| Full name | Boston Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Poachers | ||
| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Tattershall Road, Boston (Capacity: 6,000) |
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| Chairman | Mick Vines | ||
| Manager | N/A | ||
| League | United Counties League Premier Division | ||
| 2010–11 | United Counties League Premier Division, 7th | ||
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Boston Town F.C. is an English football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division and play at Tattershall Road.
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The club was established as Boston F.C. in 1964 by former officials of Boston United who were concerned that United's financial problems would force them to fold.[1] The club initially played at the Mayflower Sports Ground for a few months, before moving to their current Tattershall Road ground. They joined the Lincolnshire League, winning it in their first season. They moved to the Central Alliance the following season, which they also won, without losing a match. In 1966 they joined the Eastern Counties League. After finishing sixth in their first season, the club finished second from bottom in 1967–68,[2] forcing them to seek re-election. However, as the club were on the northern edge of the league's geographical boundary, they resigned and instead joined the Midland League.
They won the Midland League in 1974–75, and in 1976–77 reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first (and to date only) time in their history, losing 3–1 at Barnsley. They won the league again in 1979–80 and 1980–81, and in 1982 became members of the Northern Counties East Football League when the Midland League merged with the Yorkshire League. After finishing bottom in 1986–87 they dropped into the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League. They won the CML in 1988–89, and, despite only finishing ninth in 1990–91, were accepted into the Premier Division of the United Counties League. In 1993–94 they reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase, but lost 2–0 on aggregate to Taunton Town. In 1994 they were renamed Boston Town and won the league in their first season under their new name.[3] They won the UCL for a second time in 2000–01. They won the UCL League Cup in 2003–04 and again in 2006–07.
Several Boston Town player have previously played, or went onto play professional football, including: