The Poachers eased into the next round of the Sports Ground Development UCL Cup against lower-grade Grantham Town Academy.
Martyn Bunce’s side were ruthless in the last 20 minutes, adding a further 4 goals as the visitors tired.
Read on to see how the action unfolded…
89 – GOAL! Another one for Bayliss to complete the scoring.
84 – GOAL! Beeson joins in the fun against a tiring academy side.
83 – GOAL! Bayliss makes it 5-1.
75 – Great defending by Jordan Tate to keep it at 4-1.
71 – GOAL! A 4th for Boston but we’re not sure yet who scored it…possibly Bayliss.
65 – Bayliss comes on for Logan Tate – Man of the Match today, according to LNLR’s Tom Carter. The official award will be chosen by tonight’s sponsor Rose Farm Logs.
55 – GOAL! Deflected goal for Jack Waddington makes it 3-1.
52 – Beeson is also on for Young.
Back underway, with Ford and Wilson both coming on at the interval, for Borbely and Maddison.
That’s half-time in this Sports Ground Development UCL Cup Preliminary Round tie, with the hosts leading 2-1
42 – Bookings for both Richards and Adams.
40 – Jack Waddington comes on for Harry Limb, who looks like he might have picked up an injury.
32 – Another fantastic save from Cole – he’s kept the score down so far. “Could be 5-1,” says Tom Carter on Lincolnshire Non-League Radio.
27 – GOAL! Logan Tate puts the hosts back ahead after a Jordan Nuttell header.
23 – GOAL! Lees-Collier let fly from 30 yards and drags the visitors back into the game.
18 – And now the Grantham keeper saves a stinging shot by Marshall Young.
16 – A fantastic piece of skill by Logan Tate wins Boston Town a corner. He’s giving Richards an uncomfortable evening so far.
10 – GOAL! Adams rifles home to make it 1-0, a deserved lead after a dominant opening 10 minutes for the home side.
1 – Harry Limb is denied by visiting keeper Cole in the very 1st minute.
And we’re under way!
7.37pm – This is Boston Town’s first league cup tie for 3 years as the competition has been suspended for the last 2 seasons because of the pandemic. Their last tie was a 2-0 away defeat at Melton Town in September 2019,
7.33pm – Martyn Bunce has given rare starts to Lori Borbely and Logan Tate tonight, with a very strong subs’ bench featuring the likes of Richard Ford and Luke Wilson.
Here’s the full line-up: Portas, J Tate, Borbely, Maddison, Mucklin, Dilley, Young, Adams, Limb, J Nuttell, L Tate; subs: Beeson, Wilson, Waddington, Bayliss, Ford
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s league cup tie against Grantham Town Academy.
You can also tune into Darren and Tom’s live commentary on Lincolnshire Non-League Radio
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