Wilkin to learn Nuneaton Town budget on Monday

Nuneaton Town’s players will discover whether they have a future at the club by the end of next week as manager Kevin Wilkin waits to learn what his budget will be.


Nuneaton manager Kevin Wilkin (centre)

The Boro boss will meet with chief executive Ian Neale on Monday, when he hopes to be handed “realistic” funds to build on this season’s 15th place finish in Blue Square Bet Premier.

Wilkin said: “I’ve not thought about what the budget will be. I know what I’d like it to be!

“I’m realistic as to what the club should be able to afford. There needs to be a balance between reality and expectation.

“I’ve always understood that. Last season we over achieved once again.

“People can argue about whether we’ve always done that since the club was formed (in 2008). I appreciate that in the first season we had the stature and the money where we were expected to go up.

“Since then we’ve always been in the position where others have had more. That was the case with Farnborough in the second season.

“Since then other clubs have had a lot more money. They did when we went up last season and they did the year before when we got into the play-offs.

“We’ve shown time and again that finances need not restrict you totally.

“Clearly we are in a league where finances are the issue for a club like us.

“I accept we’ll never throw money at it, nor should we.

“We need a realistic budget, otherwise it becomes increasingly difficult to pull a rabbit out the hat.”

Once Wilkin knows what funds he has he plans to meet each player individually in the latter stages of next week.

“I always prefer to meet players face-to-face. That might be a bit old fashioned, but I like to let players know where I’m at,” he said.

“They can respect what I tell them or not. Some do, some don’t.”

Wilkin has hinted fans may be surprised by some the names who are released.

“Everyone has an opinion on who stays and who goes. That’s the beauty of football,” he said.

“I’ve had to make unpopular decisions before and I’ll probably have to do that again. It’s the nature of the job.”