{"id":560970,"date":"2020-08-05T09:45:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=560970"},"modified":"2020-08-05T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:45:05","slug":"micahel-bostwick-joins-burton-albion-after-leaving-lincoln-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/05\/micahel-bostwick-joins-burton-albion-after-leaving-lincoln-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Micahel Bostwick Joins Burton Albion After Leaving Lincoln City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/07\/27\/lincoln-city-sign-conor-mcgrandles-following-his-departure-from-mk-dons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lincoln City<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/649b0d73\/Michael-Bostwick\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Bostwick<\/a> has joined fellow League One club Burton Albion.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old has signed a one-year deal with the Brewers.<\/p>\n<h2>Burton Albion Sign Former Lincoln City Midfielder Michael Bostwick<\/h2>\n<h3>Second Player to Join From the Imps<\/h3>\n<p>The 32-year-old midfielder is the second player to arrive at the Pirelli Stadium from Lincoln City, following in the footsteps of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/august\/0408---brewers-agree-deal-to-sign-neal-eardley\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Neal Eardley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eardley has also committed to a one-year contract with the Brewers. He was a mainstay at right-back last season for the Imps, making 39 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Coronavirus pandemic, which has meant led to cost-cutting measures &#8211; as well as Lincoln manager Michael Appleton&#8217;s desire to create a younger squad &#8211; meant that Eardley was let go following the expiry of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike his team-mate, Bostwick was in and out of the Lincoln team last season, partially due to injuries. However, his versatility &#8211; the 32-year-old can play in the centre of midfield and defence &#8211; meant that he made 20 appearances for Michael Appleton&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk\/news\/2020\/august\/0508---michael-bostwick-joins-burton-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Burton Albion website<\/a> about joining the club, Bostwick said: &#8220;I spoke to Beardo (Chris Beardsley) who I played with a few years ago at Stevenage after the season had ended. I came and met the gaffer (Jake Buxton) and it all just seemed right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken to him about the plans for the future and it all seems perfect \u2013 it\u2019s a great club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurton Albion have had a lot of success over the years and it probably has gone a little bit unnoticed to some people. The fans have always been good and got behind the team when I have come here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lovely stadium, lovely place and I can\u2019t wait to get started!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll give everything while I\u2019m out there, I\u2019ll give one hundred percent and that\u2019s all I can do every game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"rDgXQ4lQT3xKbkXHNOq8aA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1190730400\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rDgXQ4lQT3xKbkXHNOq8aA',sig:'pJ2amHQdotWpypoR_w0RhEC4ezYYQLWZDJ2m3PtPt6M=',w:'594px',h:'489px',items:'1190730400',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Lincoln City midfielder Michael Bostwick has joined fellow League One club Burton Albion. The 32-year-old has signed a one-year deal with the Brewers. Burton Albion Sign Former Lincoln City Midfielder Michael Bostwick Second Player to Join From the Imps The 32-year-old midfielder is the second player to arrive at the Pirelli Stadium from Lincoln [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":560973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,30,28],"tags":[408,168,947,6315,136],"class_list":["post-560970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-league12","category-news","category-transfers","tag-burton-albion","tag-efl","tag-lincoln-city","tag-michael-bostwick","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}