With players missing for a variety of reasons — including reserve team commitments on Thursday evening and first team duties on Saturday — Steve Welsh fielded an experimental side.

They were eventually beaten courtesy of 68th and 83rd minute strikes.

Boston (4-4-2): Tom Benton; Niall Delahoy, Charlie Melville, Todd Devlin, Corey Newman; Miles Lynch, Brendan Burton, Lewis McKue, Jordan Sowerby; Karolis Andriulionis, Leon Squire (Lemos Pereira 58). Sub (not used): Jacob Pease.