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The B-Ark / A little bit of Boston history soon to be gone....

« on: March 28, 2011, 05:03:35 PM »

Just been announced today that Hayes and Yeading's Church Road ground will be vacated at the end of the season and Hayes will ground share elsewhere whilst their new ground is being built on the site of the old Yeading ground.

I will never forget turning into Church Road on that day in 2002 and seeing the road lined with United fans waiting to get in for the biggest game in our history.  I have recently moved 5 minuted down the road from the ground and occasionally drive past and it still gives me goosebumps.

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The B-Ark / Re: Bastock is BACK!

« on: March 23, 2011, 06:37:10 PM »

According to a write up in the Non League Paper a month or so ago which focused on the financial issues at St Albans, Bazza was regarded as one of the most consistent in the side and one of their "assets"...A (fingers crossed) very good signing for us!!

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The B-Ark / Re: BREAKING NEWS: Canoville and Lee Appointed!

« on: March 22, 2011, 08:12:44 PM »

Not quite sure to make of that.......

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The B-Ark / Re: Echo this morning BREAKING NEWS

« on: March 22, 2011, 08:11:50 PM »

To be honest I'm not surprised one bit.  I had a conversation with one of my mates about two months ago and said that I didnt expect them to be here next season, HOWEVER what I didnt expect was for them to leave us at such a critical point in the season.

The only way to look at it is, if it hadnt been Grimsby today it would have been Rotheram tomorrow.

I think that they did an excellent job for us and thank them for it, but in all honesty I think that they havent always been and never will be everyones cup of tea.  I just hope that moving forward the club appoint, at the very least, an interim manager that has the experience to get us over the line and into the play offs.

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The B-Ark / Re: Kit Locker

« on: January 11, 2011, 06:30:27 PM »

Sorry to hear there may have been issues with Kitlocker. Please forward any correspondence to me and I will do my best to rectify ASAP: craig.singleton@bufc.co.uk.

Thank you for all your help guy's.

Craig, I have just told my other half and she shall e-mail you shortly with the information.

Thanks again.

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The B-Ark / Kit Locker

« on: January 10, 2011, 07:48:42 PM »

Just a quick one to ask if anyone else on here has had problems receiving items from Kit Locker?

My other half ordered me some United gear for Christmas on the 10th of December, the item states on the website states that it takes up to 14 days for delivery, so maybe cutting it a  bit fine.

The issue now is that she has e-mailed them as the item has not arrived and so far they have ignored the 3 e-mails that she has sent and when she tried to call today got an answer phone message that made no reference to Kit Locker.  She left a message anyway, yet still no reply.

Not happy at all to be honest, I think that the service we are getting is very poor, perhaps this is what happens when you outsource some of your clubshop sales.

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The B-Ark / Re: Some fat bloke from near Gatwick Airport on Sky Sports News Earlier

« on: December 09, 2010, 08:59:12 PM »

It get's better, according to the Sun today, Evans has compared Crawley to Man City except for the fact that his board will say no to a selling club if the price gets out of hand.  I'm not surprised by his self loving, at Boston it took some beating, but the last few days have been a complete joke.

Apparently tomorrow he compares Matt Tubbs to Lionel Messi.... 

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The B-Ark / Re: Some fat bloke from near Gatwick Airport on Sky Sports News Earlier

« on: December 08, 2010, 08:01:23 PM »

Another thing that he said that I forgot to mention was that "3 or 4 bigger clubs had come in for him in the last few months" but that the board declined to let the clubs speak to him.

I'm guessing Notts County and his mate Rodwell would have been one of them, or should I say probably the only one....

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The B-Ark / Some fat bloke from near Gatwick Airport on Sky Sports News Earlier

« on: December 08, 2010, 04:17:42 PM »

Did anyone else see the interview on Sky Sports News earlier following last nights F.A. Cup win for Crawley Town?

Saying that if the scoreline had been 4 or 5 nil to Crawley it would have been deserved and how it was "embarrasing" at times to watch if you were a Swindon supporter due to the dominance of the lower league counterparts.

He then had the cheek to compare his situation to that of Chris Hughton, stating that he was living on a knife edge at all times because the owners were wanting success. 

Sky Sports presenter asked how his time at Crawley compares to that at Boston to which his response was "We have owners who have the funds to sustain a promotion push and Crawley are not one or two season wonders".  I took that to mean that he has owners who dont let him do the books.....

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The B-Ark / Would you believe it?

« on: November 08, 2010, 09:06:34 PM »

Thought I'd share this one with you all, I've been working very closely for the last 18 months with a bloke called Dave Laws who used to play for, amongst others Weymouth FC.

As you can imagine we regularly give him a bit of stick for being a non league legend so he brought in a scrap book today of newspaper cuttings over the years.

One of the articles was from his testimonial season when the reporter listed, in his opinion the best goals Dave had ever scored for Weymouth....What sat top of the shop?  A 25 yard screamer past Paul Bastock during our promotion season in the DML.

Needless to say a bit of colourful language was thrown Dave's way from my side of the room!!  I'm considering asking for a move 

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The B-Ark / Re: Have the wheels fallen off?

« on: November 07, 2010, 06:02:34 PM »

Having slept on this overnight perhaps I should have named the thread "Has one of the back wheels started to wobble slightly?" 

Having said that Rob Scott is qouted in todays NLP as saying "We seemed content to come off with a draw, but if you settle for mediocrity that's exactly what you will get".

Like I said yesterday, this thread was not meant to be a "moan" at our performances this season, hopefully a win on Tuesday night will blow away the cobwebs from the enforced two week break.

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The B-Ark / Re: Have the wheels fallen off?

« on: November 06, 2010, 05:15:15 PM »

typical this is we have a few results which might not hit everyones expectations but for me i don't see what there is to worry about

guiesley are a team we well from last season and very tough to beat on a lovely summers afternoon let alone the rain we had to play in !

today i didn't go but they have risen up the table in recent weeks so are in good form and also have the top scorer in the league

funny i didn't hear anyone moan when we nicked a win at alfreton despite alfreton having many more chances than us

I'm not moaning, I'm asking a question.

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The B-Ark / Re: Have the wheels fallen off?

« on: November 06, 2010, 05:14:14 PM »

Two good points against two improving sides!

Couldnt agree more, and dont get me wrong I'd be over the moon to finish the season in the position that we are in now.  I still think that Tuesday nights result in paticular will prove to be a massive point at the end of the season.

But it would have been nice to see the great momentum that we had started the season with continue.  Having said that another clean sheet...Cant ask for more than that, especially given the fact we have goalscorers in the squad!!  Roll on Tuesday at home to Corby.

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The B-Ark / Have the wheels fallen off?

« on: November 06, 2010, 05:01:29 PM »

Is anyone else out there worried that the enforced two week break has seen us lose the great momentum that we had built up in the early stages of the season?

Admittedly, a decent point on Tuesday night, but two draws on the bounce.  Too many drawn games can hurt more than the occasional defeat.

I still have faith in the lad's, but cant help but worry.....Perhaps it comes with being a United fan all these years?!

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The B-Ark / Re: Big Jase Retires

« on: November 03, 2010, 02:21:27 PM »

A decent player for United who never got the full credit that he deserved from many people along the Spayne Road side of the ground during our time in the Football League, worked tirelessly for the team and did all the "donkey" work for others along the way.

Jason would have proved to be a very good signing again for us this season had he been there until the end.

Thank you for all your efforts over the years Jason, best wishes for the future and condolences for your recent loss.