Football

Pinchbeck United’s hectic spell of Peterborough League Premier Division games continues on Saturday with a home match against Leverington Sports (2pm). Ian Dunn’s side go into the match at Knight Street on the back of a 3-0 midweek away win at Deeping Rangers Reserves on Wednesday night. Despite missing top goalscorer Ollie Maltby and last Saturday’s match-winner Liam Ogden, the ...

Tulips boss Chris Rawlinson was delighted to see youngster Jonny Lockie grab the limelight as his extra-time winner fired Spalding United into the EvoStik League Division One South play-off final. Local lad Lockie came off the bench to fire home the 103rd minute winner after an epic contest against Stockbridge Park Steels at the Sir Halley Stewart on Tuesday night. ...

Pinchbeck player-boss Ian Dunn has hit out at a gruelling fixture schedule which could threaten to derail his side’s treble hopes. The second-placed Knights face six Peterborough League Premier Division games in just 13 days as they continue their pursuit of table-topping Peterborough Sports Reserves. This is then followed by two cup finals and Dunn is particularly aggrieved that his ...

A devastating five-goal burst in just 23 minutes helped Holbeach United to a spectacular away success on Saturday.   The five-star victory came against the odds for the Tigers who defied a lengthy injury and suspension list to return from Chestnut Avenue with all three points. Such was the extent of their unavailabilities that goalkeeper Rick Drury played outfield while ...

Moulton Harrox Reserves were crowned Peterborough League Division One champions on Tuesday night. A 4-1 victory over Sutton Bridge on Saturday had all but sealed the title for Kev Nottingham’s side. However, closest challengers Warboys then dropped points in a 2-2 draw with Whittlesey Reserves on Tuesday to confirm Harrox’s championship success. Chris Hall had put Harrox a goal ahead ...

Tydd secured a place in the Peterborough League Division Two play-offs after a 5-3 home success over Parkway Eagles on Saturday. Despite falling behind midway through the opening period, Tydd equalised after 36 minutes when James Woods teed up Max Burrell to fire home. The home side then edged ahead just past the hour mark as Burrell slid a perfect ...

Bradley Wells helped himself to a hat-trick as the Tulips completed their regular fixtures in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South with a comfortable  3-1 victory over Northwich Victoria at the Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday.   Although scoring three goals the Tulips’ leading goal-getter this season could so easily have doubled his tally and in doing so he missed ...

Treble-chasing Holbeach United Sunday needed extra time to defeat Sutton Bridge United Sunday 4-2 as they lifted their second trophy in as many weekends. The Tigers were crowned Spalding and District Sunday League Knockout Cup champions at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, one week after landing the Lincs FA Sunday Cup. However, a shock looked to be on the ...

Pinchbeck United kept the pressure on ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Peterborough Sports Reserves with a thumping 8-1 win over Crowland Town on Tuesday night. Goals from Tony Edwards (9), Liam Ogden (18 and 25), Ollie Maltby (40, 70 and 75), Tyler Wright (45) and Chris Shipley (82) did the job for Ian Dunn’s side at Knight Street. The win ...

Proud Chris Rawlinson has every faith that his Spalding United side will seal promotion through the play-offs after clinching third place with an impressive 2-0 win over Lincoln United on Easter Monday. Late strikes from top scorer Brad Wells (86) and Conor Higginson (pen 89) gave the Tulips all three points and booked a home play-off semi-final date with Stocksbridge ...

Wisbech Town 7 Holbeach United 2 Gutted boss Seb Hayes admitted that Holbeach United were “cannon fodder” in Monday’s 7-2 humbling at Wisbech Town. Hayes was forced to field a hugely depleted side in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash against the Fenmen, who made them pay big time. Luke Wilson netted the opener inside 20 seconds, before Alex Beck ...

Matt Eaton hit a double to fire Sutton Bridge United to a 2-0 victory at Glinton and Northborough on Saturday as they continued their bid to hunt down ChromaSport PDFL Division One leaders Moulton Harrox Reserves. Eaton’s brace took his tally for the season to 48 in 31 games – and Bridge are now just nine points behind Harrox Reserves, ...

Another clinical Ollie Maltby strike earned Pinchbeck United a hard-fought 1-0 win at Langtoft United in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Maltby buried his 58th goal of the season in just 32 appearances in the 40th minute at Manor Way Sports Ground, settling an otherwise close contest. The win keeps Pinchbeck’s title bid alive, with player/boss Ian Dunn ...

Joe Townsend’s strike in the first minute of the second half was enough to see Moulton Harrox end Stamford Lions’ long unbeaten run in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Harrox saw off Lions 1-0 at Broad Lane to hand the high-flying Stamford side their first league defeat since October 1 – and also keep their hopes of retaining the ...

Holbeach United 3 Boston Town 4 Frustrated Seb Hayes rued giving away a “pathetic” late penalty as his Holbeach United side lost 4-3 to struggling rivals Boston Town on Saturday. The Poachers, 20th at the start of play, went ahead when Danny Maddison’s 18th-minute free kick evaded everyone and found the net. Mitch Griffiths’ 25th-minute cross was headed home by ...

Spalding United wrapped up third place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South with a 2-0 win at Lincoln United on Monday, while Holbeach United were humbled 7-2 at Wisbech Town in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division.  Starting with the Tulips, late goals from Brad Wells (82) and Conor Higginson (pen 85) gave Chris Rawlinson’s side an impressive win. They will ...

Spalding United 0 Bedworth United 1 A late Kamil Ciolek strike sentenced Spalding United to a surprise 1-0 home loss against Bedworth United on Saturday – but the Tulips are now guaranteed an Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off place regardless. Polish debutant Ciolek nodded home an 87th-minute winner to settle an otherwise drab affair at the Sir Halley Stewart ...

Holbeach United suffered a 4-3 derby defeat against Boston Town at Carter’s Park on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United and Moulton Harrox both picked up wins. Starting in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, Holbeach saw their five-game unbeaten run ended by a late Danny Maddison penalty at Carter’s Park. Boston Town, 20th at the start of play, went ahead when Maddison’s ...

Seb Hayes admits that his Holbeach United squad is down to the bare bones ahead of an Easter derby double-header. The Tigers welcome Boston Town to Carter’s Park on Saturday (3pm), before visiting Wisbech Town on Easter Monday (also 3pm). Having set his players a target of remaining unbeaten for the rest of the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season, Hayes ...

Jubilee lifted the Spalding and District Sunday League’s Mont Pell Trophy after beating Mulberry in a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The clash finished 1-1 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday, with Laurence Price netting for Jubilee. They then won the shoot-out 4-3, with Scott Britton, Jack Wycherley, Simon Hall and – crucially – Jason Chilvers all scoring from ...