 However, on 27 May, Evans and his assistant manager Paul Raynor resigned from Boston with immediate effect.Evans' two occasions as manager combined at Boston made him the club's second longest serving manager behind Fred Tunstall, who had three occasions as manager of the club in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.He managed the team on 354 occasions, which resulted in 145 wins, 99 draws and 110 losses.