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Badger
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 Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject: Boston |
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How the hell can Boston afford to pay Lilley. Proven goalscorer in Scottish football:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/boston_united/3740533.stm |
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1tom
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Former Leeds man is Derrick Lilley, another failure.
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MacPhail
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Just proof of how bad a state Scottish football is in ! 
Lilley had a good season in the SPL and was interesting Aberdeen among others but obviously a crappy English Division 3 side had more pull .......
Also possibility that Lee Mair of Dundee might be going to Oxford and he's been getting rave reviews the past couple of seasons.
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yorkcity4eva
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| Didn't Cowan move from one of the Dundee's to Carlisle? |
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MacPhail
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| yorkcity4eva wrote: |
| Didn't Cowan move from one of the Dundee's to Carlisle? |
Yes. Yes he did.
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Pulchy Pilgrim
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Boston |
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| Badger wrote: |
| How the hell can Boston afford to pay Lilley. Proven goalscorer in Scottish football. |
Today's edition of The Scotsman is claiming that Boston United "broke the bank" to get Derek Lilley.
Boston broke bank for Del, says Preston
However, the fact that we were prepared to offer him a three-year contract was evidently also a major factor for the player when coming to a decision.
Boston swoop to land Lilley
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MacPhail
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| Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Boston |
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| Pulchy Pilgrim wrote: |
| Badger wrote: |
| How the hell can Boston afford to pay Lilley. Proven goalscorer in Scottish football. |
Today's edition of The Scotsman is claiming that Boston United "broke the bank" to get Derek Lilley.
Boston broke bank for Del, says Preston
However, the fact that we were prepared to offer him a three-year contract was evidently also a major factor for the player when coming to a decision.
Boston swoop to land Lilley
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They'll get their money's worth - he'll be the best player in Division 3 by a mile !
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Donald Burns
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| yorkcity4eva wrote: |
| Didn't Cowan move from one of the Dundee's to Carlisle? |
He only left because Dundee went into liquidation and was released as a cost-cutting exercise
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leeroy
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Donald Burns wrote: |
| yorkcity4eva wrote: |
| Didn't Cowan move from one of the Dundee's to Carlisle? |
He only left because Dundee went into liquidation and was released as a cost-cutting exercise
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Cowan wasn't originally released. He was actually going to be kept but after he heard of our interest in him, went to the administrators and offered to leave the club so one of his team-mates could keep their jobs.
What a thoroughly bloody nice bloke 
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Pulchy Pilgrim
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And Boston's recruitment drive doesn't end there, it seems ....
The Lincolnshire Echo is reporting this morning that the Heart of Midlothian striker Andy Kirk is set to join the Pilgrims in a 3-year deal within the next 24 hours.
Kirk, who celebrates his 25th birthday this Saturday, is a full Northern Ireland international. |
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MacPhail
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Pulchy Pilgrim wrote: |
And Boston's recruitment drive doesn't end there, it seems ....
The Lincolnshire Echo is reporting this morning that the Heart of Midlothian striker Andy Kirk is set to join the Pilgrims in a 3-year deal within the next 24 hours.
Kirk, who celebrates his 25th birthday this Saturday, is a full Northern Ireland international. |
Where the hell are they getting the money ?
Neither of these guys will be badly paid up here and both are getting 3 year deals.
Has someone at Boston won the Lottery or what ? 
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DALEY MAYALL of YE PEST
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| MacPhail wrote: |
| Pulchy Pilgrim wrote: |
And Boston's recruitment drive doesn't end there, it seems ....
The Lincolnshire Echo is reporting this morning that the Heart of Midlothian striker Andy Kirk is set to join the Pilgrims in a 3-year deal within the next 24 hours.
Kirk, who celebrates his 25th birthday this Saturday, is a full Northern Ireland international. |
Where the hell are they getting the money ?
Neither of these guys will be badly paid up here and both are getting 3 year deals.
Has someone at Boston won the Lottery or what ?
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Boston's manager when they got promotion from the Conference was eventually kicked out /banned from managing for a time for irregular/illegal payments. He is now back at the club again.........as boss.........?????
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Ingster
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Steve Evans, brought back by their new chairman, some property developer from the East Midlands who is probably putting up the dough.
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yorkcity4eva
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Hopefully they will get chucked out of the Football League then. |
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Pulchy Pilgrim
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Ingster wrote: |
| Steve Evans, brought back by their new chairman, some property developer from the East Midlands who is probably putting up the dough. |
The "property developer from the East Midlands" finally rode off into the sunset in February of this year, after having watched his purchase option on the York Street ground evaporate into thin air at midnight on 31st December 2003.
The chairman at Boston at the present time runs an Executive Recruitment, Training and Development agency in Cannock, Staffordshire.
Seriously, though, the signing of Kirk -- presumably on a Bosman -- on a long (3-year) contract seems to me as if it might be pretty shrewd business, assuming he manages to steer clear of injuries (and I see that he is rather injury-prone). Remember that Kirk is only just coming up to 25, and his best years in football may still be ahead of him. If so, he might perhaps interest some "bigger" club well before the three years are up, in which case Boston could possibly recoup quite a considerable percentage of whatever it is that they spalsh out on his wages and bonuses ....
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Ingster
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Pulchy Pilgrim wrote: |
| Ingster wrote: |
| Steve Evans, brought back by their new chairman, some property developer from the East Midlands who is probably putting up the dough. |
The "property developer from the East Midlands" finally rode off into the sunset in February of this year, after having watched his purchase option on the York Street ground evaporate into thin air at midnight on 31st December 2003.
The chairman at Boston at the present time runs an Executive Recruitment, Training and Development agency in Cannock, Staffordshire.
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Okey doke, the main thing is, Paul Bastock is a twit.
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Kroy
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Paul Bastock is a twit. |
Sometimes, no matter what you type, it just doesn't come out the way it's meant!
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LondonVillageRed
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Wasn't Kirk being raved about a few years back? Or was that just in Belfast?
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AllModCons
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| LondonVillageRed wrote: |
| Wasn't Kirk being raved about a few years back? Or was that just in Belfast? |
Certainly not on planet Vulcan.
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LondonVillageRed
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MacPhail
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| LondonVillageRed wrote: |
| Wasn't Kirk being raved about a few years back? Or was that just in Belfast? |
Pretty highly rated at Hearts but DOES always seem to be injured so never quite lived up to the hype.
Alex Mathie springs to mind.
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moschops
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Alex Mathie springs to mind. |
First time he's sprung anywhere.
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AllModCons
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| moschops wrote: |
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Alex Mathie springs to mind. |
First time he's sprung anywhere.
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He's sprung a leak........allegedly.
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Pulchy Pilgrim
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting article from today's Sunday Herald. Click on the link below:
Who are these English clubs outbidding Premierleague sides by paying players loadsamoney wages? Manchester United? Arsenal? Chelsea? Boston United anyone? |
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True-Faith
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Give it a year and Boston will be in deep financial trouble.
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UkrainianPhil
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| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| Give it a year and Boston will be in deep financial trouble. |
And when they are I'll be f**king waiting I can tell you.
City fans have long memories.
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