forget the respect! we lost to both altrincham and braintree by showing too much respect. before both games DC's pre match interview on radio bristol said about giving them the respect they deserve blah blah blah. we need to show no respect and literally go out on the pitch not worrying at all about them but instead go all out attack starting in 5th gear and humiliate them scoring no less than 5. i expect a good fast start by us and i would hope we would put our early chances away maybe be 2 up in the 1st 15 mins. good thing is we are at home on saturday too so we can go for it today without worrying about being tired and travelling to an away game. we have no midweek game next week so lets just go for it in these 2 home games and really show the league we are up for this while keeping our home unbeaten run in tact!
A Look At Nuneaton Town F.C. - Part 2 - History Part 3 2008âPresent NUNEATON TOWN Club Nickname: The Boro. League Record: 2008â09 Southern League Division One; 2009â10 Southern League Premier Division; 2010â2012 Conference North; 2012âPresent Conference Premier. Club Honours: Southern League Division One (Midlands): Runners Up 2008â09 (Promoted via play offs); Southern League Premier Division: Runners Up 2009â10 (Promoted via play offs); Conference North 2011â12 (Promoted via play offs); Birmingham Senior Cup: Winners 2010; FA Cup: First Round Proper 2009â10 & 2010â2011. Ground: Liberty Way 2008 â present. Record Attendance: 3,480 v Luton Town (22 February 2014, Conference Premier). ''The Story So Far:'' The new directors soon found they had inherited excessive debts despite the sale of Manor Park to property developers. The new club reverted to its former name of Nuneaton Town and were demoted two divisions from Conference North to Southern League Division One. The club underwent complete restructuring with facilities being upgraded and revamped for the supporters. Following the demotion to the Southern League Midlands Division the club gained promotion following a 1â0 play-off final victory over Chasetown at Liberty Way. The next season, Nuneaton found themselves in the Premier Division with several teams that were spending vast sums chasing promotion. After a slow start the team went on a fantastic run that saw them beaten only once at home and included a run of 14 straight victories, narrowing a 24 point gap between the leaders Farnborough to just 2 points at the end of the season. Nuneaton were victims of their own success in the FA Cup and FA Trophy as they ended the second week in March with a backlog of eight games in hand over their top six rivals. Nuneaton pursued Farnborough all the way and had a hectic schedule of ten games in twenty four days, including two games in twenty four hours. Again, the play-offs beckoned and a 6â0 thrashing of big spending Brackley Town in the semi-final saw home advantage given to Nuneaton who faced Chippenham. The final went into extra time and it was befitting that a local player, Eddie Nisevic, who had come through the ranks, got the winning goal returning Nuneaton to the Conference North. Nuneaton had a County Cup Final only three days later. The icing on the cake for the season was the win over Alvechurch to lift the Birmingham Senior Cup. Only Premier League Aston Villa have won the cup more times than Nuneaton. However, Nuneaton have won the trophy in every decade since the Second World War. Nuneatonâs return to the Blue Square Bet North was welcomed by the clubs hard core of supporters and the opening game and crowd average of around 1000 proved the appetite for football at this level. Nuneaton started well and remained in the top six up until Christmas, where they gained top spot until the last week in March. Eventually after other clubs played their games in hand, Nuneaton finished just outside of the play-offs. Fortune smiled on The Boro when the club above them, Eastwood Town, were prevented from taking part in the play-offs due to a technical problem. Nuneaton faced AFC Telford Utd in the first leg and were in the lead up until the 93rd minute when the away side drew level. The second tie was much closer, Telford took the lead, but defended for the whole of the second half as the visitors looked get the vital goal. Full-time saw heartbreak for Boro, but they lost to the side that eventually got promotion into the Football Conference. The 2011/12 season was to see Nuneaton gain promotion back to the Conference Premier for the first time in 10 years. After maintaining a high league position throughout the season Boro' were dealt a blow as the season entered its final few weeks when an administration error led to a 6 point deduction. This seemed to spur the team on and a final day 3â2 victory at Blyth Spartans ensured their play-off place. A superb semi-final 2nd leg victory over Guiseley with a goal from Andy Brown in the last minute of extra time meant that Boro had to travel to Gainsborough Trinity for the PlayâOff Final. Again Brown (ironically the player concerned in the admin mishap) was the goal hero which saw Boro claim a 1â0 victory amid wild scenes of delight amongst the travelling supporters as the club won a place back with the non-league elite. Thus the Boro gained their third promotion in four seasons. After such a troubled recent history off the pitch, a genuine case of the phoenix rising from the ashes. The 2012/13 season saw Boro pitting their wits against the countries non-league elite. Up against many full-time clubs it took a while to get to grips with their new environment but Boro's team spirit and work ethic never waivered. Despite spending much of the season in and around the relegation zone a terrific run towards the end of the season saw Boro eventually finish in 15th place. The 2013/14 season surpassed all expectations with Boro leading the table early on and in and around the play-offs for most of the season. After their manager Kevin Wilkin left for Wrexham, results tailed off in the last month or so of the season but they still finished in 13th position. A new manager, Brian Reid, was appointed and oversaw the last 3 games of the season. On Monday 8th September following a poor start to the 2014/15 season just after seven games manager Brian Reid was sacked, after a number of poor results and poor performances.
Amazing what difference to the mood a week can make - 92% in favour of a Gas win - a week ago it would have been the other way round ! Now we've got talk of 4 or 5 goal winning margin !! Long may it continue - a comfortable 3-1 win will do me !!
i think if we had lost to lincoln on saturday, i would have still predicted a home win tonight as our home form is very good (4th best in our league) and we seem to have a good bouncebackability after a defeat away
Same here. I'm really hoping for a very comfortable victory tonight with a brace of goals (a bit like the 7-1 win over Burton) I think we need it but I would still take a scrappy 1-0 victory right this minute
Manager on Lincoln and Nuneaton Darrell Clarke was pleased to get the club’s first away win of the season on Saturday and insists that it was all for the supporters. The manager said: “The pleasing thing for Saturday was it’s good for the supporters who made the long trip. “They’ve had a tough time of things traveling and supporting Bristol Rovers over the last few years so it was nice to get the win for them.” However, Darrell is making sure the squad keep their feet firmly on the floor. “The club and the squad wont be getting carried away, I wont allow that to happen. It’s an away win and we move on to the next game. “I was really pleased with the character of the lads Saturday, when you lose a two goal lead in the manner that we did you can get carried away thinking that we’ve chucked the game away. “I said to the players that if we would have come in at half time all square we would have had something to build on. “So they had to take away the fact that they had lost a two goal lead and had to get their heads right for the second half.” Darrell also praised the character of Lee Brown having missed a penalty to bounce back and set up Ellis Harrison for the decisive goal. “It shows the character inside the player and the team, he steps up and hits the inside of the post but puts it behind him and sets up the winning goal.” Ellis Harrison scored his second goal of the season against Lincoln and the manager says that he is putting himself in contention for a starting spot. “You have to praise Ellis for his attitude and the way that he has come back, but he needs a greater understanding of football but he is improving and long may it continue.” Nuneaton Town are up next at the Memorial Stadium and the manager insists that it is going to be another hard game. “In their last two games they’ve drew with Grimsby and beaten Forest Green so there is no way we are going to turn up Tuesday night with the cigars out because we aren’t good enough to do that. “Were not at that stage where we can think this is a three point banker, we’ve got to give respect to Nuneaton. “They’ve picked up four points in their last two and we need to make sure that complacency doesn’t creep into our game.” Darrell also confirmed that Jamie Turley is having another x-ray later today before he can be cleared to play contact football. “He is very close, he is training with us but we will wait for him to pass his medical. “He has been coming in and has been getting himself fit but we are waiting on that all important medical. “Other clubs have been in for him and would even take a chance without the medical but he wants to play for Bristol Rovers.
All you need to know ahead of tonight's game! Rovers will be going into tonight’s game looking to build on their first away win of the season whilst maintaining their unbeaten run at the Memorial Stadium. Opposition: Nuneaton currently sit in 18th place in the table with only two wins in their nine games so far this campaign. However, coming off the back of two positive results in their last games against Forest Green Rovers and Aldershot the Boro will be looking to pick up their first win away from home. Danger man – Andy Brown: The Boro front man leads the clubs scoring charts with two goals this season both coming at the James Parnell Stadium. The former Telford player signed for Nuneaton in 2012 and has gone on to make 83 appearances scoring 31 goals. Having netted against Aldershot on Saturday Brown will be eager to increase his tally tonight. Darrell’s View: “In their last two games they’ve drew with Grimsby and beaten Forest Green so there is no way we are going to turn up Tuesday night with the cigars out because we aren’t good enough to do that. “Were not at that stage where we can think this is a three point banker, we’ve got to give respect to Nuneaton. “They’ve picked up four points in their last two and we need to make sure that complacency doesn’t creep into our game.” Opposition View: The Boro are without a manager since parting company with Brian Read and assistant Mark Noon has been given the task of taking charge of the team until a new manager is appointed. Noon has changed the fortunes of the side with them picking up four points in the two games since his interim appointment. Noon said “Some of the blame has to be apportioned to me as well. I am part of that management team and it hasn't gone well this season over the first six games. "It's about how you change it and move forward in order to keep this club in the league that we're in at the moment." However, Noon will not be in attendance this evening due to an operation to remove pins from his leg Team News: With no injuries in Saturday’s win over Lincoln Darrell should have a fully fit squad to chose from. Listen Live: Unable to make the trip to Sincil Bank tomorrow? Then you can follow all the action from 3pm as Bristol Rovers take on Lincoln LIVE on Gas Player or on BBC Radio Bristol 1548MW Frequency.
Gooooooaaaaaaaalllll! Parkes header in less than 2 mins! What the hell's he doing up there?!! 1-0 Gas
Yeh I noticed that but the reality is we'll probably end up (providing we win) moving one of two places.
Hopefully another decent performance will bring the crowds back and get the atmosphere just right. I have no worries now. We're competitive and quite entertaining now. It's about time we could relax and enjoy the season.
Every game I've watched it feels like we get dragged down to there level and it just becomes hoofball. Mind you after 3 years of one good performance every 10 games I don't care how we win!
