Nunn
was officially re-appointed as the Waders manager in August 2020 following a
lengthy spell as caretaker boss after the departure of Lee Allinson to Hendon
in November 2019.
Nunn
had stepped down from the managerial hot seat at Langford Road in April 2018
after 12 years with the club.
His
remarkable transformation of Biggleswade alongside chairman Maurice Dorrington,
began in late 2006.
After
saving the club from certain relegation in his first half-season, he inspired
the Waders’ most successful period of their history, fulfilling Dorrington’s
ten-year plan to turn the Bedfordshire side into a Step 3 club.
Starting
at Step 6, in his first full season, he turned the side into promotion
contenders, and in 2008/09, he guided the club not only into their brand-new
home on Langford Road, but to the Spartan South Midlands League title.
By
2011, Nunn had surpassed the Waders previous highest position in English
football, before the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons served as the highpoint in the
Waders’ golden era.
In
2014, they won the play-offs, earning promotion to Step 3, and in 2015, they
reached the FA Cup First Round for the first time in the club’s history, after
beating Canvey Island.
Having
successfully endured the tough transition to the Southern Premier League,
Nunn’s penultimate season saw him set Biggleswade’s current highest ever league
position, with a superb ninth place finish.
This
season, however, Biggleswade have struggled and Saturday`s 4-1 defeat at
Rushall Olympic dropped the Waders into the bottom three.
Nunn
took to Twitter to say: “With a heavy heart I resigned as Waders` manager
today. I’d like to thank the chairman for asking to help out over two years ago,
the players and the staff over that time. The support I’ve received from the
green army has been fantastic. I have so much love and respect for you all”.
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