Football

ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Moulton Harrox dropped points for the first time this season as they drew 3-3 with Peterborough Sports Development at Broad Lane on Saturday. Danny Maddison and Martin Sandall netted the first two Harrox goals, while Ali Morgan put through his own net to give Sports hope. Dalius Kisla bagged the third for Harrox, only for ...

Holbeach United 2 Cogenhoe United 2 A debut goal from Declan Rogers helped ten-man Holbeach United rescue a 2-2 draw with Cogenhoe United on Saturday as they ended a run of two successive defeats. Striker Rogers – who was playing for free after signing on dual forms with AFC Rushden and Diamonds late on Friday – lobbed home ten minutes ...

Woodbridge Town 2 Pinchbeck United 1 They don’t lose very often – but when Pinchbeck United are beaten, it’s usually in an FA competition. Having been dumped out of the Emirates FA Cup earlier in an otherwise unblemished season, the Knights were seen off 2-1 at Woodbridge Town in the FA Vase on Saturday. The hosts went ahead on eight ...

Spalding United 0 Pickering Town 0 Keeper Michael Duggan was the star of the day with a penalty save that ensured Spalding United a share of the Evo-Stik East League points against first-time visitors Pickering Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday. Duggan’s heroics came on the half-hour when he was at full stretch to save Ryan Blott’s ...

Spalding United’s search for a first league win of the season dragged on as they drew 0-0 with fellow strugglers Pickering Town on Saturday, while Holbeach United battled back to hold Cogenhoe United 2-2 and Pinchbeck United exited the FA Vase 2-1 at Woodbridge Town. Starting with the Tulips, they had a man-of-the-match display from keeper Michael Duggan to thank ...

Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn is not currently interested in the vacant Spalding United job. Dunn and his trusted number two Allan Ross have steered the Knights from the ChromaSport PDFL to the top of the Future Lions UCL Premier Division in just two years, making them obvious candidates for the Tulips job. Social media chatter has suggested that Dunn ...

Seb Hayes has told his Holbeach United players to start performing – or risk being dropped. The Tigers chief has been frustrated by their indifferent start to the new season and feels that some of his players simply aren’t delivering at the moment. He’s likely to ring the changes for Saturday’s visit of Cogenhoe United to Carter’s Park (3pm), but ...

Popular Chris Rawlinson insists that he has no axe to grind after leaving his position as Spalding United manager. Rawlinson left his role with the Tulips on Sunday in the wake of an Emirates FA Cup exit at lower-graded Brantham Athletic some 24 hours earlier. Spalding chairman Andy Gay cited the club’s “indifferent opening” to the new season and the ...

Holbeach United 2 Deeping Rangers 3 Frustrated Seb Hayes bemoaned Holbeach United’s game management as they blew a 2-0 lead to go down 3-2 at home to Deeping Rangers on Saturday. The Tigers looked set for a morale-boosting Future Lions UCL Premier Division victory after goals from Billy Smith (12) and Josh Ford (39) gave them a 2-0 half-time lead. ...

Joe Townsend headed a second-half winner to keep table-topping Moulton Harrox unbeaten in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. The Harrox ace bagged his ninth goal of the season on Saturday as they won 1-0 at Thorney to make it nine wins from as many games for Kev Nottingham’s side. They are now nine points clear of the chasing ...

Loughborough Dynamo 2 Spalding United 2 Spalding United were twice pegged back at Loughborough Dynamo on Tuesday night as their wait for a first win of the Evo-Stik League East Division season continued. After a goalless first half, Jordan Lemon netted the opener on 49 minutes – only for the hosts to peg them back five minutes later. However, Spalding ...

Spalding United parted company with boss Chris Rawlinson after Saturday’s 1-0 Emirates FA Cup defeat at Brantham Athletic. Rawlinson, who arrived at the club in the summer of 2016 as Dave Frecklington’s assistant before stepping up as number one in February 2017, has confirmed that he leaves by mutual consent. He steered to club to a memorable third place in ...

Pinchbeck United 2 Sleaford Town 0 Goals from Ollie Maltby and debutant Lee Beeson kept unbeaten Pinchbeck United top of the Future Lions UCL Premier Division table on Saturday – but their 2-0 win over Sleaford Town was far from routine. Maltby’s deflected strike on 32 minutes gave the Knights a 1-0 half-time lead at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing ...

Spalding United exited the Emirates FA Cup with a 1-0 defeat at lower-graded Brantham Athletic on Saturday, while Holbeach United lost a 2-0 lead as they went down 3-2 at home to Deeping Rangers in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division. Starting with the Tulips, a late goal from George Clarke sentenced them to a surprising defeat in Suffolk as ...

Bullish boss Seb Hayes wants his Holbeach United side to step up and prove they deserve to be mentioned among the Future Lions UCL Premier Division title favourites this season. The Tigers have endured a mixed start to the season, having lost two of their four league games so far and been dumped out of the Emirates FA Cup by ...

Lee Beeson could make his long-awaited Pinchbeck United debut in Saturday’s derby with Sleaford Town (3pm). The ex-Spalding United winger, who joined the Knights over the summer, has served his five-match ban and will be gunning to start for the Future Lions UCL Premier Division table-toppers. Promoted Pinchbeck come into the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash on a 31-game ...

It’s been a while, but Emirates FA Cup fever has finally got a hold on Spalding United. The Tulips have toiled in the showpiece competition in recent years, but boss Chris Rawlinson admits that he and his side are excited by Saturday’s trip to lower-graded Brantham Athletic (3pm). Spalding and their fans are taking a coach to Suffolk for the ...

Rugby Town 2 Holbeach United 0 Boss Seb Hayes felt Saturday’s much-anticipated Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash between Rugby Town and Holbeach United was a “poor game” after seeing his Tigers lose 2-0. A double from Richard Blythe (6 and 71) at Butlin Road handed Holbeach their second league defeat of the campaign, as the much-fancied hosts flexed their ...

Cogenhoe United 0 Pinchbeck United 1 Jordan Nuttell’s first goal of the season fired Pinchbeck United to the top of the Future Lions UCL Premier Division on Saturday. Striker Nuttell, signed from Boston Town in the summer, clinically finished a one-on-one chance ten minutes from time to clinch a 1-0 victory at Cogenhoe United. It was the best chance of ...

Spalding United 0 Marske United 2 Disappointed boss Chris Rawlinson admitted that his Spalding United side were “a mile away” from the required standard after Marske United eased to a 2-0 victory at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. A classy first-half strike from Craig Gott (10) gave promoted Marske a deserved half-time lead in the Evo-Stik League ...