Football

Pleased Paul Crowson talked up a top team performance as Moulton Harrox walloped Wisbech Town Reserves 4-1 on Saturday. A brace from Ben Allen, a Dan Woods penalty and a stunning individual effort from defender Ash Coddington earned defending ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division champions Harrox all three points at Broad Lane – and moved them back into second place. Allen ...

Long-term ChromaSport PDFL Division Four leaders Holbeach Bank saw their title dream take a sizeable hit on Saturday. Brett Schlechter’s charges were handed a 4-2 home reverse by rivals Cardea to weaken their position at the summit. Danny Hunt and Sam Thompson netted for Bank, but they are now just a point clear of Premiair (five games in hand) and ...

Rugby Town 1 Spalding United 2 A much-improved second half performance saw Spalding United keep their title hopes in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South very much alive with a battling 2-1 victory at relegation threatened Rugby Town on Saturday. They did it despite losing central defender Neal Spafford to a straight red card on 48 minutes – and then going ...

Ten-man Spalding United produced an impressive comeback to win 2-1 at lowly Rugby Town on Saturday and keep their title hopes alive. After a goalless first half, the Tulips were reduced to ten men when Neal Spafford appeared to hit out at David Kolodynski early in the second period. It didn’t take long for hosts Rugby to cash in on ...

Boss Seb Hayes has told his Holbeach United squad to stop feeling sorry for themselves. The Tigers are currently on a dire run of results that has seen them lose five matches on the bounce, conceding 16 goals and going out of two cups in the process. Having suffered the indignity of going out of the ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup to ...

Dave Frecklington insists that his Spalding United side now have more “fire in their bellies” after Saturday’s top-of-the-table loss against Shaw Lane AFC. The Tulips chief is refusing to give up on winning the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South title after the 1-0 defeat, but has set his side a minimum target of ten wins from their 17 remaining matches ...

Boston Town 3 Holbeach United 2 Holbeach United’s poor form continued on Wednesday night as they crashed out of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy. Just days after being dumped out of the ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup, struggling Boston Town effectively ended the Tigers’ hopes of silverware with a 3-2 victory. First-half goals from Richard Ford and Michael Hardy put Boston ...

Ian Dunn was pleased to see his Pinchbeck United side tick off another win on Saturday as their bid to win the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division gathered more pace. First-half goals from Tom Panton and top scorer Ollie Maltby – his 32nd of the season – steered The Knights to a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Holbeach United Reserves at Knight ...

Player/boss Matt Cawthorn admitted Long Sutton endured an “off day” as they crashed 6-1 at Warboys Town on Saturday. The Magpies endured a torrid first half that ended with them 4-0 down, losing Cawthorn to injury and missing a penalty through Sam Moses. After the break they dominated for long periods and played some good stuff – including a fine ...

There looks to be no stopping Moulton Harrox Reserves’ relentless charge towards the ChromaSport PDFL Division One title Kev Nottingham’s side crushed Riverside 7-1 at Broad Lane on Saturday, thanks to hat-tricks from Martin Sandall and Danny Lambe-Hyner. Declan Earth also got in on the act as his side remained unbeaten and made it 16 wins from 17. Ten points ...

Holbeach United 2 Olney Town 4 Boss Seb Hayes couldn’t hide his disappointment after watching his Holbeach United crash out of the ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup on Saturday. The Premier Division Tigers were upset 4-2 by Division One outfit Olney Town at Carter’s Park as they exited the competition at the quarter-final stage. Goals from Nick Bines (2 and 52), ...

Spalding United 0 Shaw Lane AFC 1 Deflated Dave Frecklington felt that his Spalding United side did everything asked of them as they slipped to a 1-0 home defeat against Evo-Stik NPL First Division South leaders Shaw Lane AFC on Saturday. The second-placed Tulips, who would have moved level on points with the table-toppers with a win, instead ended the ...

Saturday was a tough day for South Holland’s top two as Spalding United were edged out 1-0 by Shaw Lane AFC in their top-of-the-table clash and Holbeach United crashed out of the ChromaSport UCL KO Cup against lower graded Olney Town. Starting with Spalding, a first-half strike from Gary Burnett gave Shaw Lane all three points at the Sir Halley ...

Bullish Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington admits that his side are underdogs for Saturday’s huge top-of-the-table clash with Shaw Lane AFC – but sees no reason why his side can’t upset the odds. The Tulips welcome table-toppers Shaw Lane to the Sir Halley (3pm) for what is the first meeting of the two pace-setters this season, with Frecklington’s second-placed side ...

The year 2016 will certainly be remembered as the year everything changed at Spalding United. With hugely respected duo Marcus Ebdon and Danny Hussey walking away from their long associations with the Tulips in April, the last remnants of Pat Rayment’s successful stint at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field essentially went too. Enter Dave Frecklington, who has proved to ...

Boss Seb Hayes has revealed that Holbeach United are set to dip into the transfer market again as he bids to add at least three new faces to his stuttering squad. The Tigers chief has put approaches in for ChromaSport UCL Division One-based duo Dan Jenkins and Lewis Leckie, while he’s also attempting to bring Jake Clitheroe back to the ...

As has been the norm with Holbeach United in recent seasons, 2016 was a breathless year for the men in yellow and black. Once again, the Tigers announced a new boss in the final month of the year, with Tom Roberts making way for the highly-rated Seb Hayes. Having steered Holbeach to a solid fourth place in the UCL Premier ...

Spalding United Youth under-11 Blues are seeking support from South Holland after securing a lucrative spot in a popular football tournament. Managed by Richard Smith and Neil Maxwell, the 13 young Tulips players are one of just three teams from England to enter the Dana Cup in Hjorring, Denmark. The international tournament accepts teams from all over the world, from ...

Co-boss Tim Cole admitted that his Holbeach United Sunday side are “buzzing” after thrashing Scothern United 8-1 to move into the last four of the Lincs FA Sunday Cup. Five goals from joint chief Josh Ford inspired the Tigers at Carter’s Park, with Jonny Allen, Aaron Eyett and Billy Smith rounding off the rout. Jon Fairweather was man of the ...

Ian Dunn felt that his Pinchbeck United side had “one of those days” on Saturday as unfancied Nettleham stunned them 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the Lincs FA Junior Cup. A 68th-minute strike from sub Adam Croft sent Pinchbeck crashing out of the competition at Knight Street, handing them a first defeat since August 23 and ending a run of ...