football club that hindered your life opportunities to build a good career and future for yourself would be more of a ‘lack of ambition’ for an individual.
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