Football

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United enjoyed impressive wins in their respective matches on Saturday. Goals from Conor Higginson and Matt Varley earned the Tulips a 2-0 victory at Gresley in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, while Josh Ford, Callum Madigan and Jamie Ward all netted as the Tigers beat Leicester Nirvana 3-0 at Carter’s Park. Starting with Spalding, Dave ...

Holbeach United 3 Leicester Nirvana 0 Seb Hayes admitted that he was pleased to see his Holbeach United side “win ugly” in his first home game in charge on Saturday. Strikes from Josh Ford (21), Callum Madigan (45) and sub Jamie Ward (79) earned the Tigers a convincing success over ten-man Leicester Nirvana at Carter’s Park. That made it back-to-back ...

Spalding United supremo Dave Frecklington has paid tribute to skipper Nathan Stainfield after he made his 150th appearance for the club on Saturday. Central defender Stainfield was presented with a special award by the Tulips to mark the occasion before the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash with Market Drayton Town. He duly led his side to a 3-0 victory ...

Seb Hayes has talked up the attitude of new Holbeach United signing Zak Munton after prising him away from hometown club Bourne Town. The prolific young gun, who is the son of Wakes legend Darren Munton, became Hayes’ second signing as Tigers boss earlier this week. Having notched 11 goals in 22 games for UCL Division One Bourne this season, ...

Bullish assistant boss Paul Crowson insists that Moulton Harrox are focused on retaining their ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title after Saturday’s 3-0 win at Deeping Rangers Reserves. Second-half strikes from new signing Dan Woods (2) and Joe Townsend gave Harrox the points at The Haydon Whitham Stadium – and leave them one point behind leaders Netherton United with a game ...

Player/boss Matt Cawthorn described Long Sutton Athletic’s 8-2 ChromaSport PDFL Division One loss at Oundle Town as the worst game of his reign so far. A well-worked goal from Damien Ramm couldn’t stop Sutton going in 2-1 down at half-time – having also played with the famous slope in their favour. The Magpies should really have scored a few more ...

Improving Spalding United Reserves were cruelly denied a ChromaSport PDFL Division One draw by a last-gasp Stamford Belvedere strike on Saturday. Tom Holland’s strike from a corner gave the hosts a 2-1 victory – and left the Tulips’ second string cursing their luck. Lucas Williams put Stamford ahead in the first half following a defensive mix-up. Spalding improved after the ...

Pinchbeck United have defended their decision to pull their Reserve team out of ChromaSport PDFL Division Two following an alleged assault by one of the club’s players on a referee over the weekend. It is said that Pinchbeck Reserves’ Reece Parker attacked Spalding referee Phil Hayes as the team left their field at half time at Tydd St Mary on ...

Spalding United 3 Market Drayton 0 Resurgent Spalding United turned in an impressive display of controlled football at rain-swept Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday to get the festive month off to a winning start with their second successive 3-0 victory in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South. Opponents Market Drayton Town, although battling throughout, were comprehensively swept aside by a ...

ON Chenecks 0 Holbeach United 4 New boss Seb Hayes felt Holbeach United ticked all of the boxes he was looking for on Saturday as they cruised to victory in his first game in charge on Saturday. Tommy Treacher fired the Tigers ahead on 37 minutes, moments after his strike partner Josh Ford had rattled the bar with another effort. ...

Tulips boss Dave Frecklington believes his side need to show a patient approach to maintaining their push for a place in the EvoStik League Division One South play-offs. Spalding ended a four-match winless run on Saturday with a 3-0 away success at Loughborough Dynamo. They entertain Market Drayton at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm) looking for ...

Pinchbeck player-boss Ian Dunn is hoping his charges will take out their frustrations of a double whammy of postponements by moving another step closer to Lincolnshire Junior Cup glory on Saturday.   Dunn’s side host East Lincs Combination Division One table-toppers Tetney Rovers at Knight Street on Saturday (1.30pm) aiming to book a place in the quarter-finals of the coveted ...

New Holbeach United manager Seb Hayes wants to bring the good times back to Carter’s Park after landing what he describes as “the biggest job” he’s likely to have in Step Five management. Hayes was officially unveiled as Tigers boss after Saturday’s 2-1 win over Rothwell Corinthians, having left his role as joint boss at UCL Division One side Oakham ...

After a four-match winless run in Evostik NPL First Division South, the Tulips began the festive month in scintillating style with a commanding victory courtesy of three cracking goals. Dynamo, struggling for survival in the league but strengthened by five new signings, fully tested the Tulips resolve in the first half which ended goalless. But once the deadlock was ended ...

Holbeach United 2 Rothwell Corinthians 1 A dramatic injury-time penalty from Josh Ford earned Holbeach United a battling 2-1 ChromaSport UCL Premier Division win over Rothwell Corinthians on Saturday in Martyn Cundy’s final game as caretaker manager. With newly-appointed boss Seb Hayes watching on from the sideline, Ford had earlier put the Tigers ahead following a top team move on ...

Moulton Harrox marched into the next round of the PFA Senior Cup after a stunning second half performance at Broad Lane on Saturday. Harrox held a narrow 2-1 lead against Peterborough League Premier Division rivals Ketton going into the half-time interval. However, they turned on the style in the second half to bounce back after last week’s penalty shoot-out defeat ...

An injury to top-scoring player-boss Matt Cawthorn took the shine off Long Sutton’s 3-2 derby victory over Spalding United Reserves on Saturday.   Cawthorn damaged his ankle ligaments after landing awkwardly just five minutes after coming on as a substitute during the Peterborough League Division One clash.   He had been unable to make the start of the match due ...

Tydd St Mary battled back from a goal down to win 2-1 away at Ketton Reserves on Saturday in their Peterborough League Division Two clash.   The Saints were the dominant team in the first half but failed to make their chances count and it remained goalless at the break.   Ketton came out of the blocks the sharper after ...

Incoming boss Seb Hayes watched on as Holbeach United dramatically beat Rothwell Corinthians 2-1 in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division on Saturday, while Spalding United ended their winless streak in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South with a 3-0 win at Loughborough Dynamo. Starting with Holbeach, Josh Ford bagged a brace – including a stoppage-time penalty winner – to clinch a ...

Upbeat Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington feels that his side aren’t too far away from rediscovering their dazzling early season form. Despite losing four of their last five Evo-Stik NPL First Division South fixtures, the Tulips’s steely showing at Basford United on Saturday was packed full of positives for the Spalding supremo. The return to fitness of long-term absentees Brad ...