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Saturday April 28 (UCL)
Wellingborough Town		2	Boston Town		1
Cherry 10, 65			Jones 60
Boston Town sank to a slender reverse to wrap up their latest UCL campaign. They went down 2-1 away to Wellingborough Town in their concluding outing of what has been a largely disappointing Premier Division campaign. The Poachers fell behind to an early goal by Ryan Cherry, who then settled the issue with a second strike on 65 minutes after Paul Jones had briefly levelled for Boston five minutes earlier.
Tuesday April 24 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	Peterboro North Star		2
Borbely 8			Vieira 75 Nyang 79
Boston Town slipped to a somewhat unfortunate home 2-1 loss against Peterborough North Star. It was a match in which Lorand Borbely gave the Poachers an eighth minute lead — an advantage they held until the 75^th minute when the visitors levelled through Avelino Vieira. Then, 11 minutes from time, the game was turned on its head when Star grabbed what proved the winner via Ali Nyang. Boston’s disappointment was compounded by the fact that a Craig Parker drive rattled off the Star bar while the same player also incurred a red card late on in proceedings Boston: Ben Martin, Shane Clancy, Sam Kirton, Shaun Baker, Michael Wood, Bradie Blankley (Michael Neaverson), Paul Jones, Tom Ruck, Nick Brown, Craig Parker, Lorand Borbely.
Saturday April 21 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	Long Buckby		7
Ruck 78			Bunting 23 (pen) Hewitt 39 Koriya 51, 55 Dunkley 68 Byrne 80, 90
Boston Town suffered a heavy home mauling at the hands of in-form title favourites Long Buckby in their penultimate home UCL match of the season. The visitors ran out decisive 7-1 winners over a somewhat makeshift Poachers outfit for whom Tom Ruck salvaged a crumb of consolation with a goal in the 78^th minute. But by that time, Buckby had netted five times via Richard Bunting (penalty), Mark Hewitt, Fazel Koriya (two) and Russ Dunkley. And even at 5-1, Buckby kept pressing forward and added two more goals inside the final 10 minutes by Michael Byrne. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Sam Kirton, Bradie Blankley, Michael Wood, Mark Foster, Ben Reeson (Tom Ruck), Michael Neaverson, Gary Bull. Lorand Borbely, Craig Parker.
Saturday April 14 (UCL)
Deeping Rangers		2	Boston Town		1
Holt 56 Stevens 75			Borbely 1
Boston Town slipped to a derby day defeat away to county rivals Deeping Rangers—despite seizing the initiative of a goal by Lorand Borbely inside the opening minute. But the home side fought back after the break to claim maximum UCL Premier Division points by virtue of goals from Ciaron Holt (56 minutes) and Ashley Stevens (75 minutes) — although Poachers’ veteran front man Gary Bull missed the chance of putting town back in from midway through the second period when he failed to convert a penalty.
Monday April 9 (UCL)
Sleaford Town		1	Boston Town		3
Oliver 36			Borbely 67 Bull 90 Blankley 90+4
Late goal heroics fired Boston Town to a derby-day success over county rivals Sleaford Town. The Poachers netted three times in the second half to overturn a first period deficit — two of their decisive strikes coming in the final few moments. Sleaford went ahead with a goal on 36 minutes when Ryan Oliver hit the target. And that’s the way things stayed until the 67^th minute when Lorand Borbely levelled matters. The home side — who had the distress of seeing defender Damon Tunnicliffe stretchered off with a suspected broken leg (the match being held up for nearly an hour for medical treatment) — slipped to an eighth straight loss when Gary Bull netted in the 9oth minute and then Bradie Blankley added a third deep into stoppage time.
Saturday April 7 (UCL)
Daventry United		3	Boston Town		2
Young 40 Briscoe 60 Lorraine 66			Shahin 6 Ruck 72
Boston Town suffered a second successive away loss in the United Counties League when they slipped to a 3-2 loss against Daventry United. The Poachers are currently having to field a somewhat experimental squad during the run-in to the end of what has been a disappointing campaign. And here again, their team of mixed strengths took a sixth minute lead through Jammal Shahin only for Daventry to level through Joel Young in the 40^th minute. United took a grip on the game with a goal on the hour by Will Briscoe and another by Tom Lorraine six minutes later. Town’s Tom Ruck got on the scoresheet on 72 minutes to revive Boston hopes. But they were unsuccessful in attempts to net a point-saving equaliser.
Tuesday April 3 (UCL)
St Ives Town		5	Boston Town		1
McDougald 15 Last 30, 35 Washington 47, 49			Abell 29
Boston Town crumbled to a decisive away reverse when they finished on the wrong end of a 5-1 scoreline at high-flying St Ives. The defeat was the Poachers’ 13th of the UCL season. St Ives went ahead on 15 minutes with a goal by Junior McDougald. Boston hit back with an Adam Abell leveller, but the home side went into the interval with a 3-1 lead courtesy of two strikes by Aaron Last. And two goals by Conor Washington within four minutes of the start of the second half put a seal on things. At 5-1 down with 40 minutes to play, Boston at least took a crumb of consolation from the fact that they conceded no further goals in the game.
Saturday March 31 (UCL)
AFC Kempston		0	Boston Town		1
			Bull 21
Veteran front man Gary Bull was Boston Town’s match-winning hero with the all-important goal that gave them a slender, but deserved, UCL success away to AFC Kempston. And, more impressively, the strike remarkably gave Bull his 200th goal in Poachers’ colours — a truly remarkable feat by the former Nottingham Forest man. His goal came in the 21st minute and was enough to give Boston their first win in eight outings while at the same time sentencing their hosts to a fourth straight Premier Division loss.
Saturday March 24 (UCL)
S & L Corby		1	Boston Town		1
Rogers 89			Jones 31
Boston Town ended a mini-sequence of three straight defeats — but they will be disappointed to have seen maximum UCL points slip when home midfielder Danny Rogers conjured a last-minute equaliser. Up to that stage, Boston had turned in a solid all-round display and had led via a 31^st minute goal from Paul Jones. The final outcome, though, means that Town are now left without a win in their last seven Premier Division matches.
Tuesday March 20 (UCL)
Cogenhoe United		4	Boston Town		1
Bales 2, 32 Gearing 54 (pen) Bushell 77			Borbely 48
Boston Town slipped to a third straight UCL defeat as a somewhat under-strength line-up tumbled by a 4-1 margin away to Cogenhoe. The result means that the Poachers have now pocketed just three points out of a possible 18 since emerging victorious away to Irchester on February 25 and leaves Town 14^th in the table with 41 points from 31 matches. Here, Town fell behind after just two minutes to a goal by Karl Bales. The same player their doubled the home advantage on 28 minutes before Lorand Borbely halved the deficit three minutes after the break. However, thoughts of a Poachers’ recovery were dashed when Cogenhoe made it 3-1 via a 54^th minute penalty by Matt Gearing. The home side sealed the spoils when Robbie Bushell added a fourth on 77 minutes.
Saturday March 17 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	Wellingborough Town		2
Brown 79			Liversedge 12, 24
Boston Town slipped to a second home defeat in the space of four days when succumbing 2-1 to fellow mid-tablers Wellingborough. Visiting striker Tom Liversedge inflicted a double blow on the Poachers with goals after 12 and 24 minutes. And that’s the way things stayed until the 79^th minute when Nick Brown got on the scoresheet to halve the deficit. But it was too late to spark a full recovery.
Tuesday March 13 (UCL)
Boston Town		0	Deeping Rangers		3
			Heron 15 Moreman 50 Beck 67
There was no joy for Boston Town when they entertained county rivals Deeping Rangers in their latest UCL Premier Division outing. The Poachers succumbed 3-0 on home soil.
Saturday March 10 (UCL)
Spalding United		1	Boston Town		1
Wood 40 (og)			Foster 63
Three-in-a-row for Boston Town! Draws, that is. The Poachers pocketed another useful point as their end-of-season UCL Premier Division run-in starts to gain momentum. Following hot on the heels of shared rewards against Newport Pagnell and King’s Lynn, Town figured in yet another all-square outcome when they fought out a 1-1 draw away to local derby rivals Spalding United.
Tuesday March 6 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	King’s Lynn		1
Shahin 76			Beaumont 80
Boston Town pocketed an impressive share of the spoils in a replayed UCL Premier Division home fixture against King’s Lynn. Despite having Craig Parker dismissed in the second half for two yellow card offences, the Poachers took a 76^th minute lead through Jammal Shahin. Lynn equalised four minutes later via a Danny Beaumont strike. It was only the fourth time this term that a side had taken points from the Linnets who currently sit seven points clear at the top of the table, although main rivals Long Buckby have three matches in hand.
Saturday March 3 (UCL)
Boston Town		0	Newport Pagnell		0
Boston Town kept an important clean sheet in their home UCL Premier Division clash against Newport Pagnell. But it wasn’t enough to secure maximum points as their strike force failed to penetrate the visitors’ defence and the encounter ended 0-0. The outcome leaves Town still hovering in mid-table.
Saturday February 25 (UCL)
Irchester United		0	Boston Town		2
			Jones 38 Brown 82
After several weeks without a match, Boston Town returned to action in winning style by pocketing maximum UCL points away to Premier Division rivals Irchester via a tidy 2-0 success. Goals in the closing stages of both halves gave the Poachers their victory. Paul Jones gave Town the lead in the 38th minute and the triumph was sealed eight minutes from time when Nick Brown made it 2-0.
Tuesday February 14 (UCL)
St Ives		v	Boston Town
Match postponed — frozen pitch
Saturday February 11 (UCL)
Cogenhoe		v	Boston Town
Match postponed — frozen pitch
Tuesday February 7 (UCL)
Boston Town		v	Deeping Rangers
Match postponed — frozen pitch
Saturday January 28 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	Cogenhoe		0
Boston Town collected maximum UCL points when they chalked up a 1-0 home victory over Cogenhoe. The result sees the Poachers climb to 14^th in the Premier Division table.
Saturday January 21 (UCL)
Long Buckby		3	Boston Town		0
D Quigley 37 K Quigley 45 (pen), 68
Boston Town were unable to put a dent in the record of unbeaten UCL Premier Division title-chasers Long Buckby. The Poachers went down to a 3-0 away defeat, a result that meant their hosts had negotiated the first 20 league matches of the season having dropped just four points (two draws). Dan Quigley got the breakthrough goal for Buckby on 37 minutes and the home lead was doubled in first half stoppage time when Koriya Quigley netted from the penalty spot. The result was put beyond doubt on 68 minutes when the latter netted again. Chances were few and far between for the Poachers against their in-form hosts, although both Gary Bull and Rob Foster had near misses. Boston: Chris Wright, Lawrence Lambley, Craig Parker, Dane Harper (Sam Kirton), Tom Summers, Jack Smith, Lorand Borbely, Shane Clancy, Gary Bull (Paul Jones), Mark Foster, Nick Brown.
Saturday January 14 (UCL)
Boston Town		v	Wellingborough Town
Match postponed — frozen pitch
Saturday January 7 (UCL)
Daventry United		v	Boston Town
Match postponed — waterlogged pitch
Monday January 2 (UCL)
Northampton Spencer		0	Boston Town		3
			Foster 4 Kirton 9 Beck 70
Boston Town made a flying start to 2012 by rattling up an impressive 3-0 UCL Premier Division success away to Northampton Spencer. Backbone to Town’s triumph was a two-goal burst inside the first 10 minutes with Mark Foster netting on four minutes and then Sam Kirton making it 2-0 five minutes later. And that’s the way things stayed until the 70^th minute when an Alex Beck goal put the icing on the cake for Boston Boston: Chris Wright, Lawrence Lambley, Craig Parker, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Sam Kirton, Mark Foster (Shane Clancy), Alex Beck, Dane Harper, Gary Bull, Lorand Borbely (Billy King).
Saturday December 31 (UCL)
Boston Town		2	Thrapston		1
Parker 85 Bull 90 (pen)			Pendered 39
Boston Town’s new caretaker manager Phil Jones got his reign off to a winning start thanks to a gritty last-gasp fightback from his team. The Poachers overcame the challenge of lowly Thrapston to complete a quick-fire league double over their opponents — but only thanks to two goals netted in the closing stages. Up to the 85^th minute, Town had trailed to a goal netted six minutes before the interval by Jordan Pendered. But on 85 minutes Craig Parker popped up with the equaliser. Then right on full-time, Gary Bull (back in the Town fold after briefly leaving the club) hit the winner from the penalty spot.
Monday December 26 (UCL)
Boston Town		0	Sleaford Town		1
			Popple 62
Boston Town succumbed to a somewhat surprising 1-0 home loss against lowly county rivals Sleaford Town. The result deprived the Poachers the chance of moving further up the UCL Premier Division table as the visitors grabbed their first win in 10 outings to bolster their own prospects of avoiding the drop. The only goal of the game came after 62 minutes from Sleaford’s most recent recruit, Alex Popple.
Saturday December 17 (UCL)
Thrapston		2	Boston Town		3
Morgan 39 Jones 88			Borbely 25 Lovelace 51 Smith 58
Boston Town — still regrouping after the managerial resignations of boss Martyn Lakin and his assistant Rob Speechley earlier in the week — managed to pocket maximum spoils on the UCL travels to Thrapston. The Poachers got the upper hand on the strength of a 3-2 success, a result which edges them further up the Premier Division table. Caretaker player-boss Lorand Borbely fired Boston ahead on 25 minutes but Korey Morgan levelled on 39 minutes. New recruit Mark Lovelace put Boston back in front after 51 minutes and this lead was extended on 58 minutes when Jack Smith headed in from a Sam Kirton corner. Thrapston scored a late consolation through Chris Jones two minutes from time. But it was too late to prevent Boston from collecting the spoils. Boston: Chris Wright, Lawrence Lambley, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Sam Kirton, Matt Oswin, Dane Harper, Callum Stocks (Tom Ruck), Mark Lovelace (Eddy Da Silva), Alex Beck, Lorand Borbely.
Saturday December 10 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	St Ives Town		3
Borbely 6			Washington 29 McDougald 40 Cobb 77
Boston Town went down to their first loss in eight UCL Premier Division outings when in-form St Ives prised maximum points from their trip to Tattershall Road in a 3-1 fightback success. Lorand Borbely had given the Poachers a sixth minute lead, but St Ives were level on 29 minutes through Conor Washington. And the visitors took a 2-1 interval lead when Junior McDougald hit the target in the 40^th minute. Victory was sealed for St Ives 13 minutes from time when Stuart Cobb netted his team’s third goal.
Saturday December 3 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	AFC Kempston Rovers		1
Beck 65			Phillips 24
Boston Town fought out their second home draw inside four days when their UCL Premier Division fixture against AFC Kempston Rovers ended in a 1-1 scoreline. The Poachers still sit in the lower mid-table area of the standings. The visitors went ahead via a Drew Phillips header on 24 minutes, but Boston fought back to share the spoils when Mickey Nuttell headed down for Alex Beck to hit the target in the 65th minute. Boston: Chris Wright, Lawrence Lambley, Ollie Pinner, Michael Wood, Sam Kirton, Matty Oswin (Callum Stocks), Billy King, Alex Beck, Kieran Davies (Micky Nuttell), Shane Clancy, Craig Parker.
Tuesday November 29 (UCL)
Boston Town		0	Blackstones		0
For the third home match in a row, Boston Town failed to hit the goal trail. But unlike their previous two outings — defeats in knockout competitions — this time the Poachers pocketed some sort of reward with a UCL point netted from a 0-0 Premier Division draw against Blackstones.
Saturday November 26 (UCL)
Desborough Town		1	Boston Town		2
Glover 47			Davies 71 Beck 86
Boston Town had to stage a battling fightback to pocket maximum UCL Premier Division points against rock-bottom Desborough Town. After an evenly-balanced first half, the Poachers fell behind to a 47^th minute goal by Fraser Glover. And for a while it looked as though another unwanted result would unfold for Martyn Lakin’s men. However, Kieran Davies grabbed a 71^st minute equaliser. With just four minutes to go, Alex Beck hit the target to snatch maximum points for Boston.
Tuesday November 22 (Lincolnshire Senior Trophy quarter-final)
Boston Town		0	Holbeach United		2
			Tidswell 58, 69
For the second time in four days Boston Town crashed out of a knockout competition on home soil. This time, local rivals Holbeach United visited Tattershall Road and emerged victorious when they secured a 2-0 margin of success in their Lincolnshire Senior Trophy quarter-final tie. The man who made the difference was Andy Tidswell who hit the Tigers’ two goals in the 58th and 69th minutes.
Saturday November 19 (FA Vase second round)
Boston Town		0	Gornal Athletic		3
			Nisbet 5 Perks 78 Young 81
Boston Town tumbled off the FA Vase trail with a disappointing performance that led to defeat by lower status opposition in the guise of Gornal from the West Midlands League. Things got off to a poor start from a Poachers’ perspective with Marvin Nisbet striking for the visitors after just five minutes. And that’s the way things stayed for the bulk of the game. On 78 minutes Gornal doubled their advantage when Michael Perks scored. Town’s fate was then sealed three minutes later when Richard Young fired in to make it 3-0.
Tuesday November 15 (UCL)
Yaxley		1	Boston Town		3
Davey 89			Beck 4, 77 Bull 73
Town grabbed the initiative as early as the fourth minute when Beck converted a Danny Matson cross. That’s the way things stayed until late in the second half. Yaxley had a chance to equalise on 72 minutes when a handball offence by Ollie Pinner saw a penalty awarded. But Town keeper Ricky Lovelace did well to save Ricky Hailstone’s spot-kick. Less than 60 seconds later Boston went 2-0 ahead, Kieran Davies crossing for Bull to head in. The issue was put beyond doubt when Beck netted again 13 minutes from time. Yaxley drew late consolation from a Tom Davey goal a minute from time, but it was too late to alter the overall result. Boston: Ricky Lovelace, Shane Clancy, Lorand Borbely, Luke Marson, Ollie Pinner, Billy King (Callum Stocks), Matt Oswin, Alex Beck (Sam Towell), Kieran Davies, Danny Matson (Gary Bull), Sam Kirton.
Saturday November 12 (UCL)
Boston Town		4	Irchester United		1
Borbely 13 Beck 44 Davies 80 Bull 88 (pen)			Gillingwater 51
Boston Town made it back-to-back home league victories when they conquered Irchester Town 4-1 at Tattershall Road. The Poachers followed up their 3-0 triumph over Daventry United the previous weekend with a fine all-round team performance — one that inched them up to 16^th spot in the table. Lorand Borebly gave Town a 13^th minute lead. Alex Beck doubled the advantage a minute before the break but Jack Gillingwater reduced the deficit for the visitors on 51 minutes. Kieran Davies settled home nerves with a third Town goal 10 minutes from time. Then, on 88 minutes a Gary Bull penalty wrapped up the points. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Ollie Pinner, Michael Wood, Lorend Borbely, Kieran Davies (Micky Nuttell), Billy King, Alex Beck, Sam Kirton, Danny Matson (Gary Bull), Craig Parker.
Saturday November 5 (UCL)
Boston Town		3	Daventry United		0
Clancy 50 Hill 85 (og) Kirton 89
Boston Town ended a barren run of result with a vital 3-0 home success, courtesy of three second half goals, over out-of-sorts Daventry United, for whom the outcome represented a seventh straight reverse. The first half yielded plenty of effort, but no goal. However, things changed five minutes after the break when Shane Clancy put the Poachers ahead. And that’s the way things stayed until the 85^th minute when Boston went 2-0 ahead via a Ricky Hill own goal. The points were duly wrapped up when Sam Kirton netted a minute from time.
Saturday October 29 (UCL)
Boston Town		3	S&L Corby		3
Wood 23 Pinner 39 King 70			Caswell 20 Byrne 79, 88
Boston Town remained fourth from bottom in the UCL Premier Division table after a 3-3 home draw against Stewarts and Lloyds of Corby. The Poachers fought back from conceding an early goal to lead 3-1 with 20 minutes to go. But the visitors rallied and earned a point with two late strikes. Paul Caswell gave S&L the lead on 20 minutes, but Michael Wood equalised for Boston three minutes later. In the 39^th minute Ollie Pinner put Boston ahead and the lead was consolidated further when Billy King netted his team’s third on 70 minutes. But from a winning position, Town saw two points evaporate when Michael Byrne scored a brace on 79 and 88 minutes.
Tuesday October 25 (UCL)
Boston Town		0	King’s Lynn		1
			Defty 70
A solitary goal 20 minutes from time condemned Boston Town to their third home league defeat of the season. They went down 1-0 to promotion-chasing King’s Lynn. Man on target for the visitors was striker Jack Defty. The result left the Poachers in unfamiliar territory close to the bottom of the Premier Division table with just eight points from 11 matches.
Saturday October 22 (FA Vase first round)
Boston Town		3	Holwell Sports		1
Beck 43, 77 James 55			Smedley 16
Boston Town made progress into the second round of the FA Vase with a fine fightback victory over Holwell Sports at Tattershall Road. The Poachers trailed to a 16^th minute goal by Ben Smedley, but rallied well and emerged victorious with three strikes. Two minutes before the break, Alex Beck grabbed the leveller and 10 minutes after the interval Tom James made it 2-1. Progress was secured 13 minutes from time when Beck grabbed his second of the game.
Wednesday October 19 (Lincs Senior Trophy first round)
Blackstones		4	Boston Town (Boston won 5-3 on pens)		4
Barker 11, 45+2, Holmes 66 Nelson 89 (pen)			Borbely 45+4 Beck 47 Bull 63 (pen) James 77
It was drama all the way as Boston town clinched their place in the second stage of the Lincolnshire Senior Shield. The Poachers emerged victorious 5-3 on penalties away to Blackstones in their first round tie after the UCL Premier Division rivals had fought out a remarkable 4-4 draw to lead to the shoot-out decider. The Poachers fell a goal behind after just 11 minutes when Danny Barker hit the target. Two minutes into first half stoppage time, the same player made it 2-0. And there was still enough time before the interval for Lorand Borbely to reduce the deficit. Two minutes after the break, Town levelled through Alex Beck and then went in front with a Gary Bull penalty after Borbely had been fouled. But back came Blackstones and Elton Holmes made it 3-3. Boston responded with a Tom James goal on 77 minutes, but the scores were tied again a minute from time when Michael Nelson netted from the penalty spot. In the shoot-out, scorers for Boston were Borbely, James, Kieran Davies, Craig Parker and Bill King. Blackstones failed to score from their third kick, meaning that King’s conversion was enough to earn a 5-3 margin of penalties success. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Lorand Borbely, Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Billy King, Tim James, Alex Beck, Gary Bull (Callum Stocks), Kieran Davies, Craig Parker.
Wednesday October 12 (UCL)
Holbeach United		3	Boston Town		2
Brown 12 Tidswell 60 Griffiths 73			Beck 81 Brown 88 (og)
Boston Town had two players sent off as they succumbed to county rivals Holbeach — and in the process conceded a UCL Premier Division double to their opponents, having already lost the reverse fixture at Tattershall Road (when Town also had a player dismissed). On this occasion, the men to get their marching orders were Kieran Davies (two yellow cards) and Jack Smith (straight red). By the time Town were down to just nine souls on the pitch, Holbeach had built up a 3-0 lead with goals from Ben Brown, Andy Tidswell and Mitch Griffiths. In addition, a penalty by Lewis Brooks was well saved by Poachers’ keeper Chris Wright. But despite all their dismay, Boston refused to throw in the towel and cut the deficit through Alex Beck with nine minutes remaining. And Town made it an anxious conclusion for their hosts when a Lorand Borbely cross was turned into his own net by Brown. But Holbeach saw out the dying throes to take maximum points. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Lorand Borbely, Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Ollie Pinner, Kieran Davies, Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Tom James, Craig Parker.
Saturday October 8 (UCL)
Peterboro North Star		1	Boston Town		0
Hipwell 72
Boston Town drew a blank for the third match in a row as they slipped further down the UCL Premier Division table. The Poachers battled hard but were ultimately undone by a single strike from the home side who, in the process, climbed to top spot in the standings. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Jack Smith, Michael Wood. Lorand Borbely, Ollie Pinner (Billy King), Sam Kirton, Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Kieran Davies, Craig Parker.
Wednesday October 5 (UCL)
Blackstones		1	Boston Town		0
Barker 19
Boston Town slipped to defeat by a solitary goal as county rivals Blackstones ended a five-match losing sequence. The Poachers ultimately tumbled to a 19^th minute shot from distance by Danny Barker. Elsewhere in the game, Boston almost levelled when Kieran Davies blasted just wide following a Gary Bull cross. Meanwhile at the other end, Town keeper Chris Wright did well to prevent further home breakthroughs with good saves to deny the ever-dangerous Barker. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Lorand Borbely (Billy King), Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Ollie Pinner, Sam Kirton, Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Kieran Davies, Craig Parker.
Saturday October 1 (UCL)
Boston Town		0	Northampton Spencer		o
Visiting keeper Quincy Showumnu stood between Boston Town and maximum points from this fixture as he produced a fine display to frustrate the Poachers’ front line. In the end, the Poachers had to settle for just a share of the spoils despite holding the territorial advantage throughout the 90 minutes. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Lorand Borbely, Ollie Pinner, Sam Kirton, Alex Beck, Gary Bull (Billy King), Danny Matson (Micky Nuttell), Craig Parker.
Saturday September 24 (FA Vase second qualifying round)
Boston Town		4	Radford		2
Beck 14, 37, 49 Borbely 22			Wood 4 (og) Allen 69 (pen)
Boston Town made smooth progress into the third qualifying round of the FA Vase with a fine fightback victory over Radford. The Poachers recovered well from the setback of falling behind to a Michael Wood own goal after just four minutes. Alex Beck equalised on 14 minutes and Lorand Borbely put Boston ahead in the 22^nd minute. Beck then went on to complete a hat-trick with further goals on 37 and 49 minutes to effectively put the tie beyond doubt. Radford netted a second goal in the 69^th minute via a Harry Allen penalty, but it did little to alter the final outcome. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Lorand Borbely, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Tom James, Ollie Pinner (Mark Foster), Alex Beck, Gary Bull (Micky Nuttell), Billy King, Craig Parker.
Tuesday September 20 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	Yaxley		3
Beck 60			Davies 31 Baines 50 Beech 74
Boston Town crashed to a shock home UCL Premier Division reverse against lowly rivals Yaxley who went into the match lying next to bottom in the table with only one point to their credit from seven outings. But on the night, it was the visitors who held sway, going two goals clear before Alex Beck reduced the deficit for the Poachers. However, there was to be no fairytale fightback as Yaxley clinched the points with an Andy Beech strike on 74 minutes. Boston: Chris Wright, Eddy Ferreira (Shane Clancy), Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Lorand Borbely, Mark Foster, Ollie Pinner (Billy King), Alex Beck, Tom James (Gary Bull), Danny Matson, Craig Parker.
Saturday September 17 (UCL Cup first round)
Boston Town		0	Wootton Blue Cross		1
			Janes 70
Boston Town succumbed to a surprise home reverse in the first round of the United Counties League Cup. The Poachers lost out 1-0 to lower status outfit Wootton Blue Cross. Premier Division standing counted for nothing as a tie that never hit any great heights was settled by a 70^th minute goal by Wootton’s Gary Janes. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy (Gary Bull), Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Mark Foster, Ollie Pinner (Lorand Borbely), Tom Ruck (Eddie Ferreira), Alex Beck, Tom James, Josh Foreman, Craig Parker.
Saturday September 10 (FA Vase first qualifying round)
Gedling Miners Welfare		1	Boston Town		5
Wilson 65			James 2 Beck 6, 56 Bull 10 Clancy 16
Four goals inside the first 16 minutes laid the platform for Boston Town to make a flying start to their FA Vase campaign. The Poachers finally ran out decisive 5-1 winners away to Gedling Miners Welfare. The first qualifying round tie was effectively over when a second minute opener by Tom James was added to by a goal from Alex Beck on six minutes, followed four minutes later when Gary Bull struck. To further boost the Poachers’ progress, Shane Clancy made it 4-0 in the 16^th minute. Beck got his second on 56 minutes and at that stage there was no way back for the home side—although they did take a crumb of consolation from a Joel Wilson goal as the final scoring action in the 65^th minute. Boston: Chris Wright, Ed Ferreira, Lorand Borbely, Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Tom James, Ollie Pinner, Alex Beck, Gary Bull (Tom Ruck), Shane Clancy, Craig Parker.
Tuesday September 6 (UCL)
Boston Town		2	Spalding United		2
Bull 44 Beck 85			Smith 2, 42
Striker Alex Beck rescued a point for Boston Town with an 85^th minute goal. The Poachers’ front man was on target to thwart county rivals Spalding who, at one stage, had led this UCL Premier Division encounter by two goals — new signing Greg Smith scoring in the second and 42^nd minutes. But Gary Bull netted for the Poachers on 44 minutes and they battled away after the break until Beck’s leveller arrived. Boston: Chris Wright, Ed da Silva, Michael Wood, Ollie Pinner, Mark Foster, Tom James, Lorand Borbely (Billy King), Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Shane Clancy, Craig Parker.
Saturday September 3 (FA Cup preliminary round)
Heanor Town		2	Boston Town		1
Benger 63 Grayson 77			James 24
Boston Town bowed out of the FA Cup at the preliminary round stage. They suffered a 2-1 reverse to Eastern Combination League outfit Heanor despite taking a 24^th minute lead through Tony James. Arguably a big factor in the reverse was an earlier penalty miss by Danny Matson. Arguably, had Boston opened up a 2-0 lead, they may have been no way back for the home side. But as things turned out, Heanor levelled on 63 minutes through Nathan Benger and then clinched cup progress via an Ashley Grayson strike 13 minutes from time. Boston: Martyn Lakin, Shane Clancy, Craig Parker, Michael Wood, Mark Foster, Ollie Pinner, Lorand Borbely, Alex Beck, Gary Bull (Josh Foreman). Danny Matson, Tom James.
Saturday August 27 (UCL)
Boston Town		2	Desborough Town		1
Matson 79 (pen) Parker 90			Gilsenan 3
Late goals from Danny Matson and Craig Parker helped Boston Town to maximum UCL Premier Division spoils at home to Desborough Town. The 2-1 success enabled the Poachers to edge up to ninth spot in the table — but their maximum haul came only by virtue of a last-gasp fightback after they had trailed to a third minute goal by Jamie Gilsenan. For a long time it looked as if that would have been the only goal of the game. But the Poachers rallied in the dying stages and equalised on 79 minutes via a Danny Matson penalty after Lorand Borbely had been fouled. Then, in the final minute, Craig Parker got the winner when converting in a goalmouth scramble. Boston: Martyn Lakin, Shane Clancy, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Ollie Pinner (Mark Foster), Tom James, Lorand Borbely, Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Danny Matson, Craig Parker.
Tuesday August 23 (UCL)
King’s Lynn		2	Boston Town		0
Harris 74 Spriggs 90
Two goals in the final 16 minutes put paid to Boston Town’s hopes of prising any sort of reward from their trip to face one of the UCL’s title favourites King’s Lynn. The Poachers put up a terrific fight throughout the encounter and looked on course to share the spoils until Robbie Harris struck on 74 minutes. Lynn’s victory was sealed when Stephen Spriggs made it 2-0 in stoppage time. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Lorand Borbely, Jack Smith, Michael Wood, Ollie Pinner, Tom James, Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Danny Matson, Craig Parker.
Saturday August 20 (FA Cup extra preliminary round
Glossop North End		2	Boston Town		4
Hill 9 Gordon 86			James 26, 84 Beck 44 Bull 72
Boston Town grabbed an excellent victory on their travels in this FA Cup extra preliminary round tie. The Poachers won through on the strength of a fightback 4-2 success, having trailed to a ninth minute goal from Glossop’s John Hill. Town levelled on 26 minutes through Tom James and took an interval lead through Alex Beck in the 44^th minute. Gary Bull made it 3-1 on 72 minutes before James hit the target against with six minutes to go. Glossop claimed a late consolation through Jamie Gordon but it was too late to affect the overall outcome. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Mark Foster, Ollie Pinner, Tom James, Alex Beck, Gary Bull, Lorand Borbely, Craig Parker.
Tuesday August 16 (UCL)
Boston Town		1	Holbeach United		2
James 13			A Stevens 2 Brown 65
Boston Town tumbled to a 2-1 home UCL derby night reverse against county rivals Holbeach (a side containing five ex-Poachers) in a fractious encounter at Tattershall Road. The Poachers hit problems as early as the second minute when Ashley Stevens converted a Paul Goodhand pass to put the visitors 1-0 ahead. But Town rallied and drew level in the 13^th minute when Tom James headed in from a driven effort by Alex Beck. But home woes resurfaced when, on 18 minutes, striker Danny Matson was sent off for allegedly elbowing Jamie Stevens in an edge-of-the-area skirmish. After that, some more robust tackles heightened the tension. Boston fought hard to make a further scoring impact and Jack Smith went close with a header. But it was the visitors who grabbed maximum points when, on 65 minutes, Jamie Stevens crossed for Ben Brown to drill high into the home net. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Mark Foster (Gary Bull), Ollie Pinner, Tom James, Alex Beck, Lorand Borbely (Tom Ruck), Danny Matson, Craig Parker (Josh Foreman).
Saturday August 12 (UCL)
Newport Pagnell		0	Boston Town 3
			Matson 34, 87 (pen) Clancy 65
Boston Town made a flying start to the new season of competitive action in the UCL Premier division with a fine three-goal triumph away to Newport Pagnell. Danny Matson broke the deadlock in favour of the visitors with a 34^th minute strike following good build-up work by Alex Beck and Lorand Borbely. Twenty minutes after the interval Tony James was the provider for Shane Clancy to make it 2-0. Then three minutes from time Matson netted his second when converting a penalty after Borbely had been fouled. Boston: Chris Wright, Shane Clancy, Michael Wood, Jack Smith, Mark Foster, Ollie Pinner, Tom James, Alex Beck, Lorand Borbely, Danny Matson, Craig Parker.