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Nuneaton Town

Nuneaton Town Football Club is an English Football club from the town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The team compete in the Conference North. This is the 2nd level of Non League Football. In the 2007–08 season they competed in the Conference North division, but due to a liquidation they were demoted to the Southern Football League Division One Midlands.
In 1889 Nuneaton St. Nicholas were the first team to play senior football within Nuneaton. Five years later they changed their name to Nuneaton Town, and played until 1937 when the club was disbanded. However, two days later Nuneaton Borough F.C. were founded but in 1992, the club was renamed Nuneaton Borough AFC. In 2008 they ran out of money again, and were reformed as Nuneaton Town - suffering a two division demotion. The club is still known as Boro to those who support the team, but they are again on the verge of bankruptcy. .
The club play their home fixtures at Liberty Way in their home kit of blue & white vertical stripes.

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In July 2011 kevin wilkin resigned as manager as again liquidation was a possibility, the former semi-Professional footballer Nick Treadwell who had a spell at nuneaton was appointed manager. His Job was to take a nuneaton side to the confrence premier division and stop the club going under again.
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The Introduction

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I got out of bed at 6:15, i couldnt sleep. All i could think about was the lads telling me what a huge train wreck id got myself into. I mean on the outskirts of liquidation and the expectation of the town on my shoulders. As i arrived at the chairman Ian Neale's office my head was spinning with what to do.
After speaking for a hour, Mr Neale convinced me that i could do this. He even offered to help me out in the transfer market with his own funds, we were in this together and this challenge began to excite me.
So i Signed the contract, and began to look for potential targets.
 
The Squad

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Thanks to the funds from mr beale i managed to sign a few players on free transfers,
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View attachment 207305Former Chelsea trainee, Phil Younghusband

View attachment 207306Sri Lankan Nikki Ahamed.

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Friendlies

Nuneaton 1-1 Cheltenham

Coventry 2-0 Nuneaton

Ruthin 1-3 Nuneaton

Cambridge 0-3 Nuneaton

Chester 2-3 Nuneaton
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So quite pleased with pre season, some good win's against good opposition and now ready 4 the opening day, which also happens to be derby day



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August

Hinckley 2-4 Nuneaton
(Marsden, Counago, Dean, Walker)

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We began the season with a great win away at our rival's hinckley, after conceding a early penalty we showed our fight and went into a comanding 3-1 lead after counago's 35 yarder, Although hinckley came back to score again we finished it off with a goal at the end to cemment the points.


Nuneaton 2-2 Altrincham
(Glover, Counago)

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After a great result in our 1st game, we had our first home game of the season. we had a disasterous start conceding 2 goals in teh first 20 minutes, we showed great heart and managed to get level and really should have won the game in the end.

Corby 1-3 Nuneaton
(Counago 3)

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The Following week we had a trip to corby, after a lackluster first half the game came to life with a fabulous hat-trick from pablo counago which took the teams tally to 7 points from a possible 9.

Nuneaton 1-0 Fc Halifax
(Marsden)

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We took the spoil's in a game that dint have much to see, Our patience paid off and go the win through a justin marsden goal, the game's sour point however was the knee injury to phil younghusband that would keep him out of the team for 6 weeks.


Solihull Motors 1-0 Nuneaton

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The Month ended on a sour note with a extremely dissapointing defeat to solihull motors, we never produced anything to take note of and looked very poor, this result left us with 10 points and in 5th place as we ended the month.


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September

After our disapointing result last time out, we hosted hyde.

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After another fantastic hat-trick for pablo counago our concentration dipped and ending up squandering a 2 goal lead to finish 3-3.

The following week we travelled to colwyn Bay looking to get back on the winning trail..

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Again after leading and looking comfortable we let a lead slip and ended up with nothing..

Next we hosted worcester, a side struggling near the foot of the table.

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After scoring early we kept it for over a hour and looked comfortable, after that we fell apart and was lucky to end up with a point.

Next up was high flyer's histon at liberty way

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Well, A absolute embarrasment, not god enough and let the players know about it, already the pressure was on.

The last game of the month a f.a cup game away at woodford utd,

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After a rough month, we finished with a win a comfortable 2-0

At the end of the month we were sat in 13th Place

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October + November


So after a difficult september we were looking to pull together and change our fortunes, We started with a 3rd qualifying round f.a cup tie at home to rushall.

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We fought well and earnt our win against a good rushall side with a brace from pablo counago.

We returned to league action with a trip to harrogate,

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We were the better side, but we couldnt finish the job and had to settle for a point.

We continued our f.a cup journey by hosting chorley,

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After another brace from counago we recorded a comfortable 3-0 win and looked forward to the 1st round draw.

we went into our game against blyth needing to start winning our home games and hoping to take our f.a cup form into the game,

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after a wait we delivered a great performance to win 3-1, which got us back in the promotion hunt, with just 4 points between 2nd and 13th place.

Looking for back to back league wins we travelled to guisley.

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After a brilliant performance from justin marsden we dominated and ran out 5-1 winners,

We then travvelled to run away leader's droylsden.

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After a good game we were beaten 1-0 by a in form side,

The next game was the f.a cup 1st round tie vs league 2 side hereford, and we smelt a upset.

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And we were awesome, a fantastic performance against a very good side and we flew into the 2nd round draw.

We returned to league action looking to get back in the hunt, with a home game against eastwood.

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We recorded a comfortable 2-0 win, with counago continuing his great scoring record.

In the week we hosted gainsborough,

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we recorded 2 good wins in the week, counago scored a penalty with took his tally to 18 goals in 19 games.

We began our f.a trophy journey with a tie against kendall,

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A brace from counago made it a comfortable afternoon for us as we won 4-1

We finished the Month with a trip to Gloucester,

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A disapointing draw, the sending off changed the game and we conceaded late,

We finished the month in 3rd place,

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Our Next game, F,A Cup 2nd round away at Tamworth
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is this any good? anyone following? or could give me tips?
 
Im following, just found the thread :) Good turn around so far, Im guessing your sticking to a 4-4-2 (seems to be the best for low leagues)
 
Nope, im playing 4-1-3-2 as i have no width in my squad, and the big clubs cant handle it aha
 
December

The month began with our huge F.A Cup 2nd round tie away at Tamworth,

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Well what a performance, we were awesome again! and celebrating long into the night eargerly waiting for the 3rd round draw the following day,

The F.A CUP Third round draw

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And what a draw

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A home tie against Premier League strugglers swansea!


In the f.a trophy it took a replay to beat gloucester which set me up with a tie against Lincoln

In the league,
4 wins from 5 Games kept me in 3rd Place and also the manager of the month award.

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January

I new as january approached this would be a difficult month, 4 games in the 1st 9 days including the biggest game in the club's history live on bbc.

we began with a struggle, losing the first 2 games of the month,
then came the big one against swansea

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We were totally outclassed, and nothing we could do. have loved the adventure though,

after the f.a cup tie we progressed in the fa trophy after a penalty win over lincoln
and have also won 3 league games on the bounce with jamil Adam scoring 7 goals in his last 2 games,

At the end of the month we were sat in 3rd place,

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Hi Treaders, people are very reluctant to follow stories started by 'newer' members who aren't proven story writers, as 95% of them fall by the wayside withn a few days.

Keep posting, prove you can deliver regular, quality updates and you will get yourself some followers.

Also, just to let you know, there are a maximum of 3 stories allowed per user per edition of FM. I have closed your other 2 to allow you to concentrate on this story, please don't become just another failed story statistic and keep writing it :)
 
February

The month began with the side struggling to get on a run, 2 wins and 2 draws from the league games made it a struggle, fortunatly our 2 rival's have had a poor month which left us 5 points behind the leaders with a game in hand and them 2 play next.

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In the F.a Trophy we were still upsetting the odds, 1st with a 1-0 win over fleetwood

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And then after a goaless draw we defeated ebbsfleet in the replay 4-2 after extra time, with pablo counago scoring 4 goals to take his tally to 10 for the compition, and to set us up with a semi final tie against wrexham

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March and April

During march and april came our toughest month, 13 league games, 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat, this left us top of league by 2 points with one game left.

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Our run in the f.a trophy came to a end after we lost 3-1 to wrexham in the semi final, which was another great run.​
 
After a few great nights with the squad it began to set in, what a great season i said to myself, just as i was opening the sun.
And there it was, i was being linked to all kinds of clubs, some that turned my head quite alot.
I had a decision to make, if the offer came what would i do? i dunno. ive just gotta get on with my job.
 
What's it gonna be?

I was getting ready for my meeting with ian neale when i turned on sky sports news and seen the breaking news,
swansea contact Nuneaton over vacent managers position, as i read the phone rang, it was Ian who said we need to have a talk, i new it, today was decision day.
As we began to chat i could hear the worry in his voice, a couple of the players text me to try nd get me 2 stay, he asked for my decision.
I began to think how without this chance i wouldnt be in the position im in now, i have 1 year on my contract and a chance to take nuneaton to back to back promotions, i had to stay for the players and the chairman, Mr Neale couldnt be happier and told me id get a new contract offer next week,
I had to and get myself some players as 11 left during the close season.

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I did Manage to bring in some good players including experienced cb Chris Perry,

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Our pre-season couldnt have come around quicker,

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And Now we were ready for the big time!
 
August and September

Our Blue square premier adventure began in a couple of days and i was ready, having built a new squad in just over 2 weeks i was very nervous to see if they were ready,
I added Calvin Wilson to give us extra in midfield, especially after finding out that a virus would keep adam walker out for a year.

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The first 2 month's of the season have shown we can compete with the best of them, with 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats we sit in 8th place, Just a couple of points out of the play-off places.

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At the end of the month i made my first short term loan signing of Cody Mcdonald from coventry

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October and November

With the confrence premier up and running, it was time to test our squad to see if we could match up, during the last 2 months we have added 2 new players to the squad,

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During these 2 month's we have played 9 games, winning 6 and losing 3

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We have also won 3 F.A cup Games which places us into the 3rd Round,

We are currently in 6th Place with 38 points,

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And in the 3rd round of the f.a cup we have drew League 2 side Gillingham at home​
 
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year

So began the busiest footballing period, for us it was all about if we could keep up our fantastic league form and also keep the cup run's going,

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And what a awful month, fuming with the players isn't the word,
with 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats we have slipped to 9th in the league and have been awful in recent games,
after a replay defeat to gillingham in the fa cup the only good thing is that were still in the fa trophy with a home game against wrexham to come,

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