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The B-Ark / Lincoln United Match

« on: July 22, 2009, 06:26:33 AM »

I seem to remember reading in one of the Boston newspapers that the winners of the Brigg Town vs Boston United county cup tie would face Lincoln United away, and that the tie would be played in pre-season.

Have I imagined this?

I can't see anything on the official site in terms of forthcoming fixtures, and Lincoln United's own official site doesn't mention it either (albeit their's is very out of date).

I don't want to count my chickens just yet in case we don't get past Brigg, but does anyone know when the Lincoln match would be played? We're running out of dates if it is to be pre-season.

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The B-Ark / Getting to Boston games by Public Transport

« on: July 11, 2009, 10:51:54 AM »

This is a thread aimed predominantly at those Boston fans who are based away from the town, though I'm happy to listen to sensible suggestions from anywhere.

As people who know me will vouch, I've hardly missed a Boston game at home or away for several seasons - generally driving myself from my Leicester base. Unfortunately an ankle injury sustained over the summer has temporarily put me in a position of not being able to drive. That's a horrible thought with the football season around the corner. I will have to miss midweek matches during the opening weeks of the season, but was consoling myself with the fact that I'd still be able to get to Saturday matches via public transport. Or so I thought...

I was contemplating coming over to Boston for the pre-season friendly at Tattershall Road next week, but nearly fell off my seat when I saw the price of the train fare. £32 return is more than three-times what I would spend on petrol if making the same journey by car. How on earth do such fares encourage people to do the right thing environmentally? And I just want a seat for the duration of the journey, I'm not looking to buy the bloody train!

Thought I'd post to see if anyone has any tips around how best to get to Boston games without using a car? I know people like Ken regularly make the journey from far flung backwaters like Leeds, and would be grateful of any suggestions. I know there have been adverts on TV in the past for websites where you can apparently get train tickets cheaper, but I've never really paid any attention to them as I've never needed to.

And if anyone knows a way of accelerating recovery from injury .....

And in the unlikely event of anyone making regular journeys to Boston matches via Leicester .....

Thanks!