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                                  BOSTON UNITED
                                  v CHESTERFIELD
  WEDNESDAY 20TH JANUARY 2021 | KICK-OFF: 19:45 | THE BUILDBASE FA TROPHY FOURTH ROUND
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David Newton
FROM THE
BOARDROOM
UNITED CHAIRMAN DAVID NEWTON LOOKS AHEAD TO THIS EVENING’S FA TROPHY TIE

Good evening everyone and the              play for as the season progresses,       the nicest men you could meet –
warmest of welcomes to this                but we will need to continue             and it is devastating to lose him. Our
evening’s FA Trophy fourth round           to adapt to the ever-changing            continued thoughts are with Pauline
fixture against Chesterfield. Like         circumstances.                           and the family.
so many fixtures this season,              My thanks must go to Craig               When I wrote my Boxing Day notes,
this has taken a little time to get        Singleton who is constantly re-          this area had one of the highest
scheduled, but hopefully will go           organising games, which of course        Covid infection rates in the country,
ahead this evening without any             is getting harder and harder as the      but today the rate has fallen
issues.                                    fixtures mount up.                       drastically and is now well below the
Chesterfield are a huge club to be         It will be interesting to see how        national average, which is fantastic
playing in the National League, but        we fare against an experienced           news, but of course we all must
the leagues at this level are very         National League side this evening,       continue to do our bit to ensure
difficult to get out of, and I am sure     but of course a number of our            that trend continues – and we take
that will be their main focus as the       players were in fact National League     as much pressure off the NHS as
season moves forward.                      players last season, so hopefully        possible.
Tonight, the league pressures are          their experience will help during        2020 was a very difficult year
off, and the players can focus on a        the game. The fantastic FA Cup run       and, with the current lockdown
‘one-off’ game where winner-takes-         last season gave the whole town a        restrictions, it can feel like things
all.                                       lift, so hopefully we can keep this FA   are not improving, but of course
Like ourselves, Chesterfield have          Trophy run going to give everyone        they are. We do still need to do
had a stop-start season, only              something to cheer about at this         everything to stem the spread of
completing 15 games (ourselves             difficult time.                          the virus, but the Government have
13), which is making life very difficult   On a positive note, we were pleased      done a fantastic job to get so many
for the players and management             to secure the signature of Jake          vaccination centres up-and-running
team who are finding that their            Wright last week, with Jake having       and, at the time of writing these
plans are continuously having              fought back from the injury he           notes, close to four million people
to be changed. The players are             picked up in the play-off games last     have received the vaccine in the first
not getting a run of games – and                                                    couple of weeks – and more centres
                                           season. Club physio Hayden Clifton
                                                                                    are opening.
therefore match fitness that they          has worked hard with Jake over the
need. This frustratingly is also           ensuing months to ensure he can          Assuming the vaccine supplies can
leading to injuries that we are            resume his career and we all hope        keep pace, we can look forward to a
having to manage, which included           that things go well for Jake after a     much better second half of the year,
the loss of Tom Platt in the Bradford      couple of frustrating seasons where      where hopefully we can get back
Park Avenue fixture, which is a real       he has been unfortunate to pick up       to some normality and, of course,
blow as Tom was only just back after       a few injuries. It’s great to have you   prevent the illness and tragic deaths
a fairly lengthy lay-off.                  back Jake – good luck!                   we are seeing at the present time.
As Craig Elliott has said many times,      These are my first programme             So stay positive - there are better
this is a season like no other. That       notes since we learned that Boston       times ahead!
said, we are privileged to be playing      United Supporters Association            Let us hope that we have a cracking
football when all the leagues below        chairman Glen Chapman had                cup tie this evening and everyone
have been suspended and now                sadly passed away. As I said in the      has a safe journey home.
sadly look like they are going to be       club’s tribute to Glen at the time,      Look after each other – and stay
terminated. We also remain in the          aside from him carrying out his          safe and well.
play-off positions with games in           role with BUSA with diligence and        David Newton
hand, so there is still everything to      professionalism, he was just one of      Chairman
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Craig Elliott
THE
MANAGER
 MANAGER CRAIG ELLIOTT LOOKS AHEAD TO THE FA TROPHY FIXTURE AGAINST CHESTERFIELD.

I would like to extend a warm               “OUR LAST PERFORMANCE AWAY AT BRADFORD PARK
welcome to Chesterfield FC –                AVENUE RESULTED IN A 1-1 DRAW AND ON REFLECTION
and I hope that all players and             WE JUST DID NOT GET THE VITAL FIRST GOAL THAT WE
management enjoy their first
                                            NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF.
visit to our new stadium.
When the draw was made for the FA
                                           prove vital. It keeps us unbeaten in    try to play as many games as we can.
Trophy, I knew this was probably one
                                           eight games and hopefully we can        There are plenty of rumours
of the most difficult ties we could
                                           build on this unbeaten run tonight.     circulating in the non-league world
have got. It is a tie that instantly
makes me miss the supporters               We unfortunately yet again suffered     of football and it’s never-ending
as I know this game would have             a postponement on Saturday away         speculation as to whether this
had a large turnout from both              at Alfreton Town due to the adverse     season will end or have a break. All
clubs and generated a real cup tie         weather. It was probably inevitable     I would say is I have tried to be as
atmosphere. However, it still brings a     with the snow and rain but still left   positive as we can and be as flexible
lot of excitement and it is nice to be     us all frustrated and facing another    as we can as it was always going
presented with the opportunity to          blank weekend.                          to be a season like none of us has
challenge ourselves against what will    We have had a couple of good              experienced before.
probably be a team challenging for      training sessions and the extra time       At times this is difficult as we are
promotion in the league above.          also helped a few injuries clear up.       only human and some of the
You can clearly see they have had       We now begin a remarkably busy             restrictions and stop start nature
that bounce effect of a new manager period of games where we play every            of games has been difficult to
and with impressive recruitment         midweek and there is no doubt this         deal with. But as manager and my
over the last month or so they will     will be a testing time for us as we try    message to the players is that we
come here full of confidence and        to keep everybody fit and fresh as we      will continue to prepare and focus
with a lot of quality in their team. We                                            as professionally as we can until we
can embrace the opportunity to try                                                 are told otherwise. Let other people
to progress in this competition and                                                make decisions and it’s important
as underdogs we have absolutely                                                    we just control what we can and that
nothing to lose and give it everything                                             is training and our performances.
we have to try get into the last 16. If                                            I just hope the people making the
successful, we have more National                                                  decisions can make them swiftly to
League opposition but that is to                                                   give us all peace of mind.
concentrate on later.
                                                                                   I just want to thank the supporters
Our last performance away at                                                       for your continued support. It does
Bradford Park Avenue resulted in a                                                 not go unnoticed and although
1-1 draw and on reflection we just                                                 you are not here, your words of
did not get the vital first goal that we                                           encouragement on social media or
needed, especially in the first half.                                              private messages are very much
The game was played in horrendous                                                  appreciated. Please stay positive and
conditions and it was credit to both                                               safe and I am sure you will be back
teams that we both tried to continue                                               with us soon.
to play good football. It’s never an
easy place to go, as York City found                                               Enjoy the game.
out the week before, so in the end,                                                Craig Elliott
I feel it is an away point that might                                              Manager

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MATCH                BY       MATCH
                                First team fixtures, results and line-ups
                                                         ATTENDANCE
DATE       COMP OPPOSITION                       RESULT TOTAL AWAY POS
OCTOBER 2020
SAT 3      FAC2Q    AFC MANSFIELD            H   W4-2    N/A   N/A    - FITZSIMONS       WARREN     SHIELS 1    GIBBENS       ASKEW        THANOJ
TUE 6       NLN     LEAMINGTON               A   W4-0    N/A   N/A    1 FITZSIMONS y      TOOTLE    SHIELS 1   GARNER 1 y    DUXBURY       THANOJ
SAT 24      NLN     AFC TELFORD UNITED       H   W3-2    N/A   N/A    5 FITZSIMONS        TOOTLE    SHIELS y   GARNER 1     DUXBURY y      THANOJ
TUE 27      NLN     GUISELEY                 H   D1-1    N/A   N/A    3 FITZSIMONS        TOOTLE     SHIELS    GARNER y     DUXBURY y      DIMAIO
SAT 31      NLN     SOUTHPORT                A   W1-0    N/A   N/A    3 FITZSIMONS       TOOTLE y    SHIELS     GARNER       DUXBURY       THANOJ
NOVEMBER 2020
SAT 28       NLN    AFC FYLDE                A    L1-2   N/A   N/A    13    FITZSIMONS   TOOTLE     SHIELS      GARNER       DUXBURY       PRESTON
DECEMBER 2020
TUE 1       NLN     GLOUCESTER CITY          A   D0-0    N/A   N/A    14    FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE    SHIELS y    GARNER       DUXBURY        THANOJ
SAT 5       NLN     CHORLEY                  H   L0-2    N/A   N/A    13    FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE    SHIELS y   GARNER y      DUXBURY        THANOJ
TUE 8       NLN     BLYTH SPARTANS           A   W1-0    N/A   N/A    11    FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE     SHIELS    GARNER 1       ASKEW         THANOJ
SAT 12      NLN     CHESTER FC               H   D0-0    N/A   N/A    12    FITZSIMONS   TOOTLE y    SHIELS     GARNER       DUXBURY        THANOJ
MON 14     FAT R2   EVESHAM UNITED           A   W3-0    370   N/A     -       CROOK     WARREN      SHIELS     GARNER      LEESLEY 1 y    PRESTON
SAT 16     FAT R3   AFC FYLDE                H   D1-1*   N/A   N/A     -    FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE     SHIELS      BIRD        DUXBURY       PRESTON
SAT 26      NLN     ALFRETON TOWN            H   W2-0    N/A   N/A     6    FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE    SHIELS y     BIRD        DUXBURY       PRESTON
MON 28      NLN     FARSLEY CELTIC           A   W4-0    N/A   N/A     3    FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE     SHIELS      BIRD        DUXBURY      PRESTON 1
JANUARY 2021
TUE 5       NLN     KETTERING TOWN           H   D2-2    N/A   N/A    6     FITZSIMONS    TOOTLE    SHIELS 1     BIRD        DUXBURY      PRESTON
MON 11      NLN     BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     A    D1-1   N/A   N/A    6     FITZSIMONS   TOOTLE y    SHIELS      BIRD        DUXBURY       THANOJ
WED 20     FAT R4   CHESTERFIELD             H   19:45
SAT 23      NLN     BRACKLEY TOWN            H   15:00
TUE 26      NLN     ALFRETON TOWN            A   19:45
SAT 30      NLN     HEREFORD FC              H   15:00
FEBRUARY 2021
TUE 2        NLN    GATESHEAD                A   19:45
SAT 6        NLN    CURZON ASHTON/FATR5      A   15:00
TUE 9        NLN    KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS   H   19:45
SAT 13       NLN    GUISELEY                 A   15:00
TUE 16       NLN    DARLINGTON               A   19:45
SAT 20       NLN    LEAMINGTON               H   15:00
TUE 23       NLN    YORK CITY                H   19:45
SAT 27
MARCH 2021
             NLN    AFC TELFORD UNITED       A   15:00
                                                                          LEAGUE TABLE 2020/21
TUE 2        NLN    SPENNYMOOR TOWN          H   19:45
SAT 6        NLN    BRADFORD PARK AVENUE     H   15:00                     #                                     Pl W D L            F    A    GD    Pts
SAT 13       NLN    DARLINGTON               H   15:00                     1    GLOUCESTER CITY                  17 10 4 3          35    21   14    34
SAT 20       NLN    CHORLEY                  A   15:00                     2    CHESTER                          17 8 4 5           32    24    8    28
TUE 23       NLN    KETTERING TOWN           A   19:45                     3    AFC FYLDE                        14 8 3 3           23    15    8    27
SAT 27       NLN    AFC FYLDE                H   15:00
                                                                           4    KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS           15 7 4 4           24    17    7    25
APRIL 2021                                                                 5    BRACKLEY TOWN                    14 6 6 2           20    16    4    24
FRI 2        NLN    SPENNYMOOR TOWN          A   15:00
MON 5        NLN    BLYTH SPARTANS           H   15:00
                                                                           6    BOSTON UNITED                    13 6 5 2           20    10   10    23
SAT 10       NLN    CHESTER FC               A   15:00                     7    YORK CITY                        12 6 4 2           21    14    7    22
TUE 13       NLN    GLOUCESTER CITY          H   19:45                     8    LEAMINGTON                       15 5 7 3           22    20    2    22
SAT 17       NLN    SOUTHPORT                H   15:00                     9    CHORLEY                          16 6 4 6           19    22    -3   22
SAT 24       NLN    KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS   A   15:00                     10   GATESHEAD                        14 6 3 5           17    15     2   21
MAY 2021                                                                   11   FARSLEY CELTIC                   17 5 6 6           21    26    -5   21
SAT 1        NLN    FARSLEY CELTIC           H   15:00
MON 3        NLN    YORK CITY                A   15:00
                                                                           12   SPENNYMOOR TOWN                  13 5 5 3           18    14     4   20
SAT 8        NLN    GATESHEAD                H   15:00                     13   AFC TELFORD UNITED               17 5 4 8           17    23    -6   19
SAT 15       NLN    BRACKLEY TOWN            A   15:00                     14   BRADFORD (PARK AVENUE)           16 4 6 6           26    30    -4   18
SAT 22       NLN    HEREFORD FC              A   15:00                     15   HEREFORD                         12 4 5 3           18    16     2   17
SAT 29       NLN    CURZON ASHTON            H   15:00                     16   CURZON ASHTON                    17 4 5 8           18    26    -8   17
* WON 4-2 ON PENALTIES                                                     17   SOUTHPORT                        14 4 4 6           16    19    -3   16
                                                                           18   KETTERING TOWN                   14 3 6 5           21    23    -2   15
                                                                           19   DARLINGTON                       11 4 1 6           17    11     6   13
                                                                           20   GUISELEY                         15 3 3 9           17    22    -5   12
                                                                           21   ALFRETON TOWN                    15 2 6 7           15    27   -12   12
                                                                           22   BLYTH SPARTANS                   14 1 3 10          10    36   -26    6

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CH 2020/21                                                                              KEY: GOALSCORER 1 | y BOOKED | y SENT OFF | $ OWN GOAL
                                                                                         SUB 1 | SUB 2 | SUB 3 | SUB 4 | CUP FIXTURES – YELLOW’
                                                               NLN - NATIONAL LEAGUE NORTH | FAT - THE FA BUILDBASE TROPHY | FAC - EMIRATES FA CUP

 PLATT y      DIMAIO       THEWLIS    BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE 1        CROOK     PRESTON 1    TOOTLE          GREEN       ARCHER     DUXBURY        GARNER
  PLATT      GREEN 1 y     PRESTON     BURROW   HAWKRIDGE                    WARREN      DIMAIO         THEWLIS 1    ARCHER      ASKEW
  PLATT       GREEN       THEWLIS 1   BURROW 1 HAWKRIDGE          CROOK       ASKEW      DIMAIO          ARCHER      WARREN
  PLATT       GREEN        THEWLIS     BURROW HAWKRIDGE 1         CROOK      THANOJ      ASKEW           ARCHER      WARREN
  PLATT       GREEN       THEWLIS 1    BURROW   HAWKRIDGE         CROOK      PRESTON     DIMAIO          ARCHER      WARREN

 ROSE y        GREEN       DIMAIO     BURROW 1   HAWKRIDGE        CROOK       THANOJ     LEESLEY        THEWLIS      ROLLINS

  ROSE         LEESLEY     DIMAIO      BURROW   HAWKRIDGE    CROOK             GREEN     PRESTON        THEWLIS      ROLLINS
  ROSE         ROLLINS     DIMAIO     BURROW     THEWLIS     CROOK            GREEN      PRESTON         LEESLEY    HAWKRIDGE
 GREEN         THEWLIS     DIMAIO      BURROW   HAWKRIDGE                      ROSE      PRESTON        LEESLEY y    ROLLINS    DUXBURY
 ROSE y         GREEN     THEWLIS y   BURROW HAWKRIDGE                        PLATT y    PRESTON         LEESLEY     ROLLINS     DIMAIO
 ROSE y         GREEN      DIMAIO     ROLLINS 1  THEWLIS  FITZSIMONS          PLATT y    DUXBURY         TOOTLE     HAWKRIDGE   BURROW 1
  PLATT         GREEN      LEESLEY    BURROW HAWKRIDGE       CROOK            GARNER     DIMAIO 1       WARREN
 PLATT 1      LEESLEY 1    DIMAIO     BURROW HAWKRIDGE y     CROOK           GARNER y     GREEN         WARREN       ROLLINS
  PLATT       LEESLEY 2    DIMAIO      BURROW   HAWKRIDGE    CROOK           GARNER y     GREEN          WARREN     ROLLINS 1

 PLATT        LEESLEY     DIMAIO y    BURROW 1   HAWKRIDGE                   GARNER       GREEN         THEWLIS      ROLLINS    THANOJ
 PLATT        LEESLEY     THEWLIS 1    BURROW     ROLLINS                    GARNER       GREEN          DIMAIO     HAWKRIDGE   PRESTON

           PLAYER APPEARANCES 2020/21
            CURRENT PLAYERS                  DATE OF BIRTH             APPEARANCES            GOALS               YELLOW CARDS       RED CARDS
            Ross FITZSIMONS                      28/05/1994                 15 (0)                  0                   1                  0
            Matt TOOTLE                          11/10/1990                 14 (0)                  0                   3                  0
            Scott DUXBURY                        02/05/1995                 14 (0)                  0                   4                  0
            Tom PLATT                            01/10/1993                 10 (2)                  1                   4                  0
            Scott GARNER                         20/09/1989                 10 (3)                  3                   4                  0
            Luke SHIELS                          21/09/1989                 16 (0)                  3                   4                  0
            Andi THANOJ                          19/12/1992                  9 (1)                  0                   0                  0
            Paul GREEN                           10/04/1983                  9 (4)                  1                   2                  0
            Jordan BURROW                        12/09/1992                 15 (1)                  5                   0                  0
            Jordan THEWLIS                       24/10/1992                  9 (4)                  4                   0                  1
            Jay ROLLINS                          01/06/1994                  3 (6)                  2                   0                  0
            Pierce BIRD                          16/04/1999                  5 (0)                  0                   0                  0
            Peter CROOK                          22/04/1994                  1 (0)                  0                   0                  0
            Lewis GIBBENS                        10/11/1999                  1 (0)                  0                   0                  0
            Tyrell WARREN                        05/10/1998                  2 (3)                  0                   0                  0
            Josh ASKEW                           20/02/1998                  2 (0)                  0                   0                  0
            Connor DIMAIO                        28/01/1996                 10 (3)                  1                   1                  0
            Terry HAWKRIDGE                      23/02/1990                 13 (2)                  2                   1                  0
            Jordan ARCHER                        15/10/1993                 0 (4)                   0                   0                  0
            Mitch ROSE                           04/07/1994                 5 (0)                   0                   2                  1
            Jake FRESTLE                         11/12/2002                 0 (0)                   0                   0                  0
            Fraser PRESTON                       05/03/1999                 7 (5)                   2                   1                  0
            Joe LEESLEY                          29/03/1994                 7 (4)                   4                   2                  0
            Jake WRIGHT                          11/09/1996                 0 (0)                   0                   0                  0
                                                  10/11/1999

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Richard Collins
PILGRIMS PUZZLER
RICHARD COLLINS BRINGS YOU ANOTHER ROUND OF FOOTBALL TRIVIA

WORLD                                           DOMESTIC                                           BOSTON
FOOTBALL                                        FOOTBALL                                           UNITED
                                                Q6 For which team did Edwin                        Q11 Which
                                                       Stein make more than 500                          manager
                                                       club appearances between                          stated in
                                                       1982 and 1993?                                    a press
                                                                                                         interview in
                                                                                                         1993 that
                                                                                                         “Scottish
                                                                                                         football
                                                                                                         wouldn’t
                                                                                                         be right
                                                                                                         for Paul
Q1 Which French side did David                                                                           Gascoigne”
    Luiz play for between his two                                                                        but
    separate stints with Chelsea?                                                                        then signed him for Glasgow
Q2 Just                                                                                                  Rangers five years later?
    Fontaine                                    Q7 Which striker played for                        Q12 Apart from Boston United,
    scored a                                           Southall in the 1984 FA Vase                      which club side do Winston
    record 13                                          Final at Wembley, later playing                   Campbell, Peter Carr, Paul
    goals for                                          for a number of top flight                        Cavell, Steve Circuit, Martyn
    France                                             clubs in England as well as                       Gill, Neil Grayson, Jim Kabia
    during the                                         earning full international caps?                  and Doug Newton all share in
    1958 World                                                                                           common?
                                                Q8 Which (then) Conference team
    Cup Finals.
                                                       went out of business midway                 Q13 From which club did the
    But in which country was he
                                                       through the 1988-1989                             Pilgrims originally sign defender
    born?
                                                       season and had their record                       Lee Canoville as a player in
Q3 Who scored a memorable goal                         expunged from the final                           2005?
    for Italy against West Germany                     league table?
    in the 1982 World Cup Final                                                                    Q14 In 2018, Harrogate Town
                                                Q9 Where did                                             recalled midfielder Liam Agnew
    and later went on to manage
    the Egyptian national side as                      Leicester City                                    from his loan spell at Boston
    well as having a five-year stint                   midfielder                                        United, only to immediately
    as assistant manager of the                        James                                             send him out on loan again to
    Republic of Ireland?                               Maddison                                          another club in the same league
                                                       begin his                                         as Boston. Who was the second
Q4 Who became the first Croatian                       playing                                           loan spell with?
    player to appear in top flight                     career?
    English football after he                                                                      Q15 When Neil Thompson earned
    signed for Derby County in                  Q10 Who became Charlton                                  promotion to the Football
    1995?                                              Athletic’s youngest-ever player                   League with Boston United, it
                                                       when he appeared for the                          was the second time that he
Q5 Who scored the winning                              club aged 16 in 2008, and has                     had clinched the Conference
    goal for Spain against the                         since played for Liverpool,                       title. Which other club had he
    Netherlands in the 2010 World                      Newcastle United and                              previously reached the Football
    Cup Final?                                         England?                                          League with?
      County; Q9 Coventry City; Q10 Jonjo Shelvey; Q11 Walter Smith; Q12 Stafford Rangers; Q13 Torquay United; Q14 York City; Q15 Scarborough.
      ANSWERS: Q1 Paris St Germain; Q2 Morocco; Q3 Marco Tardelli; Q4 Igor Stimac; Q5 Andres Iniesta; Q6 Barnet; Q7 Les Ferdinand; Q8 Newport

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Christian James
STATISTICALLY
SPEAKING
CHRISTIAN JAMES LOOKS AT UNITED FACING RARE OPPOSITION – INCLUDING TONIGHT’S VISITORS

United and Chesterfield may                   “AS CHESTERFIELD MAKE A SECOND APPEARANCE ON
have faced off many a time                  BOSTON’S FIXTURE LIST AFTER A TOUCH OVER 46 YEARS,
in pre-season action, but this                 THE GAP BETWEEN CONTESTS IS A LITTLE LESS THAN
evening sees just a second
                                            THAT OF THE TWO GAMES AGAINST CREWE ALEXANDRA
competitive meeting between
                                             AND BOTH ARE TRUMPED BY A 51-YEAR WAIT TO MEET
the sides. With 46-and-a-bit
seasons between games there
                                                              SHEFFIELD FC FOR A SECOND TIME.”
are only a pair of sides Boston
have met on two occasions with            trumped by a 51-year wait to meet       While competitive contests between
more time between contests.               Sheffield FC for a second time.         Boston and Chesterfield may have
The Pilgrims’ 1974-1975 campaign          Boston and Crewe traded FA Cup          been severely limited, links between
saw the side finish a disappointing       victories across the years – the        the clubs are rather strong. Current
12th after back-to-back Northern          hosts winning a 1935 tie 4-2 at         squad members Fitzsimons, Tootle,
Premier League titles, and Keith          Gresty Road before Chris Cook           Burrow and Dimaio are all former
Jobling’s side lost out to Chesterfield   inspired a Pilgrims win in 1982.        Spireites while the clubs have met
in the first round of the FA Cup (3-1     Sheffield FC’s UniBond League Cup       in friendly action as recently as 2018
at Saltergate) after a qualifying win     visit in 2010 meanwhile saw Boston      (pictured).
against Enderby Town. Alan Tewley         continue their 100 percent record      United legend Jim Kabia was
scored in both games and older            over the world’s oldest football club  signed for a four-figure fee from
fans will tell you Tewley was cruelly     after a 3-0 FA Cup win in the late     Chesterfield, stalwarts John Moyes
denied a historic FA Cup goal earlier     50s.                                   and Geoff Snade before him also
in 1974 as the Baseball Ground            Surprisingly, the gap between          joined from the Derbyshire side;
mud stopped his late header to            encounters with AFC Mansfield          Albert Phelan and Ray Middleton
keep First Division Derby in the          (three years and three days) is fifth both spent plenty of time there
competition.                              on our list of clubs the Pilgrims have before both going on to manage
As Chesterfield make a second             played exactly twice: the 26 years     the Pilgrims.
appearance on Boston’s fixture list       between facing Boston FC in the        A first appearance in the Last 16
after a touch over 46 years, the          1970 FA Cup and a 1996 Mather          stage of the FA Trophy since 1998
gap between contests is a little less     Cup game (the opposition by now        awaits a United side undefeated
than that of the two games against        renamed Boston Town) completes         in eight but looking to rediscover
Crewe Alexandra and both are              our top five.                          some feel good factor after a
                                                                                 spluttering start to 2021 on the
                                                                                 actually-playing-any-games front.
                                                                                 Many will argue the competition is
                                                                                 a distraction United do not need
                                                                                 with so many league matches left
                                                                                 to play, but now just four wins from
                                                                                 Wembley the chances of a second
                                                                                 ever appearance at the home of
                                                                                 football begin to widen considerably
                                                                                 if the hosts make it through tonight.
                                                                                  Enjoy the game.
                                                                                  Christian James
                                                                                  @bostonutdstats

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THE PILGRIM BOSTON UNITED v CHESTERFIELD
THE TEAMS
                                                                    BOSTON UNITED
                                                                    FOOTBALL CLUB
            Wednesday 20th January 2021 | 19:45                     Jakemans Community Stadium
               Buildbase FA Trophy Round 4                          Pilgrim Way, Wyberton
                                                                    Boston PE21 7NE
BOSTON UNITED                      CHESTERFIELD                     CLUB DIRECTORY
 MANAGER: CRAIG ELLIOTT            MANAGER: JAMES ROWE              President: John Blackwell
                                                                    Chairman: David Newton
    ROSS FITZSIMONS         01     1    Kyle LETHEREN               Vice-Chairman: Neil Kempster
          MATT TOOTLE       02     2    George CARLINE              Director: Chris Cook
       SCOTT DUXBURY        03     3    David BUCHANAN              Chief Executive: Mike Hardy
             TOM PLATT      04     4    Josef YARNEY                Club Secretary: Craig Singleton
        SCOTT GARNER        05     5    Will EVANS                  General Manager: Rebecca Barker
                                                                    Office Administrator: Claire Bennett
            LUKE SHIELS     06     6    Laurence MAGUIRE
                                                                    Head Chef & Catering Manager: Phil Pack
          ANDI THANOJ       07     7    Joe ROWLEY                  Head Groundsman: Jim Portas
            PAUL GREEN      08     8    Curtis WESTON               First Team Manager: Craig Elliott
     JORDAN BURROW          09     9    Akwasi ASANTE               Assistant Manager: John McDermott
      JORDAN THEWLIS        10     10   Liam MANDEVILLE             First Team Coach: Lee Stratford
            JAY ROLLINS      11    11   Marcus DINANGA              Goalkeeping Coach: Rich Lawrence
                                                                    Chief Scout: Richard Boryszczuk
          PETER CROOK       13     12   Luke CODDINGTON
                                                                    Head of Medical: Hayden Clifton
        LEWIS GIBBENS       14     13   Milan BUTTERFIELD
       TYRELL WARREN        15     15   Joel TAYLOR                 THE PILGRIM
                                                                    Programme Editor: Craig Singleton
     CONNOR DIMAIO          17     16   Jack CLARKE
                                                                    Photography: Tim Hoff, Russell Dossett,
   TERRY HAWKRIDGE          18     17   Jak McCOURT                 Eric Brown, Oliver Atkin, Jake Whiteley
            MITCH ROSE      19     18   Nathan TYSON                Design: Mark Tomlinson (Full Circles)
           JAKE FRESTLE     20     19   Scott BODEN                 Print: PDM - Print Digital Media
      FRASER PRESTON        21     22   Tom WHELAN                  DISCLAIMER
            JOE LEESLEY     22     23   Jonathan SMITH              The views expressed within this
           JAKE WRIGHT      24     24   Tom DENTON                  programme are not necessarily those
                                   26   Haydn HOLLIS                of Boston United Football Club, the
                                                                    board of directors or the editor.
                                   28   Alex WHITTLE
                                   29   Martin SMITH                FA RULE 2.13
                                   30   Regan HUTCHINSON            Club Name:
                                                                    Boston United Football Club Limited
                                   31   Dylan WHARTON
                                                                    Company Number:
                                                                    00303529 (Limited by Shares)
                    MATCH OFFICIALS                                 Primary Shareholders:
                 Referee: David Richardson                          Boston United Holding Company Limited
       Assistant Referees: Matt Morrison & Alan Hull                (06552437) - primary shareholder
              Fourth Official: Andrew Hitchcox                      David Sydney Newton; Anthony Dowse;
                                                                    Chestnut Homes Limited (02757691)
              FORTHCOMING FIXTURES                                  - primary shareholder David Sydney
            NEXT AT HOME           NEXT ON THE ROAD                 Newton.
                                                                                Boston United would like to
                                                                                remind all supporters to refrain
                                                                                from racist, homophobic or
                                                                                discriminative chanting.
             BRACKLEY TOWN         ALFRETON TOWN                          Smoking is not permitted anywhere
     Saturday 23rd January 2021    Tuesday 26th January 2021              inside the Jakemans Community
                 Kick-Off: 15:00   Kick-Off: 19:45                        Stadium and to smoke you need to
Vanarama National League North     Vanarama National League North         be outside the stadium in the Main
                                                                          Car Park.
  Jakemans Community Stadium       Impact Arena
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