Boston Town's winless run goes on after they were beaten 2-0 by promotion-chasing Mickleover on Tuesday evening.

It was yet another narrow defeat for Chris Funnell's side, who've shown plenty of resilience at Step 4 so far, but have often failed to convert good performances into points.

Kane Richards scored the only goal of the game after 39 minutes as Josh Ashman led a swift counter-attack for the hosts.

His effort was blocked but the ball went back across goal for Richards to tap it home.

Teenage loanee Daniel Vanderpuye had the Poachers' best chance to level it soon after he came on as a second half sub.

He found himself one on one with the keeper but put it wide.

As has often been the case lately, there was a late goal in a game involving the Poachers - but this time it was for the hosts as Boston threw men forward in search of an equaliser.

Manni Norkett made it 2-0 after 89 minutes as Mickleover moved up to sixth in the Northern Premier League Midlands table.

Funnell said afterwards he was happy with how his side had played but they needed to start picking up the points their performances merited.

On Saturday they had victory snatched from them when visitors Boldmere St Michaels scored a stoppage time equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw.

This weekend the Poachers are away again. On Saturday they travel to Shepshed Dynamo for another Northern Premier League Midlands fixture. Kick-off will be 3pm.

Town: West, Bayliss, Smith (Graves), Tate, Ging, Watkins, Munton (Siddons), Gibbons, Cotton, Limb (Vanderpuye), Mhamdi (Maddison).