Match Preview: Boldmere St Michaels (A), Sat 2th Oct, 3pm

Date: Saturday 24th October 2026
Time: 3pm
Opponent: Boldmere St Michael’s
Venue: The Amber Arena & Community Stadium, Church Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B73 5RY
Admission Prices: Adults £12, Concessions (65+) £8, Unaccompanied U16 £5, Accompanied U16, Free

Nuneaton Town complete their set of trips to Sutton Coldfield on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Boldmere St Michael’s.

Town saw their winning run ended with two defeats in three days to Belper Town and Barwell, and will be hoping to not add a third straight defeat to a team beginning with B in the space of 7 days. Nuneaton are also sweating on injuries to key players including Declan Somel, Bradley Stretton and Caine Elliott.

Boldmere have made a solid start to the season, and sit just one place below Nuneaton in 6th with 22 points from 13 games. However they have no win in the last 4 games, with 2 draws against Corby and Rushden, and 2 defeats to Mickleover and Rugby Borough. 

Previous meetings:

Sat 29 Aug 1992 - FA Cup Preliminary Round
Nuneaton Borough 2-1 Boldmere St Michael’s
(Rosegreen, Culpin)

Sat 6 Mar 1954 - Birmingham League
Boldmere St Michael’s 1-2 Nuneaton Borough
(Phillips, Kernick)

About our opponents:

The ‘Mikes’ were formed in 1883 as a church team for the nearby St Michael’s church, and played friendlies against other church teams until joining league football in 1912. Boldmere reached the semi finals of the FA Amateur Cup in 1947-48 losing to Barnet at Highbury in front of 26,000. They hosted the Indian Olympic team ahead of the London Olympics in 1948, losing 1-0. The club have spent the years since in Birmingham, West Midlands, and Midland leagues. In 2021-22 they finished runners up in the Midland League Premier, and were promoted to the NPL Division 1 South for 2022-23 where they have remained since. 

Church Road, where the club have played since the beginning, has undergone modernisation in recent years, with an all weather pitch, and a community centre on the premises, and now hosts a successful women’s and youth team along with the men’s first team. The ground is also home to Boldmere Rangers, who Nuneaton visited in the Midland League Division 1 when they were named Smethwick Rangers. 

Boldmere reached the FA Vase 3rd round on 7 occasions, but have yet to reach the first round of the FA Trophy since promotion, with their best efforts a 3rd qualifying round run in 2023-24. They have never progressed past the FA Cup 2nd qualifying round.

Directions from Nuneaton town centre:

Take the A444 south to the M6, and turn right onto the M6 at J3 towards Birmingham. Exit at J5, and at the roundabout turn right onto Chester Road A452. Go straight on at 3 roundabouts, and the crossroads with McDonalds/Birmingham Road, and then after passing Chester Road train station and Boldmere Road on the right, turn right into Church Road and the ground is on the left.

Public transport:

Take the 13:09 train to Birmingham New Street arriving at 13:38, then the 13:46 to Four Oaks, arriving at Chester Road at 14:03, out of the station turn right onto Chester Road and follow as above. 

Returning, leave by 17:30 to take the 17:53 from Chester Road to Redditch, arriving at Birmingham New Street at 18:10, then the Stansted Airport train at 18:21, arriving at Nuneaton at 18:50. 

Local pubs:

Nearest pub to the ground is The Greyhound on Court Lane, and The Boldmere Tap on Boldmere Road. 

Fun facts:

TV Presenter Emma Willis, the wife of Busted member Matt Willis, lived in Boldmere during her childhood and attended the local school. Horror film actress Hazel Court is also another famous former Boldmere resident.

Boldmere’s name comes from bald and moor due to its surrounding tree-less fields, and was a small settlement until Victorian expansion in the Victorian era and railway expansion swallowed it up into the Sutton Coldfield area. St Michael’s church was built in this period, in 1857, and rebuilt following a fire in 1964.