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“I was the shy one, he was the talkative one,” Acton told BBC Sport.
“We just connected,” Dodd added. “We finished junior school and then went to the same senior school, so we literally spent the whole five years [and] school holidays in each other’s pockets.”
Their connection did not end at school. Their football journeys took them both to West Bromwich Albion’s youth set-up, on to trials at Kidderminster Harriers, and when Dodd joined them and Acton signed for Telford, they even attended college together.
“We’ve literally been together all our lives,” Dodd said. “We are like brothers.”
So have they ever seriously fallen out?
“Obviously you have disagreements – that’s football, everyone has opinions,” Dodd said. “But we’re best mates so we can have a fallout and, if you ever fall out with your brother or your sister, then you’ll speak a few hours later and it’s normal. And that’s what we’re like – we’re both passionate to succeed.”
Acton is a Nuneaton legend. The former goalkeeper played nearly 350 times for Borough throughout the club’s various incarnations, and was part of historic FA Cup ties against then Premier League Middlesbrough in 2006 as the non-leaguers took the Teessiders to a third-round replay.
No-one knows the DNA of Nuneaton better.
Dodd has gained a wealth of managerial experience with 10 clubs in the lower divisions, including a player-boss role at Bromsgrove Rovers in the Southern Premier League.
When Nuneaton offered Acton the chance to bring his old club back to life two years ago, he called his mate just in time.
“I was actually going to Boldmere and Darren phoned me and said, ‘I want you to come with me. I spoke to the board’,” Dodd said.
“So we sat down and built a team – we literally started with a blank sheet of paper.”
The pair hit the phones, raided their contacts, spoke to former players and, with Dodd’s background in sales, they “sold the dream, the vision and the project”, convincing targets the crowds would come.
“I had no doubt that the fans were going to turn up because I’ve been there, seen it, done it,” Acton said.
“I’ve played in front of it. I’ll go back to Middlesbrough. That day was unbelievable. Especially at home, playing in front of 6,000, so I knew they were going to come back.”
BBC Sport met both men to find out the secrets to their success.
“I was the shy one, he was the talkative one,” Acton told BBC Sport.
“We just connected,” Dodd added. “We finished junior school and then went to the same senior school, so we literally spent the whole five years [and] school holidays in each other’s pockets.”
Their connection did not end at school. Their football journeys took them both to West Bromwich Albion’s youth set-up, on to trials at Kidderminster Harriers, and when Dodd joined them and Acton signed for Telford, they even attended college together.
“We’ve literally been together all our lives,” Dodd said. “We are like brothers.”
So have they ever seriously fallen out?
“Obviously you have disagreements – that’s football, everyone has opinions,” Dodd said. “But we’re best mates so we can have a fallout and, if you ever fall out with your brother or your sister, then you’ll speak a few hours later and it’s normal. And that’s what we’re like – we’re both passionate to succeed.”
Acton is a Nuneaton legend. The former goalkeeper played nearly 350 times for Borough throughout the club’s various incarnations, and was part of historic FA Cup ties against then Premier League Middlesbrough in 2006 as the non-leaguers took the Teessiders to a third-round replay.
No-one knows the DNA of Nuneaton better.
Dodd has gained a wealth of managerial experience with 10 clubs in the lower divisions, including a player-boss role at Bromsgrove Rovers in the Southern Premier League.
When Nuneaton offered Acton the chance to bring his old club back to life two years ago, he called his mate just in time.
“I was actually going to Boldmere and Darren phoned me and said, ‘I want you to come with me. I spoke to the board’,” Dodd said.
“So we sat down and built a team – we literally started with a blank sheet of paper.”
The pair hit the phones, raided their contacts, spoke to former players and, with Dodd’s background in sales, they “sold the dream, the vision and the project”, convincing targets the crowds would come.
“I had no doubt that the fans were going to turn up because I’ve been there, seen it, done it,” Acton said.
“I’ve played in front of it. I’ll go back to Middlesbrough. That day was unbelievable. Especially at home, playing in front of 6,000, so I knew they were going to come back.”
BBC Sport met both men to find out the secrets to their success.
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