End of year quiz – answers

Here are the answers to our end of year quiz:

  1. Our first season in the United Counties League was 1991-92. Who are the only other team from that season who play in the current UCL Premier North?
    ANSWER: Blackstones, then known as Mirrlees Blackstone.
  2. Which member of our current squad played for Boston Town in every United Counties League game in the 2012-13 season?
    ANSWER: Luke Wilson, an up-and-coming youngster in those days!
  3. Boston Town beat Wisbech 7-2 and Blackstones 7-0 in the space of a five days during 2025 – but what was the most goals we’ve ever scored in a United Counties League match?
    ANSWER: 10, when we beat Wellingborough Town 10-0 in October 2001.
  4. Harry Limb and Matt Cotton both managed the rare feat of scoring four goals in a match during 2025 – but our club record is actually SIX in a single game! Who are the two players who can boast of getting a double hat-trick?
    ANSWER: Mel Smith scored six goals in our record 12-1 victory against Clay Cross MW in April 1966 and Liam Harrold repeated the feat in an 8-0 win against Kempston in November 2001.
  5. An incredible 1,781 watched our play-off final at Bourne Town in May. Only once before have we ever played an away game in front of a bigger crowd – where and when was that?
    ANSWER: It was the FA Cup tie at Barnsley in 1976, watched by a crowd of 6,443.

You can find these answers and loads more interesting facts in our book ‘To Be A Poacher’.

If you don’t have a copy yet, it’s still available to buy online or at the Mortgages For You Stadium on match days.

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