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NETHERLANDS: VVIJ

Sportpark Groenvliet Zuid, IJsselstein (RKVVIJ, in practice always referred to as VVIJ)

Netherlands, province: Utrecht

21 II 2026 / VVIJ - RKVV Onze Gezellen 3-2 / District West I, Regional Cup R3

Timeline

• 1926 / Foundation of a Roman Catholic football club in IJsselstein, which takes on the name Sparta – but has to change its denomination upon applying for membership of the Utrechtsche Provinciale Voetbalbond (UPVB), the Utrecht sub-branch of the Netherlands’ official Football Association (NVB, later KNVB). Thereupon, the name VVIJ is adopted  – officially RKVVIJ, Roomsch-Katholieke Voetbalvereeniging IJsselstein, but this full name is hardly ever used, not even in pre-war source material. Jac van de Tier is chosen as the new club’s first chairman. The creation of VVIJ (Sparta) coincides with the foundation of various other clubs in the region, with SV Saestum, VSV Vreeswijk, SO Soest, and JSV all being formed that same year. The first pitch of VVIJ is situated at Hoge Biezen.
• 1927 / After one year in the ranks of the UPVB, VVIJ chooses to change allegiance by joining the Roomsch-Katholieke Utrechtsche Voetbalbond (RKUVB), one of the sub-branches of the Roman Catholic Football Federation, RKF (Roomsch-Katholieke Federatie). 
• 1928 / VVIJ wins promotion from the ranks of the RKUVB to the nationwide divisions of the RKF, probably being placed in the so-called Overgangsklasse – and winning promotion to RKF Division 2 (renamed IVCB Division 2 in 1932 – IVCB standing for Interdiocesane Voetbalcompetitiebond) in one of the subsequent two seasons.
• 1930 / Moving away from Terrein Hoge Biezen after four years, VVIJ settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Noord-IJsseldijk. That same year, a Saturday club is founded in IJsselstein, IJFC (IJsselsteinsche Football Club), a non-confessional club.
• 1933 / Clinching the title in IVCB Division 2, VVIJ goes on to win the championship play-offs against VVA and KSV Limvio, resulting in the club acceding to Division 1, the top tier of the IVCB pyramid.
• 1934 / Moving away from Terrein Noord-IJsseldijk after four years, VVIJ settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrein Zwarte Dijk. Some time in the post-war years, the club moved again, to Sportterrein Hogeland, and later to Terrein IJsseloever, but it is unclear in which years the relocations took place.
• 1940 / As the RKF/IVCB, the RKUVB as well as all other football federations other than the official Netherlands’ Football Association (renamed NVB for the duration of World War II) are wound up in the face of prospective orders to be expected from German authorities, VVIJ joins the NVB, being placed in NVB District West I’s Sunday League 3 for the 1940-41 season.
• 1942 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3F, VVIJ descends into Sunday League 4.
• 1943 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4M, 6 points behind champions vv RUC.
• 1950 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4L, 5 points ahead of closest rivals vv Amsvorde, VVIJ fails to win promotion in the subsequent round of championship play-offs.
• 1955 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H along with vv Amsvorde, 10 points behind runaway champions JSV.
• 1963 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 1 point ahead of closest rivals ASV Meerboys, VVIJ manages a return to Sunday League 3 after an absence of twenty years.
• 1966 / Finishing in second-last place in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, VVIJ drops back into Sunday League 4 along with bottom club vv Veenendaal.
• 1967 / Finishing top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4H along with vv Amsvorde, VVIJ goes on to defeat the club from Amersfoort in a tie-break match for the title (1-0). As such, VVIJ manages an immediate return to Sunday League 3.
• 1969 / Finishing top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3D with USV Holland, VVIJ goes on to defeat the club from Utrecht in a tie-break match for the title – thus acceding to Sunday League 2 for the first time in club history.
• 1973 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 2B, VVIJ drops back into Sunday League 3 alongside the club in second-last place, SV Hoofddorp.
• 1979 / Frans Adelaar, an 18-year-old midfielder who had joined FC Utrecht’s youth academy from VVIJ two years previously, makes his professional league debut at FC Utrecht, going on to wear the red-and-white shirt in 234 league matches in the following eleven years – withdrawing into non-league with vv DOVO in 1990. Later on, Adelaar would have a long career as a trainer with a long string of league and non-league clubs.
• 1981 / Moving away from Sportterrein IJsseloever, VVIJ settles on the newly laid-out Sportpark Groenvliet, along with village rivals IJFC. With IJFC finding its new home on the northern part of the park, VVIJ settles on its southern half – with the two main pitches being adjacent to one another. VVIJ inaugurates its new ground with a gala match against FC Utrecht (0-6).
• 1982 / Finishing bottom of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, VVIJ descends into Sunday League 4, along with the club in second-last place, HVV ‘t Gooi.
• 1984 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 3 points behind champions SV Saestum.
• 1989 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 2 points behind champions JSV Nieuwegein. Also in 1989, former VVIJ youth academy player Raymond Victoria makes his professional league debut at Feyenoord Rotterdam at the age of seventeen. The midfielder would go on to have spells at FC Bayern München, BV De Graafschap, Willem II, AEK Larnaca, and ADO Den Haag, hanging up his boots in 2008. Moreover, Victoria, whose ancestry was from Curaçao, won 3 caps for the Netherlands’ Antilles in 2003.
• 1994 / Former VVIJ youth academy player Remco Heerkens makes his professional league debut at SBV Excelsior at the age of seventeen. The midfielder would go on to have spells at RBC Roosendaal, ADO Den Haag, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Dordrecht, KV Oostende, and FC Omniworld, withdrawing into non-league football in 2008.
• 1996 / Finishing top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 4H alongside vv MSV ’19, VVIJ goes on to suffer defeat in a tie-break match for the title against the club from Montfoort, thus missing out on promotion.
• 1998 / Former VVIJ youth academy player Ruud Berger makes his professional league debut at FC Utrecht at the age of eighteen. The midfielder would go on to have spells at Cambuur-Leeuwarden, FC Emmen, FC Zwolle, and RKC Waalwijk, hanging up his boots in 2010.
• 1999 / Finishing bottom of the table in the Central District’s Sunday League 4H, VVIJ descends into Sunday League 5 for the first time in club history, along with the club in second-last place, DEV.
• 2001 / Champions in the Central District’s Sunday League 5A, 6 points ahead of closest rivals HC&FC Victoria, VVIJ manages a return to Sunday League 4 in the year of the club’s 75th anniversary.
• 2004 / VVIJ finishes as runner-up in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 12 points behind runaway champions vv Amsvorde.
• 2005 / Champions in District West I’s Sunday League 4H, 6 points ahead of closest followers AVV HVC, VVIJ wins promotion to Sunday League 3 after an absence of 23 years at that level. The successful coach is Michel Blokker.
• 2006 / Winning back-to-back titles, RKVVIJ finishes top of the table in District West I’s Sunday League 3D, 15 points ahead of closest followers vv Brederodes. As such, the club manages a return to Sunday League 2 after an absence of 33 years at that level. The successful coach, Michel Blokker, leaves the club after the 2005-06 season.
• 2010 / Champions in Sunday League 2B, 1 point ahead of closest rivals RKSV Pancratius, VVIJ wins promotion to Sunday League 1 for the first time in club history. The successful coach is Herman Wallenburg.
• 2012 / In the best season in club history, VVIJ manages a sixth place in Sunday League 1A, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. Seeing off RKSV VELO in the semis (3-3 aggr. & penalty shoot-out), the club misses out on promotion to Zondag Hoofdklasse by a whisker, narrowly losing out to vv DHC (3-2 aggr.).
• 2013 / Finishing in third-last place in Sunday League 1A with coach Herman Wallenburg, VVIJ has to save its skin in the promotion-relegation play-offs, failing to do so by suffering defeat in a spectacular R1 match against SO Soest (9-8 aggr.). As such, the club drops back into Sunday League 2 after three years, along with ASV DWV, VPV Purmersteijn, and bottom club FC Blauw-Wit Amsterdam. In the summer of 2013, the main pitch of Sportpark Groenvliet Zuid is laid out anew with a synthetic surface. Also in 2013, former VVIJ youth academy player Sean Klaiber makes his professional league debut at Jong FC Utrecht at the age of nineteen; the defender would go on to have spells at FC Utrecht, FC Dordrecht, AFC Ajax, and Brøndby IF – moreover winning his first cap for Surinam in 2021.
• 2014 / Runner-up in Sunday League 2B, 1 point behind champions SO Soest, VVIJ qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club manages successive wins over VSV (zo) (3-1 aggr.) and SV Hoofddorp (3-3 aggr. & penalty shoot-out), resulting in an immediate return to Sunday League 1. The successful coach is David Vecht.
• 2015 / Equalling the best achievement in club history from 2012, VVIJ finishes in sixth place in Sunday League 1A; however, this time around, the club misses out on the promotion play-offs.
• 2016 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 1A with coach David Vecht, VVIJ has to stave off relegation in the promotion-relegation play-offs, in which the club edges past vv West Frisia in the semis (3-2 aggr.), only to stumble over RKVV Velsen in the final (2-1 aggr.). As such, the club drops back into Sunday League 2 after two years, alongside, vv De Zouaven, AFC Quick 1890, and bottom club SV De Foresters.
• 2020 / In parallel to a team in the Sunday divisions, VVIJ chooses to enter a regular first team in the Saturday leagues as well, with VVIJ (za) starting its existence in District West I’s Saturday League 4.
• 2022 / Finishing in eleventh place in Sunday League 2B with coach Fabian Schaken, VVIJ has to stave off relegation in the promotion-relegation play-offs, in which the club edges past VSV (zo) in R1 (1-1 & penalty shoot-out), only to suffer defeat in the final against AVV ZSGOWMS (2-1). As such, the club drops back into Sunday League 3 along with FC Jeugd and bottom club SV Nieuw Utrecht. However, with the Netherlands’ FA offering clubs the opportunity to change from one pyramid to the other without having to restart at the bottom level, VVIJ chooses to abandon Sunday league football, a tradition of nearly 100 years, in favour of a new existence in the Saturday divisions, being placed in District West I’s Saturday League 3D for the 2022-23 season. Thereby, the Sunday team replaces the original Saturday team, which finished in third place in Saturday League 4H and withdrew from the promotion play-offs. 
• 2023 / Former VVIJ youth academy midfielder Espen van Ee makes his professional league debut at SC Heerenveen at the age of twenty. Van Ee would go on to have a subsequent spell at FC Arouca.
• 2024 / Runner-up in District West I’s Saturday League 3D, with an equal number of points as champions USV Elinkwijk, but with a slightly inferior goal difference (+39 vs. +38), VVIJ has to make do with a place in the promotion play-offs, in which the club stumbles over the first hurdle, VVOP (2-2 & penalty shoot-out).
• 2025 / Champions in District West I’s Saturday League 3D, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SCH ’44, VVIJ wins promotion to Saturday League 2.

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

ENGLAND: Milton Keynes Dons FC

Stadium MK, Milton Keynes (Milton Keynes Dons FC a.k.a. MK Dons FC)

England, county: Buckinghamshire

17 II 2026 / Milton Keynes Dons FC - Crawley Town FC 0-0 / EFL League 2 (= ENG level 4)

Timeline

• 1967 / Foundation of the new town of Milton Keynes. At designation, its area incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Wolverton and Stony Stratford, along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between. From the first days of Milton Keynes as a new town, the Milton Keynes Development Corporation envisaged a stadium capable of accommodating a top-flight football team.
• 1977 / Wimbledon FC, a club from South London founded in 1909, is elected to the Football League, replacing the bottom team in Football League Division 4, Workington AFC, following a successful application. Wimbledon FC would go on to be hugely successful in the following decades, winning promotion to the top flight of English Football (Division 1, later renamed FA Premiership / Premier League) in 1985 – due to hold out at that level for fifteen years – and winning the FA Cup in 1988.
• 1995 / In Milton Keynes, the newly built National Hockey Stadium is inaugurated. It has a covered stand running the full length of one side of the pitch, opposite of which is an unroofed stand running about one third of the length of the pitch, straddling the halfway line. This field hockey stadium with a synthetic pitch and a capacity of 4,000 became the venue for national and international hockey events. 
• 2000 / What would become Stadium MK is proposed for the first time by the Milton Keynes Stadium Consortium or Stadium MK, led by Pete Winkelman and his company Inter MK Group. This consortium proposes a large development in the southern Milton Keynes district of Denbigh North, including a 30,000 capacity football stadium and a retail park. However, given that there was still no football club in Milton Keynes even near the higher echelons of non-league football, the development of such a stadium could not be justified. Therefore, the consortium started talks with various Football League clubs about moving to the projected stadium, including Luton Town FC, Crystal Palace FC, Barnet FC, Queens Park Rangers FC, and Wimbledon FC. 
• 2001 / Wimbledon FC, groundsharers at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park since 1991, adopt the Milton Keynes plan following the appointment of a new chairman, Charles Koppel, who claimed that a move away from London was necessary to prevent Wimbledon’s going out of business altogether. He announced Wimbledon’s intent to move in August 2001 with a letter to the Football League requesting approval, stating that Wimbledon had already signed an agreement to relocate and, “subject to the necessary planning and regulatory consents being obtained”, intended to be playing home games at a newly built stadium in Milton Keynes by the start of the 2003-04 season. With the proposed move being broadly opposed, the League Board unanimously rejected Wimbledon’s plans in the summer of 2001.
• 2002 / With Wimbledon FC chairman Charles Koppel appealing against the decision of the League Board, a three-man independent commission is appointed by the FA. In spite of opposition from the League Board as well as the FA itself, the commissioners would go on to rule in favour of Koppel’s plan, two to one. Wimbledon hoped to move to Milton Keynes immediately, but as the new ground was yet to be built, an interim home in the town would have to be found first. The first proposal, to start the 2002-03 season at the National Hockey Stadium, was abandoned, because the field hockey ground did not meet the Football League’s criteria. While alternative temporary options were examined, Wimbledon started the season at Selhurst Park and set a target of playing in Milton Keynes by Christmas 2002. A temporary stadium in Milton Keynes proved difficult to arrange and Wimbledon F.C. remained at Selhurst Park for the duration of the 2002-03 season. Meanwhile, a group of Wimbledon FC fans protested by setting up AFC Wimbledon, to which the vast majority of fans switched allegiance, in the summer of 2002, with this phoenix club starting its existence in the Combined Counties League Premier Division, playing their home games at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames as groundsharers of Kingstonian FC. 
• 2003 / With Charles Koppel announcing a plan to convert the National Hockey Stadium for league football in time for the start of the 2003-04 season, Wimbledon FC enters administration in June 2003. After the club missed a deadline to invest in renovations to the stadium, the administrators arranged a return to Selhurst Park. With the move to Milton Keynes threatened and the club facing liquidation, investor Pete Winkelman made “the life-defining decision of taking it on himself,” securing funds to pay the players’ wages, keep the club operating, and pay for the necessary amendments to the hockey stadium. A grass pitch was laid and temporary stands were added at either end of the pitch, raising total capacity to 9,000. Hockey matches were reallocated to various leading club grounds across the country. After hosting the first few home matches of the 2003-04 campaign at Selhurst Park, Wimbledon FC played their first match in Milton Keynes in September 2003.
• 2004 / A company voluntary arrangement is put together in early 2004, under which Winkelman’s consortium would take Wimbledon FC out of administration, reportedly using a holding company called MK Dons. The Football League threatened to expel the club, if the takeover were not completed by the end of July. Eventually, Winkelman’s Inter MK Group brought Wimbledon FC out of administration in late June 2004 and concurrently announced changes to its name to Milton Keynes Dons FC (commonly shortened to MK Dons). Following the relegation of Wimbledon FC from Football League 1, having finished bottom of the table in the second level of English football, Milton Keynes Dons FC starts its life in Football League 2 – confusingly renamed Football League 1, as the second tier of the football pyramid is renamed Football Championship. In its first league match, MK Dons FC manages a 1-1 draw against Barnsley FC at the National Hockey Stadium, with Izale McLeod scoring the club’s first-ever professional league goal. McLeod would go on to complete two spells with MK Dons (2004-07 & 2013-14), in the course of which he scored 71 goals – making him the club’s all-time top scorer. In the course of the 2004-05 season, in which the club struggles in Football League 1, a new manager is brought in, the experienced former Northern Ireland international Danny Wilson, who had enjoyed a long professional league career at Wigan Athletic FC, Bury FC, Chesterfield FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Scunthorpe United FC, Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Sheffield Wednesday FC, and Barnsley FC.
• 2005 / Construction of the new-to-be built football stadium in the Denbigh area of Milton Keynes gets underway in February 2005.
• 2006 / Finishing in third-last place in Football League 1, MK Dons FC descends into Football League 2, the fourth and lowest tier of the English football pyramid, along with Hartlepool United FC, Swindon Town FC, and bottom club Walsall FC. Manager Danny Wilson leaves the club after one-and-a-half years in charge.
• 2007 / Finishing in fourth place in Football League 2, MK Dons FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in the semis against Shrewsbury Town FC (2-1 aggr.). For the new season, the club signs former England international midfielder Paul Ince as its new manager. Ince had just finished his playing career with spells at West Ham United FC, Manchester United FC, FC Internazionale, Liverpool FC, Middlesbrough FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Swindon Town FC, and Macclesfield Town FC. Meanwhile, in July 2007, the new Stadium MK, an all-seater venue (capacity: 22,000), sees its first action, a restricted-entrance event against a young Chelsea FC XI, with the construction being officially inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II on November 29th, 2007. Two weeks previously, Stadium MK had already hosted an England U21 international against Bulgaria (2-0). Meanwhile, at the National Hockey Stadium, the temporary stands at both ends are removed, reducing total capacity to the original 4,000. By this time, the stadium was no longer regarded as a viable venue for field hockey, especially as plans were in place to build the Olympic Hockey Centre in Stratford, London, as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics facilities. The venue was not used notably in the years following the departure of MK Dons FC.
• 2008 / Champions in Football League 2, 5 points ahead of closest rivals Peterborough United FC, MK Dons FC wins promotion to Football League 1 alongside the aforementioned club as well as Hereford United FC and play-off winners Stockport County FC. Furthermore, MK Dons goes on to win the FA Trophy, defeating Grimsby Town FC in the final at Wembley Stadium (2-0, goals by Keith Andrews & Sean O’Hanlon). Following the 2007-08 season, the successful manager Paul Ince leaves the club to join Blackburn Rovers FC, being succeeded at Stadium MK by former Italian international midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, who had enjoyed a colourful professional league career with spells at FC Schaffhausen, FC Zürich, FC Aarau, SS Lazio, and Chelsea FC. One of Di Matteo’s signings is 35-year-old former Norwegian international striker Tore André Flo, who joins MK Dons from Leeds United FC. Flo had previously had spells at, among other clubs, Chelsea FC, Rangers FC, Sunderland AFC, and AC Siena. Meanwhile, in the fall of 2008, the owners of the National Hockey Stadium site, English Partnerships, announced agreement with Network Rail to make the site of the ground available for a new headquarters building, which meant that the stadium faced demolition.
• 2009 / Finishing in third place in Football League 1, MK Dons FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club bows out in the semis against Scunthorpe United FC (0-0 aggr. & penalty shoot-out).  Following the 2008-09 season, manager Roberto Di Matteo leaves the club, signing a deal with West Bromwich Albion FC. Veteran striker Tore André Flo follows his example, as he returns to his childhood club in Norway, Sogndall Fotball. With another England U21 match being hosted at Stadium MK, a 7-0 rout of Azerbaijan, the FA awards Candidate Host City status to Milton Keynes in England’s unsuccessful 2018 World Cup bid. Had England won the bid, Stadium MK would have had to be increased to 44,000. Meanwhile, in December 2009, the demolition of the National Hockey Stadium got underway.
• 2010 / With demolition works being completed, the site of the National Hockey Stadium is cleared by March 2010, with the Network Rail’s national operations centre in Milton Keynes being opened on the location of the former sports venue in June 2012. Meanwhile, in June 2010, Stadium Mk hosted its first-ever full international friendly, with Ghana beating Latvia (1-0) in a warm-up before the World Cup in South Africa. For the 2010-11 season, MK Dons FC signs 37-year-old former German international Dietmar Hamann of Manchester City FC as their player-manager. Hamann had previously had spells as a player at FC Bayern München, Newcastle United FC, and Liverpool FC. 
• 2011 / Finishing in fifth place in Football League 1, MK Dons FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by Peterborough united FC (4-3 aggr.). Manager Dietmar Hamann leaves the club after just one season.
• 2012 / Finishing in fifth place in Football League 1, MK Dons FC bows out in the semifinals of the promotion play-offs yet again, this time suffering a 3-2 aggregate defeat against Huddersfield Town AFC. In December 2012, the club faces AFC Wimbledon, the phoenix club from Kingston upon Thames which had won promotion to League 2 in 2011, for the first time, managing a narrow 2-1 FA Cup R2 win thanks to a Jon Otsemobor goal in injury time.
• 2013 / In their best FA Cup run so far, MK Dons FC reaches R5, in which the club is eliminated by Barnsley FC (1-3). Meanwhile, Stadium MK is chosen as one of the venues for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, with the stadium due to be expanded with a second tier to allow 30,500 spectators to attend matches.
• 2014 / In March 2014, Stadium MK sees Wolverhampton Wanderers FC take a record away attendance of 8,943 supporters in a League 1 fixture; total attendance for the match was 20,516. Later that year, as the unfinished second tier of the stadium was first used, a record 26,969 crowd witnessed a shock historic 4-0 win over Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United FC in R2 of the League Cup in August of the same year.
• 2015 / Runners-up in Football League 1, 8 points behind champions Bristol City FC, MK Dons FC wins promotion to the Football Championship along with the aforementioned club and play-off winners Preston North End FC. The successful manager is Karl Robins. The hugely talented 19-year-old midfielder Dele Alli, who had made his league debut three years previously after working his way through the MK Dons’ youth academy, leaves the club to sign a contract with Tottenham Hotspur FC. Alli, who won his first cap for England that same year, went on to have spells at Everton FC, Beşiktaş JK, and Como 1907. In the meantime, with the second tier of the stadium being finished in May 2015, Stadium MK hosted three matches in the Rugby World Cup in October of the same year; France-Canada, Samoa-Japan, and Fiji-Uruguay – with the last-mentioned match drawing a new record attendance of 30,048 to the ground.
• 2016 / Finishing in second-last place in the Football Championship, MK Dons FC drops back into Football League 1 after just one year, along with Charlton Athletic FC, and bottom club Bolton Wanderers FC. Manager Karl Robins leaves the club after six seasons. 
• 2017 / In February 2017, a record league attendance of 21,545 is set at Stadium MK for the MK Dons FC fixture against Bolton Wanderers FC.
• 2018 / Under the aegis of caretaker manager, who had taken over following previous spells under Robbie Neilson and Dan Micciche, MK Dons FC finishes in second-last place in Football League 1, thus descending into Football League 2 along with Oldham Athletic FC, Northampton Town FC, and bottom club Bury FC. In September 2018, while White Hart Lane, the stadium of Tottenham Hotspur FC, was completely reconstructed, Spurs played one league game at Stadium MK, the fixture against Watford FC, with the remainder of the club’s exile being spent at Wembley Stadium. 
• 2019 / Finishing in third place in Football League 2, MK Dons FC wins promotion to Football League 1 along with champions Lincoln City FC, Bury FC, and play-off winners Tranmere Rovers FC. The successful manager is Paul Tisdale. In September 2019, a crowd of 28,521 attended to see MK Dons lose 2-0 to Liverpool FC in a League Cup R3 fixture – a record attendance for a football match at the stadium.
• 2022 / Finishing in third place in Football League 1, MK Dons FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by Wycombe Wanderers FC (2-1 aggr.).
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth-last place in Football League 1 with manager Mark Jackson, MK Dons FC drops back into Football League 2 after four years, along with Morecambe FC, Accrington Stanley FC, and bottom club Forest Green Rovers FC. 
• 2024 / Finishing in fourth place in Football League 2, MK Dons FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by Crawley Town FC (8-1 aggr.).
• 2025 / Defender Dean Lewington, who had spent 21 consecutive seasons at MK Dons FC after joining from Wimbledon FC in 2004, hangs up his boots after 917 official matches for the club (791 in the league), a club record.

 

All photos: (c) W.B. Tukker / www.extremefootballtourism.blogspot.com. Publication of any of these images only after permission of author

ENGLAND: Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC (2007-2008) / Nuneaton Town FC (2008-2018) / Nuneaton Borough FC (2018-2023)

Liberty Way Sports Ground, Nuneaton (formerly Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC / Nuneaton Town FC / Nuneaton Borough FC)

England, county: West Midlands

February 2026 / no match visited

Timeline

• 1889 / Foundation of a football club in Nuneaton, a town in the West Midlands, with young man from the Nuneaton St Nicholas Parish Church deciding to form a team to represent the town. The new club takes on the name Nuneaton St Nicholas FC, with various playing fields being used in the early years at Higham Lane, Rose Inn (Coton Road), Arbury Road (later renamed Queens Road), and Edward Street, which remained in use until 1903.
• 1894 / After five years of only playing recreational and friendly matches, Nuneaton St Nicholas FC joins a league for the first time, the Warwickshire Junior League, under a new name, Nuneaton Town AFC.
• 1895 / Nuneaton Town AFC withdraws from the Warwickshire Junior League after one season.
• 1896 / After one year without league football, Nuneaton Town AFC joins the Coventry & District League.
• 1897 / Withdrawing from the Coventry & District League, Nuneaton Town AFC joins the Coventry & North Warwickshire League.
• 1899 / Withdrawing from the Coventry & North Warwickshire League, Nuneaton Town AFC joins the Leicestershire Senior League.
• 1900 / Following a decent fourth place in the Leicester Senior League, Nuneaton Town AFC abandons this league association, probably ceasing activities altogether temporarily.
• 1901 / After one year without league affiliation, Nuneaton Town AFC rejoins the Coventry & District League.
• 1902 / Nuneaton Town AFC finishes as runner-up in the Coventry & District League.
• 1903 / Withdrawing from the Coventry & District League after a title in this league association, Nuneaton Town AFC joins the Trent Valley League. That same year, the club moved away from its pitch at Edward Street, settling at a newly laid-out ground at Queens Road.
• 1904 / Withdrawing form the Trent Valley League after one season, Nuneaton Town AFC rejoins the Coventry & North Warwickshire League.
• 1906 / Withdrawing from the Coventry & North Warwickshire League, Nuneaton Town AFC now joins the Birmingham Junior League.
• 1907 / Nuneaton Town AFC clinches the title in the Birmingham Junior League.
• 1908 / While the Birmingham Junior League takes on the new name Birmingham Combination, Nuneaton Town AFC moves away from its ground at Queens Road after five years, settling at the newly laid-out Newdigate Arms ground.
• 1911 / Nuneaton Town AFC finishes as runner-up in the Birmingham Combination.
• 1915 / Nuneaton Town AFC clinches the Birmingham Combination title. The following four seasons (1915-19), regular league football does not take place due to the World War I effort. The club abandoned its Newdigate Arms ground after seven years. 
• 1919 / As regular league football is resumed, Nuneaton Town AFC abandons the Birmingham Combination, joining the Birmingham & District League instead. That same year, the club inaugurates a new ground, Manor Park.
• 1920 / A rival club for Nuneaton Town AFC sees the daylight, Nuneaton United FC, which joins the Leicestershire Senior League.
• 1921 / In spite of a decent fourth-place finish in the Leicestershire Senior League, Nuneaton United FC withdraws from league football following its first season – with the club probably being wound up altogether.
• 1923 / In its best season in the Birmingham & District League, Nuneaton Town AFC finishes in third place.
• 1924 / Withdrawing from the Birmingham & District League, Nuneaton Town AFC joins the Southern League, being placed in the Eastern Section.
• 1926 / Finishing bottom of the table in the Southern League Eastern Section, Nuneaton AFC withdraws from the Southern League altogether, rejoining the Birmingham Combination.
• 1929 / Nuneaton Town AFC clinches the Birmingham Combination title.
• 1931 / Clinching the Birmingham Combination title for the second time, Nuneaton Town AFC also goes on to win its first Birmingham Senior Cup, defeating Evesham Town FC in the final following a replay (1-1, 4-2).
• 1932 / Nuneaton Town AFC finishes as runner-up in the Birmingham Combination.
• 1933 / Withdrawing from the Birmingham Combination after seven years, Nuneaton Town AFC rejoins the stronger Birmingham & District League.
• 1935 / In its best performance in the 1930s, Nuneaton Town AFC finishes in third place in the Birmingham & District League. 
• 1936 / The club sells its Manor Park ground to the Nuneaton Corporation, with the contract stipulating that the club has to leave the ground after the 1936-37 season.
• 1937 / In May 1937, at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the decision is taken to withdraw from the Birmingham & District League and shut down the football club despite it being financially sound. Following the disbanding of the club, a group of young men decides to reform the club two days later, taking on the name Nuneaton Borough FC. The new club joins the Central Amateur League, settling on a newly laid-out ground, which is given the same name as its predecessor, Manor Park.
• 1938 / Withdrawing from the Central Amateur League after just one season, Nuneaton Borough FC joins the Birmingham Combination, a league in which predecessor club Nuneaton Town AFC had also featured.
• 1941 / As regular league football comes to a standstill due to the outbreak of World War II two years previously, Nuneaton Borough FC joins a local emergency league, the Nuneaton Combination.
• 1945 / As regular league football is resumed, Nuneaton Borough FC takes its place again in the Birmingham Combination.
• 1946 / Nuneaton Borough FC finishes as runner-up in the Birmingham Combination, staying ahead of Bromsgrove Rovers FC on goal difference, 6 points behind champions Darlaston FC.
• 1949 / Nuneaton Borough FC finishes as runner-up in the Birmingham Combination, 10 points behind runaway champions Bedworth Town FC. Also in 1949, the club wins its first Birmingham Senior Cup, the cup competition won by predecessor club Nuneaton Town AFC on one previous occasion, as Boro sees off Banbury Spencer FC in the final (2-1).
• 1950 / Knocking out King’s Lynn FC in R1 (2-1) and Mossley AFC in R2 (0-0, 0-3), Nuneaton Borough FC reaches R3 of the 1949-50 FA Cup, being eliminated by professional league side Exeter City FC (3-0). 
• 1952 / Withdrawing from the Birmingham Combination, Nuneaton Borough FC joins the Birmingham & District League instead. That summer, the club is joined by George Mason, who had been the centre-half of Coventry City FC for 21 years. It is unclear how long Mason played at Manor Park following his arrival.
• 1953 / Knocking out Watford FC in R1 of the 1953-54 FA Cup, Nuneaton Borough FC bows out against Queens Park Rangers FC in R2 following a replay (1-1, 1-2).
• 1954 / Nuneaton Borough FC reaches R1 of the FA 1954-55 FA Cup, in which the club is eliminated by Brentford FC (2-1).
• 1955 / Nuneaton Borough FC clinches the title in the Birmingham & District League Northern Division, 9 points ahead of runners-up Wolverhampton Wanderers FC ‘A’, the third team of the professional league side.
• 1956 / Nuneaton Borough FC clinches the title in the Birmingham & District League Division 1, 3 points ahead of runner-up Stourbridge FC. Moreover, the club also wins its second Birmingham Senior Cup following a 2-0 win over Brush Sports FC in the final.
• 1958 / Withdrawing from the Birmingham & District League, Nuneaton Borough FC now joins the Southern League, a semi-professional non-league association generally regarded as one of the strongest in England – in fact a league in which predecessor club Nuneaton Town AFC had briefly, and rather unsuccessfully, featured in the mid-1920s. 
• 1959 / Placing eighth in the Southern League North-Western Zone, Nuneaton Borough FC qualifies for the newly created single-tier Southern League Premier Division.
• 1960 / Finishing in nineteenth place in the Southern League Premier Division, Nuneaton Borough FC drops back into Division 1 of the said league system along with Barry Town AFC, Poole Town FC, and bottom club Kettering Town FC. Nuneaton does a better job in the Birmingham Senior Cup, winning this piece of silverware for the third time following a narrow (1-0) win over Banbury Spencer FC in the final.
• 1963 / Finishing in fourth place in the Southern League Division 1, ahead of Tonbridge FC on goal difference (+41 vs. +30), Nuneaton Borough FC manages a return to the Premier Division of the said league system, along with champions Margate FC as well as the teams in second and third place, Hinckley Athletic FC and Hastings United FC. 
• 1967 / Nuneaton Borough FC finishes as runner-up in the Southern League Premier Division, 1 point behind champions Romford FC. More notably, the club reaches R3 of the 1966-67 FA Cup following successive wins over Wealdstone FC (0-2) and Swansea Town AFC (2-0). In R3, the club manages a 1-1 draw against Rotherham United FC at Manor Park in front of an all-time record crowd of 22,114, eventually bowing out in a replay at The Millmoor Ground (1-0). Nuneaton also qualifies for the FA Cup in the new season, but has to leave the competition after R1 following defeat against Exeter City FC in a third replay, played at Ashton Gate in Bristol (0-0, 0-0, 1-0).
• 1971 / Nuneaton Borough FC reaches R1 of the FA Cup, in which the club is knocked out by Torquay United FC (3-2). For the new season, Nuneaton signs 26-year-old David Pleat as its new manager. Pleat is a former professional league player, who enjoyed spells at Nottingham Forest FC, Luton Town FC, Exeter City FC, and Peterborough United FC (1962-71).
• 1973 / After two-and-a-half seasons in charge of the first team of Nuneaton Borough FC, David Pleat leaves the club to sign a deal with Luton Town FC, becoming a part of the coaching staff at that club. Pleat would go on to have a long career as a professional league manager at Luton Town FC (two spells), Tottenham Hotspur FC (four spells), Leicester City FC, and Sheffield Wednesday FC (1978-2004).
• 1975 / Nuneaton Borough FC finishes as runner-up in the Southern League Premier Division, 3 points behind champions Wimbledon FC.
• 1976 / Reaching R2 of the FA Cup following a win over Crook Town AFC (1-4), Nuneaton Borough FC suffers elimination at the hands of Lincoln City FC (6-0).
• 1977 / Eliminating Oxford United FC in R1 of the FA Cup, Nuneaton Borough FC bows out in R2 of the competition against Tilbury FC (1-2).
• 1978 / Nuneaton Borough FC wins its fourth Birmingham Senior Cup, seeing off Redditch United FC in the final (1-0). Yet again, the club also reaches R1 of the FA Cup, in which Crewe Alexandra FC proves too strong (0-2).
• 1979 / Placing eleventh in the Southern League Premier Division, Nuneaton Borough FC qualifies for the Alliance Premier League, a newly created nationwide top division of the non-league pyramid. 
• 1980 / Nuneaton Borough FC clinches its fifth Birmingham Senior Cup following a 2-0 victory over Lye Town FC in the final.
• 1981 / Finishing in third-last place in the Alliance Premier League, Nuneaton Borough FC descends into the Southern League Midland Division along with Wealdstone FC and bottom club Bangor City FC.
• 1982 / Champions in the Southern League Midland Division, 3 points ahead of closest rivals Alvechurch FC, Nuneaton Borough manages an immediate return to the Alliance Premier League. The successful manager is William Carr.
• 1983 / In March 1983, George Best plays for Nuneaton Borough in a friendly match against Coventry City FC, scoring from a penalty.
• 1984 / Nuneaton Borough FC finishes as runner-up in the Alliance Premier League, 1 point behind champions Maidstone United FC. The club also qualifies for the 1984-85 FA Cup, bowing out in R1 against Scunthorpe United FC following a replay (1-1, 2-1).
• 1985 / Confirming its status as one of the strongest non-league teams in England, Nuneaton Borough finishes as runner-up in the Alliance Premier League – renamed Football Conference for the new season – for the second year in a row, 4 points behind champions Wealdstone FC. The club also reaches R1 of the 1985-86 FA Cup, in which Burnley FC proves too big a hurdle (2-3).
• 1986 / Nuneaton Borough FC bows out in R1 of the 1986-87 FA Cup against Rochdale AFC (0-3). Also in 1986, midfielder Eddie McGoldrick, who had joined Nuneaton Borough FC two years previously from Kettering Town FC, earns himself a professional league contract at Northampton Town FC. The Irishman would go on to have subsequent spells at Crystal Palace FC, Arsenal FC, Manchester City FC, and Stockport County FC, eventually bowing out into non-league in 1999. Moreover, McGoldrick also earned 15 caps for Ireland between 1992 and 1995, being part of his country’s squad as an unused sub in the 1994 World Cup. 
• 1987 / Finishing in eighteenth place (of 22) in the Football Conference – in the first season with obligatory promotion-relegation taking place with Division 4 of the Football League – Nuneaton Borough FC avoids relegation, but the club chooses to withdraw into the Southern League Premier Division voluntarily.
• 1988 / Finishing in second-last place in the Southern League Premier Division with manager Jim Holmes, Nuneaton Borough FC descends into the seventh tier of the English football pyramid, the Southern League Midland Division, with the other clubs unable to avoid the drop being Chelmsford City FC, Willenhall Town FC, and bottom finishers Witney Town FC.
• 1991 / Marred by financial problems, Nuneaton Borough FC goes into liquidation, being reformed immediately as Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC and being allowed to continue its existence in the Southern League Midland Division.
• 1993 / Champions in the Southern League Midland Division, 5 points ahead of closest followers Gresley Rovers FC, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC wins promotion to the Southern League Premier Division alongside the aforementioned club. The successful manager is George Rooney. That same year, the club also bags its sixth Birmingham Senior Cup win following a 2-0 win over VS Rugby FC in the final. Moreover, Nuneaton knocks out Swansea City AFC in R1 of the 1993-94 FA Cup, with Tony Simpson netting both goals in the replay (1-1, 2-1), with the club proving unable to cause a second upset in R2 against AFC Bournemouth (1-1, replay 0-1).
• 1994 / Finishing bottom of the table in the Southern League Premier Division with manager John Barton, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC drops back into the Southern League Midland Division after just one season, with the other drop-outs being Moor Green FC, Waterlooville FC, and Bashley FC. 
• 1995 / With Nuneaton Borough FC still playing at Manor Park, the local rugby union side, Nuneaton Rugby Club, moves into the Liberty Way Sports Grounds after purchasing fifty acres of land from Warwickshire County Council. The park, which is part of the Attleborough Fields Industrial Estate, contains several full-size rugby pitches, as well as four changing rooms and a large function room with a bar.
• 1996 / Runaway champions in the Southern League Midland Division, 11 points ahead of closest followers King’s Lynn FC, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC wins promotion to the Southern League Premier Division alongside the aforementioned club. Furthermore, Nuneaton also wins the Southern League Cup, defeating Baldock Town FC in the final (5-2 aggr.). The successful manager is Brendon Phillips.
• 1999 / Runaway champions in the Southern League Premier Division, 23 points ahead of closest followers Boston United FC and Ilkeston Town FC, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC manages a return to the Football Conference after an absence of twelve years at the top non-league level. The successful manager is Brendon Phillips. In the summer of 1999, Nuneaton signs Coventry City FC striker Andy Ducros. 
• 2000 / Having managed 9 goals in 36 matches in the 1999-2000 season, striker Andy Ducros leaves Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC in favour of Kidderminster Harriers FC. Ducros would return to Manor Park in two loan spells (2002, 2002-03) before signing a contract with professional league side Burton Albion FC in 2003. In the 2000-01 FA Cup, Nuneaton knocks out Stoke City FC after a replay (0-0, 1-0) following a Marc McGregor goal in the last minute of regular play. In R2, for the second time in club history, AFC Bournemouth blocks the road to more cup success (3-0).
• 2002 / Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC wins its seventh Birmingham Senior Cup, having the better of West Bromwich Albion FC Reserves in the final (2-0).
• 2003 / Finishing in third-last place in the Football Conference under manager Steve Burr, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC drops back into the Southern League Premier Division, with the other drop-outs being Southport FC and bottom club Kettering Town FC.
• 2004 / Placing fourth in the Southern League Premier Division, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC qualifies for the Football Conference North, the newly-created sixth tier of the English football pyramid.
• 2005 / Runner-up in the Conference North, 3 points behind champions Southport FC, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is eliminated in the semis by Altrincham FC (1-1 & penalty shoot-out).
• 2006 / Finishing in third place in the Conference North, Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by Droylsden FC (0-1). Moreover, the club also reached R3 of the 2005-06 FA Cup following successive victories over Ramsgate FC (2-0) and Histon FC (2-2, 1-2). In R3, the club drew Middlesbrough FC, with the northerners visiting Manor Park on January 7th, 2006; as Gez Murphy scores an equalising penalty for the home side (1-1), a replay is staged at the Riverside Stadium – with Middlesbrough walking away as winners in spite of two more Gez Murphy goals (5-2); this away tie was attended by 26,255 spectators, an all-time record in any Nuneaton match. Also in 2006, Nuneaton Rugby Club sells around 5 acres of its Liberty Way Sports Ground to Nuneaton Borough in view of a prospective move of the football club to this location – technically, though, the ownership of the new-to-be-built football ground at Liberty Way is ceded to a new holding company, Stadiasafe, owned by Ted Stocker, who was involved as strongman with both clubs at the time. Works get underway on the new stadium in the course of 2006.
• 2007 / Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC plays its final game at Manor Park on April 28th, 2007, in a 1-1 draw with Vauxhall Motors FC; Gez Murphy scored the last Nuneaton goal at the ground from the penalty spot. The club moves into its new ground at Liberty Way for the start of the 2007-08 season, with the main pitch coinciding with the old main pitch of Nuneaton Rugby Club. To allow Borough to play at the ground, the ground had been upgraded by local building firm Ian Neale Construction, involving the construction of two covered terraces, the East Stand (capacity 1,800) and the West Stand (1,000) in addition to the open Rugby Club Terrace at the southern touchline of the ground (500). After the abandonment of Manor Park, the old ground is knocked down to be redeveloped for housing by former Borough shirt sponsors Bloor Homes.
• 2008 / Marred by ill health, Borough’s owner Ted Stocker decides to sell his shares in the club. In March 2008, local businessman Ian Neale, whose building company had been responsible for the works at the Liberty Way Sports Ground the previous year, takes ownership of the club, but, in May, Neale made it known that he had found irregularities in the club finances, with Nuneaton Borough 1991 FC having to go into liquidation in June of the same year. As in 1937 and in 1991, the club was reformed, but FA authorities insisted on a name change, with the club reverting to its pre-1937 name of Nuneaton Town – albeit with the additional abbreviation FC rather than AFC this time around. As a result of its financial mismanagement, the club suffered the penalty of being demoted two divisions, from the Conference North to the Southern League Division 1, i.e. the eighth tier of the English football pyramid. The liquidation of the old Nuneaton Borough AFC caused serious subsequent problems in the summer of 2008; the newly formed Nuneaton Town FC, having gained ownership of the ground, did not honour the groundshare agreement with Nuneaton Rugby Club. As no agreement could be reached between the two clubs, this led to Nuneaton Rugby Club having to settle on one of the side-pitches at the Liberty Way site for their home matches.
• 2009 / Runner-up in the Southern League Division 1 Midlands, 9 points behind champions Leamington FC, Nuneaton Town FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs; knocking out Chesham United FC in the semis (2-1), the club goes on to edge past Chasetown FC in the final (1-0). As a result, Nuneaton Town FC manages a promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in the first season following the liquidation and the name change. The successful manager is Kevin Wilkin. Later that year, the club made its first appearance in the FA Cup R1 in its current guise, entertaining Exeter City FC at Liberty Way – incidentally also the first-ever regular FA Cup tie at the new ground – with the game ending in a clear-cut 4-0 win for the professional league side.
• 2010 / Runner-up in the Southern League Premier Division, 5 points behind champions Farnborough FC, Nuneaton Town FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs; easing past Brackley Town FC in the semis (6-0), the club goes on to have the better of Chippenham Town FC in the final (2-1 A.E.T., winning goal by Eddie Nisevic). As a result, the team of Kevin Wilkin manages back-to-back promotions, thus finding the way back to the Conference North three years after Nuneaton Borough FC had been demoted from this division under the same manager. Three days after the play-off final, Nuneaton went on to beat Alvechurch FC (2-1) to take home the Birmingham Senior Cup for the first time under its new name. Also in 2010, with the liquidation of Stadiasafe, Nuneaton Town FC gained sole ownership of the stadium on the site of the Liberty Way Sports Ground, with a deal being struck with the Nuneaton Rugby Club, allowing the latter to play several games per season inside the stadium.
• 2011 / Finishing in sixth place in the Conference North, Nuneaton Town FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club is knocked out in the semis by AFC Telford United (3-2 aggr.).
• 2012 / Finishing in fifth place in the Conference North, Nuneaton Town FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs for the second year running; eliminating Guiseley AFC in the semis (2-1 aggr.), the club goes on to beat Gainsborough Trinity FC away from home (0-1, sole goal by Andy Brown), thus clinching a ticket for the Conference Premier. The successful manager is Kevin Wilkin. In the summer of 2012, the club completed a permanent seated stand for 514 supporters on the north side of the Liberty Way stadium, which improved the ground in line with the standards required for participation in the Conference Premier, bringing up total capacity to 3,814. In the new season, Nuneaton Town FC qualifies for R1 of the FA Cup, bowing out against Luton Town FC after a replay (1-1, 2-0).
• 2013 / In the early months of 2013, the Liberty Way stadium undergoes improvements to meet new league regulations, with the turnstiles, changing rooms, and the players' tunnel all being upgraded. In the summer of the same year, it was announced that the stadium would be known as the Sperrin Brewery Stadium for the 2013-14 season after a local business won the naming rights in a golden ticket draw.
• 2014 / Nuneaton Town FC signs Liam Daish as its new manager. Daish, a former Ireland international defender, enjoyed a thirteen-year-long professional league career with spells at Portsmouth FC, Barnet FC, Birmingham City FC, and Coventry City FC (1986-99). Also in 2014, in the second golden ticket draw, the Liberty Way stadium is renamed the JDRF James Parnell Stadium for the duration of the 2014-15 season.
• 2015 / Finishing bottom of the table in the Conference Premier, Nuneaton Town FC drops back into the Conference North – renamed National League North for the new season – with the other drop-outs being Alfreton Town FC, Dartford FC, and AFC Telford United. Manager Liam Daish leaves the club after just one season. Meanwhile, the summer of 2015 saw an agreement being reached between the new owners of the football club and Nuneaton Rugby Club, allowing the latter to play all of their first team home games in the stadium proper at Liberty Way.
• 2016 / Finishing in sixth place in the National League North, Nuneaton Town FC misses out on the play-offs due to a three-point deduction. 
• 2018 / Nuneaton Town FC takes on the name of its predecessor, Nuneaton Borough FC, after overwhelming support for the change from supporters.
• 2019 / A record crowd of 4,054 flocks to the Liberty Way stadium for the National League North match against future champions Stockport County FC on April 27th. Nuneaton Borough FC itself is markedly less successful than their counterparts on the day, finishing bottom of the table with manager Jimmy Ginnelly and descending into the Southern League Premier Division, with Ashton United FC and FC United of Manchester being the other drop-outs.
• 2023 / Finishing in fourth place in the Southern League Premier Division, Nuneaton Borough FC qualifies for the promotion play-offs; edging past Leiston FC in the semis (1-2), the club ultimately misses out on promotion in the final against Rushall Olympic FC (0-0 A.E.T. & penalty shoot-out). In the final months of 2023, Nuneaton was issued with an eviction notice with debts of around £650,000 and bosses claiming that the club had been behind in rent payments since 2019. In December, the club were locked out of Liberty Way, with permission being given by FA authorities to play its FA Trophy tie against AFC Fylde at the Coventry Arena free of charge. Following Nuneaton Borough’s eviction from Liberty Way, the club were forced to play their home games away from Nuneaton, with one match taking place at Leicester Road in Hinckley and a second at Knights Lane in Stratford. In late December 2023, it was agreed that Nuneaton would play the remainder of their homes games in the 2023-24 season at Kirby Road in Barwell.
• 2024 / In January 2024, pressed down by financial problems, Nuneaton Borough FC chooses to quit the Southern League Premier Division Central altogether, remaining inactive for the remainder of the season and exploring a liquidation process with additional plans to form a new club lower down the league ladder. Eventually, an announcement followed that a fan lead group would be forming a new club with it being decided the new club being named Nuneaton FC – but in the end the choice fell on the more familiar name Nuneaton Town FC, with a groundsharing agreement being concluded with Bedworth United FC to play home games at that club’s ground, The Oval, in part of a two-year deal with an option of a third year. For the 2024-25 season, Nuneaton Town FC is placed in the Midland League Division 1. 

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