Football

Harrowby United 0 Holbeach United 5 Unbeaten Holbeach United climbed up to second in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division with a 5-0 win at Harrowby United on Tuesday – but a terrible tackle on Tyler Wright took the gloss off. Frontman Josh Ford inspired the rout with a hat-trick, while Jack Smith and Spencer Tinkler also got in on the act ...

Spalding United 3 Rugby Town 1 Buzzing boss Dave Frecklington refused to play down talk of an Evo-Stik NPL Division One South title charge after seeing his Spalding United side move four points clear at the top of the table on Tuesday night. The Tulips made it seven wins from nine league matches by putting basement boys Rugby Town to ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn feels his Pinchbeck United side have rediscovered their groove after Saturday’s impressive 3-1 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division victory at ICA Sports. After a shaky start to the campaign, the pre-season title favourites have now won four games on the spin – and Dunn believes they are now mimicking the fine form they showed at the end of ...

Long Sutton Athletic were belatedly able to celebrate making progress in the ChromaSport PDFL Chairman Championship Shield after seeing off Netherton Reserves 3-0 on Saturday. It’s the second time the tie has had to be played after the referee refused to allow Netherton to use roll on/roll off substitutions in the first game, which the Magpies won 2-0. Still, goals ...

Holbeach United Reserves edged out rivals Wisbech Town Reserves 2-1 in a high-profile ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division derby on Saturday. First-half goals from Tom Gosling and veteran midfielder Steve Barnes got the job done for Omar Joof’s Tigers, who fended off a comeback when Samuel Cubberley netted for the Fenmen. There was also an eye-catching top flight win for Crowland ...

Newport Pagnell 1 Holbeach United 1 Tom Roberts admitted that he and his Holbeach United side left Willen Road with mixed emotions on Saturday. The Tigers picked up an admirable 1-1 draw at high-flying Newport Pagnell Town to keep their unbeaten start to the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season going. But they had looked like returning home with all three ...

Spalding United 2 Gresley 2 BY RAY TUCKER A hotly-disputed last minute penalty presented visiting Gresley with a share of the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South points on Saturday as Spalding United were denied a deserved win. The Tulips were left to rue the number of scoring opportunities they spurned, particularly in the first half, which they dominated to such ...

Spalding United and Holbeach United picked up draws against potential title rivals on Saturday – but both will feel like they should have taken maximum points. The Tulips drew 2-2 against Gresley in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South having led 2-0, while the Tigers were pegged back to 1-1 by hosts Newport Pagnell Town having gone ahead in the first ...

Spalding United are hoping to strengthen their grip on pole position of the EvoStik League Division One South in a double whammy of home matches. The Tulips play host to Gresley on Saturday (3pm) before Rugby Town make the trip to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Tuesday night (7.45pm). Dave Frecklington’s charges are currently unbeaten in their seven ...

Holbeach United boss Tom Roberts believes Saturday’s table-topping tussle at Newport Pagnell (3pm) will be the acid test to his side’s cracking start to the season. The Tigers are still unbeaten in the United Counties League Premier Division after winning five and drawing two of their opening seven league games. Their fine start has moved Holbeach up to third place ...

Boston Town 0 Holbeach United 2 In-form Holbeach United booked their place in the quarter-finals of the ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup with a comfortable 2-0 derby win at Boston Town on Wednesday night. The Tigers took a 13th-minute lead when attacker Jordan Thomas saw his 20-yard strike find the corner via the hand of home keeper James Lambley. And, despite ...

Belper Town 1 Spalding United 2 By RAY TUCKER Skipper Nathan Stainfield was the hero of the night for table-topping Spalding United with a late winning goal at Belper’s  Marston’s Stadium on Tuesday evening. Stainfield’s 81st minute strike, a trademark far post header from an Andy Wright corner, ensured his side’s unbeaten start to the season remained intact and also ...

Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn is hoping his side’s best display of the season so far can be the catalyst to a surge up the Peterborough League Premier Division table. Dunn’s charges booked their place in the quarter-finals of the President’s Shield with an emphatic 4-1 away win at Stilton on Saturday. They are on their travels again this weekend ...

Long Sutton Athletic player-boss Matt Cawthorn wants his side to start turning draws into wins after they were held 3-3 by Whittlesey Reserves on Saturday. The Magpies are now unbeaten in their last four games, but have won just one league match after being held on four other occasions. Cawthorn was pleased how his side reacted to going behind on ...

Sutton Bridge saw their 100 per cent start to the Peterborough League Division One season ended after sharing the spoils with table-topping Wittering Harriers on Saturday. United had rattled off five successive wins, but had to settle for a point with Matt Eaton their marksman. Moulton Harrox Reserves have also strung together five consecutive victories after a 5-1 win at ...

The Tulips climbed to the top of EvoStik NPL First Division South on Saturday, their highest ever position in the modern day football pyramid, with an impressive 3-2 win away at Market Drayton, following one of their longest journeys of the season. The scoreline may suggest a close encounter, but realistically the Tulips, powerful and persistent as ever, won with ...

Holbeach United boss Tom Roberts is urging his in-form Tigers to maintain their early season momentum.   Roberts’ side have won four and drawn one of their opening five United Counties League Premier Division matches ahead of their home clash with Huntingdon tonight (Wednesday).   They are at home again on Saturday when fifth-from-bottom Oadby visit Carter’s Park (3pm).   ...

Holbeach United moved up into third place in the United Counties League Premier Division standings after a thrilling 5-4 home victory over Huntingdon Town on Wednesday night.   Five different goalscorers found the net for the Tigers who, despite having Jamie Stevens sent off for the second time this season, are still one of only two Premier Division sides with ...

Long Sutton player-boss Matt Cawthorn heaped praise on his players after they recorded their first Peterborough League Division One victory of the season on Saturday. Cawthorn cracked home a hat-trick as the Magpies defeated Riverside 5-1 to register their first three-point haul from eight league outings. He enthused: “Personally I was pleased to score a hat-trick, but it was even ...

The Tulips extended their unbeaten start to the season and moved into second position in the EvoStik Division One South following Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Loughborough Dynamo at the Sir Halley Stewart Field.   They are one of three teams all on 13 points with just goal difference keeping the Tulips off top spot.   Leaders Witton Albion and third ...