Category Archives: Match reports

Boston Town completed an unbeaten December thanks to their fifth clean sheet in a row. Chris Funnell’s side also went through November without losing, bringing their sequence of games since they were last defeated to 11. It was a second successive goalless derby draw – following last week’s stalemate at Grantham – but the PoachersContinue reading “Skegness 0, Poachers 0”

Boston Town claimed their first ever away point against Grantham Town. This goalless stalemate was also the Poachers’ fourth clean sheet in a row and saw them extend their unbeaten run to 10 games. But although the result was a fair reflection of the balance of play over 90 minutes, the visitors will nevertheless beContinue reading “Grantham 0, Poachers 0”

Jez Ashberry reports from the Mortgages For You Stadium Boston Town guaranteed they’ll be top of the table at Christmas thanks to an important derby win. After an uneventful opening half hour, Zak Munton gave the hosts the lead when a long kick from Travis Portas was helped on by Matt Cotton. The former BourneContinue reading “Poachers 2, Deeping 0”

Boston Town stretched their lead at the top of the United Counties League Premier North table to four points with this narrow victory. Almost inevitably, it was Matt Cotton who was the matchwinner yet again, scoring the only goal with a header just before the interval. With promotion rivals Sherwood Colliery and Grantham Town bothContinue reading “AFC Mansfield 0, Poachers 1”

Matt Cotton was Boston Town’s talisman once again as they snatched an important last-gasp victory. He popped up to score a 91st minute winner against promotion rivals Kimberley MW. That’s now 25 goals for Cotton in what has been a remarkable season. No wonder he was named man of the match by sponsors Turnbull BostonContinue reading “Poachers 1, Kimberley MW 0”

Boston Town held onto top spot in the table after this battling point at Eastwood. They ended the game with 10 men after Jordan Tate was shown a red card after referee Ryan Jones deemed that he had handled the ball and denied a goalscoring opportunity. The hosts had taken the lead after just fourContinue reading “Eastwood 1, Poachers 1”

Boston Town cruised into the semi-finals of the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy on a bitterly cold night. Blackstones joined the list of teams who must be glad to have seen the back of the Poachers this season. Harrowby’s 6-0 defeat last week came after a 5-0 reverse a month earlier – and now Blackstones also foundContinue reading “Blackstones 0, Poachers 4”

We’re rapidly running out of superlatives for Matt Cotton. He continued his remarkable scoring run by helping himself to a first-half hat-trick inside 11 minutes. After an even first half hour, Cotton pounced twice in the space of two minutes to settle any nerves the Poachers might have had after their uncertain form of late.Continue reading “Poachers 6, Harrowby 0”

Zak Munton scored his first goal since August as Boston Town earned a point at in-form Belper United. The 2-2 draw was enough to keep the Poachers in second place in the United Counties League Premier North. But they’ll feel frustrated not to have won after leading 2-0 at the break. Matt Cotton kept upContinue reading “Belper Utd 2, Poachers 2”