Match preview: Paget Rangers (A), Saturday 1st February, 3pm

31 Jan

Written By NTFC Media

Date: Saturday 1st February

Time: 3pm

Opponent: Paget Rangers

Venue: Castle Vale Stadium, Farnborough Road, Birmingham, B35 7LQ

Admission Prices: £7 Adults, £5 Concessions and 16-18s, under 16s £2

(Cash at turnstile, card in bar)

2025 could not have started any better for Nuneaton Town as they gained a perfect 4 wins out of 4 in all competitions. February begins with a good opportunity to extend that perfect record with a trip to bottom of the table Paget Rangers, who themselves lost every game in January.

Paget have struggled this season, picking up just 7 points in 31 games, scoring 27 but conceding 136 at an average of over 4 a game. Nuneaton remain top with 72 points from 30 games, scoring 82, the joint best in the league, and have the best defensive record conceding just 25.

The Castle Vale stadium has hosted many teams over the last few years, Paget Rangers only moved in there at the start of the season, although they previously played there in the late 1990s. It is a new ground to visit for many Town fans.

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Nuneaton Town 6-1 Paget Rangers

Saturday 3rd August 2024, the first ever league game for Nuneaton Town (2024).

Travel

Directions from Nuneaton town centre:

Take the A444 south and join the M6 at J3. Head north towards Birmingham and leave at J5. Take the third exit at the roundabout on A452 towards Fort Dunlop, turn right at the next roundabout on Tangmere Drive (towards Castle Vale). Turn right at the next roundabout onto Farnborough Road. Follow this road across 2 roundabouts and then once the residential areas finish on the right hand side and you see a park, there will be the driveway to the stadium on the right.

Public transport:

The nearest train station is Water Orton, but is only served every 2 hours. It is easiest to take a train to Birmingham New Street, then another to Aston, then the 67 bus which drops outside the ground:

Recommended journey -

13:09 train Nuneaton - 13:38 B'ham NS

13:46 train B'ham NS - 13:53 Aston

14:08 bus 67 Aston station - 14:38 stadium

17:12 bus 67 stadium - 17:44 Aston station

17:57 train Aston - 18:04 B'ham NS

18:22 train B'ham NS - 18:50 Nuneaton