Charity game a huge success

17th July, 2016

Grimsby Borough took on Boston Town of the United Counties League Premier Division at the Bradley FDC in a game on Saturday to raise funds for The Pink Rose Suite at the Princess Diana of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.

The Pink Rose Suite is a specialist breast cancer care centre - one of the only ones in the country. This is a charity that is close to the Wilderness Boys with manager Dan Barrett's brother James Curtis losing his wife to the disease last year.

The game took place in front of a crowd of 202 at Bradley and also saw a special late appearance of James Curtis playing for Borough. The club made over ?600 on an online donation and more than doubled that at the game with all money from admission, raffle and programmers being donated to the cause.

Borough also wore a special new pink third shirt for the fixture that will also be used throughout the season. The shirt was kindly sponsored by Cherry Blossom Hair Salon who purchased the kit for Borough to show their support.

The game was played in great spirit and finished 1-1 with Will Peers scoring Borough's goal. The referee also left his red and yellow cards at home and awarded pink cards for bad tackles, a ?5 fine was taken from each booked player and put into the charity pot.

Grimsby Borough would like to thank everyone who donated and attended the game and Boston Town for supporting the fixture and the cause.

Donations are still being taken online and every penny counts :- you can donate by going here.

Grimsby Borough captain Jason Flint with Pink Rose Suite fundraiser James Curtis and his son Freddie ahead of their charity game with Boston Town. (Photo: The Bootiful Game)

Ollie Hamilton's shot for Grimsby Borough beats the Boston Town keeper but hits the crossbar. (Photo: Paul Nutter)

(Story Source: Grimsby Borough)

NCEL Premier Division			P	Pts	+/-
P	1	Cleethorpes Town	42	108	99
	2	Pickering Town	42	97	72
	3	Bridlington Town	42	88	53
	4	Handsworth Parr	42	83	75
	5	Thackley	42	78	35
	6	Staveley MW	42	69	36
	7	AFC Mansfield	42	66	24
	8	Albion Sports	42	66	1
	9	Hemsworth MW	42	65	12
	10	Athersley Rec	42	62	-8
	11	Liversedge	42	59	26
	12	Bottesford Town	42	56	-1
	13	Worksop Town	42	55	-6
	14	Maltby Main	42	54	-16
	15	Garforth Town	42	53	-19
	16	Clipstone	42	49	-22
	17	Parkgate	42	41	-30
	18	Rainworth MW	42	38	-36
	19	Harrogate Railway	42	38	-70
	20	Barton Town Old Boys	42	34	-75
R	21	Armthorpe Welfare	42	24	-68
R	22	Retford United (-3)	42	24	-82

NCEL Division One			P	Pts	+/-
P	1	Hall Road Rangers	42	96	62
P	2	Pontefract Collieries	42	95	75
	3	AFC Emley	42	95	72
	4	Grimsby Borough	42	89	46
	5	Hallam	42	82	59
P	6	Penistone Church	42	82	38
	7	Knaresborough	42	70	19
	8	Campion	42	68	28
	9	Eccleshill United	42	66	15
	10	Selby Town	42	61	-2
	11	Glasshoughton Welf	42	59	9
	12	Winterton Rangers	42	59	8
	13	Yorkshire Amateur	42	53	-4
	14	Brigg Town	42	49	-42
	15	Rossington Main	42	45	-17
	16	Teversal	42	45	-27
	17	Ollerton Town	42	43	-29
	18	Shirebrook Town	42	39	-47
	19	Dronfield Town	42	35	-44
	20	Worsbrough Bridge	42	35	-75
R	21	Westella & Willerby	42	27	-59
	22	Nostell MW	42	15	-85

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