Junior football

Pinchbeck United under-16s ended their campaign in style by beating high-flying rivals Hampton under-16s 6-2 at Knight Street to clinch second place in Division Three of the Peterborough and District Youth League. Pinchbeck, who are sponsored by Field House, started off the brighter of the two teams and their efforts were rewarded with a wonderful strike from Dawid Gos after ...

Pinchbeck United under-9 side showed England how to win a tournament abroad as they were crowned champions of the Norhaine Cup in Denmark. The team, coached by Andrew Tidswell and Aaron Eyett, came up against sides from Denmark, Sweden and Holland in the prestigious competition – which was the first for the team abroad. The first two days were about ...

Spalding Grammar School’s senior football team lifted the coveted LB Cup crown for the first time after defeating Wellingborough 3-0. A double from top teenage talent Callum Davies and a late effort from substitute Kondwani Mwansa got the job done for the SGS boys, allowing skipper Sam East to proudly lift the trophy. Having been invited into the prestigious independent ...

Champions Pinchbeck United girls under-15s completed an unbeaten season on Saturday as they beat Comberton under-15s 7-1. The girls kicked off their season with an away win at Holbeach United back in September – and after Saturday’s game they finished with 14 victories and two draws, scoring 73 goals and only conceding eight. Having only formed three years ago, the ...

Michael McGowan helped himself to a sensational seven-goal haul to inspire Pinchbeck United under-16s to an 8-2 victory over Hungate under-16s. Pinchbeck made the trip knowing that they needed a victory to keep the pressure on in the title race. Pinchbeck started the livelier of the two sides and were rewarded with the first of McGowan’s goals after ten minutes. ...

Depleted Holbeach United Yellow under-15s overcame incredible odds to beat Peterborough Sports 2-1 in the final of the PFA Cup on Sunday morning. Joshua Ling and Harvey Wirkowski notched in the first half to give the young Tigers a 2-0 half-time lead at In2itive Park – and they held on for glory despite a strike from Sports sub Kyall Woods. ...

Spalding Grammar School’s senior football team have reached the LB Cup final – a feat they have achieved only once before, back in 2011. Back then, the team faced penalty shoot-out heartbreak to lose, having been 3-0 down in the match. This year, the team are vowing to go one further and lift some silverware. The semi-final saw another away ...

Much of this weekend’s outdoor sport is likely to be postponed due to the heavy snowfall over the past few days. In football, Spalding United’s trip to Sheffield FC in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South was called off on Friday morning. Pinchbeck United’s fixture at Thrapston Town in ChromaSport UCL Division was also postponed on Thursday afternoon, while Holbeach United’s ...

Spalding United have announced that they are launching an under-18s Elite Development side in the 2018/19 season. An application has gone in to enter a proposed suitable league for the team, alonsgide playing in the FA Youth Cup. The move further enhances Spalding’s plan – which is backed and supported by the board and first team manager Chris Rawlinson, to ...

Spalding United Football Club are pleased to announce they will be hosting the inaugural Tulip Trophy in May 2018. The Tulip Trophy event is a football tournament for Academy and Elite Development sides from around England for under-7s through to under-12s in the first year. The event, which is co-ordinated by Spalding’s under-21s Development Manager Lewis Thorogood, will see sides ...

Popular One Touch Football are offering an impressive academy and education scholarship for teenagers in Holbeach next year. One Touch – who are fronted up by academy director Glenn Vaughan –  have set-up a promising partnership with Holbeach United Youth, who are based at the state-of-the-art Community Sports Academy at Pennyhill. The students who sign up will receive UEFA coaching ...

Heavy rain ensured that the first game of Pinchbeck United under-16s first game of the new season was abandoned. Pinchbeck and Marshall Sports were locked together at 2-2 in the county cup clash before the heavens opened, waterlogging the pitch and forcing both sides off. It was end-to-end action, with both teams testing the respective keepers. Marshall fashioned an early ...

A junior football team from Spalding which represented England overseas has been handed a cash boost. Spalding United Blue Under-11s recently flew the flag for the country in a tournament in Denmark, having enjoyed success at local level during the regular season. The boys have extra reason to celebrate after receiving a £750 donation from Persimmon Homes East Midlands. The ...

Spalding United under-11 Blues kicked off their 2017 summer tournament campaign by winning the Holbeach United Summer Sixes event. The young blues started a little slowly, losing their first group game against FFA Gold 1-0. However, this was the only goal they conceded throughout the whole tournament. They finished second in their group, which meant they faced the winners of ...

Two talented junior teams from Pinchbeck United enjoyed success at the Royston Town tournament on Saturday. Pinchbeck’s under-14 girls emerged as winners in what was their final tournament of the summer, while the under-16 boys finished as runners-up after losing a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The girls were in action in the morning and were up against sides from North London ...

Spalding United’s new under-21 side have announced their pre-season plans. The team, managed by Lewis Thorogood and Graham Almond, have announced four away dates and one home clash ahead of the new season. They will visit Bourne Town on July 11, then Blackstones on July 18, Langtoft United on July 26 and Lincoln Moorlands Railway on August 2 (all 7.30pm). ...

Two youth teams from Pinchbeck United reached the semi-finals of the Wisbech St Mary tournament over the weekend. Both the under-16 boys and the under-14 girls came within a whisker of reaching their respective finals, having put in a string of impressive performances to reach the last four. Two under-16 boys teams were entered into what were both difficult group ...

More than 230 children got their hands on silverware as Holbeach United Community Sports Academy held their popular end of season presentation day last weekend. Members of the Tigers’ under-7, under-8, under-9, under-10, under-11, under-12, under-13, under-14 and under-16 boys teams, plus the under-14 girls, were all at King’s Academy for the bash. Those aged from under-7 to under-10 were ...

Holbeach United under-13s clinched the Peterborough Junior Alliance Division Two title after a dramatic final match of their season. The young Tigers needed a point from their last day title decider against Leverington, who raced into a two-goal first half lead. However, Holbeach hit back with two goals in the final ten minutes to take the title and cap a ...

The young guns from Holbeach United under-9s Black have received a major sponsorship boost from KDH Projects. Donington-based construction specialists KDH have provided the Tigers with new training jerseys, which have gone down really well with the players and staff. KDH commercial director Carl Rout was on hand to present Holbeach boss Rob Bell with one of the jerseys last ...