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CE must be Manager of the Month in our league with 4 wins out 4. Only Kidderminster come close with 3 wins and 2 draws (1 one of the wins was beating York in the FAC). BPA 3 wins and a lose.
If you factor in our starting league position then it should be an even stronger case. The recognition would be nice but I can’t say I’d lose any sleep if it went elsewhere.
Nor would Craig Elliott, as the award is often the 'kiss of death'.
CE must be Manager of the Month in our league with 4 wins out 4. Only Kidderminster come close with 3 wins and 2 draws (1 one of the wins was beating York in the FAC). BPA 3 wins and a lose.
Really enjoyed the game today.
Not sure about the MOM though, personally i'd have gone for Ben Middleton, or Reece Thompson.
Ben was a rock in defence and although Reece didn't score, he worked his socks off and never gave the defenders a moments peace.
All in all an enjoyable game and three big points.
Well done CE and all the lads.
It doesnt work, Reduced matches for example the past 2 seasons have only reduced income, Boxing day is a important income stream for the club and with 3oo+ getting in for free it be massive decrease
How do you know? There is no metric that allows you to measure the effectiveness of these kind of promotions in terms of their true aim, which is to cultivate new supporters. I can offer some anecdotal evidence though.
As a young 13 year old, many years ago I was handed a free ticket on one of the clubs promotions via school. I hadn’t considered coming to a Boston match before, but I was hooked after one game and came to every single match afterwards for about 5 years. I bought plenty of merchandise over the years and even persuaded a whole group of friends to come along. I visit less nowadays but I’ve passed my passion on to my kids who are now avid fans themselves. That free ticket may have cost the club £5 in lost revenue back in 1993, but it’s been paid back and then some.
My point is that these type’s of promotions are very much slow burners and are unlikely to yield obvious short term results. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do them though. In this day and age with all the distractions kids have we should be working even harder to attract the next generation of fans if we want to survive.
One final point, re Alfreron, I don’t think it’s a good idea to point at a poorly run club and give ourselves a pat on the back. We should be comparing ourselves to the best and realise we are not competing with the likes of Alfreton for fans. We are competing with Smart Phones, X Boxes, Televised matches and all the other things kids can do nowadays. If we want to compete with that we have to think outside the box and offer an excellent product. Or die.
It was mentioned several times on twitter last time we did match day reductions on twitter by a not those close to the club but those in the club. I do follow our General manager and media outlets
It doesnt work, Reduced matches for example the past 2 seasons have only reduced income, Boxing day is a important income stream for the club and with 3oo+ getting in for free it be massive decrease
Willis beaten from 20 yards againI'm not a Willis fan, but i was sat right behind the line of the shot. Only just inside the post, and well hit. A good goal rather than an error by the keeper in my book. Two brilliant second half saves more than made up for the goal, whether or not he was or wasn't to blame.
Haughmond 11/2 Boston 6/11 8)
I'm don't gamble Ted otherwise I would be rushing to the bookies to lump some money on Haughmond .
Can anyone remember when Karl Hawley played against Boston and he had Michael Bridges, formerly Leeds United, up front with him, i cannott remeber the score but we got hammered, and these two I think scored two each, pure class if my memory is right, so Karl might not be all pace now but hes been there and done it so still good to have around the team/bench and management.
Constant comparisons to the previous managers results are both unhelpful and unfair in my opinion. There were plenty of times during Greenes tenure when his sides put in absolutely hopeless performances that made you feel like we had no chance of ever competing. However, he was allowed time to rectify things and managed to turn things around.
Whatever you think of Greene (personally, I liked him and was sad to see him go), his tenure as Boston United manager is over and he is now firmly in the clubs past. Let's look to the future under our new coach and give him our patience and support to try and turn things around.
There will always be a clamour for the coach to be replaced when things are going wrong, but as Green Hats Mate was always fond of saying during the exact same debate over Dennis Greene, who would we replace him with?
Correct , also to add another posters reminder ,,,, the grass is not always greener . Sadly it's too late when it hits home .
Only opens up a opportunity for failed managers to send another CV out .
I did not like Greene , on a business visit to my home he introduced himself as BUFC manager , I did not take up conversation with him .
But very sad to see him leave .
