Football

Nine points, seven goals and none conceded, it’s been a perfect Christmas for Spalding United. The second placed Tulips are keeping the pressure on Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands Division leaders Harborough Town.And it’s everyone in the club who’s chipping in as witnessed on New Year’s Day.A host of volunteers came to the Sir Halley Stewart to drain the ...

Holbeach United are in the Thurlow Nunn First Division North play off spots after hitting Dussindale and Hessendon for six.The Tigers won 6-2 at home on Saturday, with George Frost and Luke Prentice at the double plus goals from Tom Hoyle and Harvey Robertson.It moved them into fifth position and was the second successive home with after a 2-1 win ...

Spalding United received a big boost ahead of the festive fixtures as they saw off League Two side Grimsby Town in the Lincolnshire County Cup on Tuesday. After a thrilling 3-3 draw the Tulips despatched five perfect penalties and keeper Tony Breedon made the decisive save to take them through to the next round of the competition.Grimsby brought a strong ...

Ahead of the Christmas period, Pinchbeck United will be hoping for a better 2024. The Knights fell to a 3-0 defeat at home to Skegness Town last Saturday after playing a man down for all but ten minutes of the match and remain rooted to the foot of the table with just one win to their name.Their Christmas schedule includes ...

Holbeach United’s play-off hopes suffered a set back last Saturday, but they’ll have plenty of opportunity to bounce back over the Christmas period. The Tigers slipped out of the top six of the Thurlow Nunn First Division North after losing 2-1 at Leiston Under 23s on Saturday.The hosts put a bit of daylight between themselves and the relegation places thanks ...

Spalding United Juniors dressed up as Santa to deliver money for charity recently. Players and volunteers from across the age groups came together to take part in the Stamford Santa Fun Run.They raised over £400 for local charities.A spokesman for the club said: “A massive well done to all those who took part from under 6s all the way to ...

Their team’s game against Rugby Town may have been postponed due to a water-logged pitch on Saturday, but Spalding United fans were still on form to help a local charity. The club launched a Tulips Against Hunger, Christmas foodbank appeal.For their scheduled ‘Pitching In’ Northern Premier Midlands Division game on Saturday, supporters were asked to bring in food to be ...

Most of the games in the GCE Peterborough and District Football League were called off, but there was some action. Crowland Town were at home to league leaders and reigning champions Uppingham Town. Despite an Archie Rickards double, they succumbed to a 3-2 defeat.Sutton Bridge United lost by the same score at home to Oakham United Reserves in Division Two.Mark ...

RESULTSNORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMidland Division (Sat): Harborough Tn 1 Spalding Utd 1.UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North: Pinchbeck Utd P Belper Utd P. Hinchingbrooke Cup (Tues): Pinchbeck Utd 1 Eaton Socon 2.THURLOW NUNN LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat): AFC Sudbury Res 1 Holbeach Utd 2.PETERBOROUGH LEAGUEPremier Division (Sat): Crowland Tn 1 Leverington Sp 0, Holbeach Utd Res P Netherton Utd P, Oundle Tn ...

Spalding United manager Elliot Sandy was left delighted as his side earned a point at Pitching In Northern Premier Division leaders Harborough Town on Saturday despite playing with ten men for more than half the game. Tyler Winters was shown a straight red just before half time, but the Tulips more than held their own to earn a 0-0 draw.It ...

Harry Tidswell netted the only goal as Crowland Town beat ten-man Leverington Sports on Saturday.They moved to sixth in the Peterborough and District League Premier Division as the league was hit by a host of postponements due to frozen pitches.In Division One, Holbeach United Sports are up to fourth after a 3-1 win at Glinton and Northborough.While all the games ...

John Yambasu returned to Holbeach United to help the Tigers shrug off the loss of their top scorer and move towards the Thurlow Nunn First Division North play-off places. The forward is on duel forms with Pinchbeck United and came back to replace Conner Pilbeam who has made the move to Sleaford Town at a level above.Pilbeam has netted 15 ...

Pinchbeck United had a night to forget on Tuesday as they went out of the Hinchingbrooke Cup with a 2-1 defeat at home to Eaton Socon.Eaton are fourth from bottom of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One, a level below the Knights.At a freezing Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field Amadu Kanu netted for the home side in the opening ...

Holbeach United ended a run of three defeats in a row to beat title-chasing Stanway Pegasus and move themselves to within three points of the Thurlow Nunn League Division One North play-off places.They had to work hard though, after conceding a second-minute opener to the Essex side, who had been delayed on their journey north, with the game kicking off ...

Spalding United can regain top spot in the Midland Division of the Pitching In Northern Premier League on Saturday by extending their winning run to four games. However, they will need to be at their best for the trip to leaders Harborough Town.That was certainly the case last Saturday when the Tulips romped to a 5-0 victory against promotion-chasing rivals Sporting ...

It is turning into a straight fight between Pinchbeck United and Hucknall Town to avoid the wooden spoon position in the United Counties League.Both sides lost 4-0 on Saturday and have only one win each to their name this campaign.The Knights were left feeling hard done by after holding second-placed Melton Town 0-0 at half-time on Saturday.However, the hosts went ahead ...

Performance levels were just not there as Holbeach United fell to a 4-1 defeat at Cornard United in Division One North of the Thurlow Nunn League on Saturday.The Sudbury side took an early lead with a wicked free-kick but Will Barnes levelled when he was first to react to a rebound.However, the hosts regained the lead two minutes after the ...

A last-gasp 3-2 win at Coleshill Town on Saturday pushed Spalding United back into the top two of the Northern Premier League’s Midland Division. It came after they had conceded the lead for the fourth time in the last five games, when they had scored first.Again they were two goals to the good before being hauled back to 2-2.However, unlike draws ...

Pinchbeck United put on a brave show but their Lincolnshire County FA Senior Trophy hopes were ended at holders Boston Town on Tuesday.The hosts had lost only one county cup tie in four years but were hard pushed to break down a resolute Knights side.The first goal did not arrive until the 53rd minute when substitute Lucas Dakin netted and ...

Moulton Harrox moved within a point of league leaders Uppingham Town with a game in hand after a 2-0 win at Ramsey Town.Declan Earth and Tyler Wright took their chances to secure the points against visitors who ended down to 10 men when Ryan Pratt received a second yellow.Elsewhere in the division, Crowland Town won a thriller 4-3 at home ...