Football

Peterborough Sports 0 Holbeach United 0 (PSL win 6-5 on penalties) It was penalty shoot-out agony for Holbeach United on Monday as Peterborough Sports made ChromaSport UCL history by becoming the first Division One side to lift the Knockout Cup. After 120 goalless minutes at Deeping Rangers’ Haydon Witham Stadium the Tigers were defeated 6-5 on spot-kicks, with Lee Beeson, ...

Tom Roberts feels Holbeach United couldn’t have asked for a tougher test in Monday’s ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup final. The Tigers are gearing up for a final clash against Division One champions Peterborough Sports at Deeping’s Haydon Whitham Stadium (3pm). Jimmy Dean’s Sports won 33 of their 36 league games this season – and are are expected to be amongst the ...

Davy Shepherd’s display for Warriors in the Spalding Thursday six-a-side League was sheer class last week. He helped his side move top of the Premier Division table with a 4-0 victory against last week’s leaders Bayer Neverlosen. Second-placed PSV Hangover have plenty to play for too as they moved up to second. Matt Clay was at his best in their ...

Popular defender Jonny Allen made his long-awaited return to the field on Sunday. Allen, who hasn’t played since breaking his leg playing for Holbeach United against Cogenhoe United 15 months ago, lined-up for Pinchbeck United Sunday in their 3-2 win over Leisure League at the weekend. Adam Jackson, Billy Smith and Jon Smith netted for table-topping Pinchbeck, but the result took ...

Heavy rainfall at Carter’s Park caused Thursday night’s ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash between Holbeach United and Wisbech Town to be abandoned at half time. Holbeach, who were leading 1-0 after a 43rd minute goal from Josh Ford, looked like ending their run of seven league losses on the spin. Instead, it looks like they’ll have to extend their season ...

A second-half purple patch saw Long Sutton Athletic storm to a 7-0 ChromaSport PDFL Division One win at Warboys Town on Saturday. With Sutton missing a host of regulars for the 5.30pm kick-off, they were relatively happy to reach half time with the scores level at 0-0. Within two minutes of the re-start player/boss Matty Cawthorn fired the Magpies into ...

Jamie Stevens and Josh Ford were both sent off as Holbeach United were handed a thumping 7-0 defeat by ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Leicester Nirvana on Tuesday night. Both players were given straight red cards in the first half as the Tigers suffered a seventh defeat on the spin and their heaviest loss of the campaign so far. The ...

Leicester Nirvana 7 Holbeach United 0 Player/boss Tom Roberts refused to criticise his Holbeach United side after seeing them suffer their heaviest loss of the season on Tuesday night. Jamie Stevens and Josh Ford were both sent off as Holbeach  were handed a thumping 7-0 defeat at ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Leicester Nirvana. Both players were given straight red cards ...

Ben Allen helped himself to a hat-trick as Moulton Harrox thrashed hosts Stilton United 5-1 on Saturday to wrap up the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title in typical style. Needing just a point to be sure of a second Premier Division title in four years, Harrox put last week’s derby defeat to Pinchbeck United behind them at In2itive Park. Danny ...

Holbeach United 1 Newport Pagnell Town 2 Shattered Holbeach United slipped to their sixth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division defeat on Saturday as Newport Pagnell edged a close game 2-1. First-half goals from Greg Ling (19) and Paul Edgeworth (33) put high-flying Pagnell in command at Carter’s Park. The hosts did pull one back when Ollie Pinner teed up Jake Clitheroe ...

Pinchbeck United’s charge for second place in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division continued on Saturday with a 3-1 victory at AFC Stanground. Striker Louis Sae-Be rifled Ian Dunn’s side into a 1-0 lead at In2itive Park following great set-up play from Tony Edwards. Player/boss Dunn then made it 2-0 before half time with a header from Mark Thompson’s cross, before ...

Moulton Harrox clinched the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title with a 5-1 win at Stilton United on Saturday. Needing just a point to be certain of the title, Harrox ran riot with Ben Allen helping himself to a hat-trick and skipper Billy King and Dan Lambe-Hyner also on target. The win is Harrox’s 29th from 32 league games under boss ...

Spalding United 1 Leek Town 1 A last-gasp Chris Baker equaliser denied Spalding United a win on the final day of the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season in what turned out to be Marcus Ebdon’s final game as boss. The Tulips looked set to earn themselves a richly-deserved victory when talismanic skipper Nathan Stainfield headed them into a 1-0 ...

Boss Marcus Ebdon and number two Danny Hussey left their roles at Spalding United following Saturday’s final game of the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season. The Tulips looked set to beat Leek Town 1-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field after Nathan Stainfield’s 65th-minute header, but Chris Baker’s last-gasp leveller denied them. However, the big story came after ...

A place in the top ten is the target for Spalding United as they head into their final game of the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South season on Saturday. The Tulips play host to Leek Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm), with a victory likely to guarantee them a place in the top half of the table. ...

Rothwell Corinthians 2 Holbeach United 1 Encouraged player/boss Tom Roberts chose to take the positives from Holbeach United’s 2-1 defeat at Rothwell Corinthians on Thursday night. The Tigers slipped to a fifth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division loss on the spin after an Andy White double at Seargents Lawn, in what was their eighth game in 18 days. Josh Ford, who was ...

Holbeach United slipped to a fifth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division loss on the spin as Rothwell Corinthians beat them 2-1 on Thursday night. Josh Ford missed a first-half penalty for the Tigers before Andy White fired the hosts into a 43rd-minute lead. Corinthians then added a second from the penalty spot, before Paul Newcombe pulled one back for Holbeach with ...

Unstoppable Spalding United under-18s clinched the Peterborough and District Youth League Division Two title with a 3-0 win at Glinton and Northborough Black under-18s on Sunday. Goals from talented duo Levi Butland (2) and Jonny Lockie were enough for the unbeaten Tulips to seal their 18th win from 19 league games and wrap up the title with three matches to ...

Wisbech Town 2 Holbeach United 1 Tom Roberts couldn’t hide his disappointment after seeing his Holbeach United side beaten 2-1 at Wisbech Town on Tuesday night. Goals from Stuart Cobb (11) and Danny Beaumont (32) put hosts Wisbech 2-0 to the good, but Oli Donald’s first Holbeach goal (33) made it 2-1 soon after. Andrew Tidswell rattled the bar with ...

Moulton Harrox’s title party will have to wait a few days longer after Tony Edwards’ second-half double fired Pinchbeck United to a 2-1 derby win at Knight Street on Tuesday night. The Pinchbeck striker notched on 50 and 83 minutes to end Harrox’s amazing 30-game unbeaten run in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division and take the South Holland bragging rights. ...