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Sat 01 Nov 2025
Moulton Football Club
Men's First Team
15:00
Boston Town

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Richard Eason26 Oct - 16:15

Boston Town are based in Lincolnshire and are members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at Tattershall Road. They are nicknamed ‘The Poachers’ and their away kit is Orange shirts with Black shorts/socks.

The club was established as Boston Football Club in 1964 by former officials of Boston United who were concerned that United's financial problems, which had led them to resign from the Midland League, would force the club to fold. The new club joined the Lincolnshire League, winning the league in their first season. They moved to the Central Alliance the following season, going on to win a second successive league title without losing a match. In 1966 they joined the Eastern Counties League. After finishing sixth in their first season, the club finished second from bottom in 1967–68, forcing them to seek re-election. However, as the club was on the northern edge of the league's geographical boundary, they resigned and moved to the Midland League.

Boston won the Midland League in 1974–75; after completing their league fixtures, they were ahead of Eastwood Town in the table but Eastwood had one match left at Skegness and could overtake Boston if they won. Despite being 3–1 up at half time, Eastwood eventually drew 3–3, meaning Boston were champions. In 1976–77 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 3–1 at Barnsley. They won the Midland League again in 1978–79; in a repeat of the 1974–75 title, Boston finished their fixtures and were top of the table, but Skegness could overtake them if they won their final fixture at Retford Town. However, Skegness lost, resulting in Boston becoming champions.
Boston won their third Midland League title in 1980–81, and in 1982 became members of the Northern Counties East Football League when the Midland League merged with the Yorkshire League. The club were placed in the Premier Division of the new league, but after finishing bottom in 1986–87, dropped into the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League. They won the Central Midlands League in 1988–89, and despite only finishing ninth in 1990–91, were accepted into the Premier Division of the United Counties League. In 1993–94 the club reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase, but lost 2–0 on aggregate to Taunton Town. In 1994 Boston were renamed Boston Town and won the United Counties League in their first season under the new name. They won the league for a second time in 2000–01 and went on to win the League Cup in 2003–04 and again in 2006–07. In 2008–09 Boston won the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy, beating Winterton Rangers in the final. When the
Premier Division was split in 2021, the club were placed in the Premier Division North. Boston won the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy again in 2022–23, defeating Deeping Rangers 2–0 in the final. In 2024–25 they finished fourth in the Premier Division North with 77 pts from their 38 games (24 wins; 5 draws; 9 defeats), qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating Eastwood 2–1 in the semi-finals, they lost the final against Bourne Town 8–7 on penalties.

This season sees ‘The Poachers’ sitting at the top of the UCL Premier Division North with 29 points from their 15 games (9 wins; 2 draws; 4 defeats). Having been defeated in their second game of the season back at the end of July, they had gone on an unbeaten league run of 10 games without defeat. That run stopped a couple of weeks ago (18/10) when they were defeated at home 3-4 by Clay Crosstown in the league. That game saw them lead 3-0 until half way through the second half when their opponent scored 2 goals to make it 3-2. Boston then had a player sent off and their opponents secured the win with 2 injury time goals. Their next match (21/10) saw them defeated again at home v Grantham 0-1 with another of their players receiving a red card after an hour. To add to their woes, they again lost last Saturday (25/10) away at Gresley Rovers 2-0. Prior to these 3 defeats in a row they had won 2-1 away v Blackstones (15/10). They progressed into this round of the Sports Ground Development UCL Cup with an away 2-1 win v Sherwood Colliery at the end of September. They exited the FA Vase back in August when they were defeated 3-1 away v Hucknall Town; the FA Cup in September away 2-0 to Sporting Khalsa.

Saturdays referee is schedule as Stewart Glendenning, another new name to officiate a Moulton match.

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Match date

Sat 01 Nov 2025

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15:00
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