MY YORK STREET: Two memorable matches in Boston United's first Football League season stick out for Scott Walden

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My York Street: Scott Walden
As Boston United prepare to begin life in the Jakemans Community Stadium, The Boston Standard is asking Pilgrims fans to share their memories from the glorious - and sometimes forgettable - years at York Street. Today is the turn of Scott Walden...

My first game: January 18, 1992. I remembered it for years as only as a match that we 'lost heavily at home to team in blue', but eventually I found Ken Fox's amazing website, and was able to look it up. We lost 5-1 at home to Macclesfield Town. A great start!

My favourite game: Bournemouth at home in the first Football League game, closely followed by the victory against Lincoln City. We'd made it.

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My least favourite game: BUFC 0 Grimsby Town 6. We then knew how bad we were, and how much trouble we'd got ourselves into.

My strangest game: BUFC 10 Durham City 0, It was literally men against boys. It was weird that everytime we attacked, we had a good chance on goal - their keeper was incredible. Oh, and then Jamie Yates got himself sent off at the end!

My happiest memory: The club being saved from the brink of extinction in 2007, after relegation from the Football League, being entered into a CVA that seemed impossible to fulfill. The catalyst was the Fathers Day meeting of June 2007 at York Street.

My worst memory: Chorley at home, play offs. Don't really need to go into it.

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My favourite goal: Technically perfect was Kaine Felix's volley at home to Nuneaton, from the edge of the area - it flew in. However, for sentimentality, probably the two goals against Lincoln City in the first Football League season - Simon Weatherstone with a wonderful goal from the corner of the box, and then Daryl Clare's tap-in clincher in front of 2,000 Imps.