BOSTON UNITED V KETTERING TOWN

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THE VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 2019/20 THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v KETTERING TOWN

TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY 2021 | KICK-OFF: 19:45 | VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH FROMNeil Kempster THE BOARDROOM VICE-CHAIRMAN NEIL KEMPSTER WRITES HIS FIRST COLUMN OF 2021

This evening we see another into the play-off places, while still do all we can to keep completing couple of firsts at the Jakemans having games in hand over most of fixtures at this time and hopefully Community Stadium, with the teams around us. matters will start to improve so we not only our first competitive It was great to get our first outright can start to consider getting fans game of 2021, following the victory at the new stadium with back into our stadiums. postponement of the Alfreton our professional display against Our opponents this evening, Town match on Saturday, but Alfreton on Boxing Day and this Kettering Town, are familiar also the first evening match to was followed by an even better opposition over many years and be held at the new stadium. performance away at Farsley Celtic, while they find themselves in the As a football fan, there is something who had previously been unbeaten lower reaches of the league at this magical about a match under at home, where we converted a stage of the season, they have been lights, particularly on a winter’s larger proportion of our chances in good form recently and have evening, so hopefully tonight’s and got what I believe was a fully- proved a difficult team to beat for match will provide the first of many deserved victory. many teams. memorable night games at Pilgrim It was frustrating therefore to yet Hopefully we will be able to continue Way. again experience a postponement our good run of results and record There will be a minute’s silence for the return fixture at Alfreton, a further win to start to really make at the beginning of the match in with this time a frozen pitch adding the new stadium feel more like honour of Glen Chapman, a lifelong to our backlog of matches that will home. supporter of the club and long-term now have to be fitted in over the Finally, I would like to take this chair of Boston United Supporters next few months. opportunity to wish you all a Happy Association, who sadly passed With all the uncertainty around at New Year and hope that things start away over the weekend. Everyone present due to Covid, there has to to improve for everyone. Enjoy the at the club is deeply shocked and be concern at the number of games game. saddened at his untimely passing. that still have to be completed at the Neil Kempster Glen was a truly dedicated and turn of the year. We will continue to Vice-Chairman committed supporter, not just in attending games, but with his excellent work in his role as chair of BUSA where his professional approach greatly assisted the club for many years. Above all though, Glen was a great guy, kind and considerate and always happy to stop for a chat on a matchday. On behalf of the board and all at the club, we send our thoughts and prayers to Pauline, Amy, John and Harry and his wider family and friends. He will be missed by all of us. We return to action following an excellent festive period with a couple of victories, six goals and two clean sheets that has seen us climb

02 | BOSTON UNITED V KETTERING TOWN THE PILGRIM Craig Elliott THE MANAGER MANAGER CRAIG ELLIOTT PREPARES FOR ANOTHER CALENDAR YEAR OF ACTION.

I would like to wish everybody “IN BOTH THESE GAMES, I FELT WE DOMINATED AND a Happy New Year and a healthy THOROUGHLY DESERVED BOTH VICTORIES. IT GAVE THE 2021. I hope everybody has had LADS LOTS OF CONFIDENCE TO KEEP TWO CLEAN SHEETS a good Christmas and New Year AND IT WAS GOOD TO START SCORING GOALS AS THIS and I really hope we can see you HAD BEEN MISSING IN RECENT WEEKS.” all at a game in this magnificent new stadium soon. Therefore, I was extremely balance that we have and I was I would like to welcome Kettering disappointed that the return fixture delighted that we managed to Town tonight for this important away at Alfreton was postponed secure Joe Leesley on a long-term National League North fixture. I am and yet again it is an interruption loan from Harrogate Town for the under no illusions tonight’s game we could have done without. The rest of the season. will be a difficult match. I have a only positive to not playing Alfreton The injury list at present is not too lot of respect for Paul Cox as a was it gives us a nice little rest and bad and there is only Mitch Rose manager and I expect an extremely a few players can recover fully from who is unavailable for tonight’s competitive game. a few knocks they have received. game. Hayden and his team have Kettering are on a mini unbeaten We now have a game tonight that worked hard to limit the injuries run (like us), most notably gaining enables us to get back to playing we have had and it is credit to him a great result on Saturday away at very quickly. You can see by the and his staff that we have as many Brackley Town. They have only lost league table we need to make up players available as we do in such one game in 10 and although a lot a busy period. of them have been draws, it shows the games played column to give they are going to come here very us a more accurate reading of the We now begin a busy six or seven organised and difficult to beat. state of play. weeks in front of us where we play midweek football every week and The festive season was beginning I am happy with the squad at there is no doubt this will be a to look like a successful one for us present in terms of options and testing time both physically and as we got back-to-back wins against mentally. It is not just the physical Alfreton Town and Farsley Celtic side of playing games every few and we were looking forward to days but mentally there is lots of securing our third win on Saturday travelling and recovery periods that but unfortunately the weather put players need to adhere to. paid to this. We all know times are difficult away In both these games, I felt we from football at the moment with dominated and thoroughly the Covid situation and mentally deserved both victories. It gave the footballers are only human. Their lads lots of confidence to keep two clean sheets and it was good to only release is playing football start scoring goals as this had been and keeping fit at gyms so fingers missing in recent weeks. I think crossed the players can continue you can clearly see now players are to play football and we can build starting to feel fitter and play with a on the positive start to the season lot more confidence and I expected we have had. Stay safe. this to happen as we had a lot of Craig Elliott interruptions in our season. Manager

THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v KETTERING TOWN | 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 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 D0-0 N/A N/A 12 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE y SHIELS GARNER DUXBURY THANOJ ROSE y GREEN THEWLIS y BURROW HAWKRIDGE PLATT y PRESTON LEESLEY ROLLINS DIMAIO MON 14 FAT R2 EVESHAM UNITED A W3-0 370 N/A - CROOK WARREN SHIELS GARNER LEESLEY 1 y PRESTON ROSE y GREEN DIMAIO ROLLINS 1 THEWLIS FITZSIMONS PLATT y DUXBURY TOOTLE HAWKRIDGE BURROW 1 SAT 16 FAT R3 AFC FYLDE H D1-1* N/A N/A - FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS BIRD DUXBURY PRESTON PLATT GREEN LEESLEY BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK GARNER DIMAIO 1 WARREN SAT 26 NLN ALFRETON TOWN H W2-0 N/A N/A 6 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y BIRD DUXBURY PRESTON PLATT 1 LEESLEY 1 DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE y CROOK GARNER y GREEN WARREN ROLLINS MON 28 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC A W4-0 N/A N/A 3 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS BIRD DUXBURY PRESTON 1 PLATT LEESLEY 2 DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK GARNER y GREEN WARREN ROLLINS 1 JANUARY 2021 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 FAT R4 CHESTERFIELD H 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 TUE 2 NLN GATESHEAD A 19:45 SAT 6 NLN CURZON ASHTON A 15:00 TUE 9 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS H 19:45 SAT 13 NLN GUISELEY A 15:00 TUE 16 NLN DARLINGTON A 19:45 SAT 20 NLN LEAMINGTON H 15:00 SAT 27 NLN AFC TELFORD UNITED A 15:00 MARCH 2021 LEAGUE TABLE 2020/21 SAT 6 NLN BRADFORD PARK AVENUE H 15:00 # Pl W D L F A GD Pts SAT 13 NLN DARLINGTON H 15:00 1 GLOUCESTER CITY 16 SAT 20 NLN CHORLEY A 15:00 9 4 3 32 19 13 31 TUE 23 NLN KETTERING TOWN A 19:45 2 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 13 7 3 3 20 12 8 24 SAT 27 NLN AFC FYLDE H 15:00 3 CHESTER 15 7 3 5 28 21 7 24 APRIL 2021 4 AFC FYLDE 13 7 3 3 21 15 6 24 FRI 2 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN A 15:00 5 BOSTON UNITED 11 6 3 2 17 7 10 21 MON 5 NLN BLYTH SPARTANS H 15:00 6 YORK CITY 11 6 3 2 19 12 7 21 SAT 10 NLN CHESTER FC A 15:00 7 BRACKLEY TOWN 13 5 6 2 18 16 2 21 TUE 13 NLN GLOUCESTER CITY H 19:45 SAT 17 NLN SOUTHPORT H 15:00 8 SPENNYMOOR TOWN 13 5 5 3 18 14 4 20 SAT 24 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS A 15:00 9 LEAMINGTON 14 4 7 3 20 19 1 19 MAY 2021 10 CHORLEY 14 5 4 5 15 18 -3 19 SAT 1 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC H 15:00 11 GATESHEAD 13 5 3 5 16 15 1 18 MON 3 NLN YORK CITY A 15:00 12 AFC TELFORD UNITED 15 5 3 7 16 20 -4 18 SAT 8 NLN GATESHEAD H 15:00 13 FARSLEY CELTIC 15 4 6 5 18 23 -5 18 SAT 15 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN A 15:00 SAT 22 NLN HEREFORD FC A 15:00 14 HEREFORD 12 4 5 3 18 16 2 17 10/11/1999 SAT 29 NLN CURZON ASHTON H 15:00 15 SOUTHPORT 14 4 4 6 16 19 -3 16 TBA NLN ALFRETON TOWN A TBC 16 BRADFORD (PARK AVENUE) 14 4 4 6 22 26 -4 16 * WON 4-2 ON PENALTIES 17 CURZON ASHTON 16 4 4 8 17 25 -8 16 18 KETTERING TOWN 13 3 5 5 19 21 -2 14 19 DARLINGTON 9 4 1 4 17 8 9 13 20 GUISELEY 13 3 3 7 17 20 -3 12 21 ALFRETON TOWN 15 2 6 7 15 27 -12 12 22 BLYTH SPARTANS 14 1 3 10 10 36 -26 6

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 D0-0 N/A N/A 12 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE y SHIELS GARNER DUXBURY THANOJ ROSE y GREEN THEWLIS y BURROW HAWKRIDGE PLATT y PRESTON LEESLEY ROLLINS DIMAIO MON 14 FAT R2 EVESHAM UNITED A W3-0 370 N/A - CROOK WARREN SHIELS GARNER LEESLEY 1 y PRESTON ROSE y GREEN DIMAIO ROLLINS 1 THEWLIS FITZSIMONS PLATT y DUXBURY TOOTLE HAWKRIDGE BURROW 1 SAT 16 FAT R3 AFC FYLDE H D1-1* N/A N/A - FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS BIRD DUXBURY PRESTON PLATT GREEN LEESLEY BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK GARNER DIMAIO 1 WARREN SAT 26 NLN ALFRETON TOWN H W2-0 N/A N/A 6 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS y BIRD DUXBURY PRESTON PLATT 1 LEESLEY 1 DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE y CROOK GARNER y GREEN WARREN ROLLINS MON 28 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC A W4-0 N/A N/A 3 FITZSIMONS TOOTLE SHIELS BIRD DUXBURY PRESTON 1 PLATT LEESLEY 2 DIMAIO BURROW HAWKRIDGE CROOK GARNER y GREEN WARREN ROLLINS 1 JANUARY 2021 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 FAT R4 CHESTERFIELD H 15:00 TUE 19 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN H 19:45 PLAYER APPEARANCES 2020/21 SAT 23 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN H 15:00 CURRENT PLAYERS DATE OF BIRTH APPEARANCES GOALS YELLOW CARDS RED CARDS SAT 30 NLN HEREFORD FC H 15:00 FEBRUARY 2021 Ross FITZSIMONS 28/05/1994 13 (0) 0 1 0 Matt TOOTLE 11/10/1990 12 (0) 0 2 0 TUE 2 NLN GATESHEAD A 19:45 SAT 6 NLN CURZON ASHTON A 15:00 Scott DUXBURY 02/05/1995 11 (0) 0 4 0 TUE 9 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS H 19:45 Tom PLATT 01/10/1993 8 (2) 1 4 0 SAT 13 NLN GUISELEY A 15:00 Scott GARNER 20/09/1989 10 (3) 3 4 0 TUE 16 NLN DARLINGTON A 19:45 SAT 20 NLN LEAMINGTON H 15:00 Luke SHIELS 21/09/1989 14 (0) 2 4 0 SAT 27 NLN AFC TELFORD UNITED A 15:00 Andi THANOJ 19/12/1992 8 (0) 0 0 0 MARCH 2021 LEAGUE TABLE 2020/21 Paul GREEN 10/04/1983 9 (4) 1 2 0 SAT 6 NLN BRADFORD PARK AVENUE H 15:00 Jordan BURROW 12/09/1992 13 (1) 4 0 0 SAT 13 NLN DARLINGTON H 15:00 Jordan THEWLIS 24/10/1992 8 (3) 3 0 1 SAT 20 NLN CHORLEY A 15:00 TUE 23 NLN KETTERING TOWN A 19:45 Jay ROLLINS 01/06/1994 2 (5) 2 0 0 SAT 27 NLN AFC FYLDE H 15:00 Pierce BIRD 16/04/1999 3 (0) 0 0 0 APRIL 2021 Peter CROOK 22/04/1994 1 (0) 0 0 0 FRI 2 NLN SPENNYMOOR TOWN A 15:00 Lewis GIBBENS 10/11/1999 1 (0) 0 0 0 MON 5 NLN BLYTH SPARTANS H 15:00 Tyrell WARREN 05/10/1998 2 (3) 0 0 0 SAT 10 NLN CHESTER FC A 15:00 TUE 13 NLN GLOUCESTER CITY H 19:45 Josh ASKEW 20/02/1998 2 (0) 0 0 0 SAT 17 NLN SOUTHPORT H 15:00 Connor DIMAIO 28/01/1996 9 (3) 1 0 0 SAT 24 NLN KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS A 15:00 Terry HAWKRIDGE 23/02/1990 12 (2) 2 1 0 MAY 2021 Jordan ARCHER 15/10/1993 0 (4) 0 0 0 SAT 1 NLN FARSLEY CELTIC H 15:00 Mitch ROSE 04/07/1994 5 (0) 0 2 1 MON 3 NLN YORK CITY A 15:00 SAT 8 NLN GATESHEAD H 15:00 Jake FRESTLE 11/12/2002 0 (0) 0 0 0 SAT 15 NLN BRACKLEY TOWN A 15:00 Fraser PRESTON 05/03/1999 6 (4) 2 1 0 SAT 22 NLN HEREFORD FC A 15:00 Joe LEESLEY 29/03/199410/11/1999 5 (4) 4 2 0 SAT 29 NLN CURZON ASHTON H 15:00 TBA NLN ALFRETON TOWN A TBC * WON 4-2 ON PENALTIES SportsPictures.Online Russell and Fred Dossett Official Matchday Videography Partner of Boston United

THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v KETTERING TOWN | 05 Richard Collins PILGRIMS PUZZLER RICHARD COLLINS BRINGS YOU ANOTHER ROUND OF FOOTBALL TRIVIA WORLD DOMESTIC BOSTON FOOTBALL FOOTBALL UNITED Q6 In which year did “the Special Q11 Which midfielder joined Boston One” replace “the Tinker Man” United on loan from Sheffield as manager of Chelsea? United in 2005 before joining (i) 2004, the Pilgrims again permanently (ii) 2007 from Harrogate Town in 2011? (iii) 2010 (iv) 2013

Q1 Which English club side signed Dutch midfielders Frans Thijsen and Arnold Muhren from Twente Enschede in the 1970s? Q2 Who scored a record five goals for Russia in a 6-1 World Cup Finals win against Cameroon Q12 Which team signed Simon in 1994? Q7 Which former footballer is now Weatherstone from Boston Q3 a presented on the TV Show United in 2004? Which was the first nation “Homes Under The Hammer”? to win two consecutive World Q13 Which former Boston United Cup Finals? Q8 Which two players striker switched from have both scored Dagenham & Redbridge more than to Gateshead for a five-figure 200 times for fee in 1994? Newcastle United? Q14 Which Boston United player was sent off during the club’s Q9 Which club’s player of the 1-0 defeat at King’s Lynn Town year accolade was awarded on Boxing Day in 2019? to the likes of Wayne Thomas, Q4 The late Diego Maradona’s Sergei Shtaniuk, Ade Akinbiyi Q15 In the late 1980s, Boston involvement in his first-ever and Clint Hill during the early United’s John McKenna had World Cup Finals in 1982 was 2000s? a long running battle with Andy ended early as a result of Pape for the Q10 Which club a red card for retaliation. goalkeeper Which nation were Argentina was Peter position in playing against? Schmeichel the England playing for semi- Q5 Which goalkeeper played when he professional 429 times for Bayern Munich became the team. But between 1994 and 2008, first goalkeeper which side as well as earning 86 full to score a goal was Pape international caps for in the Premier playing for at

Germany? League? that time?

Shearer; Q9 Stoke City; Q10 Aston Villa; Q11 Ian Ross; Q12 Yeovil Town; Q13 Paul Cavell; Q14 Luke Shiels; Q15 Enfield. Q15 Shiels; Luke Q14 Cavell; Paul Q13 Town; Yeovil Q12 Ross; Ian Q11 Villa; Aston Q10 City; Stoke Q9 Shearer;

Q1 Ipswich Town; Q2 Oleg Salenko; Q3 Italy; Q4 Brazil; Q5 Oliver Kahn; Q6 (i) 2004; Q7 Dion Dublin; Q8 Jackie Milburn and Alan Alan and Milburn Jackie Q8 Dublin; Dion Q7 2004; (i) Q6 Kahn; Oliver Q5 Brazil; Q4 Italy; Q3 Salenko; Oleg Q2 Town; Ipswich Q1 ANSWERS:

06 | BOSTON UNITED v KETTERING TOWN THE PILGRIM Christian James STATISTICALLY SPEAKING CHRISTIAN JAMES OPENS THE NEW YEAR BY ANALYSING DEFENSIVE SOLIDITY

The full-time whistle last “JIM SMITH WAS THE MAN IN CHARGE THE Monday not only confirmed FIRST THRICE, GOING ON TO FIVE IN THE United’s rise to third place AUTUMN OF THE 1972-1973 SEASON THAT SAW (meteoric given they were THE CLUB REACH A FIRST NPL TITLE.” outside the top half just 50 hours earlier), but also left Ross Fitzsimons and his backline Pilgrims had done so on a dozen backline of Bastock, Withe, Hardy, free to celebrate a fourth occasions. Gowshall and player-manager Greg Fee shut out Winsford, consecutive clean sheet in the Jim Smith was the man in charge Gainsborough twice, Bishop league – an achievement United the first thrice, going on to five Auckland and Chorley. haven’t managed too many in the autumn of the 1972-1973 times in the past. season that saw the club reach No Boston side had gone beyond a first NPL title. A year later six however, until Paul Hurst and December’s effort was the 16th that record was extended to six Rob Scott were in the hotseat(s). occasion four consecutive league as Keith Jobling’s side shutout Shorty and Shouty’s play-off opponents have been left without Scarborough, Northwich Victoria, winners racked up four clean a goal to celebrate against United Morecambe, Netherfield, Runcorn sheets on the spin in 2009, and a – and three-quarters of those runs and Fleetwood in a run punctuated year later not only beat the club came between 1970 and 1980. by six cup games. They retained record but almost doubled it. Remarkably it wasn’t until the their crown, keeping another Still a National League North inaugural Northern Premier four straight clean sheets in the record, the Pilgrims didn’t concede League season (1969-1970) that space of eight days (with a League in the league during a remarkable United managed four consecutive Cup game also clogging the April 10-game run from late August until clean sheets in the league; but as schedule). mid-November. James McKeown, mentioned within 10 seasons the Two seasons later they were back with settled starters Jelleyman, at it, with four clean sheets across Pearson, Murphy and Canoville the turn of the year, and another in front of him, couldn’t be run stretched to six as a third breached by Eastwood, Corby Northern Premier title dawned in (twice), Workington, Alfreton, the spring. Gerry Stewart (pictured) Vauxhall Motors, Hyde, Stalybridge, and his backline went five league Guiseley or Blyth. games unbeaten twice in 1978, January’s busy calendar affords four games without conceding in United enough games to overcome March 1979 and once more in April that club (and league) record, but 1979 then embarked on another ultimately it is points that win you run of five straight clean sheets in prizes and of course Boston would March 1980 (although Kevin Fox give up their shutout stint for a 4-3 was between the sticks for the first win over a goalless draw. of those). But keeping clean sheets is a After then, no Boston backline brilliant habit to pick up; as Sir Alex held firm for four fixtures until Ferguson once said: Attack wins 1997-1998. United’s final season you games, defence wins you titles. in the Northern Premier League Christian James before moving south saw a settled @bostonutdstats

THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v KETTERING TOWN | 07 THE TEAMS

BOSTON UNITED Tuesday 5th January 2021 | 19:45 FOOTBALL CLUB Vanarama National League North Jakemans Community Stadium Pilgrim Way Wyberton BOSTON UNITED KETTERING TOWN Boston MANAGER: CRAIG ELLIOTT MANAGER: PAUL COX PE21 7NE ROSS FITZSIMONS 01 ADAM COLLIN CLUB DIRECTORY President: John Blackwell MATT TOOTLE 02 KHALLEM BAILEY-NICHOLLS Chairman: David Newton SCOTT DUXBURY 03 RYAN FRYATT Vice-Chairman: Neil Kempster TOM PLATT 04 CONNOR KENNEDY Director: Chris Cook SCOTT GARNER 05 CONNOR JOHNSON Chief Executive: Mike Hardy LUKE SHIELS 06 SAM JONES Club Secretary: Craig Singleton ANDI THANOJ 07 MICHAEL McGRATH General Manager: Rebecca Barker PAUL GREEN 08 BEN MILNES Office Administrator: Claire Bennett Head Chef & Catering Manager: Phil Pack JORDAN BURROW 09 KYLE PERRY Head Groundsman: Jim Portas JORDAN THEWLIS 10 CALLUM POWELL First Team Manager: Craig Elliott JAY ROLLINS 11 ASHANTI PRYCE Assistant Manager: John McDermott PIERCE BIRD 12 MICHAEL RICHENS First Team Coach: Lee Stratford PETER CROOK 13 DECARREY SHERIFF Goalkeeping Coach: Rich Lawrence LEWIS GIBBENS 14 BRETT SOLKHON Chief Scout: Richard Boryszczuk Head of Medical: Hayden Clifton TYRELL WARREN 15 BEN STEPHENS CONNOR DIMAIO 17 GARY STOHRER THE PILGRIM TERRY HAWKRIDGE 18 JAY WILLIAMS Programme Editor: Craig Singleton Photography: Tim Hoff, Russell Dossett, MITCH ROSE 19 LEWIS WILSON Eric Brown, Oliver Atkin, Jake Whiteley JAKE FRESTLE 20 Design: Mark Tomlinson (Full Circles) FRASER PRESTON 21 Print: PDM - Print Digital Media JOE LEESLEY 22 DISCLAIMER The views expressed within this programme are not necessarily those of Boston United Football Club, the board of directors or the editor. MATCH OFFICIALS FA RULE 2.13 Referee: Aaron Bannister Club Name: Assistant Referees: Boston United Football Club Limited Ian Jackson & Mark Chalkley Company Number: FORTHCOMING FIXTURES 00303529 (Limited by Shares) NEXT AT HOME NEXT ON THE ROAD Primary Shareholders: Boston United Holding Company Limited (06552437) - primary shareholder David Sydney Newton; Anthony Dowse; Chestnut Homes Limited (02757691) - primary shareholder David Sydney YORK CITY BRADFORD PARK AVENUE Saturday 9th January 2021 Monday 11th January 2021 Newton. Kick-Off: 15:00 Kick-Off: 19:45 Vanarama National League North Vanarama National League North Jakemans Community Stadium Horsfall Stadium Boston United would like to remind Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside the Jakemans Community Stadium all supporters to refrain from racist, and to smoke you need to be outside the stadium in the Main Car Park. homophobic or discriminative chanting.