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Title: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: York Street Pilgrim on May 27, 2012, 07:22:16 AM: Searching through a box of old programmes and came across this ...

(http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/8345297/640/8345297.jpeg)

... I can vaguely remember going to the game but can't remember too much about it. Does anyone recall the score? Or the attendance? Or how much money was raised for the appeal?

For once, Ken's site has let me down - I can't find any details of the match on there!
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: Ken Fox on May 27, 2012, 08:26:09 AM: I've just found the match reports from the Standard & the Echo.

The England Semi-Professional side won 1-0 with a spectacular goal from Paul Davies just before half-time. The attendance was 930 and £1841 was raised for the Hillsborough Disaster Fund.

(http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/bufc-englandxi-1.jpg)
(http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/bufc-englandxi-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: noughtyforties on May 27, 2012, 11:11:13 AM: There's some excellent players in that semi pro XI, most would have made a good living at 3rd & 4th Division level if they'd not had good jobs away from football.
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: green hats mate on May 27, 2012, 11:58:55 AM: True N/F , I think a few League clubs would liked to have signed Davies, in my book the
most talented striker to play in non-league.
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: green hats mate on May 27, 2012, 12:10:16 PM: The match officials raise interest and I await my mate to rush on to make a few comments .
Re: the ref , did you accuse him of being an "homer " dt woodhall .?

Re: the lino,s , how did you rate them considering it was in the pre-Specsavers days ?
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: Dipdodah on May 28, 2012, 11:40:00 AM: Talking of Linos, what happened to Chris Wade?
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: Tash on May 28, 2012, 12:00:44 PM: Quote from: green hats mate on May 27, 2012, 12:10:16 PM
The match officials raise interest and I await my mate to rush on to make a few comments .
Re: the ref , did you accuse him of being an "homer " dt woodhall .?

Re: the lino,s , how did you rate them considering it was in the pre-Specsavers days ?

The refs' brother Les was an excellent footballer and could have made the grade if he had been pushed more. I seem to remember Colin ref'd us for a night game in a cup game I think, in the first half he was letting the oposition get away with some seriously bad challenges without getting booked, second half he booked nearly every one.
Title: Re: Boston United v England, Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Match, 1989
Post by: Gus on May 28, 2012, 03:45:09 PM: Chris Wade retired 2 or 3 years ago. Hobbies are now snooker and drinking (not in that order).