Football

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. ...

Holbeach United suffered their fourth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division defeat on the spin on Tuesday night as Wisbech Town edged them out 2-1. Goals from Stuart Cobb (11) and Danny Beaumont (32) put hosts Wisbech 2-0 to the good, but Oli Donald’s first Holbeach goal made it 2-1 soon after. Andrew Tidswell rattled the bar with a trademark free kick ...

Ian Dunn was left to rue a late defensive lapse as his Pinchbeck United side were beaten 3-2 at Netherton United in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Dwayne Rankin’s late winner ended Pinchbeck’s run of ten wins on the spin in all competitions – and left them with an uphill task to clinch second place in the standings. ...

Mighty Moulton Harrox all but clinched the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title with a 2-1 victory at Langtoft United on Saturday. A first-half Ian Bradbury strike and an own goal in the second period were enough for Dave Panton’s side, who made it 28 wins from 30 matches and kept their unbeaten record alive. The Manor Way Sports Ground success ...

Newcastle Town 0 Spalding United 1 Neal Spafford’s last-gasp winner helped Spalding United end two unwanted streaks on Saturday. The defender’s 89th-minute header was enough to earn the Tulips a 1-0 victory over hosts Newcastle Town to end a run of eight Evo-Stik League First Division South games without a win. It was also Spalding’s first three-point haul away from ...

Holbeach United 1 Eynesbury Rovers 3 Holbeach United slipped to their third ChromaSport UCL Premier Division defeat on the spin as high-flying Eynesbury Rovers took the points at Carter’s Park on Saturday. Rhys Thorpe fired Rovers into a third-minute lead, but the Tigers levelled when Ollie Gale fired home a fine right-footed effort on the half hour. Lee Bassett’s close-range ...

Long Sutton Athletic player/manager Matt Cawthorn would love to continue in the role next season. Cawthorn, who recently succeeded Danny Goddard at the ChromaSport Peterborough League Division One side, made the declaration after a 6-3 defeat at Wisbech Town Reserves on Wednesday (April 13) – a result which left him disappointed but not too downbeat. Tommy Treacher fired the Magpies ahead ...

Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn believes his side has what it takes to beat champions-elect Moulton Harrox at Glebe Field on Tuesday (6.30pm). The current top two in ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division are both at the top of their game and nursing long unbeaten runs. Pinchbeck have lost just once in the league since August. They beat Deeping Rangers ...

Holbeach Utd 1 Leicester Nirvana 2: A late slip by player/manager Tom Roberts cost the Tigers a point. Roberts had replaced injured keeper Rick Drury late in the second half at Carter’s Park on Wednesday.(April 13) And in the 88th minute his poor double-fisted punch clearance of a free kick presented Nirvana striker Tendai Chitzia with the chance to send ...

Holbeach United are drawing on their reserves to cope with a punishing climax to the season. The Tigers are paying the price for having a host of matches postponed over the winter – they played just once between December 28 and February 6. Last Saturday, at the end of a four-match week, boss Tom Roberts turned to one of the ...

A Daniel Klos goal earned Spalding United Reserves a commendable 1-1 draw at ChromaSport PDFL Division One leaders Stamford Lions. Following Spalding’s 3-1 defeat at home to third place Sutton Bridge in midweek, the trip looked a daunting one. The task was made harder when they went behind after only minutes. In mid season, this would have been the recipe ...

It was just three weeks ago that Marcus Ebdon insisted that he would not let Spalding United’s season fizzle out. But the manager and the fans saw the evidence in a 2-0 defeat to Stocksbridge Park Steels on Tuesday to suggest it is doing just that. The Tulips – normally pretty solid at home – are limping towards the season ...

Long Sutton manager Matt Cawthorn had to give his fellow players a shot across the bows before seeing them win 2-1 at Langtoft United Reserves. There looked to be a bit of lethargy about preparations at the Division One’s bottom side but what he said seemed to do the trick. Sutton were ahead within five minutes thanks to a clever ...

Pinchbeck United went second in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division table with a 3-1 win at Thorney on Saturday.(April 9) Ian Dunn’s side have now lost just once since August 22 – a 1-0 home defeat by Whittlesey United on February 13 – and the player/manager is beginning to wonder what might have been had they got the season off ...

Champions-elect Moulton Harrox had Lee Kenealy to thank for preserving their fine unbeaten status this season in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. The keeper made a terrific penalty save to prevent Netherton United taking a 2-0 lead at Broad Lane on Saturday. Moulton went on to earn a point with top scorer Ollie Maltby’s goal. Boss Dave Panton said: “The game ...

Spalding Utd 1 Chasetown 1 by Ray Tucker The Tulips dampened Chasetown’s hopes of moving into a play-off position with a much improved performance and a deserved share of the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South points at the Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday.(April 9) After the pummelling by title-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce the previous week the Tulips , from the outset, showed ...

Spalding United and play-off hopefuls Chasetown settled for one point apiece at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (April 9). Defender Neal Spafford’s early goal for the Tulips was cancelled out by a Daniel Edwards effort on 43 minutes. Spalding, now 11th in the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South table, host Stocksbridge Park Steels on Tuesday. Holebach United ...

Danny Hussey accepts that Spalding United are now simply aiming to finish as high as they possibly can in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South. The Tulips have a home double-header to look forward to this week, with play-off chasing Chasetown visiting the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm) and Stocksbridge Park Steels in South Holland on Tuesday (7.45pm). ...