Nuneaton Town FC

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NUNEATON ST NICHOLAS / TOWN (1889-1937)

1889 Men from Nuneaton St. Nicholas Parish Church form a football team to represent the town, playing only friendly games.
1892 They begin to enter Charity Cup competitions.
1894 In September the ‘Nicks’ change their name to Nuneaton Town Association F.C.
1894-95 Warwickshire Junior League.
1896-97 Coventry & District League.
1897-99 Coventry & North Warwickshire League.
1899-00 Joined Leicestershire Senior League
Away games at Gresley Rovers and Burton Swifts Res not played.
1901-03 Nuneaton & District League.
1903-04 Trent Valley League.
1904-06 Coventry & North Warwickshire League.
1906-08 Birmingham Junior League.
1908-15 Renamed, Birmingham Combination.
1915-19 Competition suspended due to World War One.
1919-24 Joined Birmingham & District League.
1924-26 Joined Southern League, Eastern Section.
1926-33 Birmingham Combination.
1933-37 Birmingham & District League.
1937 May 13th,1937 at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders it was decided to wind up the football club despite Nuneaton Town being financially sound having sold their Manor Park ground to Nuneaton Corporation the previous December.

SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS

1899-00 LEICS 14 7 3 4 27 18 17 4/9

1919-20 B’HAM 34 16 4 14 70 66 36 8/18
1920-21 B’HAM 34 11 9 14 54 61 31 11/18
1921-22 B’HAM 34 19 6 9 77 47 44 4/18
1922-23 B’HAM 34 20 5 9 77 45 45 3/18
1923-24 B’HAM 34 13 3 18 62 64 29 13/18
1924-25 SOUTH-E 32 8 2 22 37 62 18 15/17
1925-26 SOUTH-E 34 7 3 24 61 113 17 18/18

1933-34 B’HAM 38 21 3 14 80 65 45 8/20
1934-35 B’HAM 36 23 6 7 85 44 52 3/19
1935-36 B’HAM 38 14 2 22 66 84 30 16/20
1936-37 B’HAM 36 9 5 22 65 115 23 17/19

F.A. CUP

1925-26 4Q
1931-32 3Q
3Qr
4Q


Major Honours;
League: Coventry & District League: Champions1902-03, Runners Up 1901-02; Coventry & North Warwickshire League: Champions 1904-05, Runners Up 1897-98; Birmingham Junior League: Champions 1906-07; Birmingham Combination: Champions 1914-15, 1928-29, 1930-31, Runners Up 1910-11, 1931-32
Birmingham Senior (County) Cup: First entered 1911-12; Winners 1930-31; Runners Up 1934-35
F.A. (English) Cup: First entered: 1899-90 – never progressed to competition proper

Grounds;
Played on various fields from 1889 to 1903 located at Higham Lane, Rose Inn Coton Road, Arbury Road (later renamed Queens Road) and Edward Street.
Enclosed grounds at Queens Road 1903-08, Newdigate Arms 1908-15, Manor Park 1919-37 (club wound up on 13th May 1937).

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The Vanarama Football Conference » Premier Division

1 Barnet 39 75
2 Bristol Rovers 39 74
3 Macclesfield Town 39 71
4 Grimsby Town 38 69
5 Forest Green Rovers 39 69
6 Eastleigh 38 64
7 Gateshead FC 37 60
8 Woking 38 59
9 FC Halifax Town 37 59
10 Dover Athletic 37 53
11 Chester FC 39 53
12 Kidderminster Harriers 39 52
13 Lincoln City FC 38 52
14 Wrexham 36 50
15 Braintree Town 38 49
16 Altrincham 39 49
17 Torquay United 37 47
18 Aldershot Town 39 45
19 Southport 38 41
20 Alfreton Town 38 41
21 Welling United 38 37
22 Dartford 37 32
23 Nuneaton Town 38 32
24 AFC Telford Utd 39 26

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