Boston United boss and Non League Yorkshire’s manager of the decade Craig Elliott is one win away from the National North. The former Glasshoughton Welfare, Ossett Town and Shaw Lane Aquaforce manager’s Boston side beat Gateshead 5-3 in the National North play-offs semi-final. They will now host Altrincham at York Street to compete for a read more→
Fasten your seat-belts, Joe Thornton’s here. Thornton provides an almost autobiographical epic blockbuster account (longer than a university dissertation) of a Non League career centred around his key moments and people. During a career containing highly amusing anecdotes to very poignant times, Thornton, who started at Ossett Albion, celebrated magnificent triumphs with Shaw Lane Aquaforce, read more→
Spectacular goals, lots of red cards and plenty of fights are littered throughout Shane Kelsey’s Non League Football career. The new Athersley Rec manager has retired at least twice, but Non League Football has always lured back the attacker, who openly admits he was a loose cannon in his early doors with Worsbrough Bridge. But read more→
MANAGING Shaw Lane in the televised 2017 FA Cup first round tie against Steve Evans’ League Two outfit Mansfield Town was the pinnacle of Craig Elliot’s managerial career at that stage. The current Boston United manager has of course matched and bettered that achievement by taking the Pilgrims to the Second Round earlier this season. read more→
Inspired by the words of his unwell chairman and work boss Craig Wood, Danny Frost played through the pain barrier to produce the greatest performance of his life on the Thursday night Shaw Lane Aquaforce won promotion out of Toolstation NCEL Division One. This was the final game of Shaw Lane’s 2013/14 campaign and the read more→
In the latest ‘My Greatest Game’ article, Boston United chief and Non League Yorkshire’s manager of the decade Craig Elliott reflects on his early managerial career which culminated in guiding Glasshoughton Welfare to promotion to the NCEL Premier Division on the dramatic final day of the 2011-12 season. Part Two will be published later in read more→
Evo Stik Premier Division Shaw Lane AFC captain Ryan Qualter and goalkeeper Jon Stewart have both joined their former manager Craig Elliott’s Boston United after the club’s agreed an undisclosed fee for the pair. They join Boston on the day that ex-Glasshoughton and Ossett Town boss Elliott was named as the Vanarama National North manager read more→
The deadline for applications for the vacant Shaw Lane AFC’s manager’s position is 5pm this afternoon. The Ducks have been overwhelmed with CVs since advertising on Wednesday. It is hardly a surprise as the position is one of the most exciting to come up for a long time. The vacancy opened up on Sunday after read more→
Craig Elliott’s appointment as the new Boston United manager should not have been a total surprise. His managerial record with Shaw Lane AFC, Ossett Town and Glasshoughton Welfare, plus Kellingley in the West Yorkshire League, is phenomenal. He has done a magnificent job with each one and thoroughly deserves his chance at a major Non read more→
Evo Stik Premier Division Craig Elliott, the most successful West Yorkshire-based manager in recent memory, has left Shaw Lane AFC to take charge of National League North side Boston United. The appointment is a major reward for the superb managerial career that he has enjoyed since it started over ten years ago with Pontefract Collieries read more→
