Football

Sutton Bridge United remain on-track for promotion from ChromaSport PDFL Division One after a 4-0 derby win at Spalding United Reserves on Saturday. Sam Cooper hit a brace for the second-placed side at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, with Ben Partridge and the division’s top scorer Matt Eaton rounding off the rout. The win also moves Bridge to within ...

Five-star Moulton Harrox kept their winning streak in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division going with a 5-0 win over AFC Stanground Sports on Saturday. Dan Woods fired title-chasing Harrox into an early lead, before strike partner Marcus Parry doubled the advantage. Hitman Woods was on target again to make it 3-0, setting the stage for Joe Townsend and Parry to round ...

Chuffed chief Ian Dunn praised his Pinchbeck United side for getting the job done early in their 2-0 win over Ketton on Saturday. In what was one of their harder remaining fixtures in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division, goals from Liam Ogden (1) and Callum Lawe (20) fired treble-chasing Pinchbeck to a big three points at Knight Street. Ogden showed great ...

Kidsgrove Athletic 0 Spalding United 1 A second-half goal from Cenk Acar consolidated Spalding United’s third spot in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South at the Novus Stadium on Saturday – keeping their play-off bid firmly on target. Acar struck 18 minutes from time to give the Tulips a key 1-0 victory at Kidsgrove Athletic, making it seven points from four ...

Holbeach United 2 Cogenhoe United 2 A late penalty denied Holbeach United a fifth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division win on the bounce on Saturday as Cogenhoe United held them to a 2-2 draw at Carter’s Park. The Tigers trailed 1-0 at the break following a classy Matt Long finish (43), but two quick-fire deflected strikes from Matt Warfield (75) and ...

Spalding United moved ever-closer to securing third place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South with a 1-0 win at Kidgsrove Athletic on Saturday, while Holbeach United extended their unbeaten ChromaSport UCL Premier Division run to five games after drawing 2-2 at home to Cogenhoe United. Starting with the Tulips, Cenk Acar’s 73rd-minute strike was enough to settle a close contest ...

Excited Holbeach United Sunday co-boss Tim Cole feels that everybody in the town is behind them as they bid to win their first-ever trophy this weekend. The Sunday Tigers make the trip to Lincoln City’s Sincil Bank on Sunday to take on The Notts FC in the final of the Lincs Sunday Cup. Bossed by Cole and joint player/manager Josh ...

Buoyant boss Seb Hayes has challenged his side to keep their fine run of form going and finish the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season without losing another game. Having won their last four – including successes over Newport Pagnell Town and Eynesbury Rovers in the past week – the Tigers are back into the top six. Placing at least fifth ...

Spalding United bounced back from going 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Witton Albion in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South on Thursday night. A Tom Owens strike (32) gave title-chasing Witton a half-time lead – and they doubled their money when Will Jones netted eight minutes into the second period. However, Leon Mettam (55) and Jordan Lemon (68) hit back ...

Chris Rawlinson doesn’t believe that Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Stocksbridge Park Steels will derail Spalding United’s hopes of clinching a favourable play-off position in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The Tulips chief felt his side were “poor” last weekend, but feels they are still very much on-track to reach his golden figure of 80 points – which would secure third ...

Allan Ross admitted that Pinchbeck United never really found top gear despite cruising to a 5-2 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win over AFC Stanground Sports on Saturday. The assistant boss, who was in charge with Ian Dunn absent, watched on as Ollie Maltby (2), Tom Brooks, Liam Ogden and an own goal steered his side to a scrappy Knight Street ...

Spot-on Tydd St Mary retained the Spalding Inter-Services Trophy after upsetting neighbours Long Sutton Athletic on penalties at Carter’s Park on Saturday. In a game that saw four players sent off, ChromaSport PDFL Division One side Sutton looked set to take the trophy after Billy Oliver opened the scoring in the first half of extra time. However, Division Two underdogs ...

After going 24 games unbeaten in ChromaSport PDFL Division One, Moulton Harrox Reserves finally lost on Saturday. Peterborough Polonia were the team to finally take Kev Nottingham’s table-toppers down, winning 3-2 at Broad Lane in a real thriller. Top scorer Declan Earth and defender Chris Hall netted for Harrox, but Karol Cieslak (28) and Adrian Mizia (71 & 80) struck ...

Moulton Harrox’s stellar form in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division continued on Saturday as they romped to a 4-1 victory at Sawtry. A penalty from Dan Woods and headers from central defenders Ashley Coddington and Matt Watkin gave Harrox a commanding 3-0 lead inside half an hour. Lee Kenealy’s keeping clanger allowed Nick Finney to pull one back, but Ben Allen ...

Eynesbury Rovers 0 Holbeach United 3 Seb Hayes praised his Holbeach United side as they earned a fine 3-0 win at high-flying Eynesbury Rovers on Saturday – despite playing 50 minutes with ten men. The Tigers looked to be cruising to victory at the Alfred Hall Memorial Ground when Spencer Tinkler (22) and Charley Sanders (28) scored copycat headers from ...

Stocksbridge PS 2 Spalding United 0 Spalding United’s ambitions to feature in the end of season play-offs in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South suffered a set-back in Yorkshire on Saturday with a below par performance and 2-0 defeat at the hands of mid-table hosts Stocksbridge Park Steels. The Tulips remain in third position with a four points advantage and better ...

Chris Rawlinson has told his red-hot Spalding United side to keep on winning as they bid to apply pressure on the faltering top two. The Tulips chief knows that goal number one remains securing a play-off place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, but recent slip-ups from Shaw Lane AFC and Witton Albion haven’t gone unnoticed at the Sir Halley. ...

Ten-man Spalding United slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday, while Holbeach United picked up a fine 3-0 win at Eynesbury Rovers despite playing the entire second half a man down. Starting with Spalding, any slim hopes that had of mounting a Evo-Stik NPL First Division South title tilt now appears over thanks to goals in ...

Seb Hayes admits that he’s now feeling a lot more comfortable in the Holbeach United hot-seat. The Tigers chief, who had steered his side to six wins from eight matches after Wednesday night’s 4-2 win over Newport Pagnell Town, now feels that they can finish the season with a flourish. After publicly questioning his players following a string of poor performances, ...

Invincible Holbeach United Sunday continued their remarkable record of winning every game since they were formed by walloping Jubilee 9-3 on Sunday. A hat-trick from Darren Edey, taking his tally to an amazing 18 goals in four games for the Tigers, inspired what was an 11th league win from as many matches for Josh Ford and Tim Cole’s side. Also ...