Boston Town F.C.

Boston Town

Full name

Boston Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Poachers

Founded

1964

Ground

Tattershall Road, Boston

Capacity

6,000 (450 seated)^[1]

Chairman

Mick Vines

Manager

Gary Frost

League

United Counties League Premier Division

2016–17

United Counties League Premier Division, 20th of 22

Home colours

Away colours

Boston Town Football Club is a football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division and play at Tattershall Road.

History

The club was established as Boston Football Club in 1964 by former officials of Boston United who were concerned that United's financial problems which had led them to resign from the Midland League would force them to fold.^[2]^[3] They joined the Lincolnshire League, winning it in their first season.^[4] They moved to the Central Alliance the following season, going on to win a second successive league title without losing a match.^[5]^[6] In 1966 they joined the Eastern Counties League.^[7] After finishing sixth in their first season, the club finished second from bottom in 1967–68,^[7] 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.

Boston won the Midland League in 1974–75; having finished their league fixtures they were ahead of Eastwood Town in the table but Eastwood had one match left at Skegness and could overtake Boston if they won. Despite being 3–1 up at half time, they eventually drew 3–3, meaning Boston were league champions.^[8] In 1976–77 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first (and to date only) time in their history, losing 3–1 at Barnsley.^[7] They won the league again in 1978–79; in a repeat of the 1974–75 title, Boston had finished their fixtures at the top of the table, but Skegness could overtake them if they won their final fixture. However, they lost at Retford Town.^[8]

Boston won their third Midland League title in 1980–81, and in 1982 became members of the Northern Counties East Football League when the Midland League merged with the Yorkshire League. They club were placed in the Premier Division of the new league, but after finishing bottom in 1986–87 they dropped into the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League.^[7] They won the Central Midlands League 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.^[7] In 1994 they were renamed Boston Town and won the league in their first season under their new name.^[9] They won the United Counties League for a second time in 2000–01 and went on to win the League Cup in 2003–04 and again in 2006–07. In 2008–09 they won the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy, beating Winterton Rangers in the final.

Ground

The club initially played at the Mayflower Sports Ground for a few months, before moving to their current Tattershall Road ground. The ground has a wooden stand on one side of the pitch, which is divided into three sections, one of which has seats. Another stand with bench seating is located behind one goal, with a covered area behind the other goal adjacent to the clubhouse, turnstiles and tea bar.^[10] The ground currently has a capacity of 6,000, of which 450 is seated and 950 covered.^[1]

Current squad

As of 7 August 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	James Lambley
		DF	Loz Lambley
		DF	Dan Worthington
		DF	Jamie Epton
		DF	Simon Ashton
		DF	Bailey Forth
		DF	Jordan Tate
		DF	Simon Draper
		MF	Aaron Eyett
		MF	Craig Parker
		MF	Jason Field
		MF	Peter Evison

No.		Position	Player
		MF	William Nuttell
		MF	Dave Huggett
		MF	Ben Davison
		MF	Richard Ford
		MF	Lori Borbely
		MF	Ollie Pinner
		MF	Fraser Bayliss
		MF	Luke Rayner-Mistry
		FW	Jordan Nuttell
		FW	Danny Maddison
		FW	Will Britton
		FW	Lucas Sparrow

Honours

United Counties League
- Premier Division champions 1994–95, 2000–01
- League Cup winners 2003–04, 2006–07
Central Midlands League
- Supreme Division champions 1988–89
Midland League
- Champions 1974–75, 1978–79, 1980–81
- League Cup winners 1976–77
Central Alliance
- Champions 1965–66
Lincolnshire League
- Champions 1964–65
Lincolnshire Senior Trophy
- Winners 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90, 2008–09
Lincolnshire Senior B Cup
- Winners 1965–66

Records

Best FA Cup performance: First round, 1976–77
Best FA Trophy performance: Second round, 1979–80
Best FA Vase performance: Semi-finals, 1993–94
Record attendance: 2,700 vs Boston United, FA Cup third qualifying round, 1970^[11]
Biggest victory: 12–1 vs Clay Cross Works, 1965–66
Most appearances: Lee Rippin
Most goals: Gary Bull, 201, 2005–12
Most goals in a season: Gary Bull, 57, 2006–07^[11]

References

1 2 Boston Town Non-League Club Directory
↑ Blakeman, M (2010) The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935–2010, Volume II ISBN 978-1-908037-02-2
↑ S Ashberry (2004) Come And Sit With Us: A History of Boston Town 1964 – 2004 ISBN 9781873257395
↑ Lincolnshire League history 1948–1968 Non-League Matters
↑ Club Honours Boston Town F.C.
↑ The Central Alliance 1962-1976 Non-League Matters
1 2 3 4 5 Boston at the Football Club History Database
1 2 History Boston Town F.C.
↑ Boston Town at the Football Club History Database
↑ Boston Town Pyramid Passion
1 2 Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p646 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0

External links

Official website

2017–18 United Counties League
Premier Division	Boston Town Cogenhoe United Daventry Town Deeping Rangers Desborough Town Eynesbury Rovers Harborough Town Holbeach United Kirby Muxloe Leicester Nirvana Newport Pagnell Town Northampton ON Chenecks Northampton Sileby Rangers Oadby Town Peterborough Northern Star Rothwell Corinthians Sleaford Town St Andrews Wellingborough Town Wellingborough Whitworth Wisbech Town Yaxley
Division One	Blackstones Bourne Town Buckingham Town Bugbrooke St. Michaels Burton Park Wanderers Harrowby United Huntingdon Town Irchester United Long Buckby Lutterworth Athletic Lutterworth Town Melton Town Oakham United Olney Town Pinchbeck United Potton United Raunds Town Rushden & Higham United Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Thrapston Town
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Coordinates: 52°59′29.96″N 0°02′17.14″W / 52.9916556°N 0.0380944°W / 52.9916556; -0.0380944

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Boston Town F.C.

History

Ground

Current squad

Honours

Records

See also

References

External links