OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE OF BOSTON UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB | SEASON 2020/21 | FREE

THETHE VANARAMA NATIONAL PILGRIMLEAGUE NORTH PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 2019/20 SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2020 | KICK-OFF: 15:00 | VANARAMA BOSTON UNITED v FC FROMNeil Kempster THE BOARDROOM VICE-CHAIRMAN NEIL KEMPSTER PENS HIS FIRST COLUMN FROM THE QUADRANT

It is with great pleasure that I restrictions are lifted. Both National but are up there in the play-off pen my first set of programme League and local authority approvals positions and it should be a decent notes for a match at the new will be required, so it is not a quick game between the two teams, who Jakemans Community Stadium process to conclude. I am sure have aspirations to be at The Quadrant. While there In the meantime, we will continue among the promotion contenders at remains much hard work to do the streaming service that we the end of the season. to complete the whole stadium, provide to enable fans to watch the Following today’s match, we turn the important thing is that we are matches. our attention to the FA Trophy with now playing football in our new On the pitch we were unable to potentially two games in the next home. provide the perfect day for the week. If we are successful away It is sad, of course, that we have left start of life in our new home but against Evesham United on Monday Street and even sadder that we that, as they say, is football. The night, we will have a home tie next could not give it the proper send-off team bounced back from the Saturday against Curzon Ashton or it deserved, but times move on and defeat with a victory at AFC Fylde. after a long hard road, we are now Blyth Spartans, which having been Following the disappointment of in our new base ready to make new fortunate enough to witness the forfeiting our position in the FA memories and add to the history of game first hand, was perhaps the Cup due to Covid, we are keen to this great club. most one-sided 1-0 victory I have enjoy a good cup run in the FA In these most unusual times, it is of encountered for a while. On another Trophy, a competition that has good course tinged with regret that we day we would have scored a hatful memories for the club. could not share this moment with but in the end a victory was all that I trust that everyone enjoys the the fans, for they are the ones that was required after a run of three match, wherever and however they the new stadium has been built for games without a win. are following it and we look forward and they are the ones who will bring Today we encounter Chester FC to being able to welcome you all to it to life when they are allowed to and I welcome their players and the new stadium at some point in the return. officials to our new stadium and not-too-distant future. We do not know when that will be trust they had a good journey across In the meantime, stay safe. as yet, as Boston and the country. Like us, Chester have Neil Kempster continue to have some of the highest enjoyed a mixed start to the season Vice-Chairman Covid statistics in the country, so we may have to wait a little while longer to properly christen the new ground. I have to say, having watched some of the matches on TV in the last week or so, it makes such a difference even having a small number of fans in the grounds so for the football as a whole the sooner we can safely get fans back in grounds the better. There is much work to do on enabling the stadium to be Covid secure and now the new ground is operational for behind-closed-doors games, we are looking at how we can safely accommodate fans when the

02 | BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER FC THE PILGRIM Craig Elliott THE MANAGER MANAGER CRAIG ELLIOTT IS TARGETING A FIRST HOME VICTORY AT THE COMMUNITY STADIUM

We entertain a particularly good “IT HAS BEEN A MIXTURE OF BAD LUCK AND BAD Chester FC team today, who will FINISHING, BUT THEY ARE ALL GOOD PLAYERS AND, AS very much be competing for promotion this season. They have THEY SAY, THE HARDER YOU WORK, THE LUCKIER YOU made a good start to the season GET. IT IS NO COINCIDENCE IN MANY GAMES WE HAVE and have a very experienced PLAYED THE OPPOSITION KEEPER HAS RECEIVED THE team and management. They MAN-OF-THE-MATCH AWARD.” also come here on the back of a players and, as they say, the harder stadium felt like the result hurt a little very impressive 5-3 win at home you work, the luckier you get. It is more. I do, however, maintain it will against FC and will be no coincidence in many games we never feel like the stadium is officially full of confidence. have played the opposition keeper open until our supporters are allowed We also come into the game on the has received the man-of-the-match back in. The games are so different back of a good away win against award. We were scoring plenty of and lack any real warmth or home Blyth Spartans. Although 1-0 seems a goals before the last isolation period advantage until we can get everybody close game, we very much dominated and so it will be an area that I am sure for most of the match and should we will improve in the coming weeks. back in supporting us. However, have been out of sight at half-time. it was a major positive to play at In the end, I was simply happy to I was extremely disappointed to lose home and start to feel like we can gain another valuable three points to Chorley last week. I felt it was a settle and become familiar with our and the clean sheet is another big strange game based on us almost surroundings. It is strange we had bonus for us. We all know as a team contributing to conceding two poor players going through wrong doors goals and then again not taking our we need to start taking chances and and finding certain rooms and over big chances. I have never in all my scoring more goals. I honestly believe time once things settle down it will, time in football seen two penalties once we start scoring, we will be fine. game-by-game, feel like home. Confidence is a big factor in football given within such a short space of and once you get that goal then time and it just felt it was a period Yet again we have a long midweek some of these forward players will in the game that we never really journey to Evesham United in the FA be flying. recovered from. Trophy. It is a game I expect to be hard as they have no game today It has been a mixture of bad luck and I think the magnitude of the first and it is a very quick turnaround bad finishing, but they are all good game of the season at the new for us (playing on the Monday). But nonetheless, it is a game I hope we can be successful in. I feel like with the FA Cup withdrawal, it has been difficult to overcome so we will be taking the FA Trophy seriously as other than the league campaign, we have no other distractions. Over previous seasons the FA Trophy has always been somewhat of a distraction but my message to the players will be it’s a competition we want to progress in. Enjoy the game today. Craig Elliott Manager

THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER FC | 03 MATCH BY MATCH 2020/21

First teamATTENDANCE fixtures, results and line-ups DATE COMP OPPOSITION RESULT TOTAL AWAY POS OCTOBER 2020 SAT 3 FAC2Q AFC MANSFIELD H W4-2 N/A N/A - FITZSIMONS WARREN SHIELS 1 GIBBENS ASKEW THANOJ PLATT y DIMAIO THEWLIS BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE 1 CROOK PRESTON 1 TOOTLE GREEN ARCHER DUXBURY GARNER TUE 6 NLN LEAMINGTON A W4-0 N/A N/A 1 FITZSIMONS y TOOTLE SHIELS 1 GARNER 1 y DUXBURY THANOJ PLATT GREEN 1 y PRESTON BURROW HAWKRIDGE WARREN DIMAIO THEWLIS 1 ARCHER ASKEW SAT 24 NLN AFC UNITED H W3-2 N/A N/A 5 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y GARNER 1 DUXBURY y THANOJ PLATT GREEN THEWLIS 1 BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE CROOK ASKEW DIMAIO ARCHER WARREN TUE 27 NLN H D1-1 N/A N/A 3 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS GARNER y DUXBURY y DIMAIO PLATT GREEN THEWLIS BURROW HAWKRIDGE 1 CROOK THANOJ ASKEW ARCHER WARREN SAT 31 NLN SOUTHPORT A W1-0 N/A N/A 3 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE y SHIELS GARNER DUXBURY THANOJ PLATT GREEN THEWLIS 1 BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK PRESTON DIMAIO ARCHER WARREN NOVEMBER 2020 SAT 28 NLN AFC FYLDE A L1-2 N/A N/A 13 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS GARNER DUXBURY PRESTON ROSE y GREEN DIMAIO BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE CROOK THANOJ LEESLEY THEWLIS ROLLINS DECEMBER 2020 TUE 1 NLN GLOUCESTER CITY A D0-0 N/A N/A 14 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y GARNER DUXBURY THANOJ ROSE LEESLEY DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK GREEN PRESTON THEWLIS ROLLINS SAT 5 NLN CHORLEY H L1-2 N/A N/A 13 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y GARNER y DUXBURY THANOJ ROSE ROLLINS DIMAIO BURROW 1 THEWLIS CROOK GREEN PRESTON LEESLEY HAWKRIDGE TUE 8 NLN BLYTH SPARTANS A W1-0 N/A N/A 11 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS GARNER 1 ASKEW THANOJ GREEN THEWLIS DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE ROSE PRESTON LEESLEY y ROLLINS DUXBURY SAT 12 NLN CHESTER FC H 15:00 MON 14 FAT R2 EVESHAM UNITED A 19:45 SAT 19 FAT R3 TBC - 15:00 SAT 26 NLN ALFRETON TOWN H 15:00 MON 28 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC A 15:00 JANUARY 2021 SAT 2 NLN ALFRETON TOWN A 15:00 TUE 5 NLN KETTERING TOWN H 19:45 SAT 9 NLN YORK CITY H 15:00 MON 11 NLN PARK AVENUE A 19:45 SAT 16 NLN GATESHEAD A 15:00 TUE 19 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN H 19:45 SAT 23 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN H 15:00 SAT 30 NLN HEREFORD FC H 15:00 FEBRUARY 2021 SAT 6 NLN CURZON ASHTON A 15:00 TUE 9 NLN HARRIERS H 19:45 SAT 13 NLN GUISELEY A 15:00 SAT 20 NLN LEAMINGTON H 15:00 SAT 27 NLN AFC TELFORD UNITED A 15:00 MARCH 2021 SAT 6 NLN BRADFORD PARK AVENUE H 15:00 LEAGUE TABLE 2020/21 SAT 13 NLN H 15:00 # Pl W D L F A GD Pts SAT 20 NLN CHORLEY A 15:00 1. GLOUCESTER CITY 12 TUE 23 NLN KETTERING TOWN A 19:45 7 3 2 27 15 12 24 SAT 27 NLN AFC FYLDE H 15:00 2. AFC FYLDE 10 6 3 1 15 10 5 21 APRIL 2021 3. KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 10 6 2 2 17 8 9 20 FRI 2 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN A 15:00 4. YORK CITY 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 17 MON 5 NLN BLYTH SPARTANS H 15:00 5. CHESTER FC 11 5 2 4 22 18 4 17 SAT 10 NLN CHESTER FC A 15:00 6. GATESHEAD 10 5 2 3 13 9 4 17 TUE 13 NLN GLOUCESTER CITY H 19:45 7. AFC TELFORD UNITED 12 5 2 5 15 15 0 17 SAT 17 NLN SOUTHPORT H 15:00 SAT 24 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS A 15:00 8. FARSLEY CELTIC 13 4 5 4 16 17 -1 17 MAY 2021 9. SPENNYMOOR TOWN 10 4 3 3 14 12 2 15 SAT 1 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC H 15:00 10. SOUTHPORT 12 4 3 5 12 13 -1 15 MON 3 NLN YORK CITY A 15:00 11. BOSTON UNITED 8 4 2 2 11 7 4 14 SAT 8 NLN GATESHEAD H 15:00 12. LEAMINGTON 10 3 5 2 16 16 0 14 SAT 15 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN A 15:00 13. BRACKLEY TOWN 10 3 5 2 12 12 0 14 SAT 22 NLN HEREFORD FC A 15:00 10/11/1999 SAT 29 NLN CURZON ASHTON A 15:00 14. BRADFORD (PARK AVENUE) 11 3 4 4 17 18 -1 13 15. CHORLEY 10 3 3 4 9 11 -2 12 TBA NLN DARLINGTON A TBC 16. CURZON ASHTON 13 3 3 7 12 22 -10 12 17. KETTERING TOWN 10 3 2 5 15 17 -2 11 18. ALFRETON TOWN 12 2 4 6 11 21 -10 10 19. DARLINGTON 7 3 0 4 11 8 3 9 20. HEREFORD 8 2 3 3 12 13 -1 9 21. GUISELEY 10 2 2 6 11 15 -4 8 22. BLYTH SPARTANS 11 1 2 8 7 26 -19 5

04 | BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER FC THE PILGRIM MATCH BY MATCH 2020/21 KEY: GOALSCORER 1 | y BOOKED | y SENT OFF | $ OWN GOAL SUB 1 | SUB 2 | SUB 3 | SUB 4 | CUP FIXTURES – YELLOW’ NLN - NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH | FAT - THE FA BUILDBASE TROPHY | FAC - EMIRATES FA CUP

First teamATTENDANCE fixtures, results and line-ups DATE COMP OPPOSITION RESULT TOTAL AWAY POS OCTOBER 2020 SAT 3 FAC2Q AFC MANSFIELD H W4-2 N/A N/A - FITZSIMONS WARREN SHIELS 1 GIBBENS ASKEW THANOJ PLATT y DIMAIO THEWLIS BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE 1 CROOK PRESTON 1 TOOTLE GREEN ARCHER DUXBURY GARNER TUE 6 NLN LEAMINGTON A W4-0 N/A N/A 1 FITZSIMONS y TOOTLE SHIELS 1 GARNER 1 y DUXBURY THANOJ PLATT GREEN 1 y PRESTON BURROW HAWKRIDGE WARREN DIMAIO THEWLIS 1 ARCHER ASKEW SAT 24 NLN AFC TELFORD UNITED H W3-2 N/A N/A 5 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y GARNER 1 DUXBURY y THANOJ PLATT GREEN THEWLIS 1 BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE CROOK ASKEW DIMAIO ARCHER WARREN TUE 27 NLN GUISELEY H D1-1 N/A N/A 3 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS GARNER y DUXBURY y DIMAIO PLATT GREEN THEWLIS BURROW HAWKRIDGE 1 CROOK THANOJ ASKEW ARCHER WARREN SAT 31 NLN SOUTHPORT A W1-0 N/A N/A 3 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE y SHIELS GARNER DUXBURY THANOJ PLATT GREEN THEWLIS 1 BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK PRESTON DIMAIO ARCHER WARREN NOVEMBER 2020 SAT 28 NLN AFC FYLDE A L1-2 N/A N/A 13 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS GARNER DUXBURY PRESTON ROSE y GREEN DIMAIO BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE CROOK THANOJ LEESLEY THEWLIS ROLLINS DECEMBER 2020 TUE 1 NLN GLOUCESTER CITY A D0-0 N/A N/A 14 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y GARNER DUXBURY THANOJ ROSE LEESLEY DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK GREEN PRESTON THEWLIS ROLLINS SAT 5 NLN CHORLEY H L1-2 N/A N/A 13 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y GARNER y DUXBURY THANOJ ROSE ROLLINS DIMAIO BURROW 1 THEWLIS CROOK GREEN PRESTON LEESLEY HAWKRIDGE TUE 8 NLN BLYTH SPARTANS A W1-0 N/A N/A 11 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS GARNER 1 ASKEW THANOJ GREEN THEWLIS DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE ROSE PRESTON LEESLEY y ROLLINS DUXBURY SAT 12 NLN CHESTER FC H 15:00 MON 14 FAT R2 EVESHAM UNITED A 19:45 SAT 19 FAT R3 TBC - 15:00 SAT 26 NLN ALFRETON TOWN H 15:00 MON 28 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC A 15:00 JANUARY 2021 SAT 2 NLN ALFRETON TOWN A 15:00 TUE 5 NLN KETTERING TOWN H 19:45 SAT 9 NLN YORK CITY H 15:00 MON 11 NLN BRADFORD PARK AVENUE A 19:45 SAT 16 NLN GATESHEAD A 15:00 TUE 19 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN H 19:45 SAT 23 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN H 15:00 SAT 30 NLN HEREFORD FC H 15:00 FEBRUARY 2021 SAT 6 NLN CURZON ASHTON A 15:00 TUE 9 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS H 19:45 SAT 13 NLN GUISELEY A 15:00 SAT 20 NLN LEAMINGTON H 15:00 SAT 27 NLN AFC TELFORD UNITED A 15:00 PLAYER APPEARANCES 2020/21 MARCH 2021 LEAGUE TABLE 2020/21 CURRENT PLAYERS DATE OF BIRTH APPEARANCES GOALS YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS SAT 6 NLN BRADFORD PARK AVENUE H 15:00 28/05/1994 9 (0) 0 1 0 SAT 13 NLN DARLINGTON H 15:00 SAT 20 NLN CHORLEY A 15:00 Matt TOOTLE 11/10/1990 8 (0) 0 1 0 TUE 23 NLN KETTERING TOWN A 19:45 Scott DUXBURY 02/05/1995 7 (0) 0 3 0 SAT 27 NLN AFC FYLDE H 15:00 01/10/1993 5 (0) 0 2 0 APRIL 2021 20/09/1989 8 (0) 3 3 0 FRI 2 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN A 15:00 MON 5 NLN BLYTH SPARTANS H 15:00 Luke SHIELS 21/09/1989 9 (0) 2 3 0 SAT 10 NLN CHESTER FC A 15:00 Andi THANOJ 19/12/1992 7 (0) 0 0 0 TUE 13 NLN GLOUCESTER CITY H 19:45 Paul GREEN 10/04/1983 6 (3) 1 1 0 SAT 17 NLN SOUTHPORT H 15:00 12/09/1992 9 (0) 3 0 0 SAT 24 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS A 15:00 MAY 2021 Jordan THEWLIS 24/10/1992 6 (3) 3 0 0 SAT 1 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC H 15:00 Jay ROLLINS 01/06/1994 1 (2) 0 0 0 MON 3 NLN YORK CITY A 15:00 Peter CROOK 22/04/1994 0 (0) 0 0 0 SAT 8 NLN GATESHEAD H 15:00 Lewis GIBBENS 10/11/1999 1 (0) 0 0 0 SAT 15 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN A 15:00 SAT 22 NLN HEREFORD FC A 15:00 Tyrell WARREN 05/10/199810/11/1999 1 (2) 0 0 0 SAT 29 NLN CURZON ASHTON A 15:00 Josh ASKEW 20/02/1998 2 (0) 0 0 0 Connor DIMAIO 28/01/1996 6 (2) 0 0 0 TBA NLN DARLINGTON A TBC 23/02/1990 8 (1) 2 0 0 15/10/1993 0 (4) 0 0 0 Mitch ROSE 04/07/1994 3 (0) 0 1 0 Jake FRESTLE 11/12/2002 0 (0) 0 0 0 Fraser PRESTON 05/03/1999 2 (4) 1 1 0 Joe LEESLEY 29/03/1994 1 (3) 0 1 0

THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER FC | 05 Richard Collins PILGRIMS PUZZLER RICHARD COLLINS BRINGS YOU ANOTHER ROUND OF FOOTBALL TRIVIA WORLD DOMESTIC BOSTON FOOTBALL FOOTBALL UNITED Q1 Which Brazilian international Q6 Which manager guided Q11 Which full-back captained midfielder joined Manchester Cheltenham Town into the Burton Albion in the 1986 FA FC United from Porto in 2007 Football League and went Trophy final before joining and went on to win four on to manage at both Notts Boston United the following titles during County and Nottingham year? his time at Old Trafford? Forest? Q12 Who played for Boston Q2 Which former Q7 Which side won the FA United in a 5-0 defeat against England Trophy in the year 2000 and Shrewsbury Town towards the international included the likes of Tarkan beginning of the 2006-2007 footballer had Mustafa, Geoff Pitcher, Amara season, but joined the Shrews a daughter, Simba and David Leworthy on loan from the Pilgrims later Suzanne in its line-up? on in that same season? (right), who Q8 Prior to their expulsion last Q13 Which goalkeeper had played worked for season, Bury (four letters) for Nottingham Forest in the a number of years for the had the shortest name in the Zenith Data Systems Cup BBC as a weather forecast top four leagues of English final at Wembley in 1992 and presenter? football. With six letters, was an ever-present for the Q3 In which year did Argentina’s which team has the shortest Pilgrims during the 2006-2007 Mario Kempes (below) win the name now? campaign? World Cup golden boot? Q9 Which fourth tier side reached Q14 Who joined the League Cup final in 2013 Boston United but lost 5-0 to Swansea City? from Heart of Midlothian in 2004 but later had a spell as interim manager of the Edinburgh club in 2016? Q15 Scottish full-back Austin McCann appeared in the for Boston United and which other club? Q4 Which nation did Germany beat 7-1 at the World Cup Finals tournament in 2014? Q5 Which national team did Guus Hiddink lead to the World Cup Q10 For which (then) semi-finals in Conference team did 2002? goalkeeper Dave Ryan play

throughout the entire 1980s?

Q10 Northwich Victoria; Q11 David Vaughan; Q12 Lee Canoville; Q13 Andy Marriott; Q14 Andy Kirk; Q15 Notts County. Notts Q15 Kirk; Andy Q14 Marriott; Andy Q13 Canoville; Lee Q12 Vaughan; David Q11 Victoria; Northwich Q10

Q1 Anderson; Q2 Bobby Charlton; Q3 1978; Q4 Brazil; Q5 South Korea; Q6 Steve Cotterill; Q7 Kingstonian; Q8 Fulham; Q9 Bradford City; City; Bradford Q9 Fulham; Q8 Kingstonian; Q7 Cotterill; Steve Q6 Korea; South Q5 Brazil; Q4 1978; Q3 Charlton; Bobby Q2 Anderson; Q1 ANSWERS:

06 | BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER FC THE PILGRIM Christian James STATISTICALLY SPEAKING CHRISTIAN JAMES CELEBRATES THE GOALSCORING PROWESS OF SCOTT GARNER

Scott Garner’s goal on Tuesday on his way to 20 goals, registering returning following a trial period night not only ultimately secured six in 2009 and returning to top up at , while Scott Garner a thoroughly deserved victory, his tally in 2013-2014; Jordan Thewlis brings up the rear as the latest, and but also saw him reach 20 goals reached the milestone in his 42nd comfortably slowest, of the last 13 for the club. appearance, at home to Telford in seasons, to reach the 20 mark (157 Joining a now dozen-strong group October; Jon Rowan and Mark Jones apps). to have scored 20 since United both took just shy of 50 games to Who would you expect to be next returned to non-league football in reach 20 goals: Jones scoring a hat- on that list? Three of the current 2007, Garner’s 157 appearances trick against Bradford Park Avenue squad are already there, while only taken to reach the milestone make to reach his 20 less than an hour another trio have more than a pair of him the slowest to get there since after had done. Boston goals to their names: Jordan Andrew Stanhope (167) in January Danny Davidson took a game Burrow (5), Luke Shiels (6) and Andi 2000. longer than Jones – exactly fifty Thanoj (7). Of those 12 to reach 20 goals – and his 20th goal came during United will probably pin their hopes since the summer of 2007, Ollie the memorable 9-0 away win at on Burrow to get there this season, Ryan and Spencer Weir-Daley Redditch in August 2010, while fellow with the frontman already having were joint-quickest, each taking 30 goalscorer that day added three goals to his two during appearances to get there. Ryan’s had to wait until his 78th (and final) a loan spell in 2011, with a further brace at Spalding in the 6-1 (after appearance in the play-off semi-final effort at Darlington in jeopardy as we extra-time) League Cup win took him with Guiseley to register his 20th await a National League decision. to 20 in December 2008 (Just five strike. And Burrow will likely wonder how months after his competitive debut) Taking a game more to get there as the forward started every game than Pearson, Jay Rollins’ late winner he didn’t find the net on Tuesday until injury interrupted his season in at home to struggling North Ferriby night as home keeper Brendan mid-January. in September 2017 brought his 20 Pearson denied both him and Jordan Weir-Daley meanwhile also brought up – his fourth appearance after Thewlis at least a pair of goals each. up his 20th goal with an away brace, But, despite the Pilgrims’ recent dry this one at Worksop in a 5-1 victory period up front, they found a way as United closed in on the UniBond to win and – as Telford and Farsley Premier League title a season later. have already failed to at Croft Park – He’d played a part in all 30 games protected their thoroughly deserved since joining in October 2009, and 1-0 lead with relative comfort. ended the season with 21 goals as Today, however, Boston will likely the Pilgrims won promotion via the need their front three to fire as play-offs. Chester FC visit fresh from a 5-3 Just four games slower to reach 20 comeback win over Hereford, and goals was Dayle Southwell, who with the opportunity to be the first reached the milestone at home to home goalscorer at Pilgrim Way Way Bradford Park Avenue in February still on offer, United will hope to hit 2015 – the same game Mark Jones the net with a little more regularity scored his 20th (more on him later); this afternoon than they have done his 34th appearance. Marc Newsham since returning from isolation took one more appearance to reach number two… his vicenary goal, his first at home to FC Halifax in the UniBond Challenge Christian James Cup taking him over the 20 mark. @bostonutdstats scored exactly one-in-two

THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER FC | 07 THE TEAMS

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