Talk:Nuneaton Borough F.C.

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Nickname[edit]

Nuneaton Borough's nickname is the Boro, The Nun's is the nickname of the town's Rugby team.


There ought to be some clarification in the section discussing the F.A. Cup tie with Middlesbrough F.C. "Boro" is also the nickname of Middlesbrough, and for many readers it may not be immediately clear that the use of "Boro" is not a reference to Middlesbrough. Strangelights (talk) 03:54, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rivals[edit]

This is the second time I have removed Coventry City from the list of rival clubs, so I guess I should explain my reasoning. The two teams, while very close geographically, are vastly seperated in terms of quality and league standing (OK the first might be debatable, but we can agree on the latter). I do not believe the two teams have ever played each other, surely a prerequisite for a rivalry one would have thought. Also, for what it's worth, many people, myself included, quite comfortably follow both clubs, something which couldn't be said if they were rivals (you don't get many people following Liverpool and Everton, or Man City and Man Utd). Rje 00:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore that, I've ammended the line to say that Coventry are a neighbour rather than a rival. Is this OK with everyone? Rje 00:51, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Scores of travelling Boro fans dancing onteh pitch at Northwich when Villa scored the third and relegeted Cov should show you how many (not all admittedly) Boro fans hate Cov. The enthusiam that greeted the Fourth Round Cup Draw which paired the winner of Nuneaton V Middlesbrough against Cov also proved that. And the behaviour of some Sky Blue idiots when Boro beat Cov in a pre-season friendly shows that the rivalry does run two ways. There have been some excellent discussions on one of Boro's forums, which spilt over onto at least one of Cov's about rivalry between the two, and although we have never played each other, there is a rivalry between the two sets of fans, be they 'sky blue gimps' or 'white-socked treacle towners'

Agreed, there's more to rivalry than what happens on a football pitch. When both teams are at home, people like you Rje who support both can't be in two places at once, so the two teams are rivals for the same fan base, in our town of Nuneaton anyway. Have you seen the Boro flag with Sky Blue haters on it? I think that says enough.

My family and I follow both Coventry and Nuneaton (as does the Nuneaton Town Chairman) and I find it offensive that some individuals keep including Coventry as Nuneaton's rivals. The two clubs have never played and it makes as much sense as adding Aston Villa to the rival clubs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westendaggro (talk • contribs) 23:10, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As far as i'm aware, there has never been a Boro flag with "Villa haters" on it, or has a pre season friendly been wrecked by Villa fans invading the Boro end singing vulgar songs about the Boro. Unlike some I could mention! The teams might not be rivals to a handful of Boro fans, but there is significant evidence, suggested above, that there is some element of rivalry between the two teams, and should be listed as such. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.239.208 (talk) 19:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have found a source to back up my argument that the clubs are not rivals and would suggest it is not edited until you find a source to back up your assertion! http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/nuneaton_become_city_feeder_club_512569/index.shtml —Preceding unsigned comment added by Westendaggro (talk • contribs) 10:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The date on that article shows the article for what it really is, and such pranks should not be taken seriously. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.239.208 (talk) 17:37, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the story on the official Nuneaton Town website dated 31/3/10 http://www.nuneatontownfc.com/ClubPages/ShowClubArticlePage.aspx?articleID=750

The article does not state that Nuneaton Town are Coventry's feeder club. If everytime a team get's a player on loan from somewhere then they become their feeder club, perhaps Coventry are a feeder club for Ipswich at the moment ? If the article get's changed again, it will only remind me to change the Coventry article to reflect on the fact that Coventry are Ipswich's feeder club. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.239.208 (talk) 07:16, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Coventry Manager Coleman said, "We have got a very good connection at Nuneaton. We sent a fax over to them wishing them all the best in the play-offs and we want to maintain that relationship."

Moved page[edit]

I have moved this page to the correct title which should be Nuneaton Borough A.F.C. instead of Nuneaton Borough F.C. It is vital to have correct official titles for these clubs so as to uphold the integrity of this project. --Siva1979Talk to me 03:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]


The correct name is actually Nuneaton Borough AFC 1991 (trading as StadiaSafe ltd), if you want to get picky!

Nickname, pink socks and the Nuns website[edit]

Some joker keeps changing the nickname to the Nuns (The Nuns is the towns Rugby team), keeps changing the socks on the kit from white to pink, and keeps changing the official Boro website to that of the Nuns. For the record, Nuneaton's nickname is the Boro, the socks should be white and not pink, and the official website is www.nbafc.net - the user who keeps making these changes goes by the name of cold front, is there a way to stop them abusing the page? JB1966 - 12 Oct 2006.

The whole site is full of irregularities as such it is not worthy of the name official record. eg the official borough chat forum is the on accessed from the official web site. As a follower of all local sport I find this especially annoying. Dublinboy - 17 Oct 2006

Dublin boy, it's you who has changed the nickname to the Nuns - if you find it annoying why do you do it? The official Boro "chat room" as you put it can be found on the official site that's listed (when the link hasn't been abused). The Boro chat messageboard is indepentant and not connected with the official site, and needs to be linked seperately. JB1966 - 17 Oct 2006.

I think it is rather vain that you consider "Boro" to be the chosen nickname when by their very nature they are transient and subject to common usage. Who knows what we will decide upon in the Horestone era. On the point of Links. As you rightly say there is a link from the "Official Site" to the Boro Chat site. However, there is no reciprocal arrangement between the two sites, this is just rude. Casual browsers could hit on this link and not be able to enjoy the full colour of the many and varied opinions of Fans and not just the 80 or so that have signed up to Boro Chat. Until the reciprocal link is set up then I will consider the official forum to be just that. With the Boro Chat version being an interesting diversion. Dublinboy - 18 Oct 2006

Boro is the nickname of NBFC, the Nuns is the nickname of the Rugby team - can you not see that? I'm not sure where you are coming from with the links, the official forum is part of the official site, no need to link to both. Boro chat is independant and needs to be linked seperately. I'm not sure where you are coming from with the reciprocal links, both link to each other do they not? It's far from rude as you put it! Dublin boy you can look at the history page and see the garbage you have put on the Boro page over the last few weeks, changing the Boro kit to pink, the official site link to the Nuns (rugby team) website, amongst other things. Can you explain why you have done this, on a daily basis? If there's anything that's rude, then that's it. JB1966 - 20 Oct 2006.


The claim that we will share with the Nuns is inaccurate and slightly misleading. We will own the ground, the stands the pitch and all that, and the Nuns will rent theses form us on their matchdays, making them tenants and us owners. A share involved some amount of shared ownership

Wrong link and poor misleading content will always be changed. As for changing the kit colour, only a marker to let you know we have been. Dublinboy - 20 Oct 2006.

Notable Players[edit]

I think there should be a notable players list. Some suggestions would be Gez Murphy, Barry Williams, Terry Angus and Malcolm Christie.

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2020 Copy Edit[edit]

I will Copy edit this article as requested by the tag. Please discuss any issues here.

You appear to have removed the standard {{English football updater|NuneatoT}} updater which is used to update all the leagues at the end of each season and avoids the hard coding of the league into the lead of an article. Keith D (talk) 00:55, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It appears I did. I was editing the name of the division as it differed from what was on their website and didn't even clock it was a template. I've replaced it. Stingray Trainer (talk) 19:09, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. It could be that the template has not been updated correctly with the division. Keith D (talk) 22:35, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keith D some advice please. I have been doing a general copy-edit of the article and tweaking the prose here and there. There is however a problem with sourcing information - nearly everything comes from one website or local articles. From Section 1.3.6 onwards it becomes clear that large section of this are copied/pasted from various documents at http://www.fromtowntotown.org.uk/eras.html, the lottery funded project to record the club history. Firstly, the stuff is not cited to this, but that can be fixed. Secondly, this feels like a copyright violation. Should all this info be deleted and instead a description the project and link provided, or is it ok? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks. Stingray Trainer (talk) 18:29, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
If the information is copy/pasted from that site then it has to be a copyright violation as the site indicates it is copyrighted. You would need to remove the material and rewrite it using the sources cited. Though you could include some information from the site as long as it attributed to them and in your own words. Keith D (talk) 19:19, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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