With many of us beginning to climb the walls with no football to watch, waiting for the calendar to tick over to July for the promise of some preseason friendlies, June is a month of football limbo. However, for the club it’s as busy as ever!

Season Tickets sales were a big focus, and I am pleased to say that we smashed our target of 160 sales! We currently have 210 season ticket holders for the 2025/26 season. To put this in perspective, the average season ticket sales (I am reliably informed) for the last 12 seasons at Liberty Way for Nuneaton Town/Borough were 160. Only one season saw higher than this – the first season in the Conference (Step 1) in the 2013/14 season saw sales of 260. Selling 210 season tickets is a phenomenal figure, 30% more season ticket holders than Liberty Way seasons, despite not playing in Nuneaton and being at Step 5 rather than Steps 1 to 3 is nothing short of staggering, and I can say that everyone at the club, including the Board, volunteers, coaching staff and players would like to thank every single person who bought one.

Another measure of the growing enthusiasm for the club was the response to the market stall on the 21st of June in Nuneaton Town centre. Despite the heat, the stall was a hub for both supporters and those interested in what the club was doing. The stall saw around 10-30 people around it for most the day and we ended up selling £770 of merchandise and several season tickets.

Unfortunately, we received no income from the Midweek Floodlight Challenge cup final at the Bescot Stadium. Despite having over 1,000 in attendance, the Birmingham County FA declared that the final made a loss and therefore there were no funds to distribute to Cradley Town and us.

The other focus for the month was corporate sponsorship for the 2025/26 season. Lee Davies has been beavering way having calls and meetings with a wide variety of businesses and organisations across the local area and his hard work has paid off. Our corporate sponsorship target in our 2025/26 was £49,000 and I’m pleased to say we passed that mark during the last week of June. Well done, Lee Davies!

We do still have sponsorship opportunities left for next season, and you can view our 2025/26 brochure here . If you would like to discuss partnering us with your business, please contact Lee by emailing commercial@nuneatontownfc.co.uk

In terms of expenditure, we incurred £1,981 in direct costs during June, which covered:

Contractual pay to Management
Merchandise cost of sales
Competition fees for the United Counties League and League Cup
Re-stocking of the physio equipment and replacing the battery on the club portable Defibrillator.

We also incurred administrative expenses of £599, which included:

Website hosting costs
Subscription to the club’s finance system (Xero)
Payroll processing costs
Staff Training
Transaction fees charged by payment platforms (SumUp & Stripe)

The club defibrillator is a vital piece of kit (for obvious reasons) and goes with us everywhere we go, and its most important component is the high-capacity battery, which must be replaced at set intervals. I’m pleased say the Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative donated to cover the cost and ensuring players, fans and volunteers have the peace of mind that it can be relied upon if needed.

Again, thanks to the merchandise sales and the contribution from the Supporter’s Co-operative 200 club, we have been able to stay in the black for June.

Regarding the breakdown of the surplus (profit), £35,361 remains available for the purposes of “Back to Nuneaton” and £3,012 is currently held in reserve.

What to expect in July

Well, football for one thing! Not only with the busy pre-season schedule being in earnest, the United Counties League Premier South beings on the 26th of July with a trip to Newport Pagnell Town FC. Newport Pagnell are one of the best supporting teams in the league and we could see a home attendance surpassing 300, so it would be great to see as many in blue and white (or burgundy!) there as possible, as it is a tough opening fixture.

The pre-season games also give us an opportunity to build up some revenue. The two home games versus Nuneaton Griff and Leamington with have minimal overheads, so most of the income through the turnstiles goes straight to boosting club funds for the forthcoming season.

Interspersed between games is the intensive training schedule, and therefore we will be incurring some costs relating to hire of training facilities.

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How can I help?

There are several ways that fans and local businesses can help support the club:

· Support the club by attending games and encouraging others to do so!

· While at games, please consider buying a 50/50 draw or Golden Goal ticket.

· Join the NBSC 200 club. This is a fantastic way of supporting the club financially, whilst give you the chance to win monthly cash prizes. This now contributes to the “Back to Nuneaton” fund. You can take part in the 200 Club online by clicking this link: Join the 200 Club

· Join the Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. Not only will you be helping the Co-op fulfil its duty as part owner of the club, but you will also be able to hold the Co-op board members and club officials appointed by the Co-op to account (including me). Look out for further information about the new season membership drive and further information on how you can get involved in both the Co-op and the club. You can join the Co-op online by linking this link: Join the Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative.

· If you are a local business and would like to become a sponsor, reach out to commercial@nuneatontownfc.co.uk to discuss taking one of our great packages.

· If you would like to donate to our “Back to Nuneaton” fund, please do so here