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The B-Ark / Re: Metro Fantasy Football - Mini League created for Pilgrims' Patter Users

« on: August 21, 2009, 06:42:58 AM »

A slightly false table as not all teams are currently on level games, but here's the latest .....

1 ASG Masters(Adrian Gosling) 70 134
2 ParfittsRedPlectrum(Andrew Dawson) 56 127
3 Stumpies Yorkers(Jamie Beamish) 61 109
4 North East Pilgrim(stephen mcnichol) 54 105
5 Warno Fc(Gareth Warnes) 61 104
6 Lamberts Lumps(Mathew Barker) 26 104
7 Pilgrims Progress(Ken Fox) 24 102
8 Mickeys Magic Men(Adam Upsall) 43 100
9 Liam Rovers(liam watson) 49 97
10 Big-Toms XI(Tom Hallam) 46 97
11 Caspers Pilgrims(Melvin Robertson) 32 96
12 Bostonshires army(David Kitchen) 47 96
13 kirton cavaliers(steve massam) 51 95
14 Fatzio(Ian Chaplin) 47 93
15 Anitas Cheetahs(stephen andrew) 40 92
16 Townend Utd(Michael Burgess) 36 86
17 remus05(robert sharman) 22 86
18 Sunnyland Hotspur(Paul Johnson) 44 85
19 Tash Terrors(David Rose) 26 84
20 shortybufc(mark short) 42 82
21 Tom Graves Utd(Tom Graves) 43 80
22 Milos Mission FC(PAUL MILES) 32 74
23 we always win 2-1(Paul Johnson) 21 74
24 mattys xi(matty homewood) 22 72
25 wez utd(wez elston) 40 68
26 Bartmacs Boys(John McLelland) 30 66
27 Boston Utd Reserves(Richard Collins) 23 65
28 amberexile army(paul nixon) 39 64
29 steve evans cheats(neil smalley) 4 61
30 Boston Pigrims(Michael Burgess) 8 57
31 Bostup(John Stanwell) 22 51
32 Scottys Boys(Scott Walden) 19 49

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The B-Ark / Re: Earn yourself £500.....

« on: August 19, 2009, 06:21:21 PM »

It is very irresponsible and loutish behaviour and I shouldn't really make a joke about it, but it does put me in mind of the former Boston United fanzine "From behind your fences" and one of the comic strips that used be included. Older fans will know what I am talking about. Has Willie Gamble started training again?

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The B-Ark / Re: Metro Fantasy Football - Mini League created for Pilgrims' Patter Users

« on: August 04, 2009, 10:14:36 PM »

26 teams now.

This competition is now bigger than the Unibond League.

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The B-Ark / Re: tyrone kirk

« on: August 04, 2009, 07:01:09 PM »

To be fair to the lad it would have been difficult for him to get to training and matches in Boston whilst at the same time keeping up with his commitments on Coronation Street.



At least Macclesfield is closer to Wetherfield.

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The B-Ark / Re: Lincoln Utd Vs Boston Utd

« on: July 28, 2009, 09:25:57 PM »

4-1
Cullingworth
80 minus

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The B-Ark / Re: Old Pals.

« on: July 28, 2009, 06:54:01 PM »

Aah Hartlepool, what memories. Has Adam Boyd's penalty landed yet?

Seriously I always found Hartlepool to be a football ground with character and the fans and stewards I met were friendly. Good luck also for the forthcoming season.

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The B-Ark / Re: Metro Fantasy Football - Mini League created for Pilgrims' Patter Users

« on: July 26, 2009, 07:34:25 AM »

Nine teams so far.

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The B-Ark / Metro Fantasy Football - Mini League created for Pilgrims' Patter Users

« on: July 24, 2009, 07:35:52 PM »

Hi all,

I have entered a team in this season's "Metro Fantasy Football League", and have set up a mini-league named "Pilgrims Patter Premiership".

If any of the regular contributors want to enter a team themselves (for the sake of healthy banter over the season), check out the rules on the link below and pick your team. Its free to enter and there's some good prize money if you happen to strike lucky...

http://fantasyfootball.metro.co.uk/?p_referer=MM0006857

Once the team has been picked you can join the "Pilgrims Patter" mini-league using the following details:

Name of League: Pilgrims Patter Premiership
League PIN: 8001810

Hopefully see a few people there!

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The B-Ark / Re: Here's what we could have won....

« on: July 24, 2009, 06:19:17 PM »

That's one way to avoid wearing a seat belt.

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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 / Re: Tyrone Kirk

« on: July 20, 2009, 07:12:59 AM »

For the benefit of those fans who haven't yet seen Tyrone Kirk, here is a recent picture of him courtesy of google ...



 

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The B-Ark / Re: V town

« on: July 19, 2009, 10:19:12 AM »

A couple of people on here have expressed concerns about our striking positions. All I will say is this ...

... when I started my current job I didn't know anyone else and noone else knew me. I didn't know any of the systems, had to ask lots of questions and made one or two mistakes in what I was doing. I was eager to impress and had one or two butterflies which added an extra dimension of pressure. In time things improved and one or two colleagues have even told me that I'm fairly good at what I do. But my own self assessment of my early days was that I was pretty crap...

We only have two contracted strikers and understandably the managers will want to add extra options. They probably need to assess the triallists more than they do they players they have already signed, the downside of which is that neither Clarke nor Newsham have yet played a full 90-minutes for the club. Let them get bedded in and have a run of proper games in a Boston shirt. Then pass judgement. In my view some of the comments based on relatively short passages of play in non-competitive matches are harsh.

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The B-Ark / Re: A trialist

« on: July 17, 2009, 06:25:46 AM »

I might be wrong, but the Danny Sleath that I can remember playing on loan for Boston was built like a stick. Soccerbase.com has him at only 10-stone...

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

... He may have filled out, but I thought that the triallist on Wednesday night was a little bit chunkier. I'm not convinced it was the same player.

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

« on: July 12, 2009, 01:55:15 PM »

What's the ankle injury? Quite a few away grounds in the Unibond League are a fair walk from the train station, so you might have a problem doing the last mile! I managed to tweak my Achilles last December and even though it wasn't too bad - I hadn't actually snapped it - it was still three months before I could do any serious running on it.

Thanks everyone for some really good advice. Appreciate it all. I've even managed to locate someone who's making a very similar journey to matches and has offered to help me out with a few lifts, which is a bonus I didn't expect.

In terms of the injury I actually took part in the Sea Bank Marathon between Boston and Skegness on 7th June. I felt fine on the day and completed it, but by the next morning the whole of my right lower leg was in pain and I couldn't get my foot on the floor. Initially I was told it looked like a stress fracture (which was then ruled out via X-ray), then they were talking about a blood clot before finally deciding it was nerve damage to the outside of my right leg. (There's a more technical name which I can neither remember nor spell). At the moment its left me without a proper "up and down" hinge movement in my right ankle - hence problems in operating brake and accelerator pedals. I've been told it will recover fully and is just a matter of giving it time.

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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!