We played Nuneaton Town away in a 1pm friendly a couple of years ago. I went to Nuneaton Griff v Bolehall Swifts in the Midland Div 1 at 3pm
Funnily enough I had a double header involving Nuneaton. We played there in an early kick-off at the tail end of the 2010-11 season (1-1 draw). On the way home I saw the 3 o'clock kickoff between Barwell and Stamford. Most of the Stamford players at that time were ex-BUFC, so it was almost like watching two Boston sides on the same day. Barwell won 2-1, clinched promotion and sprayed champagne over everybody.
Did anyone do that trip in the 90s, where we played two away games oop north in one weekend?
And lost both - obviously.
That would have been the tail end of the 1996-97 season, when we played Accrington Stanley away on the Saturday (lost 3-1), followed by Bishop Auckland away on the Sunday (lost 1-0). A few of us were at both matches including an overnight stop in a hotel in Middlesbrough where the team was also staying. Looking at the line-ups for the second match we had some players wearing unusual shirt numbers - our centre forward Phil Brown was number three, our left-back Chris Withe wore nine and central defender Darron Clyde was number eleven. If I remember rightly it was something to do with players having preferences in terms of short sleeved shirts versus long sleeves, and the fact that we'd had two games in two days had left us short of shirts with the right sleeve length and number combination. The Boston fans though were scratching our heads though when our team line-up was read out.
We did lose both games as you say, but I think that was the afternoon I won the golden goal at Bishop Auckland so it wasn't all bad news!
I also saw a double header a few years ago when there were back-to-back schoolboy internationals at Leicester's Filbert Street. England schoolboys lost to Germany on penalties, and I think Spain played Italy in the other match.
