Football

by Andrew Tidswell Elite Sports Academy MD and Holbeach Utd player/coach Last weekend at Holbeach United we hosted the league leaders AFC Kempston Rovers. The feeling out on the pitch was probably the same as what many people probably thought and saw. In the first half we were clinical in our performance and raced into a 3-0 lead, while also ...

Tydd St Mary continued their impressive form with an 8-0 annihilation of ChromaSport PDFL Division Three rivals Whittlesey Athletic B on Saturday. With Whittlesey turning up to Memorial Park with just ten men, it only took 12 minutes for the Saints to open the scoring. That came from a great Scott Pemberton knock back for Darren Rawthorn to strike home. ...

There looks to no stopping Moulton Harrox in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division at the moment. Dave Panton’s side extended their amazing unbeaten league run to 19 matches on Saturday with a dominant 9-0 victory at a bewildered Sawtry – clocking up their 18th league win the process. The in-form Ollie Maltby once again stole the show with a four-goal ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn scored a memorable overhead bicycle kick as Pinchbeck United thrashed nine-man Uppingham Town 5-1 on Saturday to climb back into the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s top five. Pinchbeck went ahead through an own goal at Knight Street, only to be pegged back immediately by an Andrew Sayers strike for an Uppingham side that were unbeaten in nine ...

Rothwell Corinthians 4 Holbeach United 1 (match abandoned on 73 mins) A suspected torn calf suffered by Holbeach United left back Nick Jackson caused Tuesday’s night’s ChromaSport UCL Premier Division game at Rothwell Corinthians to be abandoned on 73 minutes. The Tigers were trailing 4-1 at the time, but it is expected that the game will now have to be ...

Gresley FC 2 Spalding United 0 Disappointed Marcus Ebdon accepted that Spalding United’s hopes of reaching the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs are “wobbling” after Tuesday night’s 2-0 reverse at Gresley. The Tulips slipped to eighth in the standings after their second defeat in four days as goals in either half from Jordan Ball (39) and Gary Ricketts (72) ...

It was a bad night on the road for South Holland duo Spalding United and Holbeach United on Tuesday. The Tulips were handed a 2-0 Evo-Stik NPL Division One South beaten at Gresley, while Holbeach United were trailing 4-1 at ChromaSport UCL Premier Division side Rothwell Corinthians when a late Nick Jackson injured caused the game to be abandoned. Starting ...

Coalville Town 2 Spalding United 1 Misfiring Spalding United were once again wasteful in front of goal as they were handed a first-ever Evo-Stik NPL Division One South defeat by Coalville Town on Saturday. Despite dominating the second half and taking an early lead, the Tulips saw their five-game unbeaten streak ended by their play-off rivals at a blustery Owen ...

Holbeach United 3 Kempston Rovers 3 Holbeach United blew a 3-0 half time-lead against unbeaten ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Kempston Rovers on Saturday in a remarkable Carter’s Park clash. Dubbed Holbeach’s “cup final” by boss Tom Roberts ahead of the crunch clash, the hosts made an amazing start at Carter’s Park as they raced into a three-goal lead inside ...

Spalding United’s five game unbeaten run in Ev-Stik NPL Division One came to an end on Saturday as they went down 2-1 at play-off rivals Coalville Town. All looked to be going to plan for the Tulips when Tom Waumsley fired them ahead on 22 minutes, but hosts Coalville levelled within four minutes through Jake Woolley. Alex Troke then netted ...

Holbeach United’s crunch Carter’s Park date with ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Kempston Rovers is like a cup final for their season. That’s the verdict of player/boss Tom Roberts, who feels the Tigers simply must beat the unbeaten table-toppers to keep their title bid alive. Kempston, who beat previous leaders Leicester Nirvana 2-0 on Saturday to reach the summit, have ...

Marcus Ebdon knows that his Spalding United side are in for a very difficult afternoon at Coalville Town on Saturday (3pm). The Tulips travel to second-placed Coalville in a solid run of form, having gone five games unbeaten in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South. But they’re without an away win in three months, having failed to beat rock-bottom Tividale last ...

Marcus Parry took his tally for the season to an impressive 30 as Spalding Town beat ChromaSport PDFL Division Two strugglers Sawtry Reserves 3-0 at the Castle on Saturday. Town came into the clash as heavy favourites against a side in the bottom two, but low on morale after last week’s shock cup loss to Tydd St Mary. They started ...

Ian Dunn has admitted that Pinchbeck United’s slim hopes of winning the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title are all but over after Saturday’s 1-0 home reverse against Whittlesey Athletic. A first-half strike from former Spalding United hitman Liam Harrold was the difference between two of the league’s top sides at Knight Street, as Pinchbeck dropped down to ninth in the ...

A late penalty rebound from Tim Lowe earned Tydd St Mary a 2-2 draw at ChromaSport PDFL Division Three high-fliers Stamford Lions Reserves on Saturday. The Saints started the brighter and when Phil Franklin’s fierce shot was superbly saved on 25 minutes, they were awarded a corner. Scott Pemberton had a swing at connection with the delivery but it fell ...

Northampton Spencer 3 Holbeach United 2 Fuming boss Tom Roberts couldn’t hide his disappointment after seeing his Holbeach United side beaten 3-2 at ChromaSport UCL Premier Division strugglers Northampton Spencer on Saturday. The Tigers player/boss has admitted that he “almost exploded” with anger after seeing three “basic individual errors” gift the home side all three points at Kingsthorpe Mill. The ...

Tividale 1 Spalding United 1 Two questionable decisions from the officials denied Spalding United all three points at Evo-Stik NPL Division One South basement boys Tividale on Saturday as they were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw. All looked to be going to plan for the play-off hunting Tulips when striker Jamie Graham (10) gave them an early lead, ...

Spalding United and Holbeach United both endured disappointing away results on Saturday as neither could beat lowly opposition. The Tulips were held 1-1 at Evo-Stik NPL Division One South basement boys Tividale, while the Tigers went down 3-2 against Northampton Spencer in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Spalding, who named new signing James Tricks on the bench, went ahead through ...

The home stretch of Holbeach United’s season is likely to be a roller-coaster – according to player/boss Tom Roberts. Saturday’s 4-2 victory over Peterborough Norther Star has revitalised everybody at Carter’s Park ahead of a run-in that could see the Tigers do a ChromaSport UCL Premier Division double. The next stop for Roberts and his Holbeach side is a tricky ...

Marcus Ebdon admits that nothing but three points will do for Spalding United at Evo-Stik NPL Division One South basement boys Tividale on Saturday (3pm). The play-off chasing Tulips, who are back in fifth place after beating Kidsgrove Athletic 2-1 on Saturday, are bidding to extend their unbeaten run to five games in the West Midlands. However, Ebdon is searching ...