Football

Moulton Harrox FC are beginning their pre-season training schedule on Tuesday night. Training starts at 7.15pm at Broad Lane, with players old and new welcome. Sessions will continue every Tuesday and Thursday. Moulton have two teams in the ChromaSport Peterborough League, with the top side the reigning Premier Division champions.

Excited player/boss Tom Roberts admits that he is happy with his summer business so far after taking his first pre-season session with his new-look Holbeach United squad. The Tigers reported back for duty on Tuesday night, with fresh recruits Adam Jackson, Spencer Tinkler, Stuart Eason and Tyler Wright joining the vast majority of last season’s squad at Carter’s Park. Roberts, ...

People in South Holland are being offered the chance to make their mark on the history of Pinchbeck United Football Club. The Knight Street club, whose first team play in the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division, are running a competition that will see their club badge re-designed and a new club nickname created. Pinchbeck are offering the winner of the ...

Former Arsenal and England legend Ian Wright is the latest top name to headline Spalding United’s annual Sports Celebrity Dinner. Prolific striker Wright, who scored a total of 185 goals in 288 games for the Gunners, also played for Crystal Palace, West Ham United, Nottingham Forest, Celtic and Burnley in a glittering career. He also notched nine times in 33 ...

The Spalding Sunday League will have a high-profile new team among its ranks next season after Holbeach United Sunday confirmed their membership. Managed by joint player/bosses Tim Cole and Josh Ford, Holbeach Sunday have been formed after defending champions Pinchbeck United Sunday disbanded. Cole and Ford took control of league affairs for Pinchbeck last season, with chief Tom Roberts taking ...

New Spalding United assistant manager Chris Rawlinson admits that he’s been impressed by everything about the club so far. Rawlinson, who has followed boss Dave Frecklington to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field from former side Lincoln United, is also confident that the Tulips are in a strong position ahead of the start of pre-season training next month. The Spalding ...

Long Sutton Athletic’s new under-18 team are hoping to make their mark on the local scene next season. Bossed by Tom Kierman and his assistant Terry Kemsley, Sutton will be playing in the Peterborough Youth League against the likes of Spalding United under-18s and Wisbech St Mary under-18s. The under-18 team will work closely with the Magpies’ first team and ...

A new six-a-side football league in Spalding is looking for teams to sign up. Storm Soccer Sixes are based at Sir John Gleed School’s Astroturf in Spalding and already have eight teams signed up to get things going. Those eight – Mail Carters, Haven’t Got a Kalou, Team Rockstar, #NoNameboys, Athletic Dildao, Xavi Dodgerz, Spalding Youth and Warriors – took ...

Elite Sports Academy is proud to announce that their popular football development centre is back after the half-term break. The development centre is open to all new and existing players and not only provides children with fun and friendly football sessions to develop skills – but is also a place where children can make new friendships and learn other skills ...

The talented young guns from Pinchbeck United under-10s roared to victory at the annual Wisbech St Mary six-a-side football tournament on Sunday. The tournament, which is one of the biggest of its kind in the country and officially the largest in the east region, had over 500 football teams attend throughout the weekend. In the under-10s section, which consisted of ...

Pinchbeck United look set to pull off one of the signings of the summer so far after revealing they’ve got a deal in place for Moulton Harrox goal machine Ollie Maltby. The striker, who finished as the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s leading scorer last season with 42 goals, has verbally agreed to join Ian Dunn’s side. Having been part of ...

There’s been a lot to like about the first week of Euro 2016 in France. Forgetting the hooligan element (I’m not going to comment or pass judgement on what has or hasn’t happened), the football has been pretty decent across the board. I’d include England’s performance against Russia in my list of highlights too, despite the obvious annoyance at conceding ...

Buzzing boss Dave Frecklington has added combative midfielder Matthew Varley to his Spalding United squad – and is hoping two more high-profile targets will follow. Varley joins the Tulips from NCEL Premier Division side Staveley MWFC and lists Matlock Town, Sheffield FC and Rainworth Miners Welfare among his former clubs. A long throw expert, Varley is described as a “winner” ...

Tom Roberts has hailed a double transfer coup that has seen Holbeach United lure Spencer Tinkler and Stuart Eason to Carter’s Park for next season. Defender Tinkler has agreed to join from ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Deeping Rangers, having made more UCL appearances for them than any other player. Striker Eason, who had a loan spell with Spalding United ...

New Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington has been handed a major boost after persuading key right back Paul Walker to re-sign for the club. Grimsby-based Walker, who was one of the Tulips’ top performers last season, had initially indicated that he would leave the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field due to excessive travel demands. But he’s had a change of ...

Pinchbeck United Reserves’ search for a new manager is over after they unveiled Dom Mason on Monday night. Mason replaces the outgoing Gary Coomes, who stepped aside at the end of last season – having led the ChromaSport PDFL Division Two team to glory in the PFA Challenge Cup last term. Meanwhile, Pinchbeck’s first team have been busy agreeing deals ...

New Long Sutton Athletic chairman Paul Preston has backed first-team manager Matt Cawthorn to get the club challenging for promotion up to the Chromasport PDFL Premier Division. Cawthorn has been asked to continue in the role he adopted midway through last season following the resignation of Danny Goddard. He will be assisted by Matthew Radeloff, who is returning to London ...

Chuffed Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington is pleased with how his squad is shaping up after securing two key new additions. The Spalding supremo has swooped to bring in Stamford winger Chris Hamilton as player/coach, while also adding highly-rated striker Bradley Barraclough to his ranks. Hamilton, who lists Scottish sides Albion, Queens Park, Stirling and Dumbarton among his former clubs, ...

Holbeach United have enjoyed a productive week off the pitch by securing the services of four more key players for next season and revealing their pre-season plans. Tigers player/boss Tom Roberts has convinced keeper Ricky Drury, winger Aaron Eyett and striker Jake Clitheroe to remain at Carter’s Park for next season. Also agreeing to feature for the first team next ...

A stalwart behind Pinchbeck United for the last 17 years says now is the right time to stand down. Pete Roberts has had a hand in every position at the Knight Street club, latterly as chairman for three years. “I think now I’m getting nearly 60 I want a bit more free time,” he said. Pete’s association with the club ...