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The B-Ark / Horncastle Town v Boston United Youth Team
« on: August 05, 2015, 10:01:41 PM »
Good performance by the young BUFC team (advertised incorrectly as our U-21s by the home side) against a physically stronger Horncastle XI. Harry Limb scored in the first half and had a really energetic game before the home side finally converted one of their numerous chances 10 minutes from time with the match ending in a 1-1 draw. The John Rawdon Memorial Trophy will therefore be shared by both teams over the next 12 months. Good attendance from the home supporters and a few of us from BUFC, although a little miffed that no promotion of this game was given on the Official Site.

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The B-Ark / Under 21s
« on: June 27, 2015, 01:44:56 PM »
At last it look like the U-21s are going to be playing some sort of competitive football next season instead of friendly after friendly after friendly! May stimulate some interest again for those of us who followed the Reserves in the past.
I see that the Lincolnshire League are limping in with 13 teams for 2015-2016 season (Brigg and Lincoln Railway newcomers) after last season's fiasco when it ran with just 12 teams with 2 of them (Louth and Humbertherm) guilty of failing to raise a side for a substantial number of games.

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The B-Ark / Hykeham Town "probably" win the Lincolnshire League.
« on: April 18, 2015, 06:30:29 PM »
Congratulations (or can I say that yet) to Hykeham Town on winning the County's League title with a couple of games to go - although, once again, the League Committee need to sit down and make a decision as to whether to award them the required 3 points to claim the title after CGB Humbertherm pulled out of yet another game due to lack of players. This is becoming a common occurrence in the 12 team League - Louth Town Reserves let the competition down on at least 4 occasions by cancelling games at the last minute due to "lack of players", although perhaps "lack of commitment" may be a better description. Horncastle Town had a good attempt to win the League with a number of ex-BUFC players Stones, Edwards, Sargeant, etc and last year's winners Skegness Town's attempt to retain their title sadly petered out towards the end of the season after a good start. The future isn't bright for the League and surely it won't be able to run with next year unless it has at least 12 Clubs that are properly vetted as to their seriousness to fulfil fixtures.

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The B-Ark / Congrats to North Ferriby Utd
« on: March 29, 2015, 04:25:29 PM »
Well done to the lads from East Yorkshire. Just goes to show that if you want to win this now  sadly outdated competition you can! This Competition is devalued due to nearly all of the so called big boys sacrificing a chance to play at Wembley (a la FA or League Cup) to "concentrate on the League"? Time maybe for entry to FA Cup Competitions to be optional and not compulsory? Nevertheless, well done The Villagers on their victory - well deserved.

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The B-Ark / "Charismatic" Evans
« on: August 08, 2014, 10:20:46 AM »
I see that the Daily Telegraph describe our former "Leader" as Charismatic! Does he really have a "compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others"? What other words could they have used to describe Steve? Keep it clean (if you can!), folks! 8)

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The B-Ark / Lincolnshire League to run with just 12 teams!
« on: July 01, 2014, 05:49:07 PM »
Reap what you sow......
Questionable decision by the League Committee to continue with just a dozen clubs rather than become dormant. In additional to our own former Reserve side leaving the competition, League bad boys Gainsborough Town have also (thankfully) disappeared as well as Lincoln United Reserves. Wyberton are the League's only newcomers. I hope for this League's sake that their Committee deal with any disciplinary issues in a more conventional manner than last year and that no side drops out mid-season. Got to say it was a good decision by BUFC to say goodbye to the Lincs League!

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The B-Ark / Non-League Paper article on BUFC Conference winning side
« on: June 15, 2014, 09:45:30 AM »
Hmm.....interesting but they seem to have eradicated Paul Ellender from history (although he is not in the pre-season photograph) and even give "Gerry" Evans a mention. LAZY research by NLP - AGAIN! Not sure why I buy this journal in the summertime anyway! 

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The B-Ark / Sevilla rob Benfica !!
« on: May 14, 2014, 10:38:35 PM »
Europe League Final tonight. Who appointed the Officials - UEFA or The Lincolnshire League?!! Benfica totally robbed by Referee who should have awarded them at least 3 stonewall pens in regular time and then let the Sevilla goalie save 2 pens when 4 yards off line in shoot out! Hope Platini suitably embarrassed. Shameful end to a 10 month long competition.

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No surprise that BUFC Reserves are to disband and be replaced by a U-21 development squad who will be non-league in the literal meaning. It is a shame, but quite simply the Sills & Betteridge Lincolnshire League did not deserve our continuing membership and have only their committee to blame for reducing this once reasonable competition into a joke league of just 12 teams, refereed by weak match officials and a laughable disciplinary ethos which should be a concern to every team who are thinking about joining this League. However, I hope that Vinno and his crew will remain active in the Club and wish all those who have played for the Reserves last season all the best for whichever sides they are with next campaign.  :bunny

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The B-Ark / Lincolnshire League "title decider"
« on: May 03, 2014, 11:28:07 AM »
Thankfully the League title is to be decided, at least for the moment, on the pitch today rather than by its League Committee - although resignations and points adjustments have heavily manipulated this year's competition to farcical proportions. Skegness Town are playing CGB Humbertherm at Fulstow today in a must win match for the Lillywhites. I personally hope that Skeggy win as they have been the most consistent team in the League and they are a good bunch of lads with ex-Pilgrim Liam Parker being their star man. If the Lillywhites fail to win then Hykeham will be League winners (or should be as per the current table standings!).  :bunny

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The B-Ark / Reserves last fixture of Season v Horncastle Town tomorrow
« on: April 25, 2014, 09:47:11 PM »
This is billed on the main club site as "their final Sills and Betteridge Lincolnshire League fixture" and I have to hope that Craig's headline is literally true - or at least until this appalling League is worthy of our second string's membership. To end a season with just 12 teams (which should have really been 11 if the League Committee had any sort of disciplinary backbone) and to expect clubs to wait 5 weeks between fixtures is just not on. Vinno and his coaching team have done a brilliant job this season and I hope they will all continue with the club next season in whatever competition the Reserves participate in. Whatever happens, the club need to keep a 2nd XI as so many players have come through the ranks to feature in the first team. Well done lads!!  :bunny

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The B-Ark / Non League Paper report still has Evans as manager
« on: April 20, 2014, 10:53:47 AM »
Check out the report of yesterday's game in today's NLP written by some twit from Leamington who still believes Steve Evans to be our manager. What a **** ! Makes you thankful that we have knowledgeable guys at our club like Craig Singleton and Ken Fox who know their facts from fiction.

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The B-Ark / Lincolnshire League - the end is nigh!
« on: April 12, 2014, 10:50:52 PM »
Just when you think that the Sills & Betteridge Lincolnshire League could not get any worse (well, you probably could!), Heckington United have, yesterday, become the 3rd team to leave the League since the start of the season - and that with only 3 games to go! Another points re-calculation should be forthcoming (hopefully by the end of this week!) and who knows who will be League leaders - Hykeham, Skeggy Town, our Reserves or even the League Committee's apparent "model club", Gainsborough Town? Just hope that BUFC Reserves seriously consider their option to continue in this appalling competition next season. Weak match officials, a Committee which appears to fail in its duty to sufficiently punish offending sides and a fixture list which cannot be relied upon are all good reasons to leave this League at its AGM. It is ironic that this League is sponsored by a firm of solicitors as it is quite noticeable that little justice is being shown to the majority of its Clubs who have competed in the spirit of the game, for this season at least.

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The B-Ark / Lunacy of the Lincolnshire League!
« on: March 29, 2014, 12:30:47 PM »
The Lincolnshire League have given an incentive to teams if they are losing and have little chance of getting back into the match! The answer is - just walk off the pitch!
The Committee decided, 7 weeks after it had been played, to award the abandoned Skegness Town v Gainsborough Town to Skeggy after Gainsborough forced the match to be Abandoned whilst losing 1-0.
Whilst the Lincs League correctly gave Skegness the 3 points from the match they made no increase in their goal difference - neither giving it as a token 1-0 or the more conventional token 3-0 win!
Gainsborough likewise received no points (or any deduction) and no change to their goal difference either! In this crazy world, the team from the Trent actually ended better off by a single goal difference in forcing the game to be called off after 79 mins rather than seeing it out as a 1-0 defeat after 90mins!
Can anyone explain the logic of this? Sadly, these crass decisions, bring the whole League into disrepute.

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The B-Ark / Reserves win 4-1 v Cleethorpes Town 2nds
« on: March 22, 2014, 06:16:12 PM »
Four first half goals from Lee Orrey (2), Liam Ogden and a long range effort from Aaron Eyett were enough to win the game - although Cleethorpes could count themselves a bit unlucky not to get more than their solitary goal in the 2nd half with Andy Hewitt having to make a number of brilliant saves after the opposition had broken through our defence. The game was a good advert, for once, for the much maligned Lincolnshire League! One more game to go for the Reserves, although it is still likely that the farcical League Committee will be making more alterations to the points situation prior to the end of the Season.   :bunny

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