MY YORK STREET: Christian James remembers a tremendous volley, some incredibly heavy defeats and explains why he wasn't a fan of shoot-outs... or Simon Ainge

My first game: I’m told I was at one or two of the Conference games in 2001-02, but couldn’t tell you which (I was only one). I do remember returning for a 1-1 draw against Wycombe in February 2006. My second game was the last-minute win against Lincoln a few weeks later.

My favourite game: This is difficult. The most memorable occasions didn’t ever end well! Up there have to be the 2-1 win over Guiseley in the Unibond Premier in April 2010, a last-minute clincher against promotion rivals, or the 2-0 North Ferriby play-off win in 2016. If we can forget the penalties, Guiseley in 2011 and Chorley 2015 were brilliant games. The 10-0 against Durham City was fun as well.

My least favourite game: Probably the 6-0 loss to Grimsby in League Two, three down in 20 minutes and I sat crying leant up against the ad boards in the main stand.

My strangest game: I think the 2-7 defeat to Oxford City. United had been pretty solid until then, but on the night every time Oxford counter-attacked, they scored. Weirdly, Boston were in the game at half-time just 3-2 down.

My happiest memory: Tough one. Having never seen United promoted at York Street, I’m going to be obvious and say Rochdale this season. I’d waited a long time to see the place full and bouncing (I can’t remember much of 2006 against Lincoln) and that night didn’t disappoint. Sitting at the back of the York Street end, with three stands full of 4,000 Boston fans in view as Jordan Thewlis carted off to celebrate - breathtaking.

My worst memory: Maybe Peterborough Sports last season - the performance, the opposition, the off-the-pitch stuff with Jonathan Wafula. Not a good day for plenty of reasons. Either that or the 0-1 defeat to Eastwood on Boxing Day 2008 - freezing! There have been a few.

My favourite goal: Zak Mills against North Ferriby, watching it back didn’t do it justice. Play-off semi-final, against that Ferriby team, who United had dominated, 1-0 up in added time and the right back pops up with a rasping volley from a move started by his own long throw! Wow. It felt like that was it, we’d got to the final already.

My favourite player: There are plenty up there but I’m going to say Spencer Weir-Daley. An exciting forward, a charismatic bloke and a trademark celebration. When compared to their Northern Premier League counterparts that 2009-10 BUFC team was the best I’ve seen and SWD was my favourite player at the time. Seeing him sticking around, scoring 60-odd goals and becoming something of a legend of recent-times makes him an easy pick.

My favourite manager: Craig Elliott is pretty good. When things went right for Dennis Greene his attacking brand of football was brilliant to watch, but Paul Hurst and Rob Scott brought some in great players and thrashed plenty at York Street - I’d have to say them.

Best opposition player: Best player I’ve seen faced United at York Street (going off their future career) would have to be Jamie Vardy, given he’s just broken into the Premier League 100 Club. But players like Steven Drench, Chib Chilaka and Danny Glover used to come down here every season and play well - the sort of players you’d see on a teamsheet and not be too happy about it. I’d have thrown Simon Ainge into that category as well before his arrival.

Best away side: Guiseley were there-or-there-abouts play-off wise for quite a few seasons, and playing them in the Unibond Premier until they got promoted to the National League in 2016, they were always a tough game. Billy Heath’s Ferriby (and future Halifax) side were never easy to take on either.

I'll miss York Street because: It’s York Street! For all its imperfections and idiosyncrasies, it’s the place I’ve watched the vast majority of my football. Using a phrase we hear plenty of these days, the ‘new normal’ will never be what it used to be. Don’t get me wrong, the Community Stadium is brilliant for the club, will enhance matchday experience for the fans and is something we should all be very thankful to David Newton, Neil Kempster et al for. But it is York Street where I learnt about football, about Boston United, and where I looked forward to going every other week. We’ll all miss it, at the same time we’ve been lucky to keep it (and Boston United) for so long.

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