Football

The Sir Halley Stewart has been by vandals and stock taken from the bar ahead of Spalding United’s fixture tomorrow (Saturday). The volunteers that run the Pitching-In Northern Premier League Midlands Division club found the damage this morning when arriving to prepare for the fixture against Yaxley. Windows were broken and furniture turned upside down at the South Holland District ...

A town could be set to net a new floodlit 3G football pitch. Holbeach United Community Sports Academy is looking to add the all-weather football pitch to its Penny Hill site. In documentation supplied with the planning application to South Holland District Council, the club says it will replace an existing grass pitch for its currently 18 affiliated teams to ...

Holbeach United are looking for their third manager of the season after Gary Frost left the club on Tuesday night. Frost, who only took the Tigers job on October 14, replaced Phil Barnes in the Carter’s Park hot seat. He leaves the club in the same position as he found it – bottom of the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North ...

The next few games will define Pinchbeck United’s season, manager Lewis Thorogood says. The Knights find themselves in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North relegation zone. But they could haul themselves out of it on Saturday with a victory over a Selston side just one place and one point above them in the table. It was a victory over the ...

It’s full steam ahead for Moulton Harrox’s Lincolnshire FA Junior Cup bid as they booked a quarter-final slot by derailing Lincoln Moorlands Railway’s bid. Goals from Ian Bradbury and Josh McGuire gave Moulton a 2-0 win over the Balcan Lighting Supplies Lincolnshire League challengers at Broad Lane. Manager Bobby Patterson was delighted his players were able to topple one of ...

A battling performance from Spalding United was rewarded with a point against promotion challengers Chasetown on Saturday thanks to a last gasp goal by Ryan Flitton. Flitton rose highest to head home deep into injury time to maintain caretaker-manager Bruno Porfirio’s unbeaten record so far in the Pitching-In Northern Premier League Midlands Division. And they competed well throughout with a ...

Holbeach United hit a new low as they were hammered 6-0 at home by Newark Flowserve in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North on Saturday. The hosts conceded goals at crucial times before capitulating early in the second half. But they competed in the first half even after going behind to Newark’s Dan Meadows scoring the first of what was ...

High-flying Anstey Nomads proved no match for Pinchbeck United in the end on Saturday. The Leicestershire side scored four second half goals to take the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North match away from the Knights. Pinchbeck were competitive throughout the first half and frustrated the visitors in the opening exchanges.Anstey thought they’d taken the lead in the 35th minute but ...

Moulton Harrox boss Bobby Patterson hailed his side’s best performance of the season so far as they ousted one of the favourites from the Lincs FA Junior Cup on Saturday. His side are in the draw for the last eight of the competition after the victory over Lincoln Moorlands Railway who have lost just once in the Balcan Lighting Supplies ...

A double from Matthew Cox plus goals from Juliano Resta and Giuliano Staffieri helped Crowland Town back to winning ways in the ChromaSport Peterborough and District League Premier Division. They defeated Leverington Sports 4-2 on Saturday to move up the table and bounce back from last week’s defeat to Holbeach United Reserves. The third placed Tigers lost ground on the ...

Holbeach United are looking for their third manager of the season after Gary Frost left the club on Tuesday night. Frost, who only took the Tigers job on October 14, replaced Phil Barnes in the Carter’s Park hot seat. He leaves the club in the same position as he found it – bottom of the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North ...

A late Ryan Flitton strike earned Spalding United a fine 2-2 draw at high-flying Chasetown on Saturday, while Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were on the receiving end of heavy defeats. Starting with the Tulips, they rescued a great point at Pitching In NPL Midlands Division title hopefuls Chasetown in dramatic style. After a goalless first period, Scott Floyd put ...

Holbeach United finally have something positive to build on ahead of Saturday’s Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North clash with Newark at Carter’s Park (3pm). That’s the view of boss Gary Frost, who was impressed with the Tigers’ showing in last weekend’s 2-1 loss to high-flying Loughborough Students. Both Aaron Eyett’s super solo strike, which ended their long wait for a ...

Lewis Thorogood is refusing to push the panic button after seeing Pinchbeck United fall into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division’s relegation zone. The Knights dropped into the bottom two for the first time this season after losing 2-0 at relegation rivals Quorn on Saturday. And, with third-placed Anstey Nomads the visitors to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday ...

Spalding United CEO Leigh Porter admits that the club are in no rush to make a definitive decision on who will be the next permanent manager. Caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio has taken four points from two games since stepping up to the Tulips hot-seat in the wake of Gaby Zakuani’s departure two weeks ago. Porter feels that Porfirio has the ...

Five-time winners Moulton Harrox are hoping to keep their affinity with the Lincs FA Junior Cup going on Saturday. Harrox welcome fellow big-hitters Lincoln Moorlands Railway to Broad Lane for what is undoubtedly the tie of the fourth round – with whoever progresses moving on to be big favourites to lift the county crown. Joint Moulton boss Bobby Patterson reckons ...

Moulton Harrox 3 Oundle Town 0 Bobby Patterson heaped praise on his Moulton Harrox side after they braved dreadful conditions to defeat Oundle Town 3-0 on Saturday. A double from Alfie Woodward and an Ian Bradbury strike fired Moulton to a hard-fought three points in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. However, it was the windy conditions that proved the most ...

Quorn 2Pinchbeck United 0 Pinchbeck United slipped into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North’s relegation zone on Saturday after a 2-0 loss at fellow strugglers Quorn. Strikes from Charlie Marzano (41) and Jack Samples (60) did for the Knights, who are now 17th in the 18-team division, one point from safety and seven clear of rock-bottom Holbeach United. Pinchbeck saw ...

Holbeach United 1 Loughborough Students 2 Aaron Eyett scored Holbeach United’s first goal in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North since way back on August 28 – but it was in vain as Loughborough Students won 2-1 at Carter’s Park. After a goalless first period on Saturday, high-flying Loughborough moved 2-0 up thanks to goals from Dylan Edwards (59) and ...

Holbeach United Reserves returned to form in fine style on Saturday as they hammered South Holland rivals Crowland Town 6-2 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. After suffering back-to-back defeats, third-placed Holbeach ran riot at Snowden Field thanks to goals from Fenn Storey (2), Kyle Compton, Jordan Keeble, Cameron Lee and sub Oliver Foster. Danny Firth and Giuliano Staffieri replied ...