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James Harrison leaves the club
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Well that is that
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James as signed for Cov United
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No-o-o-o-o-!
Over the rebirth, one of our best players.
Just wrong.
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Anybody know who the club is ? Rumours that it is Cov Utd
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Was a good player gave 110% every game was deffo one of our best players,sad to see him go,mind you the dugout was always shouting at him
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I think the shouting is an issue.
I stood near the dugouts at Stamford for the cup final last year and was amazed how bad it is.
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I know heard a lot at Shepshed
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Big loss that.
Thanks James.... always gave 100%, right to the last.
Lets hope this player coming in can fill that gap ...
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Do you know something we don't, this player coming in ,is that why James left ?
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Been told we've signed one .... leave it to the club to announce
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Not leaving it till 6 like last Tuesday when they signed the goalkeeper ?
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What player
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Brilliant timing
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Not. Getting like the old days.
That should put a few dozen on the 411 from Last Tuesday.
Um...not.
Declan next? Then Eesa?
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Then mr clough the dog the tea lady the guys who do the 50-50 draw 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
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NOT the tea lady!
And definitely not Mr. Clough!
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Its not good when your better players leave but it happens all the time at this level, they come they go .
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Absolutely
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Personally, I'd have kept the approach/move quiet until 9.30pm tonight.
Just saying.
Better for morale.
Better for the floaters.
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The risk of doing that is the other club announce that they have joined before we have announced they have left. Which also creates issues.
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Hope is not a plan.
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Better timing is
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Posting up the Shepshed highlights earlier today . That should put half a dozen back on.
Re: the other club: quiet word?
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Shepshed highlights have just been released on youtube. (Sent to me last night. Back to back work meetings up until now, so no time to review beforehand). Just wanted to post links on to social media but the website we do that on is currently down, so having to wait until it is back up!
Not much to say to the other club to be honest!
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Is that why we cant announce our new signing then ?
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If you want me to outline the process of how players join the club, are registered with the league, shared with the media team and then released the fanbase, I am more than willing to. But it will probably bore people to tears and not be retained.
If you have any ideas about how the media team can announce new players joining the club (or leaving for that matter), please feel free to suggest them, although you may end up with a volunteer role :)
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Edited by mark-nbfc at 16:08:33 on 22nd September 2026
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Just saying word was out several days ago ..... if 7 days have been put in so be it
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Unless there's big news coming in the opposite direction ...
I have no clue
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I heard a former player is coming back but not from the town era more the boro era. Talking ginelly time that what i was told. I have feeling who could be but will wait and see.
Its a shame the team that brought two seasons of success is breaking up. Its like whats happening at Villa. I think we are starting to feel the affect of money restrictions we have sadly. Just not got the money to either keep or lure players. Of course old skool boro would have threw just chucked the money out to get certain players... but we learnt outcome of what happens when you do that.
#BoroFanof50years#
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If its Benbow we riot. If its Stenson we party
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400 on the gate is the budget....thats set even if we were getting 1000 the budget wouldn't move.
Maybe we should of gone down the percentage route. The better we are the more turn up, the more turn up the better the budget.
As it is now I belive ( im sure someone will corrcet me )
All " spare " money goes in the back to Nuneaton account.
No we dont want to go down the chase the dream route again but to hold the current gates you need to be there or there abouts in any league youre in
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A budget is an estimate to help control costs within it.
Saying 400 is the budget becomes a negative acceptability.
If 200 more are being achieved, then you need to under pin somewhere in between to achieve growth.
The surplus will only help the long term objectives.
Simply allowing 600 to dissipate to 400 just because that’s the budget is madness imo…
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The playing budget is BASED ON a gate of 400 - that does not mean that the whole of 400 people's entry fee is the budget.
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Nobody said it did!
In business operations has to out perform sales, otherwise you have a customer service issue.
Not giving fans (customers) what they perceive as acceptable will lose business.
Whatever the complexities of the budget, when sales grow then variable costs grow too.
The business I work for operates a fleet of lorries…and hires additional when necessary.
Losing fans is never going to drive the club forward.
The secret is…invest some, save some.
Edited by Atty Boro at 19:08:37 on 22nd September 2026
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Perhaps the Club need to explain what the make-up of the budget actually is, not giving figures but just detailing what percentage of Adults, Concessions & Juniors contribute to the overall total & how season ticket sales fit in to the budget?
I have asked this question before, without an answer.
I realise VAT has to be deducted from the Income.
I also agree with Atty Boro, the message presented gives out a negative vibe.
Edited by VoR at 19:24:33 on 22nd September 2026
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To be honest, I do not care how they arrive at the budget figure , as long as expenditure does not exceed income. Spending more than you have coming in puts you on the road to ruin.
We have been down that road a few times before.
Lessons learned, we hope.
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I'm not even sure 400 is a real budget figure as ptgers income comes into play. Its a measure they arrived at as a cut off point so that funds from any attendance above would go into the Back to Stockingford fund.
No other club round here has this odd measure but it works for us at the moment.
I'm never going to complain about the accounts they show us every month, its presented at a level most of us can understand IMO.
Note to self, 'be careful what you wish for'
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Yep I think the intention was to be transparent and accountable.
400 is set a figure to be competitive at this level.
Ultimately the priority has to be to get back to Nuneaton. We need that for a future. Even our recruits from other areas will agree with that.
It wasn’t so long ago we were meeting every couple of weeks in Bermuda wondering if we would even have a club.
We have to keep the faith!
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'Spare' money (after VAT has been deducted).
Mickleover £932 from 212 additional spectators.
Coleshill Town £266 from 107 additional spectators.
I'm not sure those figures add up!?
I would question whether the full amount due has been transferred to the 'Back to Nuneaton' fund, unless LH has a mysterious calculation of his own making?...he is an Accountant!
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Or, if correct, the playing budget is unbelievably low!?
Edited by VoR at 15:10:16 on 22nd September 2026
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If it is the case that we are about to sign someone from the JG era, then it would be hard to guess who, as there were so many players that it was like a revolving door. From memory there were not many that stood out, apart from the guy currently at Telford, and it is not likely to be him.
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We ain’t signing anyone
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He’s going cov united ie James Harrison
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( Cov united ) announcing it at 4pm ( new signing )
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And what are we doing to replace him abserloute fk all
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my sentiments too
since reforming we have done little wrong
ON or OFF the pitch and that includes the management team.
fwiw i think all concerned have done the club proud under the circumstances.
starting a club from scratch is no easy matter.
hence keep to the budget, dont get over ambitious, whatever the pressures
UTB.
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Officially joins cov united
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