Boston United English football club based in Boston Lincolnshire which played in the Football League from 2002 until 2007. The club was founded in 1933 as a successor to a club called Boston.  They then had a moderate amount of success in various leagues, including the Midland League and Southern League. Boston were founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968 and of the Alliance Premier League (now the Football Conference) in 1979. Numerous title wins in the Northern Premier failed to get them elected to the League.  They transferred to the Southern League, winning the title in 2000, and went fully professional in 2001. In their first season as a professional club, Boston won the Conference and was promoted to the Football League. After their promotion to the Football League, Boston never really looked like challenging for promotion to the third tier of the league and most of their time from 2002 was spent in mid-table, with occasional flirts with relegation and the play-offs. In May 2007 Boston were relegated from Football League Two (forth tier) on the last day of the season. The club now participates in the Conference North, the sixth tier of English football.