Match 38. Boston Town v Deeping Rangers

Saturday 5^th April 2014 @3pm

United Counties league Premier Division

BOSTON TOWN 2-2 DEEPING RANGERS

Tattershall Road, Boston, Lincs

   

Admission: £5

Programme: £1

Attendance: 83 h/c

Refreshments: Guinness can, £3, Coffee, cheese and Tomato roll & fruit pastilles, £2.20

  

I was originally going to Peterborough Sports as I had arranged a tour of Peterborough Cathedral at 2pm.  But I had an extra passenger in the car as my niece came along as well so left my family 1pm on arrival at Peterborough.  With Boston about 40 minutes away, I decided to visit a ground that has been on my to do list for quite a while.  I even had time for a walk around the market area and viewed the impressive Boston Stump.  I wasn’t disappointed at the ground. There is covered accommodation on 3 sides with seats behind the goal and in a section on one touchline.  The fourth side behind the goal has a covered entrance to the bar, toilets and there is a tea hut that doesn’t sell hot food but does do fresh rolls as well as hot drinks and snacks. There is a large car park as well as a nature park next door.

    

Boston were playing a passing game, but lacking incisiveness.  Deeping Rangers chose to play deep and catch the hosts on the counter attack.  Deeping took the lead on 32 min.  A foul on Alex Best on the right wing allowed him to cross directly into the box where Oliver rose highest to nod in from 8 yards. 2 minutes later a through ball to the on running Oliver who blasted past the keeper from 15 yards to make it 2-0. Boston best chance of the half came just before the break when a shot was cleared off the line by the defender.  I chatted to an old timer at half time who said that he didn’t think that Boston could come back from 2-0.  Ye of little faith! 

   

In the second half, the style remained as before, the task becoming more difficult as no8 Goodhand was anything but as he was send off for pushing the visitor in the face during some handbags at a free kick. From then on, Boston started getting the slice of good fortune. Matt Kennedy ran into the area and was shoulder charged by the right back.  Astonishingly, the ref gave a penalty.  Kennedy picked himself up and slotted the ball in the corner. Shortly afterwards a free kick on the edge of the area was driven without much force but found a gap in the wall and wrong footed the keeper who could only watch it roll into the net. Boston played the neat football but Deeping should really have held on for 3 points.

   

The clubhouse has a large room for visitors and a smaller room for the officials and members. As the TV wasn’t getting a signal, I was allowed in the members bar to watch the Grand National re-run and the final score.