The Bootiful Game Issue 2 The Bootiful Game Issue 2 | Page 21

him and his brother Daniel
thought of having a third kit in
pink in honour of Leanne which
is worn by the team.
forgotten”.
The Match
Grimsby
Borough
welcomed
Boston
Town to
the Bradley
FDC for a
The day went really well with
fixture
more than 200 people turning
organised by
up for the football match.
the home club
James was humbled by the
specifically to
turnout, “It’s great support. Dan raise both money
has pulled it together with all
and awareness for
the staff and players at the
The Pink Rose Suite. As
football club. Family and
reported on by The Grimsby
friends have turned up which is Telegraph, Non-league
superb to see. Their support
magazines, papers and
over the past few months has
websites whilst also having a
been invaluable.”
huge amount of social media
coverage, Grimsby Borough
They intended to raise £500 but have made a fantastic effort to
have already risen over £5,000
create a fundraiser for the
for the hospital. Obviously it’s
charity. With the success from
been a really hard time for
the day the club can be proud
James but he has still managed of their efforts and will look to
to fulfil his life long dream and
continue with the day for
has just become a professional seasons to come.
snooker player and says his
wife Leanne has inspired him
do it and will push on and one
day hopefully get the chance to
play at the Crucible in front of
lots of people and gun down
the big names in snooker.
The idea which they came up
with was to release the kit and
get another team involved
which were Boston Town FC for
a fundraiser.
A few words which James
had to say about his
beloved wife and mum
to his two children
is “She was an
inspiration, a
fighter and
she will
never
be
Down
to
football. Dan
and Andy named a
17 man squad with some
regular faces missing. Briggs,
Hanslip, Petronzio, Emson,
Farr, and Fanthorpe all missing
the fixt ure. To adapt, the
management went with an
unfamiliar 4-4-2, Drury
occupying the no.1 spot with
his brother Adam, Cooper,
Standley who was called up
from the reserves and Danny
Grant making up the back 4.
Ashton, Flint, Mitchell and
Peers made up a narrow
midfield behind Jack Debnam
in the hole with Gaz Flint asked
to be a nuisance against their
back 4.
In a very tight first half chances
were rare. The opening 20
minutes saw Adam Drury’s
pull back flash
agonisingly across the
face of goal after
some neat build
up play
involving
Ashton
and
Flint.