Football

Holbeach United moved up to fourth in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division table with a 5-1 win at basement boys Huntingdon Town on Thursday night. A hat-trick from Josh Ford inspired the Tigers, who were playing their third game in six days. Ford notched twice in the first period to give Tom Roberts’ side a 2-0 half-time lead, before Jack ...

Kempston Rovers 1 Holbeach United 1 Tom Roberts couldn’t hide his disappointment with the officials after seeing his Holbeach United side denied a fine win at title-chasing Kempston Rovers on Tuesday night. The Tigers looked set to secure a very impressive ChromaSport UCL Premier Division victory when Jack Smith nodded them ahead from a corner on 40 minutes at Hillgrounds ...

Mighty Moulton Harrox need just ten more points to be sure of the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title after cruising to a 6-1 win over Stilton United at Broad Lane on Tuesday night. Despite losing skipper Billy King to a hamstring injury during the warm-up, Moulton were 3-0 up at the break thanks to a penalty from top scorer Ollie ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn believes his Pinchbeck United side have every chance of finishing second in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division after a 4-1 victory at ICA Sports on Saturday. Two Tony Edwards strikes inside 15 minutes put Pinchbeck in command at Jubilee Park, before Fabio Ramos pulled one back for the hosts. After the break Tyler Wright deflected home a Dunn ...

Two goals in the last ten minutes earned Long Sutton Athletic a thrilling 4-4 draw with Wittering in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. Having fallen behind at London Road, the Magpies levelled when player/boss Matt Cawthorn bagged before the break. Wittering hit back to go 2-1 ahead early in the second period, only for Adam Fitch to level for ...

Moulton Harrox took another huge step towards clinching the ChormaSport PDFL Premier Division title by beating second-placed Peterborough Sports Reserves 4-2 at Broad Lane on Saturday. Jonny Clay headed home Billy King’s fifth-minute corner to give Harrox the perfect start, but they were pegged back when Jamie Graham converted a hugely controversial penalty. Harrox’s leading scorer Ollie Maltby restored the ...

Underdogs Tydd St Mary defeated Spalding Town 5-3 on penalties to lift the Spalding Inter Services Trophy after a thrilling 4-4 draw at Carter’s Park on Saturday. The Saints, who play in ChromaSport PDFL Division Three, had to battle back from 2-0 down to force extra time against Division Two outfit Town. They then led 3-2 and 4-3 in the ...

A hotly-disputed late leveller from ex-Tiger Ashley Fuller denied Holbeach United on Tuesday night as Kempston Rovers battled back to earn a 1-1 draw in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. The Tigers, who were playing their second of four matches this week, went ahead on 40 minutes through Jack Smith. They held that advantage all the away up until the 94th ...

Northampton SR 1 Holbeach United 1 Tom Roberts warned his Holbeach United players that they are playing for cup final shirts after witnessing a drab 1-1 draw at struggling Northampton Sileby Rangers on Saturday. Sean Coughlan’s superb strike put the Tigers 1-0 ahead on ten minutes in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash at Fernie Fields, but Dalton Bettles earned ...

Shaw Lane Aquaforce 5 Spalding United 0 Spalding United stumbled to their heaviest Evo-Stik NPL Division One South defeat of the season on Saturday as title-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce handed them a 5-0 beating. Goals from James Walshaw (14), Gavin Allott (57), Lee Bennett (66) and Adam Priestley (77 and 84) accounted for the Tulips, although they did at least ...

Spalding United slipped to 12th place in Evo-Stik League First Division South after a 5-0 drubbing at title-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce on Saturday, while Holbeach United were held to a 1-1 draw at Northampton Sileby Rangers in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. The Tulips travelling to Barnsley without unavailable boss Marcus Ebdon and absent number two Danny Hussey on Saturday, ...

Holbeach United player/boss Tom Roberts is hoping to add a few fresh faces to his squad on the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division’s deadline day. The Tigers have 13 games still to play before the end of the season on May 2 – a run that will see them play two four-game weeks. The first of them begins on Saturday, with ...

Moulton Harrox’s amazing bid to become the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s invincibles continued on Tuesday night with a big 4-0 victory at AFC Stanground. A first-half volley from Matt Watkin gave Harrox a 1-0 half-time lead at Yaxley’s In2itive Park 3G base, before top scorer Ollie Maltby, Joe Townsend and Ben Allen added further goals to propel Harrox 15 points ...

Newport Pagnell Town 3 Holbeach United 1 Andrew Tidswell has told his Holbeach United team-mates that they’ll never win the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title while they continue to show an alarming lack of commitment. The player/assistant manager was speaking after the Tigers slipped to a costly 3-1 defeat at third-placed Newport Pagnell Town on Saturday. Goals from Dom Lawless ...

New signing Tom Sergeant marked his Pinchbeck United debut with two goals as they thrashed Sawtry 7-0 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. The ex-Holbeach United and Sleaford Town attacker, who had been unattached, notched twice in the first half at Knight Street – and would have had a hat-trick but for missing an open goal. The other ...

Jake Farrell’s second-half strike proved the difference as Spalding United Reserves edged out Long Sutton Athletic 1-0 in a very close game at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. In windy conditions, both sides did their best to play football on the deck in the ChromaSport PDFL Division One derby duel. The home side had plenty of the ...

A rare Phil Groves goal was the highlight as seemingly unstoppable Moulton Harrox romped to a 7-0 win over Uppingham Town in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Doubles from top scorer Ollie Maltby and captain Billy King set unbeaten Moulton on their way to a 23rd league win from 24 matches at Broad Lane, while Ben Allen and ...

Spalding United 0 Lincoln United 0 Marcus Ebdon accepted that Spalding United’s hopes of reaching the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs are all but over after an Easter Monday bore draw with Lincoln United. The Tulips and fifth-placed Lincoln cancelled each other out at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, with neither side doing enough to deserve all three ...

The scheduled derby between Holbeach United and Wisbech Town was postponed on Easter Monday due to a waterlogged Carter’s Park pitch. An 11am pitch inspection deemed the surface unplayable, meaning the Tigers now have another fixture to fit in to their busy end-of-season schedule. Talks to reschedule the derby for Wednesday night have been held, but no date has yet ...

Belper Town 1 Spalding United 1 Spalding United were denied their first away win in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South since November as Belper Town battled back to hold them 1-1 on Saturday. The Tulips, who went into the game with a lingering hope of reaching the play-offs, looked to be on track for a rare away win when Joe ...