Thompson set for YT return

Nathan Thompson

Boston United’s youth team boss Steve Welsh has selection options to contend with ahead of his side’s long trip to face Hartlepool United on Saturday afternoon, kick-off 1.00pm.

Defensive lynchpin Simon Ashton will be on first team duty for a third successive match, while the likes of Billy Oliver, Mitchell Griffiths and Ollie Maltby are still ruled out.

Centre-half Marc Day is also out of contention, but winger Nathan Thompson should make his comeback after a horrific knee injury sustained against Chesterfield in September.

As a consequence, under-16s players Matthew Greensmith, Jake Portas, Dominic Kew and Jason Field will all travel, with Kew hoping to add to the goal he scored in last week’s 2-2 draw against Doncaster Rovers.

Boston (from): Butcher, Braithwaite, Jackson, Mountain, Fairweather, Baker, Clancy, Stocks, Beck, Thompson, Draper, Greensmith, Portas, Kew, Field.