Boston United Football Club are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two.
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| Full name | Boston United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Pilgrims | ||
| Founded | 1933 | ||
| Ground | York Street, Boston | ||
| Capacity | 6,643 | ||
| Chairman | Jon Sotnick | ||
| Manager | Steve Evans | ||
| League | League Two | ||
| 2004-05 | League Two, 16th | ||
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The club was formed in 1933 as a successor to Boston F.C., and had a moderate amount of success in various leagues, including the Midland League and Southern League. 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 Football Conference) in 1979.
Boston finished third in the Conference in 1988-89, but were unable to build on this and were relegated to the NPL in 1993. They transferred again to the Southern League, winning the title in 2000, and went fully professional in 2001. In their first season as a professional club, Boston won the Conference and were promoted to the Football League.
However, in the wake of their promotion, Boston's manager, Steve Evans, and former chairman, Pat Malkinson, were charged with breaking the Football Association's rules over the registration of players. Both men received bans from the FA, and the club were fined and docked four points from their first season in the League. This angered some, especially at Conference runners-up Dagenham & Redbridge, who believed that any points deduction should have applied to the previous season, which would have meant Dagenham being promoted instead. Despite the penalty, Boston survived their first season in the Third Division, finishing in 15th place.
Their main rivals are Lincoln City F.C..
Honours
- FA Trophy runners-up 1984-85
- Football Conference champions 2001-02
- Southern League champions 1999-2000, runners-up 1998-99
- Northern Premier League champions 1972-73, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1997-98, runners-up 1971-72
- Midland League runners-up 1955-56
- Central Alliance League champions 1961-62
- United Counties League champions 1965-66
- West Midlands (Regional) League champions 1966-67, 1967-68