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The B-Ark / Re: v Kings lynn

« on: January 02, 2020, 07:32:25 AM »

Pretty spot on there ...
I did find their chant of 'a town full of spastics' very unpleasant.. that isnt banter...its nasty

I'm glad someone else has raised this as I didn't want to be the first … when you consider their own assistant manager Paul Bastock lives in the town and has raised a disabled child it is actually ironic as well as deeply unpleasant and nasty. I wonder how he felt when the chant was coming across from his own supporters?

Racist and homophobic abuse at football gets discussed a lot and is being tackled, but isn't anti-disability abuse just as bad? Shouldn't the police have been moving into the away end yesterday to arrest the ring leaders? And shouldn't King's Lynn Town FC face some sanctions for this?

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The B-Ark / Boston United's best moment of the decade

« on: December 22, 2019, 01:11:35 PM »

Inspired by something I've just seen on Twitter, what was Boston United's best moment in the 2010-2019 decade? (Haven't got my own answer yet, the away support at Rochdale is up there but the fact that it was recent may be skewing my judgement - need more thinking time).

Feel free to nominate the worst moment as well! Losing 9-2 away at Fylde, perhaps?

EDIT: With apologies to those that have replied already, let's throw in another category... Player of the decade. Carl Piergianni?

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The B-Ark / Re: Where are they now?

« on: December 15, 2019, 12:51:42 PM »

Mansfield Town have sacked manager John Dempster and are looking to appoint a replacement. In the meantime,, ex Pilgrims midfielder Jamie McGuire is in temporary charge.

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The B-Ark / Re: R.I.P. Boston's greatest manager

« on: December 11, 2019, 12:50:54 PM »

Sad news.

Just a thought... Watford have named a stand after Graham Taylor, Man Utd after Alex Ferguson and Nottingham Forest after Brian Clough. We'll soon have four new stands to name at The Quadrant. Could we call them different to the North, East, South and West stands? Why not name our stands after our most successful (and popular) former managers?

Can't make tonight's fans forum, maybe a, question someone else could put to the club?

I'll be raising that point myself, as a club we could do more to honour both Jim and Howard Wilkinson. I know commercial concerns override emotion in football but in the case of these two I'm sure the club could come up with something.

Cheers N40. I'd also put Arthur Mann in the same bracket as Smith and Wilkinson. The achievement in reaching Wembley can't be overestimated.

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The B-Ark / Re: R.I.P. Boston's greatest manager

« on: December 11, 2019, 06:58:18 AM »

Sad news.

Just a thought... Watford have named a stand after Graham Taylor, Man Utd after Alex Ferguson and Nottingham Forest after Brian Clough. We'll soon have four new stands to name at The Quadrant. Could we call them different to the North, East, South and West stands? Why not name our stands after our most successful (and popular) former managers?

Can't make tonight's fans forum, maybe a, question someone else could put to the club?

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The B-Ark / Re: Away Fans Guide to Rochdale

« on: November 30, 2019, 10:22:29 AM »

Really good stuff, thanks.

Only two questions I can think of which aren't covered...

... What time do the turnstiles open?

... Are fans allowed to buy from the chippie,  take food inside the ground and eat in their seats? (I remember one away ground wouldn't let me take chips inside the stadium because I hadn't bought them from the club).

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The B-Ark / Re: Dan Millgate

« on: November 30, 2019, 09:02:42 AM »

.....and nobody has made a quip about grass roots football yet?

Or queried whether he's moved to Peterborough because the grass is greener on the other side.

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The B-Ark / Re: v Kiddy

« on: November 24, 2019, 07:49:44 AM »

So  2-2 draw against Kidderminster at home from two seasons ago was York Street's last ever FA Trophy tie.

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The B-Ark / Re: Poser......

« on: November 17, 2019, 06:17:08 PM »

Mike Pollitt, ex Lincoln City goalkeeper, was born on 29th February 1972. He'll celebrate his twelfth birthday next year.

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The B-Ark / Re: Old songs and chants

« on: November 07, 2019, 07:56:21 PM »

Aren't they mostly versions of Bread of Heaven and Sloop John B but with different words?

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The B-Ark / Bradford Park Avenue sack manager

« on: August 08, 2019, 06:51:04 AM »

... after just two games in charge. What has happened to football?

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The B-Ark / Re: Chester.)

« on: August 06, 2019, 06:53:52 AM »

Nobody has complained about the ref for a change. Was he any good?

Best ref we've had in the league all season.

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The B-Ark / Re: Walk Out music

« on: August 01, 2019, 04:40:28 PM »

It's been confirmed by the club.
White stripes "Seven nations Army" Good choice great tune.
https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/united-confirm-walkout-song-choice-2449260.html

The you tube version is four minutes long. We could be two nil down by the time the players have finished their walk out!

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The B-Ark / Re: It's on it's way!

« on: July 08, 2019, 06:56:05 PM »

Sounds like we may only have two stands built for next season. Some progress is better than no progress so this is still a good news story. But if the capacity of the ground starts out at only half of what it's going to be, will that hold us back in terms of ground grading and potential to play at higher levels?

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The B-Ark / Re: 3rd August - Home v Chester

« on: July 03, 2019, 08:26:13 PM »

First few aways look alright though.
Assuming Spennymoor gets reversed to York St we'll have some tricky looking games at home early on though

Didn't Nantwich set a precedent though? It's more likely Spennymoor game will be postponed and we'lll end up going there in midweek.