Pilgrims’
Progress - The story of Boston United’s promotion to the Football
League
Thursday
2 May, BBC TWO, 7.30pm (BBC Yorks & Lincs & BBC East Midlands)
The
inside story of how Boston United FC achieved promotion to the Football
League is told in a special BBC documentary on Thursday 2 May.
"The
Pilgrims" have been promoted from the Conference - and BBC
cameras were there to follow them every step of the way as the excitement
mounted.
Boston
United beat Hayes 2-0 on Sunday to secure their place in the Football
League - it's the biggest success in the club's history after going
neck and neck with Dagenham & Redbridge in their race for the
title.
On
Pilgrims’ Progress the cameras follow:
·
Steve Evans, the charismatic Boston Manager - who lives every moment
of the action on the field;
· the husband and wife team who run the club who haven't
had a holiday in 23 years because football takes up all their time;
· the goalkeeper who is married to the daughter of the businessman
who owns the team;
· the hot-shot striker who is the Conference's leading scorer...
and
the thousands of fans who've willed the team onto their greatest
ever triumph.
Steve
Evans tells Pilgrims’ Progress: "It's been a rollercoaster
ride. But it's been a fantastic achievement and that's down to the
players, the staff here at the club and the fans. We're not just
here to consolidate in Division Three - we’re going to do our
best to move onwards and upwards."
BBC
Producer, Paul Greenan, said: "Boston's story is a fairytale.
Winning promotion was the only goal at the start of the season and
Boston have done it. The film captures the highs and anticipation
as Boston go for the greatest moment of glory in their history."
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