Nuneaton Town FC

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).