MY YORK STREET: Bazza, Rusky Jermaine Easter and that roar against North Ferriby left their mark on Andy Hewitt... who won a league title at the stadium

My first game: Hednesford -2000-2001 season. Lost 4-3. If memory serves me right, I think it was only £1 to get into the stadium, thanks to the Kids For A Quid initiative in the Boston Standard. I always thought we stood behind the goal of the York Street end, but my dad reliably informs me that it was the Town End! I remember sitting on the yellow barriers to get a better view. I don’t remember anything about the match apart form there was seven goals and we lost. But for some reason my eight-year-old self had just got hooked on something which would give tremendous highs and terrible lows.

My favourite game: A few to mention. North Ferriby (2013-2014) - I was actually on the bench for this game. I just remember knowing we had to win to take it to the final day to try and make the play offs. There was 1,500 people in the stadium, but when we scored our first goal it sounded like there was double that in there. Fulham (2004-2005) - Carling Cup 2004-05 season. Just seeing a Premier League side up close was just a great experience. Lincoln City (2005-2006) - The one where Lawrie Dudfield scored that last-minute winner. That was the best noise I’ve heard in that ground. But for me, Alfreton Town (2010-2011) was a whirlwind of a game. 2-0 down, coming back to win 3-2, courtesy of a superb header by Shaun Pearson against a very good Alfreton side. That game made us realise that this side could go on and win promotion.

My least favourite game: Two spring to mind. Grimsby Town (2006-2007) - two goals after 10 minutes didn’t bode well. And it just got worse and worse. I remember seeing people walking out at half-time. And we only conceded two goals in the second half. But nothing beats Northampton Town (2005-2006) - The bleakest game I have ever watched. I don’t think we had a shot all game, Northampton had one shot. And it was freezing cold.

My strangest game: Notts County (2004-2005) 0-0 after 75 minutes. Literally nothing was happening in the game. New loan signing Jermaine Easter comes on. Full-Time. 4-0. Easter scores two. All very bizarre.

My happiest memory: I won the Lincolnshire League with Boston United Reserves in 2012 at the ground against Cleethorpes so that will always be special. But my happiest memory would have to be Rochdale in the FA Cup. Work commitments mean I can’t get to many games now, but to be able to see York Street have one last fairytale, to see it full, to be in the Town End when Jordan Thewlis scored and to see the scenes when the next day when BT Sport put up the replay of the celebrations on social media. Everytime I see it, it brings happiness and goosebumps.

My worst memory: Nantwich Town (2008-2009) - This was a massive low point. Cold, wet and was humiliated by them 5-0. It just showed how big a decline the club went through in the space of two years.

My favourite goal: Peter Bore vs Telford (2013-2014). I was sat right behind it in the main stand and knew that it was going in right after it left his boot. For sentimental reasons, the second goal against Workington (2007-2008), scored by Jon Froggatt in the first game of the season after the summer of hell will always stick with me. Just having a club to support was enough but to win that first game was amazing.

My favourite player: I was always a fan of Simon Rusk. A player who gave his all every time he pulled on a United shirt. But being a goalkeeper, my favourite has to be Paul Bastock. Anyone who makes 600-plus appearances for one club is a legend and Bazza is no exception. I can still picture him now in his goalmouth bellowing orders out to his defence! Countless times he has pulled off vital saves to secure a draw or a win.

My favourite manager: It’s a bit different for me as an ex-player and a fan so I can see it from both sides. Dennis Greene was a maverick who played an attacking style of football which excited the crowd. He also gave me my debut so I will always be grateful! But for me, it has to be Rob Scott and Paul Hurst. Not only was I lucky to witness what they were like on the training ground by the attention to detail in everything they did, from a fan perspective, they brought a professionalism to the club and reaped the benefits. The team on the pitch gave it everything and as a fan, I think if they can see the players working hard, regardless of results, they won’t be as critical. The side they had for the Unibond Premier Division was unbelievable and should have won promotion automatically.

Best opposition player: Depending on how you look at it. On a single performance, despite Torquay losing 2-0, I vividly remembering Andy Marriott making five world class saves to keep the score respectable. I always felt like Tom Denton or Nathan Jarman always had something over us as well. You always knew what you were getting when he was on the opposition side.

Best away side: Hyde when they won the Blue Square North. Yes they had a huge amount of money pumped in, but they were a very good footballing side. They played ‘total football’ in Non-League which is difficult but they played it with ease.

I'll miss York Street because: There are literally too many things to mention! As a young fan, walking down York Street, the flow of people walking to the game used to get me excited. Then watching my heroes play, wishing one day I would be on that pitch. I’ll miss the song ‘The Final Countdown’ being blasted over the PA system. I’ll miss driving down John Adams way of an evening match and seeing the floodlights shining brightly. As I got older, I used to spend every day of my school holiday from the age of 13 at the ground, as the Youth Team would always meet up there before training and I would be invited along to train with them. So I feel like I’ve grown up in the place. I’m very privileged to be one of a few that have been a fan and a player, so just walking through the players entrance on a matchday meant so much more. York Street to me is a place where as soon as you walk into the stadium, you could almost feel the history, from the days of Jim Smith and Howard Wilkinson, to AFC Bournemouth in 2002, to that day with David Newton and Neil Kempster saying that we had come out of the CVA. But if York Street could write a book on everything that has happened, it would make for some very interesting reading.

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