After waiting 3 years since the last time they saw their side score 7 goals, Boston Town supporters only had to wait another 4 days to watch them do it again!
The 7-2 hammering of Wisbech on Tuesday was the Poachers’ best goal tally since September 2022.
With in-form Fraser Bayliss missing against Blackstones, fans could have been forgiven for worrying it might have been a case of ‘after the lord mayor’s show’.
But not a bit of it.
Chris Funnell’s men were on blistering form from the start, Jack Gurney seeing a good chance blocked at point blank range as early as the 6th minute as he tried to finish Ted Gibbons’ cross from the left.
Harry Limb, back in the starting XI after missing 6 games through injury, was fouled in the box 2 minutes later and dusted himself down to convert the penalty.
On 10 minutes, Limb doubled the deal with a brilliant goal, latching onto Gurney’s low cross from the left and rounding the keeper before finishing with the outside of his foot.
It was one-way traffic as Matt Cotton had a goal-bound shot cleared off the line and Limb twice came close to completing a hat-trick.
Cotton did make it 3-0 after 29 minutes when Limb ran onto a ball over the top and squared it from the right for a tap-in.
Shell-shocked Blackstones, who had been in the play-off places just 3 weeks ago, didn’t manage a chance of their own until the 33rd minute.
That came to nothing and 3 minutes later, they were punished again as Gurney side-footed home a volley from a good Mackenzie Burdass cross from the right.
Harvey Graves came on for Limb at the break and, for a while, the visitors gained some momentum, forcing Travis Portas into a rare save and hitting the bar. But the hosts grabbed a 5th after 64 minutes.
Graves latched onto a through ball and found himself one on one with the keeper. The goalie made a save but the ball then bounced off Cotton and the ref ruled that it had crossed the line.
Kallum Smith then scored his first goal for the club after 82 minutes, driving through the middle and drilling it into the corner after exchanging a one-two with Cotton.
And how he celebrated – with a spectacular somersault that was perfectly captured by photographer Steve Davies.
There was still time to make it 7-0 after 87 minutes as Jordan Tate bundled it home after a scramble that followed a Gibbons corner.
Town: Portas, Burdass, Smith, Zaluzinskis (Wilson), Tate, Hudson, Gurney (Nuttell), Priestley, Gibbons, Limb (Graves), Cotton; unused sub: Worthington
Words: Simon Ashberry & Jez Ashberry
Pic: Steve Davies
