Football

Holbeach United 1 Daventry Town 3 Depleted Holbeach United were unable to deny Daventry Town a double on Monday as the UCL Premier Division champions secured the Knockout Cup crown. Missing a host of key players for the final, the writing looked to be on the wall for the Tigers at Kiln Park when Kieran Fitzgerald nodded home an early ...

Danny Hussey has called on his Holbeach United players to up their game ahead of Monday’s Future Lions UCL Knockout Cup final. The Tigers go into the Kiln Park clash (3pm) with Premier Division champions Daventry Town as massive underdogs, having finished a hefty 25 points behind them in the table. Boss Hussey berated his side’s “poor attitude” during their ...

It’s all change at Long Sutton Athletic after popular boss Omar Joof left his position with the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division club. Former Holbeach United midfielder Joof has been replaced at the helm by the management team of Daniel Monaghan (ex-Tydd), Luke Law and Jay Rauch (both ex-Sutton Bridge United). PDFL sides Spalding Town and Spalding Athletic are to merge, ...

Pinchbeck United 3 Godmanchester Rovers 3 (Godmanchester win 4-2 on penalties) It was penalty shoot-out heartbreak for Pinchbeck United in the Hinchingbrooke Cup final on Wednesday night after a thrilling battle against Godmanchester Rovers. The Knights made a dream start and raced into a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes thanks to goals from Ollie Maltby and Alex Beck, but were ...

Loyal Spalding United manager Matt Easton has revealed the extent of the problems he’s been dealing with off the field. Easton, who saw his Tulips secure their future as a step four side with a 0-0 Evo-Stik NPL East Division draw at Belper Town last Saturday (see page 37), admits that he sees finishing 18th in the table as a ...

Leicester Nirvana 0 Holbeach United 0 Disappointed Danny Hussey accused his Holbeach United side of not caring after seeing them miss the chance to finish fourth in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division on Saturday. The Tigers were held to a 0-0 draw at mid-table Leicester Nirvana in their season finale, with Hussey admitting that picking up a point was ...

After 42 years trying, Jubilee have finally got their hands on the Spalding and District Sunday League’s Knockout Cup. The Spalding side, who are led by inspirational 61-year-old player/boss Paul Rudkin, denied League and John Chappell Shield winners Sutton St James a treble by winning 5-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday. Their goals came from Declan ...

Pinchbeck United 1 Oadby Town 2 Pinchbeck United clinched a fine fourth-placed finish in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division despite suffering a 2-1 home reverse against Oadby Town on Saturday. A Tony Edwards goal (22) did put the Knights ahead at the Sir Halley, but Oadby hit back twice (43 and 57) to ensure that Pinchbeck’s final league game ...

Belper Town 0 Spalding United 0 Spalding United will be playing step four football again next season after achieving a vital point from their final Evo-Stik NPL East Division game of the season in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales on Saturday. Knowing that a single point at Belper Town would keep them out of the relegation positions, the Tulips ...

The final day of the non-league season saw Spalding United secure their Evo-Stik NPL East Division status with a 0-0 draw at Belper Town, while Pinchbeck United and Holbeach United clinched fourth and fifth places in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division respectively. Starting with Spalding, their stalemate in Derbyshire was enough to seal 18th place in the league, four ...

Defiant Spalding United boss has heaped praise on his players and staff after they all but confirmed their status as an Evo-Stik NPL East Division side. The 3-0 home defeat against Brighouse Town on Monday means that 19th-placed Carlton Town can only surpass the Tulips with a big win at Marske United, providing Spalding are also defeated at Belper Town ...

Pipping rivals Pinchbeck United to fourth place in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division doesn’t really bother Holbeach United boss Danny Hussey. The Tigers saw off the Knights 1-0 on Easter Monday to move up to fifth place in the table. Victory in their final league fixture at Leicester Nirvana on Saturday (3pm), coupled with a Pinchbeck loss against Oadby ...

Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn admits that he’s prioritising Wednesday night’s Hinchingbrooke Cup final over Saturday’s Future Lions UCL Premier Division finale. The Knights will clinch fourth place with victory over Oadby Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm), but Dunn has his eyes firmly set on the final with Godmanchester Rovers at Peterborough Northern Star on Wednesday ...

Holbeach United 1 Pinchbeck United 0 Danny Hussey heaped praise on Holbeach United match-winner Jonny Lockie after his second-half strike sank South Holland rivals Pinchbeck United on Easter Monday. The Tigers broke away from a Pinchbeck corner mid-way through the second period and Lockie fired a strike home to make it five goals in his last seven games. Pinchbeck missed ...

Jonny Lockie’s strike gave Holbeach United a 1-0 derby win over Pinchbeck United at Carter’s Park on Easter Monday. Striker Lockie struck the only goal of the clash in the second half, as the Tigers moved to within two points of fourth-placed Pinchbeck with one Future Lions UCL Premier Division game left. Meanwhile, Spalding United look set to stave off ...

Spalding United 0 Brighouse Town 3 Spalding United were handed a 3-0 reverse by Brighouse Town in their final home game of the season on Monday – but the result isn’t actually as bad as it sounds. First-half goals from Gabriel Johnson (9), Aaron Martin (28) and Rarman Edmonds-Green (45) were no more than dominant Brighouse deserved at the Sir ...

Pinchbeck United 1 Daventry Town 1 Pinchbeck United were unable to stop Daventy Town clinching the Future Lions UCL Premier Division title on Saturday – but held the new champions to a creditable draw. The Knights fell behind to a strike from Sam Jackson midway through the first half at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, but Alex Beck’s 46th-minute ...

Kirby Muxloe 0 Holbeach United 5 After going a month without a win, Holbeach United ended their barren run with an emphatic 5-0 victory at Kirby Muxloe on Saturday. The Tigers kept up their hopes of finishing fourth in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division with a five-star showing at Ratby Lane as Billy Smith, Jonny Lockie (2), Callum Madigan ...

By RAY TUCKER Markse United 1 Spalding United 1 Neal Spafford returned to action after a two-week break to turn in a man-of-the-match performance and score the goal which earned Spalding United a crucial point in their quest for Evo-Stik League East Division safety on Saturday. The 1-1 draw gained at mid-table Marske United gave the Tulips a three-point advantage ...

Spalding United edged closer to safety in Evo-Stik NPL East Division with a fine 1-1 draw at Marske United on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United drew 1-1 with Daventry Town and Holbeach United returned to winning ways with a 5-0 victory at Kirby Muxloe. Starting with the Tulips, they fell 1-0 down just before the break when Curtis Round netted for ...