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 NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH BOSTON UNITED v CHESTER 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 York 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 Chorley 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 Lincolnshire 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 Hereford 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 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 MARCH 2021 SAT 6 NLN BRADFORD PARK AVENUE H 15:00 LEAGUE TABLE 2020/21 SAT 13 NLN DARLINGTON H 15:00 # Pl W D L F A GD Pts SAT 20 NLN CHORLEY A 15:00 1.