2005–06 Boston United F.C. season

Boston United
2005–06 season
ChairmanJon Sotnick
ManagerSteve Evans
League Two11th
FA CupSecond round
League CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Julian Joachim (16)
Highest home attendance4,476 (vs. Lincoln City)
Lowest home attendance1,924 (vs. Carlisle United)
Average home league attendance2487

During the 2005–06 English football season, Boston United competed in Football League Two.

Season summary

Boston United managed an 11th-placed final finish in League Two.[1]

Squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ENG Lee Canoville
3 DF  SCO Austin McCann
4 DF  ENG Paul Ellender (captain)
6 DF  ENG Alan White
7 MF  ENG Brad Maylett
10 MF  ENG Jamie Clarke
11 MF  ENG Chris Holland
12 MF  SCO Simon Rusk
14 MF  ENG David Galbraith
15 DF  ENG Mark Greaves (vice-captain)
16 MF  ENG Danny Thomas
17 MF  ENG Stewart Talbot
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  ENG Julian Joachim
20 MF  ENG Steve Melton
21 MF  ENG Rob Norris
22 FW  ENG Peter Till (on loan from Birmingham City)
23 FW  ENG Lawrie Dudfield
24 DF  ENG Ashley Edkins
25 DF  ENG Gary Silk (on loan from Portsmouth)
26 GK  ENG Chris Wright
27 MF  ENG Richard Chinn
30 GK  IRL Conrad Logan (on loan from Leicester City)
40 MF  ENG Paul Raynor (assistant-manager)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ENG Nathan Abbey (to Bristol City)
5 DF  ENG Ben Futcher (to Grimsby Town)
8 MF  ENG David Noble (to Bristol City)
8 MF  ENG Asa Hall (on loan from Birmingham City)
9 FW  ENG Jason Lee (to Northampton Town)
9 FW  ENG Jermaine McSporran (on loan from Doncaster Rovers)
10 FW  ENG Daryl Clare (to Crawley)
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW  ENG Francis Green (on loan from Lincoln City)
14 DF  ENG Gavin Johnson (to Northampton Town)
18 FW  ENG Noel Whelan (to Livingston)
22 MF  ENG Ian Ross (on loan from Sheffield United)
25 GK  NED Michel Kuipers (on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion)
27 FW  ENG James Keene (on loan from Portsmouth)

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Peterborough United 46 17 11 18 57 49 +8 62
10 Shrewsbury Town 46 16 13 17 55 55 0 61
11 Boston United 46 15 16 15 50 60 −10 61
12 Bristol Rovers 46 17 9 20 59 67 −8 60
13 Wrexham 46 15 14 17 61 54 +7 59
Source:
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

Results

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Transfers

In

Out

Statistics

See also

References

  1. ^ Sutcliffe, Richard; Chisnall, Craig (21 May 2020). "The club who paid their players one amount and told the taxman it was less". The Athletic. Retrieved 2 June 2025. Their five-year stint in the League was far from a success for Boston, with 11th-place finishes in 2004 and 2006 as good as it got amid constant upheaval in the boardroom and plans to build a new stadium that barely got further than the drawing board.