by Peter Scherer
Despite their success over the years, Nuneaton Town have gone through troubled times, both in the past and more recently.
Founded as Nuneaton St.Nicholas they have been better known as Borough. They were liquidated in 1991 but reformed again as Borough, but in 2008 they were liquidated again and this time reformed as Town.
They even changed their name back to Borough for the 2018/19 season and were in the Southern Premier League Midlands Division with Mickleover in 23/24, when more financial issues forced them to withdraw from the league.
As Nuneaton Town they started 24/25 in the Midlands League Division One, but were homeless and had to ground share with Bedworth Utd.
Last year they were promoted again as United Counties League Premier Division South Champions and now making plans to have their own stadium built in Nuneaton.
Darren Acton and Russell Dodd are the current management team having taken over in 2024. Acton is a former Nuneaton player and has also managed at Solihull Moors, Barnet and Coventry Utd. They were previously joint manager’s at Coventry Utd too.
They reached the FA Cup third round three times, which in 2000 included a win over Stoke City. Three-time FA Trophy quarter finalists too, George Best also played for them once in a friendly against Coventry City.
Former Rams striker Malcolm Christie was signed from Nuneaton too.
- Alliance Premier League
- Runners-up: 1983–84, 1984–85
- Conference North
- Runners-up: 2004–05
- Play-off Winners (Promoted) 2011–12
- Southern League Premier Division
- Champions: 1998–99
- Runners-up: 1966–67, 1974–75, 2009–10(Promoted via play-offs)
- Southern League Midland Division
- Champions: 1981–82, 1992–93, 1995–96
- Runners-up: 2008–09 (Promoted via play-offs)
- Midland Football League Division One
- Champions: 2024-25
- United Counties Football League Premier Division South
- Champions: 2025-26
- Birmingham League
- Champions: 1954–55, 1955–56
- Birmingham Combination
- Champions: 1914–15, 1928–29, 1930–31
- Runners-up: 1910–11, 1931–32, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1950–51
- Birmingham Junior League
- Champions: 1906–07
- Coventry & North Warwickshire League
- Champions: 1904–05
- Runners-up: 1897–98
- Nuneaton & District League
- Champions: 1902–03
- Runners-up: 1901–02
- Southern League Cup
- Winners: 1996
- Finalists: 1963
- Birmingham Senior Cup
- Winners: 1931, 1949, 1956, 1960, 1978, 1980, 1993, 2002, 2010
- Finalists: 1935, 1953, 1967, 1991, 2011, 2015, 2019
- Birmingham League (Maserfield Cup)
- Finalists: 1953, 1955
- Midland Floodlit Cup
- Winners: 1969, 1974, 1980, 1984 (joint)
- Finalists: 1983, 1985, 1991, 2025.
We now look forward to welcoming them back to Mickleover in the forthcoming season.