Football

South Holland big-hitters Spalding United and Holbeach United both racked up welcome home wins on Saturday. Spalding kept their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off bid firmly on course with a 1-0 win over Belper Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, while Holbeach earned a 2-0 ChromaSport UCL Premier Division success over Northampton ON Chenecks at Carter’s Park. ...

Buoyant boss Chris Rawlinson has told Spalding United to put last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to Witton Albion behind them. The Tulips’ bid to secure a favourable play-off position wasn’t hindered by the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field defeat, but Rawlinson doesn’t want it to trigger an untimely slump. Spalding go into Saturday’s home clash with Belper Town (3pm) in third ...

The young guns from Holbeach United under-9s Black have received a major sponsorship boost from KDH Projects. Donington-based construction specialists KDH have provided the Tigers with new training jerseys, which have gone down really well with the players and staff. KDH commercial director Carl Rout was on hand to present Holbeach boss Rob Bell with one of the jerseys last ...

Frustrated Holbeach United manager Seb Hayes admits that he and his inconsistent players are stuck with each other until the end of the season. The Tigers chief believes that his talented squad have the ability to beat any ChromaSport UCL Premier Division team on their day – but also feels they’re capable of being bad enough to lose to sides ...

Three matches in the Spalding and District Sunday League produced an amazing 50 goals over the weekend. Leading the way were free-scoring title favourites Holbeach United Sunday, who walloped basement boys South Holland United FC Clarets 24-2. Daz Edey netted ten goals for unbeaten Holbeach, while wing wizard Billy Smith managed a treble hat-trick. There was also a rare hat-trick ...

Wellingborough Town 3 Holbeach United 0 Angry boss Seb Hayes admitted that he lost his cool with his Holbeach United players after seeing them crumble 3-0 at Wellingborough Town on Saturday. After making a strong start to the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash, Hayes watched as the Tigers collapsed following first-half goals from Jack Wisniewski (11) and Adam Speight (35). ...

Proud player/boss Ian Dunn heaped praise on his Pinchbeck United side after seeing them defeat title rivals Netherton United 2-1 on Saturday. Ollie Maltby’s 50th goal of the season on ten minutes, from a penalty which he won and converted on ten minutes, gave The Knights a 1-0 lead at half-time in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash. That’s how ...

Scorching hot Long Sutton smashed Stamford Belvedere 7-0 at London Road on Saturday as both Sam Moses and Matt Cawthorn netted hat-tricks. The Magpies made an explosive start to the ChromaSport PDFL Division One clash, going 2-0 up inside two minutes with Moses firing home and Lawrence Brandon heading home. Man-of-the-match Moses, who caused all sorts of problems on the ...

Moulton Harrox got back to winning ways with a 2-1 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division success over Langtoft United on Saturday. An own goal and a Ben Allen effort ensured that Harrox put the previous weekend’s 3-2 cup defeat at Netherton United behind them – and cemented their third place position in the table. Harrox are seven points behind leaders Peterborough ...

Spalding United 0 Witton Albion 1 A fine first-half finish from Bradley Bauress settled the big Evo-Stik NPL First Division South clash of the weekend as title-chasing Witton Albion edged out play-off hunting Spalding United on Saturday. Bauress rifled home a fine 11th-minute finish at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field  to clinch a 1-0 victory for Albion, with Spalding ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United suffered defeats on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United and Moulton Harrox recorded victories to keep their respective title charges alive. Starting with Spalding, they slipped to a 1-0 home defeat against fellow Evo-Stik NPL First Division South high-fliers Witton Albion. In a game of few chances at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, a fine ...

Chris Rawlinson has challenged his Spalding United players to make the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field a fortress as they bid to secure a play-off position in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. Starting with Saturday’s visit of second-placed Witton Albion (3pm), the Tulips have five of their ten remaining regular season matches on home soil. The Spalding supremo reckons that ...

Ambitious Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn has raised a few eyebrows by targeting two top strikers from rival PDFL Premier Division clubs. Dunn has made seven-day notices of approach for Ketton’s Will Bird and Netherton United star Tom Randall – and admits that he’s always looking to improve his squad. Detractors have dismissed Pinchbeck’s move for Randall, who has 31 ...

Seb Hayes has called on his Holbeach United players to re-produce their best performance of his reign at Wellingborough Town this weekend. After seeing Friday night’s trip to Peterborough Northern Star called off due to a waterlogged pitch, the Tigers should be fresh for Saturday’s ChromaSport UCL Premier Division game at The Dog and Duck (3pm). Having excelled in their ...

A second-half double from returning player/boss Matt Cawthorn fired Long Sutton Athletic to a 3-1 home win over Glinton and Northborough on Saturday. Matt Oliver’s well-taken finish gave Sutton a deserved 1-0 lead at the break, but Andrew Wright’s impressive finish on 50 minutes levelled the scores at London Road. However, hitman Cawthorn – who has missed the last few ...

Leverington Sports 1 Pinchbeck United 4 Ian Dunn praised his hard-working Pinchbeck United side after they made it 15 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division wins on the bounce on Saturday. Yet another hat-trick from top scorer Ollie Maltby, who now has 49 goals for the season, plus a Tyler Wright strike steered second-placed Pinchbeck to a 4-1 success at Leverington Sports. ...

Netherton United 3 Moulton Harrox 2 Downbeat Paul Crowson admitted that Moulton Harrox shot themselves in the foot on Saturday as they blew a 2-0 lead at Netherton United in the semi-final of the President Premier Shield. Early headed goals from Marcus Parry and Ashley Coddington at The Grange had Harrox on-course for a mouth-watering final against South Holland rivals ...

Doubles from Harry Grigas and Lee Jackson helped Whaplode Drove beat fellow ChromaSport PDFL Divsion Four promotion hopefuls Holbeach Bank 4-3 on Saturday. Goals from Tyger Atkin, Steve Coles and George Leatherland proved to be in vain for Bank, who remain second, with Drove now six points behind them in fifth place Tydd St Mary Reserves also won, with Jack ...

The Spalding Sunday League title race remains a two-horse race after rivals Sutton Bridge Sunday and Holbeach United picked up contrasting wins over the weekend. Odds-on favourites Holbeach cruised to an 11-0 victory at Spalding Wanderers to stay third, while table-toppers Bridge ground out a 1-0 triumph at Jubilee. Starting with the Tigers, Tim Cole and Josh Ford’s side made ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes is hoping that Friday night’s derby at Peterborough Northern Star is the start of a new trend in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Friday night fixtures are something of a rarity in the division, but Hayes reckons that the Tigers – along with the likes of Star, Wisbech Town, Peterborough Sports and Yaxley – should ...