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Adam Jackson has ended a remarkable three-year spell at Spalding United to commit to Holbeach United. Tigers manager Tom Roberts is a happy man, with the left-back’s agreement coming just days after club skipper Jamie Stevens pledged his immediate future. Jackson has built quite a reputation at The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field for consistency and reliability.Incredibly, he missed just ...

Dave Frecklington has hit the ground running at Spalding United, agreeing deals for three new signings and getting two more key players on contract. The new boss reckons he will have the best central defensive partnership in the league after tying up the return of Kern Miller. The tall centre-half will play alongside club skipper Nathan Stainfield as part of ...

Boss Tom Roberts reckons that Holbeach United have signalled their intent by securing the services of skipper Jamie Stevens for next season. The centre-back, rated as the best defender in the UCL Premier Division by player/boss Roberts, has already agreed a deal to stay at Carter’s Park for next season. Although the season has only just finished, Roberts felt that ...

All-conquering Pinchbeck United Sunday made it three Spalding Sunday League titles on the spin by beating nearest rivals Swineshead Institute 4-0 in a double-header over the weekend. A double from player/boss Josh Ford plus strikes from Adam Jackson and Ricky Drury got the job done for Pinchbeck, who picked up six points for the victory. They end up as seemingly ...

Long Sutton Athletic player/boss Matt Cawthorn admits that he feels a little let down by the club after finding out that he’ll have to re-apply for his own job. Cawthorn, who stepped up from assistant boss after Danny Goddard’s surprise resignation in March, picked up ten points from his seven ChromaSport PDFL Division One games in sole charge. That ensured ...

Boss Carl Wilson declared himself “over the moon” as Tydd St Mary clinched promotion to ChromaSport Division Two with an impressive 4-1 play-off final win at Stamford Lions Reserves on Tuesday night. The Saints flew out of the blocks early on and could have easily been 3-0 nil up after just ten minutes. It wasn’t long before Tydd made the ...

Relentless Spalding Town completed their regular season with a massive 17-0 victory over Thorney Reserves on Saturday. Marcus Parry led the charge with six goals – taking his tally for the season to a whopping 54 in ChromaSport PDFL Division Two. That makes the Town ace the leading scorer in any PDFL division this season. Glen Wells (3), Danny Kingman ...

Spalding United have pulled off a real coup by enticing highly-rated Dave Frecklington to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field as their new manager Frecklington, who led rivals Lincoln United to the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs last season, was revealed as Marcus Ebdon’s successor at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday. The former Lincoln United, Stamford, Grantham ...

Player/boss Tom Roberts has admitted that Holbeach United’s season could have gone down as one to remember. Finishing fourth in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division – albeit 27 points behind champions Kempston Rovers – reaching the UCL Knockout Cup final and enjoying a memorable FA Cup run would be good enough for most Step Five teams. But Roberts, who took ...

Moulton Harrox 0 Pinchbeck United 1 A deflected Tyler Wright strike four minutes from time fired Pinchbeck United to ChromaSport PDFL President Premier Shield glory on Friday night as they edged out fierce rivals Moulton Harrox 1-0. Wright’s 86th-minute strike was perhaps heading wide before Harrox defender Ashley Coddington deflected the ball past keeper Lee Kenealy at Stamford’s Zeeco Stadium ...

One of South Holland’s fiercest rivalries spills over to Stamford tomorrow night (Friday) as Moulton Harrox and Pinchbeck go head-to-head in the ChromaSport PDFL President Premier Shield final. The PDFL Premier Division duo will end their respective seasons at The Zeeco (7.30pm kick off), with both looking to end impressive campaigns on a high. For Moulton, the incentive is a ...

Popular magazine LiquidFootball are looking for your help as they bid to raise money for Spalding-based Callum Pite’s Smile Charity. LiquidFootball, a free-to-read-online magazine, have various sponsorship opportunities available for the LiquidFootball Trophy 2016, which is taking place at Peterborough Power League on July 24. All proceeds of the event will be donated to Callum Pite’s Smile Charity (registered charity ...

Red-hot Pinchbeck United completed their ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division season with a 6-2 derby win at Crowland Town on Saturday. Player/boss Ian Dunn notched a hat-trick as his side secured at least third place in the table – and took their goals tally for the season to 103. Tony Edwards (penalty), Brad Murrell – from a trademark thunderbolt free-kick – ...

Tydd St Mary need just one point from their final game to clinch a place in the ChromaSport PDFL Division Three play-offs after drawing 2-2 with Eye United on Saturday. With Eye needing a win to have any chance of automatic promotion, it was always going to be a tricky test for the Saints. Both sides had half chances in ...

A 4-0 win over ICA Sports proved to be the perfect tonic for Moulton Harrox on Saturday as they celebrated lifting the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title in typical style. On the field, Harrox raced into a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to a powerful Ben Allen effort and a strike from top scorer Ollie Maltby, who linked up well with ...

Champions Moulton Harrox enjoyed a title party at Broad Lane as they beat Peterborough ICA Sports 4-0 in their final ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division game of the season on Saturday. For once, it was all about events off the pitch – with boss Dave Panton and his side getting their hands on the trophy after the final whistle. On the ...

Holbeach United 5 Wisbech Town 3 Holbeach United clinched fourth place in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division with a thrilling 5-3 win over Wisbech Town in their final fixture on Wednesday night.  Jake Clitheroe put the Tigers ahead inside ten minutes at Carter’s Park, but a six-minute hat-trick from Michael Frew (13, 16 & 19) put the Fenmen 3-1 up ...

Terrific Tydd St Mary made it two cup wins this season when they beat Whittlesey Athletic A 3-0 at Yaxley to lift the ChromaSport PDFL Intermediate Shield on Friday night. Much like in the Spalding Inter-Services final, the Division Three Saints were underdogs once again as they took to the pitch against a Whittlesey A side from a division above. ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn toasted a five-star Pinchbeck United performance on Saturday. Having fallen behind at Uppingham Town thanks to a cracking direct free kick from James Howe, Pinchbeck roared back to lead the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash 2-1 at half time. That’s after Nick Bishop turned home a Brad Murrell cross and Liam Ogden buried a Tony Edwards delivery. ...

Holbeach United emphatically ended their run of seven ChromaSport UCL Premier Division losses on the spin with a 4-0 win over Kirby Muxloe on Saturday. The Tigers were in dominant form at Carter’s Park and led 2-0 at half time thanks to goals from Jake Clitheroe (33) and Aaron Eyett (38). Clitheroe’s second of the game 16 minutes from time ...