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Spilt Tea
Boston United 2-2 Woking (National League) Woking have sacked their Manager Neal Ardley after a 1-0 defeat at Marine in the FA Trophy. I had thought Ardley was doing reasonably well having watched Woking win on the road a couple of times this season. The Cardinals went on an eleven game unbeaten run before Christmas but have since won just twice in the league and after four defeats in five games the team are starting to look over their shoulders. No such trouble for Boston w
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Valen-Nine (Goals) Day
Scunthorpe United 3-6 Boston United (National League) It’s St Valentine’s Day, but not in my house, as I wake up alone tired and hungover from Redditch United and the night before, the Mrs has already sodded off to the gym, and I’m out the door early afternoon and gone for most of the day, back for my M&S meal for two however, by 6:30pm tonight. It’s derby day, of sorts, Lincolnshire verses Humberside, Boston and Scunthorpe is a match I’ve been lucky enough to regularly atte
Feb 158 min read


Changes
Boston United 1-0 Gateshead (National League) I spent a lovely morning on Monday meeting the daughter and granddaughter of a former Nottingham Forest footballer who served in World War II for the Royal Navy, Arthur Hedley Williams was a seaman who also played for Bilsthorpe Colliery and Huthwaite CWS winning the Notts Alliance league title with both. I wrote a full article on the Nottingham Sport website about his amazing story which can be read here . Boston United are unde
Feb 116 min read


Shay Story
FC Halifax Town 2-1 Boston United (National League) A ground I’ve been trying to get to for an awful long time is the Shay, longstanding home of Halifax Town and of course Halifax Panthers Rugby League which is very big around these parts of West Yorkshire. Before liquidation in 2008, I always thought of Halifax as a football league club, founder members of the Third Division North in 1921, they stood firm in the bottom two tiers of the league until 1993, following five seas
Jan 188 min read


Eastleigh Win Out East
Boston United 1-2 Eastleigh (National League) It's been a cold frosty start to the new year and as I wake up this first Saturday of 2026 I'm soon checking my phone if today's game between Boston and Eastleigh is on. They've had the covers on overnight at the Jakemans Stadium and the head groundsman is optimistic, pitch in his opinion playable but the Referee will confirm upon his arrival at 12pm. The Eastleigh team have been staying in the area so every chance will be given
Jan 47 min read


Big Ange & The Soft Pen
Boston United 1-1 Scunthorpe United (National League) I've dropped the dog off at the mother-in-law's and am driving through Nottingham against traffic which is heading to the Forest and Chelsea game. Midday on a cool and cloudy October's Saturday, I'm heading again to Boston, but for a Lincolnshire derby against another side I know a bit about in Scunthorpe. Last season they were a division apart, but they did play each other the season before when Boston in the end gained
Oct 19, 20257 min read


Savage Subs
Boston United 0-0 Forest Green Rovers (National League) It’s October, which means my cricket season is finally over. I spent the last...
Oct 2, 20257 min read


Wood Too Good
Boston United 0-2 Boreham Wood (National League) In three of the last ten seasons, Boreham Wood have finished in the playoff places in the National League. In 2018, they lost to Tranmere Rovers in a Wembley final, the nearest they have come to reaching the Football League. In 2020 they were fifth when their season was early curtailed by COVID with just nine games to play, whilst in 2023 they were beaten by Notts County in the playoff semi-finals after a sixth placed finish,
Sep 21, 20258 min read


Potato Farm
Boston United 0-1 FC Halifax Town (National League) A club I have frequented plenty in recent seasons is Boston United, who opened their National League campaign at the weekend with a 3-2 win at Aldershot. Graham Coughlan has a much changed team from the one that did well to survive relegation during the last campaign, their successful return to level five of the pyramid, they do have injuries to several key players but have acquired smartly in the summer window, and hope to
Aug 21, 20256 min read


Drive To Survive
Boston United 1-0 Altrincham (National League) It's amazing to think Boston United have won more points (26) in their last thirteen...
Apr 13, 20257 min read


Thanks For The Blanks
Boston United 0-0 Oldham Athletic (National League) It's the wife's birthday on Saturday so we're off to Krakow, which means no game for...
Mar 5, 20256 min read


Shade of Excellence
Boston United 1-2 Eastleigh (National League) Boston United have only once before played against Eastleigh. Earlier this season when optimism was high, the newly promoted Pilgrims led on the road against the ten men Spitfires through a first half Sam Osborne goal, only to concede a 95th minute penalty converted by Chris Maguire which resulted in a 1-1 draw. The Hampshire based outfit are making the 360 mile round trip today along with 40 fans as they bid to push themselves t
Feb 23, 20256 min read


3 Up 3 Down
Boston United 0-0 Barnet (National League) A fortnight ago, during my last visit to South East Lincolnshire, Boston beat Barnet’s...
Feb 9, 20255 min read


The Underdog
Boston United 3-1 York City (National League) I'm back in Boston, following the abandonment against Southend United ten days ago when we...
Jan 26, 20256 min read


I Dunno Jeff
Boston United 0-0 Southend United (National League) *abandoned after 7 minutes I remember watching Southend United play against Forest...
Jan 15, 20255 min read


Crap Pub
Boston United 2-2 Ebbsfleet United (National League) Twenty odd years ago I was installing road signs on the A2 during the building of...
Jan 11, 20256 min read


New Era
Boston United 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge (National League) I said on my last viewing at Boston that I would be "very surprised" by my...
Nov 10, 20246 min read


Fylde Joy In Boston
Boston United 1-2 AFC Fylde (National League) A relegation six pointer as early as October? Both Fylde and Boston have had their...
Oct 24, 20244 min read


Scrambled Eggs
Boston United 0-1 FC Halifax Town (National League) I thought I would be here more often this year? I did the first game of the season...
Oct 20, 20245 min read


Old Friends
Boston United 0-3 Rochdale (National League) The opening weekend of the football season has me heading East to see some old friends at...
Aug 12, 20246 min read
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