the squad", as well as to "provide cover at the back and midfield areas". He made his Ebbsfleet debut on 18 August 2007, starting the match at centre back in a 1–0 victory at Nene Park against his former employers, Rushden. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against Exeter City on 22 September 2007. Bostwick signed a new contract at Ebbsfleet on 23 November 2007, keeping him signed to the club until the end of the 2007–08 season. Bostwick played regularly in the club's FA Trophy run during the season, making seven appearances in the club's FA Trophy matches, and scoring in a 1–1 draw against Aldershot Town in the semi-final second leg on 15 March 2008. He also played the full match in the Final as Ebbsfleet won 1–0 against Torquay United at Wembley Stadium on 10 May 2008. He made 51 appearances for Ebbsfleet in all competitions during the season, scoring five times. Stevenage Bostwick was offered a new contract by Ebbsfleet ahead of the 2008–09 season, but rejected the offer and instead opted to join fellow Conference Premier club Stevenage Borough on a two-year deal, playing under the management of Graham Westley for the second time. He made his debut for Stevenage in the club's opening match of the season, a 5–0 defeat to Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground on 9 August 2008. Bostwick was used in both the centre of defence and central midfield during the first half of the 2008–09 season, as well as playing at full back in the club's 1–0 defeat to Kettering Town in September 2008. He scored his first goal for the club on 7 October 2008, the decisive goal in the 80th-minute against Mansfield Town to give Stevenage a 3–2 victory. Bostwick scored Stevenage's first in a 2–0 away win at his former club Crawley Town on 13 April 2009, scoring with a strike from just outside the area as Stevenage finished in the final Conference Premier play-off position. He played in both of Stevenage's play-off matches against Cambridge United in April 2009, as the club lost 4–3 on aggregate. Bostwick played in all seven of the club's successful FA Trophy run that season, including playing the whole match in Stevenage's 2–0 victory against York City in the 2009 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium on 9 May 2009. The FA Trophy victory meant