Boston United v Worksop Town. UniBond League - Premier Division

Tuesday 13th October 2009. UniBond League - Premier Division
The Jakemans Stadium, York Street, Boston

Boston United (0) 2 (Davidson 59, Newsham 90)
Worksop Town (0) 0

Admission £10. Programme £2.50. Attendance 1137
Strange but true ... The Eagles Fish and Chip Shop, possibly the purveyors of the finest tasting Cod in the known universe, is just up the road from the apparently named 'Jakeman Stadium', but still people eat football ground food when they visit Boston.
I really enjoyed my pre match 'Chippy Tea' and sat at the next table from us was Derek Griffiths, famed for his sterling work in Cabbages and Kings, Play Away and Play School alongside such luminaries as Johnny Ball and Brian Cant.
At least it looked like him.
It all started so well for Worksop, they looked to be carrying on where they had left off on Saturday and their shock troops of an unexpected invasion tactics had Boston on the back foot and struggling to cope for a while.
But then the while fizzled out and the home side grew stronger ... and stronger ... and stronger!
Tom Evans in the Boston goal saved brilliantly from Tomlinson as Worksop threw everything but the kitchen sink at him early on, but tonight will be remembered for the goalkeeping heroics at the other end of the pitch.
BTW, any invasion has to be unexpected for troops to be considered anything even resembling a shock, please excuse my poor diction and grammatical faux pas.
Man of the match: Jon Kennedy - Worksop Town's goalkeeper.
Hmm, I wrote that as soon as I got back in from the game and uploaded a few pictures from my mobile phone onto the blog before I went to bed, because that sentence kind of summed up the rest of the game.
He put on an awesome show, displaying why Blackpool and Sunderland have both had Kennedy on their books since he was first at Worksop. Without him between the sticks tonight, Worksop would've been completely routed ... fact!
I'm told, Jon was on the verge of packing in playing after the end of last season, but Peter Rinkcavage convinced him to join Worksop Town instead. Maybe next time somebody feels like launching a verbal volley Rinky's way they should consider things like that first, hmm????
The first goal game on 59 minutes, inevitably, because my golden goal ticket had 59 minutes printed on it along with word 'Away' instead of 'Home' which lost me £75, bugger!
Danny Davidson lashed the ball home off of the underside of the crossbar following a corner for Boston which was headed on into the danger zone by Anthony Church. At this point the Pilgrims were dominant and only a stiff rearguard action by Worksop's defence and Kennedy's heroics were keeping the score looking respectable for the visitors.

Boston go 2-0 ahead in the 90th minute in a pixelated fashion

Besides Jon Kennedy, the other player who impressed me the most was Marc Newsham of Boston. Davidson won their man of the match as announced over the public address system, but it was Newsham's tireless running, hard graft and movement that allowed him so much room and scope to shine. Newsham wouldn't have minded though, because he smacked home a close range volley to kill off the game, but not until the very last minute, such was Kennedy's defiant stand against a completely dominant home side in the second half.

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Footnote:
As we walked into the club car park from 'The Eagles' one of my travelling companions asked me if I wanted a programme ... I didn't realise until after the game that it had cost them £2.50.
TWO POUNDS AND FIFTY PENCE for a Unibond League match programme!?
Shame on you Boston United.
Draw your own conclusion about whether £10 is a just and fair admission price to pay at this level too.
The price structure at Boston United is a real pity, because I actually like this run down old ground, the social club is excellent, there is a great chip shop just up the road and in fairness to BUFC they play some good football in patches ... but the Pilgrims have to accept that they're not up in the Football League any more or even the top two tiers of the non league game and they should introduce a price structure more in keeping with their current status. I appreciate that they have big bills to pay (other clubs could do with a bit extra too, for a whole myriad of reasons) but a tenner to watch Unibond League football ... Nein Danke!!!
Referee?
OK, kicking the ball away when your team has just conceded a free kick is indeed a bookable offence. But can anybody explain to me why a Worksop player was booked for tapping the ball away (like he should've been) when his team were pulled up for an infringement, but a Boston player who was flagged for being offside wasn't booked (like he should've been) for kicking the ball away nonchalantly and so hard it hit the underside of the stand roof? And did the fact that the Referee was called Mr Dexter have any bearing on this?
Neither decision altered the course of the game incidentally, I just thought I'd mention it.
Best team won.
Kennedy played a blinder.
'The Eagles' never fails to satisfy.
So where are we going tomorrow night?