Boston United F.C.

The club was founded in 1933 as a successor to a club called Boston Town. Their first game was a 3–1 defeat at home to Grimsby Reserves on 26 August 1933, when a crowd of 1,544 watched Boston's no.7, Blessed, score United's first ever goal. They then had a moderate amount of success in various leagues, including the Midland League and Southern League. The club's FA cup run of 1955–56 included a 6–1 victory at Derby County, then playing in Third Division North, with Geoff Hazledine scoring a hat-trick. This was a record away win by a non-League team against League opponents in the FA Cup. This set up a Third round match against Tottenham Hotspur of the Football League First Division at White Hart Lane on 7 January 1956. The match against Tottenham Hotspur was played in front of a crowd of 46,185. The Pilgrims lost 4–0, but the match was more notable for the travelling support. Over 10,000 Boston supporters attended the game. A number of special train services from Boston to King's Cross were set up for the day. They were founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968, of which they were champions four times, and of the Alliance Premier League (now the National League) in 1979. However, their Northern Premier League title wins were not enough to gain them election to the Football League, and when they won the title in 1978 they surprisingly missed out on league status in favour of runners-up Wigan Athletic, who took the Football League place previously held by…

Below is a list of Boston United managers in chronological order:

Source: League

Football Conference (level 5) Champions: 2001–02 National League North (level 6) Play-off winners: 2024 Southern League Champions: 1999–2000 Runners-up: 1998–99 Northern Premier League Champions: 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78 Runners-up: 1995–96, 1997–98 West Midlands League Champions: 1966–67, 1967–68 United Counties League Champions: 1965–66 Central Alliance League Champions: 1961–62 Cup

FA Trophy Runners-up: 1984–85 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup Winners: 1973–74, 1975–76, 2009–10 Northern Premier League Challenge Shield Winners: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78 Lincolnshire Senior Cup Winners: 1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89, 2005–06, 2025–26 Non-League Champions of Champions Cup Winners: 1972–73, 1976–77 East Anglian Cup Winners: 1960–61 Eastern Professional Floodlight League Winners: 1971–72