Football

Spalding United and Holbeach United enjoyed winning afternoons on Saturday (December 5). An 85th-minute Jake Newman goal secured a fifth win in six Evo-Stik NPL First Division South matches for the Tulips. The 1-0 result against promotion rivals Market Drayton Town strengthened their hold on fourth place. It was the Tulips’ seventh home league win of the season – more ...

Pinchbeck United are up to fifth place in the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division. A 5-3 win at Sawtry Town came courtesy of goals from Liam Ogden and Dan Woods (two apiece) and player/manager Ian Dunn. Holbeach United Reserves recovered from their PFA Senior Cup exit with a resounding 5-0 defeat of Riverside. Jordan Keeble grabbed a brace of goals, ...

Pat Rayment was never going to leave Spalding United quietly. Having called time on his hugely successful four-year reign as Tulips chief on November 4, the club’s most successful manager in recent history (P186 W120 L41 F467 A207) has decided to reveal all on his time at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Speaking exclusively to The Spalding Voice, Rayment ...

Holbeach United will not be promoted this season – even if they finish in a top spot. The deadline for applying for promotion passed on Monday, with the Tigers deciding to sit tight and stay put at Step Five of the non-league pyramid. Chairman Dave Dougill said the decision boiled down to the extra financial strain of playing in a ...

Moulton Harrox picked up the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division team of the month award for October – and marked the occasion by smashing 11 unanswered goals past Deeping Rangers Reserves. In their last home fixture of 2015, Moulton really gave home fans something to savour. Manager Dave Panton said: “They were simply fantastic.” With Deeping not their usual organised ...

A PFA Senior Cup tie which might have been considered a potential banana skin for Pinchbeck United proved anything but. Ian Dunn’s Premier Division side tore apart Division One high-fliers Sutton Bridge United in an 8-0 romp at Knight Street on Saturday (November 28). Player/boss Ian Dunn and Dan Woods each scored twice and there were also goals for Tony ...

The only competitive game  in the Premiership of The Spalding and South Holland Voice Six-a-Side League on Monday night (November 30) was an entertaining top-of-the-table clash between Polishborough and You’ve Got No Fans. This tie has created some memorable match-ups in the past – not always for the right reasons – but this outing was enthralling and football was the ...

A memorable goal from a four-man passing move was the highlight of this stunning win. The result looks a walkover. It wasn’t – nobody could have argued if Harborough Town had grabbed two or three goals. But on a day when rivals in the title race dropped points or were not in action, the Tigers did everything asked of them. ...

In-form Spalding United come up against another promotion rival on Saturday (December 5, 3pm). Fifth-placed Market Drayton Town arrive at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field hoping to leapfrog the Tulips in the Evo-Stik First Division South play-off places. But they will find a team high in confidence and nursing an unbeaten league run of four wins and a draw. ...

Man-of-the-match full-back Paul Walker bagged a goal to earn Spalding United a valuable Evo-Stik League Division One South point at Rugby Town. The 1-1 draw at a windswept and rain-drenched Butlin Road ensured that the Tulips remain unbeaten in five leagues games since the start of Marcus Ebdon’s rein as manager. Such were the conditions, with the elements continuing throughout and the pitch becoming heavier, both teams ...

It was anything but unlucky 13 for Moulton Harrox as they extended their 100 per cent winning start with a phenomenal 11-0 win. Dave Panton’s flawless table-toppers pulverised Deeping Rangers Reserves at Broad Lane on Saturday. In the PFA Senior Cup second round, Pinchbeck United might have been slightly concerned about hosting Division One high fliers Sutton Bridge United. In the ...

Our top sides enjoyed a good day, with Spalding United extending their unbeaten run under new management and Holbeach United winning 5-0. The Tulips earned a point at Rugby Town with a 1-1 draw. Defender Paul Walker headed them into the lead shortly before half-time but Callum Powell grabbed a deserved point for the home side with a leveller midway through ...

Keeper Ashley Elderkin was the hero as Spalding United advanced to the quarter-finals of the PFA Challenge Cup with a dramatic 6-5 win on penalties at Langtoft United Reserves. The drama on Saturday (November 28) followed a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes. With Spalding’s league form dipping over recent weeks, a cup game was a welcome break to try and ...

Holbeach United manager Darren Jarvis has told his side to forget their FA Vase exit and re-focus on their bid for a ChromaSport UCL Premier Division double. The Tigers were dumped out of the Vase at Walsall Wood on Saturday, but sit third in the league and are already through to the quarter-finals of the Knockout Cup. Winning either competition ...

Spalding United hope to welcome back midfielder Sam Murphy for the trip to Rugby Town on Saturday (3pm). Fourth-placed Spalding go into the game on a four-game winning streak in Evo-Stik League First Division South, with new boss Marcus Ebdon yet to taste defeat in a league match during his reign. Rugby find themselves 19th in the table – but ...

Freezing conditions didn’t stop the action in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side League on Monday night – and it was unbeaten League One duo Tekkerslovakia and FC Salad Fingers who shone the brightest. Tekkerslovakia continued their more-than-impressive opening to the season with a 5-0 win over Bowlcut Wanderers in the third tier opener at Surfleet’s Glen Park. The ...

Spalding United 1 Coalville Town 0 A trademark Josh Moreman screamer earned Marcus Ebdon his most impressive Spalding United win yet on Tuesday night. Top scorer Moreman rifled home his 15th goal of the season to sink second-placed Coalville Town in an absorbing Evo-Stik League First Division South clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. The wing wizard smashed ...

Ian Dunn was pleased to see his Pinchbeck United side rediscover their winning touch on Saturday as a Dan Woods double dispatched hosts Sawtry. Woods netted a scrambled first-half opener in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash, before finishing off a top team move in the second period to seal a 2-0 victory. The goal was described as “different class” ...

Walsall Wood 4 Holbeach United 1 Boss Darren Jarvis refused to be too downbeat after seeing his Holbeach United side crash out of the FA Vase on Saturday. A 4-1 defeat at Walsall Wood on Saturday ensured that the Tigers won’t come close to matching last season’s run to the last 16 as key moments in the clash went against ...

Dave Panton is refusing to get carried away despite seeing his Moulton Harrox side make it 12 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division wins on the spin on Saturday. The flawless table-toppers cruised to a 3-0 win over Langtoft United at Broad Lane and remain two points clear of Peterborough Sports Reserves at the standings. First-half goals from Ryan Wheeler and Ian ...