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The B-Ark / Re: Kings Lynn results

« on: November 25, 2009, 01:16:04 PM »

Anyway, it looks like it won't happen. They have another seven days to appeal against the decision and raise the £65,000 they need for the taxman and their home game on Saturday is still going ahead, with no doubt lots of bucket collections.

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The B-Ark / Re: Kings Lynn results

« on: November 25, 2009, 01:00:00 PM »

Yep. Here's the table with King's Lynn's results expunged.

                                    HOME             AWAY
                               P  W  D  L  F   A   W  D  L  F   A   GD PD PTS
  1 Boston United             18  4  4  1  13   6  6  1  2  20   9  18  0  35
 ============================================================================
  2 Retford United            19  1  5  3   9  12  8  1  1  21   9   9  0  33
  3 Ashton United             20  4  2  4  15  14  6  0  4  12  20  -7  0  32
  4 Bradford Park Avenue      16  5  1  4  24  15  4  2  0  14   8  15  0  30
  5 Kendal Town               14  4  2  0  13   5  4  2  2  20  12  16  0  28
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  6 Stocksbridge Park St.     19  5  1  3  28  18  3  2  5  16  18   8  0  27
  7 Hucknall Town             17  5  2  3  23  18  3  1  3  10  12   3  0  27
  8 Guiseley                  14  2  2  2   6   6  6  0  2  17   9   8  0  26
  9 North Ferriby United      14  6  0  2  19   6  2  1  3   8  11  10  0  25
 10 Burscough                 18  4  1  5  20  13  2  3  3   9  10   6  0  22
 11 Nantwich Town             16  5  1  2  20  13  1  3  4  10  17   0  0  22
 12 Marine                    18  3  1  3  16  11  4  0  7  13  20  -2  0  22
 13 Worksop Town              18  2  3  2   9  11  3  3  5  16  18  -4  0  21
 14 FC United of Manchester   15  4  1  3  16   9  2  1  4   9  12   4  0  20
 15 Buxton                    15  1  3  2   6   7  4  2  3  15  10   4  0  20
 16 Matlock Town              15  2  1  4  11   8  3  3  2  18  15   6  0  19
 17 Whitby Town               16  3  3  3  15  14  1  4  2   9  10   0  0  19
 18 Frickley Athletic         15  5  1  2  13   8  0  2  5   6  18  -7  0  18
 ============================================================================
 19 Ossett Town               18  3  0  6  15  21  2  3  4   7  14 -13  0  18
 20 Durham City               17  0  0 10   5  40  0  0  7   5  44 -74  0   0

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Boston United vs Hucknall Town in the League Cup

« on: November 24, 2009, 10:57:35 PM »

Here's the updated table after:

Boston United 2-1 Hucknall Town (607)

Eighteen people got the score right, but only one of those also got the attendance within 25 - me. So well done me! 

CRANWELL PILGRIM   47
Pilgrim21   42
Tash   41
palada   39
bb1   37
father Ted   36
Patrick   36
stevie   36
BostonTilIDie   35
Pride of Lincolnshire   34
LeeChase   33
Loo   33
oxo   33
shorty2kuk   33
Bunyan   32
wez33   32
youngiecj   32
cookie   30
myleftfoot   30
Pilgrim86   30
schismrule   30
AndyBHC   29
ceamboy   29
jimmystars   29
Lord Cutler Beckett   29
Pride of Bostonshire   29
uncleremus   28
Seeingbetter   27
Sussex Pilgrim   27
woad_pilgrim   27
AJHallgarth   26
Big-Tom   26
MENOTSKINNY   26
Pilgrim21 Jnr   26
Amber Man   25
Anita Goodsheet   25
beefpilgrim   25
north east pilgrim   25
pilgrim in exile   25
Senny   25
Stumpy   25
The Chief   25
thepilgrims   25
yellowcoat   25
AdyG   24
deano   24
nikko   24
Ken Fox   23
vikp19   23
green hats mate   22
Stumpie   22
Swineshead Pilgrim   22
Wembley 85   22
Johnny Pilgrim   21
spotty dog   21
The Bostonian   21
Bartmac   20
colindavy   20
doc   20
PompeyPilgrim   20
aggy   19
Bostonshire   19
Bostons Arab Buyer   18
fcum_91   18
Gaz   18
threenil   18
Houdini   17
Mr Tickle   17
O CHO MEALLT   17
cappo   16
Carl Newell   16
sister soo   16
bostonfanDanny_   15
Keelan   14
Steviemas   14
Devon Pilgrim   13
dubai camel   13
Ed Kandi   13
milo1972   13
big dave   12
Ben Grant   10
BU on the up   10
Chelsea   10
Imp Stalker   10
Mark   10
Plastic Yank   9
Crazy Neil   7
lonegunman   7
amberexile   5
SAFC-BUFC   5
sparks   4
airsbufc   3
billy   3
BostonGoals   3
Cardiff Pilgrim   3
Hanoi   3
Raymondo   3
The_Purple_Shirt   3
Tomgraves   3
les   2
siastra   2
bufc4life   1
james   1
qwerty   1
Richie..p   1
timo35   1
truffleshufflle   1
XYU   1
arry   0
artie   0
flin66   0
madhos   0
markiee   0

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Boston United vs Hucknall Town in the League Cup

« on: November 24, 2009, 04:51:40 PM »

15 year old Tom Hopper to make his debut? The youngest player ever to play for United's first team?

Probably. United have had a few 16 year olds turn out for them - Chris Cook, Brian Dunn, Ian Machent, Don Smith and Robert Dann. The only possible 15 year old I've seen is a Bolland who turned out for the Boston side that took on Laval in October 1958 - if that was Gordon Bolland then he would have been 15 years old at the time.

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The B-Ark / Boston United Santa Fun Run 2009

« on: November 24, 2009, 12:42:50 PM »

Well I'm entering the 5km Boston Santa Fun Run again. So I'll be running round the streets of Boston again on Sunday 13th December.

http://www.bufc.co.uk/article/3053825/Santa-Fun-Run-entry-forms-available

It should be fun and if my training goes well and I stay fit and healthy then I may be in with a chance this year! I'm hoping to get the 007 number again, so I'll be running as a festive James Bond amongst all the Santas.

Scotty Walds has been spending a lot of time in the gym this year (as everyone who has seen his goal celebrations can testify  ), so he should give me a run for my money.

Scott Dalton is coming up with some poor excuse about having to go to the Radio Lincolnshire Christmas party the night before. Well a few pints of real ale in Ossett on Saturday before I did the Leeds Abbey Dash this Sunday didn't slow me down, so he's going to need a better excuse than that!

Pete Brooksbank has already pulled out - probably still in trauma after losing his trousers in the first fun run. 

Will Craig manage more than one lap this year? 

It looks like there will be a few of the players turning out as well.

I'm running for Cancer Research UK again. It is a great cause and with your support they are managing to make a real difference in improving treatments and saving lives.

The Santa Fun Run is also raising some much needed money for Boston United FC, so I will personally match your donations to Cancer Research UK with an equivalent donation to the football club (up to a total of £200, so don't go too mad or I'll be bankrupt  ).

You can make donations by visiting my Justgiving page at:

www.justgiving.com/kenfox2009

So please consider making a donation, whether as a contribution to a great cause or just a thank you to me for putting together the websites and running the prediction league. They will all be very gratefully received.

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The B-Ark / Prediction League - Boston United vs Hucknall Town in the League Cup

« on: November 21, 2009, 10:34:00 PM »

Difficult to predict this one as you never know how seriously each side is going to take it. I'm going for:

Boston United 2-1 Hucknall Town (626)

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The B-Ark / Re: 5 nil up and not a mention on here???

« on: November 21, 2009, 09:30:27 PM »

Last set of pics.

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The B-Ark / Re: 5 nil up and not a mention on here???

« on: November 21, 2009, 08:57:24 PM »

Another batch of pics, a few more to follow.

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The B-Ark / Re: 5 nil up and not a mention on here???

« on: November 21, 2009, 08:35:02 PM »

Another batch of pics, more to follow.

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The B-Ark / Re: 5 nil up and not a mention on here???

« on: November 21, 2009, 08:13:38 PM »

First batch of pics - in reverse time order for a change!

More to follow shortly.

You'll all be relieved to know that when Scotty took his shirt off to celebrate the fourth Boston goal he was standing right next to me and it was too close to take a pic. 

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Ocid Town vs Boston United

« on: November 21, 2009, 07:13:39 PM »

Here's the updated table after:

Ocid Town 0-5 Boston United (246)

CRANWELL PILGRIM flies to the top after getting the attendance spot on, although I only spotted 2 dogs :-) Well done to schismrule and threenil who both got the correct score.

CRANWELL PILGRIM   44
Pilgrim21   41
Tash   38
bb1   36
palada   36
father Ted   35
Patrick   35
stevie   35
BostonTilIDie   34
Pride of Lincolnshire   33
Loo   32
oxo   32
wez33   31
AndyBHC   29
Bunyan   29
LeeChase   29
myleftfoot   29
Pilgrim86   29
schismrule   29
shorty2kuk   29
youngiecj   29
Lord Cutler Beckett   28
Pride of Bostonshire   28
jimmystars   27
uncleremus   27
woad_pilgrim   27
ceamboy   26
cookie   26
Anita Goodsheet   25
Seeingbetter   25
Amber Man   24
north east pilgrim   24
Senny   24
Stumpy   24
Sussex Pilgrim   24
The Chief   24
thepilgrims   24
yellowcoat   24
Big-Tom   23
deano   23
MENOTSKINNY   23
Pilgrim21 Jnr   23
AJHallgarth   22
beefpilgrim   22
Swineshead Pilgrim   22
vikp19   22
Wembley 85   22
green hats mate   21
nikko   21
pilgrim in exile   21
Stumpie   21
AdyG   20
colindavy   20
Johnny Pilgrim   20
spotty dog   20
The Bostonian   20
Bartmac   19
doc   19
PompeyPilgrim   19
aggy   18
Bostons Arab Buyer   17
fcum_91   17
Gaz   17
Houdini   17
Ken Fox   17
Mr Tickle   17
threenil   17
cappo   16
sister soo   16
Bostonshire   15
bostonfanDanny_   14
Keelan   14
O CHO MEALLT   14
Steviemas   14
Carl Newell   13
milo1972   13
big dave   12
Devon Pilgrim   12
Ben Grant   10
dubai camel   10
Imp Stalker   10
Chelsea   9
Ed Kandi   9
Mark   9
Plastic Yank   9
BU on the up   7
Crazy Neil   7
lonegunman   7
amberexile   5
SAFC-BUFC   5
sparks   4
airsbufc   3
billy   3
BostonGoals   3
Cardiff Pilgrim   3
Hanoi   3
Raymondo   3
The_Purple_Shirt   3
siastra   2
Tomgraves   2
bufc4life   1
james   1
les   1
qwerty   1
Richie..p   1
timo35   1
truffleshufflle   1
XYU   1
arry   0
artie   0
flin66   0
madhos   0
markiee   0

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The B-Ark / Re: Small World

« on: November 20, 2009, 06:36:18 PM »

I can remember another game towards the end of that season away at Merthyr Tydfil, where again our squad was stretched to the bare bones. As I recall our assistant manager Trevor Quow even dusted off his boots and played. There was a young academy player who I remember running about a lot and then getting injured in that game and taken off. I had it in my mind that he was Danny Seager as well, but if he onlyplayed at Bath then it must have been someone else. Time has a habit of playing tricks on my memory.

The side at Merthyr was: Bastock,  Gowshall, Childs, Stringfellow, Southwell, Charles, Stanhope, Costello, Watts,  Featherstone, Quow. Subs: Rawle, Taylor, Walters.

Featherstone scored two goals and was replaced by Taylor and Rawle came on for Stringfellow and Walters for Southwell.

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The B-Ark / Re: BUFC v Worksop pix

« on: November 19, 2009, 07:56:53 PM »

We won the Northern Premier League that season and I wrote that one up for my Trophy Cabinet page in the match programme recently. Here it is:

THE TROPHY CABINET
Northern Premier League 1977/8

Boson United won their fourth and most recent Northern Premier League title in the 1977/8 season. The season began with a publicity stunt by the club. At the beginning of June all the club’s directors except Alf Bell resigned in protest over Boston United not being submitted for election to the Football League despite winning the Northern Premier League title. Unlike today where there is automatic promotion for the winners of the Conference, back in 1978 clubs had to apply for membership with places decided by voting at the Annual General Meeting of the Football League. United’s plans for election were scuppered when the Football League ground inspection team deemed that their York Street ground was not up to the required standard. So the directors of the club resigned en masse to gain some publicity for their plight. After some significant coverage in the press all the directors were however reappointed at a meeting at the end of July that lasted just 15 minutes and was attended by only two shareholders and the five directors. Their first act was to appoint a new manager. Mick Walker joined the club. He had formerly been in charge at Burton Albion.

The race for the title was close all the way to the end. Boston United, Wigan Athletic, Northwich Victoria, Bangor City, Scarborough and Stafford Rangers all vied for the title. By mid November only five points separated Boston in sixth place from leaders Scarborough, but Boston had two games in hand. By mid January a sequence of eight wins in their last ten league games saw Boston topping the table, ahead of Scarborough, Northwich and Wigan, but both Scarborough and Wigan now had games in hand over the leader. Boston United finished off their home schedule with an encounter against second placed Wigan Athletic. It resulted in the most exciting game seen at York Street all season.

Boston dominated the early play, but it was Wigan who went into a two goal lead midway through the first half. Wigan took the lead in the 24th minute when centre-half Noel Ward rose above Dave Poplar and Steve Thompson to head home a free kick from the right at the near post. A minute later Boston went further behind when a shot from Worswick could only be parried out by Stewart to Houghton who scored from close range. Boston pulled a goal back in the 37th minute when Dave Poplar headed a good goal from a free kick hit high into the penalty area by Adamson. Forty-six seconds into the second half Jim Kabia scored from close range to bring the scores level. Player-coach Brian Bates gave Boston the lead in the 65th minute as they began to dominate the match. Four minutes later Poplar got his second goal to clinch the win for United.

The win ended Wigan's title hopes, but it didn't quite confirm Boston as champions. Bangor City still had five games left and if they won all five and Boston lost their two remaining games then Bangor would sneak the title. As it happened, Boston won their subsequent game at Mossley by 2-1 and thus were crowned Northern Premier League champions for the fourth time in six seasons. They finished six points clear of runners-up Wigan.

By the end of the season Boston had beaten Wigan both home and away in the league and home and away in the league cup. Both sides were keen to join the Football League. Boston Chairman Ernest Malkinson however refused to spend money on the ground improvements required to bring York Street up to League standards. This gave runners-up Wigan the chance to apply as the top team in the Northern Premier League with a compliant ground. Wigan got the votes required and they replaced Southport in the Fourth Division.

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The B-Ark / Re: BUFC v Worksop pix

« on: November 19, 2009, 07:53:49 PM »

Here they are - resized a bit smaller so they look OK in a web browser.

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The B-Ark / Re: BUFC v Worksop pix

« on: November 19, 2009, 07:46:52 PM »

Sorry but pix seem now to be only available to those logged on. Otherwise seem to have disappeared. Can any one advise on how to overcome this or is there an easier way to download photos on to the Patter.

I could always grab them, upload them to my site and link back to them from here. Is that OK?