 Croudson would remain in the county of Lincolnshire and signed up with Third Division outfit Boston United.Steve would play second fiddle and understudy to Paul Bastock for the entire 2003–2004 season, and by the end of the season after failing to make a single appearance United boss Steve Evans deciding against extending his one-year contract and he was released.Despite holding down a place on the bench, Croudson was deemed surplus to requirements and left the club in the summer of 2004.