Boston Football Club formed in the summer of 1964 after a row over money matters which led to Boston United opting out of senior non-league football.
FC first played in the Lincs League and Central Alliance League, winning both at a canter under Paul Todd. New manager Bill Curry brought them the Midland League title in 1974-75 before he was replaced by Bob Don-Duncan.
Boston FC reached the 1st Round Proper of the FA Cup in November 1976, playing Barnsley away in front of a 6,000 plus crowd. The end of that season brought more silverware, with FC triumphing 2-1 on aggregate against Alfreton in the Midland League Cup Final.
The 1978-79 season saw FC become champions again and the following season they registered the first of three consecutive triumphs in the Lincs Senior A Cup. The 1979-80 season saw a thrilling FA Trophy run in which they beat holders Stafford Rangers before losing to eventual finalists Mossley in a replay. The Midland League title was won for a third time in 1980-81 by a commanding 13 points over second-placed Alfreton.
When the Midland League was disbanded, FC joined the Northern Counties East League, which was dominated by new names like Shepshed Charterhouse. A string of bosses followed, including Percy Freeman, Trevor Thompson, Steve Rogers, Martyn Boyers and Jim Kabia. Under Bill Brindley, FC enjoyed another title triumph, becoming champions of the Central Midlands League in 1988-89.
The club joined the United Counties League in 1991-92 and were renamed Boston Town soon afterwards. With Don-Duncan back at the helm, they won the United Counties League for the first time in 1994-95. A year earlier The Poachers had come close to making an appearance at Wembley, losing narrowly in the FA Vase semi-final to Taunton.
The 2000-01 season ended with another enthralling climax. This time, Town pipped Cogenhoe on the last day of the season, with Ian Shooter grabbing the all-important goal in stoppage time.
In 2007-08, Gary Bull became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer – he eventually hung up his boots with 201 goals to his credit, having also smashed the club record for most goals in a season with a remarkable 57 in 2006-07. The Poachers secured more silverware in 2008-09 when they won the Lincs Senior Trophy for the first time in 19 years, beating Winterton 2-0 in the final at Sincil Bank.
Following a disappointing 2009-10 season, Bob Don-Duncan departed again – and since then the club have appointed a string of managers to try to bring back success on the field. These included Martyn Lakin, the duo of Ian Dunn and Matt Hocking, Nathan Collins and Mark Angel.
In 2017, Gary Frost led the Poachers to their best FA Cup run for four decades, beating three sides from higher leagues.
Gary Edgley became manager in August 2018 and steered the Poachers to the final of the 2019-20 Lincs Senior Trophy, but the game was never played because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Martyn Bunce took over when Edgley stepped down at the end of 2021-22 for personal reasons and in April 2023, he led Boston Town to win the Lincs Senior Trophy, their first silverware for 14 years.
When Bunce retired in October 2024, the club appointed the highly-rated Chris Funnell.
In his first season, he guided the Poachers to the play-off final, where they lost on penalties to Bourne Town in front of a crowd of 1,781, before leading them to the United Counties League Premier North title in April 2026 and a historic first ever promotion. In 2026-27, the Poachers are competing for the first time at Step 4 as members of the Pitching In Northern Premier League.
