Boston Town dug deep to earn a valuable goalless draw against high-flying Loughborough Students. It was always going to be a big ask for the patched-up Poachers to get anything from this game. The visitors arrived at the Mortgages For You Stadium having won 11 matches in a row. By contrast, Martyn Bunce was missingContinue reading “Poachers 0, L’boro Students 0”
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Poachers 2, Skegness 1
Boston Town came from behind to claim a deserved semi-final win against their local rivals. Promotion-chasing Skegness Town seemed to be on course to knock out the Lincs Senior Trophy holders when they took the lead with their first serious effort on goal. It was against the run of play when Ben Davison looped aContinue reading “Poachers 2, Skegness 1”
Belper Utd 0, Poachers 1
Travis Portas and Fraser Bayliss were the heroes as Boston Town made it 3 away wins in a row. Martyn Bunce’s side suffered an early blow when the injured Layton Maddison had to be replaced by Will Langford after 19 minutes. Ten minutes later, Portas made a crucial penalty save to keep it goalless. ThatContinue reading “Belper Utd 0, Poachers 1”
Poachers 2, Sleaford 0
Boston Town bounced back to claim a famous derby win against their promotion-chasing rivals. Remarkably it was their first home victory in the league since September. Sleaford came into the game full of confidence after inflicting a shock defeat on Lincoln United a week earlier. By contrast, Poachers boss Martyn Bunce was exasperated by hisContinue reading “Poachers 2, Sleaford 0”
Poachers 1, Heanor 3
Boston Town boss Martyn Bunce admits his team’s form is too erratic after they stumbled to a disappointing home defeat. The visitors cruised into a 3-goal lead within the opening 28 minutes. Joe Smith was also shown a red card after an off-the-ball incident to compound a frustrating afternoon. Bunce told Lincolnshire Non-League Radio hisContinue reading “Poachers 1, Heanor 3”
U18s 7, Horncastle 2
Boston Town U18s enjoyed a superb win on a pitch that was very heavy on the legs, Man of the match was Charlie Rigby, who netted 4 goals – but the whole of the front 3 had their shooting boots on. Pat Bad chipped in with 2 goals and Femmi Kisanji was also on theContinue reading “U18s 7, Horncastle 2”
Poachers 2, Eastwood CFC 2
Boston Town suffered injury-time agony as they ended all square against promotion-chasing Eastwood CFC. Martyn Bunce’s side led twice and thought they’d done enough for a first home league win since September. But an Alex Troke effort in the 3rd minute of added time hit the post and crept over the line to earn theContinue reading “Poachers 2, Eastwood CFC 2”
Deeping 1, Boston Town 2
Boston Town made it back-to-back away wins with a gritty derby triumph at Deeping. It was the Poachers’ first victory at the Haydon Whitham Stadium since 2016. Jordan Tate set them on their way to 3 points when his fierce drive into the box was deflected into the net after 8 minutes – his firstContinue reading “Deeping 1, Boston Town 2”
Poachers 1, Lincoln United 2
Lincoln United racked up their 11th consecutive league win to move level on points with Sherwood Colliery at the top of the table. But the Poachers can take heart from a performance which saw them push the Whites all the way. Jordan Nuttell put the hosts ahead after 28 minutes with his 9th goal ofContinue reading “Poachers 1, Lincoln United 2”
Skegness 0, Poachers 1
Boston Town gave their supporters a Boxing Day bonus by snatching an unexpected derby win at Skegness. Last season’s top scorer Fraser Bayliss rediscovered his shooting boots and his second-half goal was enough to secure all 3 points. Bayliss struck his first goal since September just minutes after coming back onto the pitch following aContinue reading “Skegness 0, Poachers 1”
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