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Last Result: Saturday 19th April 2008 Nuneaton Griff 0 Coventry Copsewood 0 Midland Combination - Premier Division Attendance: 68
Current League Position: 13th
Average Home Attendance 2007/08 54
Average Home Attendance 2006/07 60
Ground Address: The Pingles Stadium, Avenue Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4LX
Ground Telephone: 024 76 370 688
Club Headquarters: Attleborough Liberal Club, Bull Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4JX
Headquarters Telephone: 024 76 735 344
Ground Directions from M5, M42 & M6: Take the M6 south towards Coventry and leave at J3 to join the A444. Head up the A444 towards Nuneaton and stay on it over 3 islands until you reach the island with the bright yellow footbridge over top, at the top of the hill next to the Hospital. Go straight over and down the hill the other side to the Coton Arches island at the bottom. Take the 2nd exit (round to the right) and follow the road round until you come to a set of lights with the Cedar Tree pub set back to the left. Turn left here and find the stadium over several speed bumps behind the Leisure centre. The car park is not suitable for coaches to turn around although there is sufficient space to reverse up to the Stadium entrance.
Ground Directions from A5, M1 & M69: Coming South – stay on the A5 through Atherstone, past the A444 turning, over the mini island and turn right at the traffic lights, next to The Long Shoot pub & motel, into the A47 LongShoot.
Coming North – From the M69 island (J2 Hinckley, Nuneaton), stay on the A5 across the two new industrial estate islands until you reach the main Hinckley centre island. Take the 1st exit (A5) and then filter left about 100 yards along into the A47 Long Shoot next to the Hotel.
When on the A47: Head straight on until you come to the first island and take the 1st exit left into A4254 Eastboro Way. Head straight on past the Rugby club on your right, over the 1st island until you come to the mini island with the Crow’s Nest pub set back to the left. Go straight over & up and over the railway bridge and then straight across the island at the bottom. Pass the filter for Attleborough on the left, a church on the right and come to a set of traffic lights with a petrol station to the left and the Cedar Tree pub across to the right. Filter right at the traffic lights and find the stadium over several speed bumps behind the Leisure centre. The car park is not suitable for coaches to turn around although there is sufficient space to reverse up to the Stadium entrance.
Nuneaton Griff were founded in 1972 as Nuneaton Amateurs.
Their first ever match ended in victory defeating Jet Blades 2-1 away from home. After a fantastic first season Nuneaton Amateurs were denied a championship success when their opponents didn't turn up for an end of season replayed game, the Coventry and North Warwickshire League decided there wasn't enough time to fit in another match! In the Birmingham Junior Cup there were two notable scalps as Kingswinford and Solihull Borough were defeated and the Amateurs finished a fine season by winning the Coventry Telegraph Cup.
The club were accepted into the Coventry and Alliance Suburban League Premier Two and a another superb season saw them promoted into the top Division where they more they maintained a mid-table position. May 1975 saw manager Colin Wetton leave the club but the now Nuneaton Griff went on to numerous successes, gaining many honours until there followed a bleak spell of fortune leading to relegation.
During the early 1980’s the present Chairman, John Gore took charge of team affairs. He was successful in halting the slide and turned Nuneaton Griff into a powerful Coventry Alliance side.. On retiring in 1996 he made the best decision in the club’s history, persuading the then 34 year-old Mark Green to come out of retirement.
Green totally transformed the club as Nuneaton Griff FC swept all before them in the Coventry Alliance, after this success it was decided to apply for membership of the Midland Football Combination.
The club was placed controversially in the Premier Division but the Heartlanders silenced the critits by winning the Championship in their initial season and then made it a double the following season 2000/200, also adding the Endsleigh Challenge Cup. In the process they made history by winning the latter at Villa Park and the following night winning the Coventry Telegraph Cup at Highfield Road, Coventry to become the only club to play two finals on consecutive days on two different Premiership grounds and win both times.
Since then the club has consolidated in the Premier Division and enjoyed a period of growth on and off the field under the reigns of Matthew Cook and Wayne Goss. The 2006/2007 season saw Paul Brassington arrived at the club to take charge of first team affairs. Paul’s first season in charge saw a good deal of change in the playing personnel and a further period of consolidation which resulted in a mid-table finish in the league.
For the 2007/08 season Billy Hollywood has joined Griff as an assistant manager and hopes are high that Billy’s vast experience in local football will be a tremendous asset to the club.
The 2007/08 season is a landmark season for the club as they celebrate both their 35th anniversary and their debut in the F.A. Cup. Funding has finally been secured to upgrade the Pingles Stadium and the club continue to work to develop the club on and off the pitch.
The club has also built up an impressive youth section, which has already attained charter status, and the juniors now regularly enter the F.A. Youth Cup.
Nuneaton Griff's First FA Cup Season 2007/08
Extra Preliminary Round Nuneaton Griff 0 Rainworth Miners Welfare 3 Attendance: 82
Best Performance in the FA Cup: Extra Preliminary Round 2007/08
Best Performance in the FA Vase: 2nd Round 2003/04
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