Games conceding 6 or more goals

[Ken Fox]

I've now got all the club's results in a spreadsheet, so here's the list of 92 competitive fixtures where Boston United have conceded 6 or more goals!

Sat 16th Sep 1933 A M Barnsley Reserves              2000 L 2 9
Thu 21st Sep 1933 A C Scunthorpe and Lindsey United       L 0 6
Sat  7th Oct 1933 A M Denaby United                       L 1 6
Sat 10th Mar 1934 A M Bradford Park Avenue Reserves       L 0 12
Sat 31st Mar 1934 A C Gainsborough Trinity                L 0 7
Mon  2nd Apr 1934 A M Grimsby Town Reserves               L 1 6
Sat 28th Apr 1934 A M Hull City Reserves                  L 4 6
Thu  3rd May 1934 H H GRIMSBY TOWN RESERVES               L 5 6
Sat  8th Sep 1934 A M Barnsley Reserves                   L 1 6
Sat 12th Jan 1935 A C Grimsby Town Reserves               L 4 8
Sat 15th Feb 1936 A M Norwich City Reserves               L 0 6
Wed 18th Mar 1936 A M Chesterfield Reserves           600 L 1 7
Wed 15th Apr 1936 A M Bradford Park Avenue Reserves       L 2 6
Mon 19th Apr 1937 A M Gainsborough Trinity                L 1 8
Wed 20th Oct 1937 A M Bradford Park Avenue Reserves       L 1 6
Sat  7th May 1938 A M Bradford City Reserves              L 0 7
Sat 31st Dec 1938 A M Peterborough United            2838 L 0 12
Thu  5th Jan 1939 H I CRYSTAL PALACE RESERVES             L 1 6
Thu 25th Feb 1939 A C Gainsborough Trinity                L 0 6
Thu  9th Mar 1939 A I Fulham Reserves                     L 2 10
Wed 19th Apr 1939 A I Crystal Palace Reserves             L 0 8
Thu  4th May 1939 A I Brentford Reserves                  L 0 7
Sat 25th Nov 1939 A M Scunthorpe and Lindsey United       L 0 7
Sat  6th Jan 1940 A M Frickley Colliery                   L 2 6
Sat 20th Jan 1940 A M Newark Town                         L 2 9
Sat 24th Feb 1940 A M Scunthorpe and Lindsey United       L 2 8
Fri 22nd Mar 1940 A M Peterborough United                 L 0 6
Sat 27th Apr 1940 A M Newark Town                         L 0 6
Sat  2nd Feb 1946 A M Shrewsbury Town                     L 0 8
Sat 23rd Mar 1946 A M Barnsley Reserves              2000 L 2 7
Fri 19th Apr 1946 A M Grimsby Town Reserves               L 1 6
Thu 12th Sep 1946 A M Grantham                            L 0 6
Sat 21st Sep 1946 A M Barnsley Reserves                   L 1 9
Sat 14th Dec 1946 A M Mansfield Town Reserves             L 1 7
Sat  3rd May 1947 A M Scarborough                         L 0 6
Sat 31st May 1947 A M Denaby United                       L 1 8
Sat 29th Nov 1947 A M Frickley Colliery                   L 3 6
Sat 17th Jan 1948 A M Bradford Park Avenue Reserves       L 0 7
Thu  7th Oct 1948 A M Goole Town                          L 0 6
Wed 23rd Feb 1949 A M Bradford Park Avenue Reserves       L 2 8
Wed  6th Apr 1949 A M Bradford City Reserves              L 0 9
Sat 10th Sep 1949 H M SCARBOROUGH                    4183 L 3 7
Sat 21st Jan 1950 A M Denaby United                       L 0 6
Sat 21st Oct 1950 A M Mansfield Town Reserves             L 0 7
Sat 17th Feb 1951 A M Nottingham Forest Reserves          L 1 7
Sat 28th Apr 1951 A M York City Reserves                  L 0 6
Sat 16th Feb 1952 A M Bradford Park Avenue Reserves       L 2 6
Sat 23rd Mar 1953 A M Mansfield Town Reserves             L 3 8
Mon  6th Apr 1953 A M Lincoln City Reserves          6070 L 4 7
Sat 11th Apr 1953 H M ROTHERHAM UNITED RESERVES      3515 L 2 6
Sat 21st Nov 1953 A F Scunthorpe United              8894 L 0 9
Sat 28th Nov 1953 A M Grimsby Town Reserves          3024 L 1 7
Sat 27th Feb 1954 A M Mansfield Town Reserves             L 3 6
Wed 25th Feb 1959 A I Wisbech Town                        L 1 7
Thu  9th Apr 1959 A S Gloucester City                     L 2 6
Wed 23rd Sep 1959 A S Chelmsford City                     L 1 6
Sat  3rd Oct 1959 A S King's Lynn                    3742 L 1 6
Wed 21st Sep 1960 A S Folkestone Town                2464 L 1 6
Sat  8th Oct 1960 A S Yeovil Town                    2208 L 1 8
Sat 19th Nov 1960 A S Cheltenham Town                1776 L 1 6
Sat 11th Mar 1961 H S CHELMSFORD CITY                1610 L 1 6
Fri 31st Mar 1961 A S Bedford Town                        L 3 6
Wed 12th Apr 1961 A S Oxford United                  4647 L 2 7
Sat 15th Apr 1961 A S Tonbridge                      1400 L 0 6
Mon 23rd Apr 1962 H P GRIMSBY TOWN RESERVES          1598 L 2 6
Sat 31st Aug 1963 H M GRANTHAM                       1503 L 1 6
Tue 24th Sep 1963 A P Grimsby Town Reserves               L 1 6
Thu 26th Dec 1963 A M Alfreton Town                   795 L 0 6
Thu 16th Apr 1964 A M Goole Town                          L 0 7
Tue 21st Apr 1964 A M Lockheed-Leamington                 L 0 7
Sat  4th Sep 1964 H F SPALDING UNITED                     L 0 14
Sat 16th Jan 1965 H B SPILSBY                             L 3 10
Sat 20th Feb 1965 A B Spilsby                             L 0 7
Sat 20th Mar 1965 H B BRITISH RAILWAYS                    L 0 14
Sat 27th Mar 1965 A B Wrangle                             L 2 10
Sat 10th Apr 1965 A B Coningsby                           L 0 7
Wed  4th Dec 1968 A E Cambridge United                    L 1 7
Sat 21st Dec 1968 H N BANGOR CITY                    2102 L 2 6
Wed  9th Jan 1974 H F DERBY COUNTY                  11000 L 1 6
Mon 26th Apr 1976 A N Wigan Athletic                      L 0 6
Mon 26th Dec 1983 A A Frickley Athletic               482 L 1 7
Sat  4th May 1985 A G Altrincham                      726 L 2 7
Tue 22nd Oct 1985 A G Wealdstone                      628 L 2 7
Thu  5th May 1988 A C Northwich Victoria              399 L 0 6
Wed 28th Sep 1988 H C RUNCORN                        2160 L 0 6
Wed 29th Nov 1989 A C Welling United                  750 L 0 6
Tue 13th Feb 1990 A C Darlington                     2940 L 1 6
Wed 27th Feb 1991 H C ALTRINCHAM                     1201 L 2 6
Wed 16th Oct 1991 H L GRIMSBY TOWN                    926 L 1 6
Tue 20th Apr 1999 A D Bath City                       390 L 0 8
Sat  3rd Feb 2007 H 2 GRIMSBY TOWN                   2915 L 0 6
Sat  8th Oct 2011 A N Altrincham                      804 L 1 6

[kingofnaves]

Thanks Ken! Noticed a few times we conceded my than 6 within seven days!

[Ken Fox]

Thanks Ken! Noticed a few times we conceded my than 6 within seven days!

The 1964/5 season was particularly bad. It was the season when the club had gone bust and Boston Town had formed but Ernest Malkinson refused to let them play at York Street and decided he'd keep the United name going by putting out a team of kids in the Boston & District League. Not surprisingly they lost lots of games by big scores - two 14-0 defeats that I know about - one at home to British Railways in the League and the other against Splading in the FA Cup. I'm still missing the last two results for that season so there could be a record breaking defeat in there as one of them is the away match against British Railways! If anyone knows the missing two results then let me know so I can complete the archive.

[Lord Cutler Knobhead]

Surprisingly few in my time as a fan despite years going up and down the leagues.

[Pilgrim86]

So the last time we lost at Altrincham conceding 6 or more, we got to the Trophy final?!

[leicester pilgrim]

So the last time we lost at Altrincham conceding 6 or more, we got to the Trophy final?!

That's a bit misleading though. The 7-2 defeat against Altrincham in 1984-85 was the last match before the Wembley final. And I think the reason we lost the game so heavily might have had something to do with the fact that we were resting players for the following week. Ray O'Brien, Ian Ladd, Gary Simpson, Chris Cook and Bob Lee all started at Wembley but none of them started against Altrincham.

Did we lose so heavily on Saturday because we were resting players for Histon?

[Shoddys Lane]

So the last time we lost at Altrincham conceding 6 or more, we got to the Trophy final?!

Qoute:- "Even after a soccer team loses 10 consecutive matches, a fan might persist in the belief that his team can reverse its bad luck. A new research says a 'faulty' function of the brain's frontal lobe is the reason for such optimism."

[garry@]

Leicester pilgrim
your right we did rest players for the game,but we also played about 10 games
In 4 weeks.I remember it as I made the journey Thinking I could take the piss
As we were going to wembley and they were not.
Don't think our players were interested in the game especially when the tackles started
Flying in they were rough that night.
Only remember Cranes goal as was at loo when I think it was mallender scored.

[Pilgrim86]

So the last time we lost at Altrincham conceding 6 or more, we got to the Trophy final?!

Qoute:- "Even after a soccer team loses 10 consecutive matches, a fan might persist in the belief that his team can reverse its bad luck. A new research says a 'faulty' function of the brain's frontal lobe is the reason for such optimism."

I believe I got my bite...

[Shoddys Lane]

So the last time we lost at Altrincham conceding 6 or more, we got to the Trophy final?!

Qoute:- "Even after a soccer team loses 10 consecutive matches, a fan might persist in the belief that his team can reverse its bad luck. A new research says a 'faulty' function of the brain's frontal lobe is the reason for such optimism."

I believe I got my bite...

Good heavens, have you hooked a Sea Bass?  Tick tock, tick tock.

[Pilgrim86]