By Charlie Fytche
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Date: Saturday, 8 March
๐ Kick-off: 3:00 PM
๐ Venue: The Town Ground
๐ Tickets: Adults ยฃ6 – Concessions ยฃ4 – U16s free.
๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Heanor Town
Heanor Town have been enjoying a solid run of form despite falling short in the FA Vase quarter-finals at the weekend. With notable victories against second-placed Bourne Town and a draw against playoff contenders AFC Mansfield, the Lions have shown they can mix it with the best. Out of their nine games this year, they’ve lost just three โ making them a tough test for the Poachers.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ
Boston Town:
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01/2 | Boston Town 2-1 AFC Mansfield
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08/2 | Boston Town 4-1 Melton Town
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15/2 | Boston Town 5-0 Wisbech Town
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18/2 | Newark & Sherwood 1-2 Boston Town
โ 01/3 | Melton Town 1-1 Boston Town
Heanor Town:
โ 01/3 | Andover New Street 1-0 Heanor Town
โ 22/2 | Heanor Town 1-1 AFC Mansfield
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19/2 | Hucknall Town 1-3 Heanor Town
โ 15/2 | Skegness Town 4-1 Heanor Town
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08/2 | Bourne Town 2-3 Heanor Town
โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ-๐๐ผ-๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ:
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10/08/24 | Boston Town 1-0 Heanor Town
โ 27/01/24 | Boston Town 1-3 Heanor Town
โ 18/11/23 | Heanor Town 0-0 Boston Town
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04/03/23 | Boston Town 1-0 Heanor Town
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03/12/22 | Heanor Town 2-4 Boston Town
The Poachers have enjoyed the upper hand in recent meetings, but as we all know, anything can happen in football. Can Boston Town continue their dominance?
๐ฅ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต
๐ต Boston Town:
โฝ Matt Cotton โ New signing Cotton will be eager to make his highly anticipated debut. The forward will be hoping to create chances and maybe even find the back of the net!
โก Jordan Nuttell โ Fresh off a standout display at Melton, the target man will be looking to dominate in the air once again and cause havoc for the Heanor defence.
๐ฆ Heanor Town:
๐ฏ Sacha Markelic โ Heanorโs top scorer with 19 goals in 31 games, Markelic will be a key threat Boston must keep quiet.
๐ฆ John King โ A vital player for Heanor with 38 appearances this season, King will be looking to make his mark going forward.
๐ฃ Managerโs thoughts โ Chris Funnell
โWeโre half way through a really tough four games and weโve collected four points, both games being away and thatโs no easy feat. 2 points-per-game is a good return and itโs why weโre top of the form chart in the last 6 matches and, why weโre top of the form chart since weโve been together as a group. Thatโs over the course of 18 games now so it shows you what this group of players is about and what they can achieve.
Saturday we werenโt at our expected standards in the first half and deservedly trailed at the break, despite having some really good goal scoring opportunities in the first half. Second half was much more like us, we deservedly equalised through Maccaโs thunderbolt and a draw was a fair result. On that note, the boys showed great character to come back and keep fighting, securing a vital point on the road because first half that outcome didnโt look likely.
It doesnโt get any easier though. Away at FA Vase Quarter-Finalists, Heanor Town. Itโs not an easy place to go at the best of times and being a wounded animal, like they will be due to going out the Vase, it makes things even harder. Weโll welcome Matt Cotton into the fold this week, which is an added boost. However, weโll be without Kallum Smith who has been ruled out through injury.
Itโs another tough away game that we will need to be at our best to ensure have some points comes 5pm on Saturday.โ
๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐
Another big challenge awaits Boston Town on the road โ can the Poachers extend their unbeaten streak and bring home three valuable points?
Get behind the lads this Saturday! ๐ตโช
Boston Town FC 