Football

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 ...

Ian Dunn offered no excuses after seeing his Pinchbeck United side dumped out of the PFA Senior Cup on penalties. Having trailed 2-0 to ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division rivals Langtoft United at half time on Saturday, Pinchbeck battled back to draw 2-2 at Knight Street thanks to goals from Tom Brooks and Jamie Francis. That forced a penalty shoot-out, with ...

Daniel Piccaver’s first-half header was enough to earn Tydd St Mary a 1-0 win at Spalding Town on Saturday as they booked their second cup final date in as many weeks. Just seven days after stunning Long Sutton Athletic in The Spalding Inter-Services Trophy semi-final, the Saints progressed to the final of the ChromaSport PDFL Intermediate Shield with another impressive ...

Rueful boss Dave Panton admitted that basic errors cost his Moulton Harrox side dear on Saturday as they lost an epic PFA Senior Cup quarter-final against Whittlesey Athletic. Despite leading their ChromaSport PDL Premier Division title rivals 3-1 at half time and 4-3 with a few minutes to play on Saturday, they ended up drawing 4-4 before losing 5-3 on ...

Spalding United 2 Kidsgrove Athletic 1 A bizarre own goal by Kidsgrove Athletic keeper Ben Chapman steered Spalding United to a battling 2-1 Evo-Stik NPL Division One South win on Saturday. Chapman failed to deal with a routine back pass by Paul Donnelly on 12 minutes – and only succeeded in running the ball into his own net to put ...

Daniel Pick scored a hat-trick as Baston came from behind to beat Spalding United Reserves 4-2 in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. Visitors Spalding bossed the opening 35 minutes with numerous half chances wasted, but did finally open the scoring through the unlikely source of skipper Dave Endersbee. With his back to goal, the defender collected a loose ball ...

Spalding United climbed back into the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off places with a battling 2-1 home win over Kidsgrove Athletic on Saturday. An early Tom Waumsley strike (4) and an own goal from keeper Ben Chapaman (12) put the Tulips in command at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, before Kidsgrove skipper Ant Malbon pulled one back (20). ...

Holbeach United 4 Peterborough Northern Star 2 Ten-man Holbeach United produced a remarkable display to beat rivals Peterborough Northern Star 4-2 at Carter’s Park on Saturday. An early Jack Smith (9) goal put the Tigers ahead In the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash, but the game looked set to turn on its head when Nick Jackson was sent off for ...

Holbeach United boss Tom Roberts is glad to have seen the back of what he describes as “an absolutely miserable” January. With last Saturday’s trip to Kempston Rovers postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, it meant that the Tigers only managed to play one game over the entire month. That was a 2-1 defeat against ChromaSport UCL Premier Division strugglers ...

Disillusioned Spalding United boss Marcus Ebdon admits to being a little baffled by Josh Moreman’s decision to leave the club for Peterborough Sports. The Tulips’ leading scorer, who snubbed a move to higher-graded King’s Lynn down just a few weeks ago, has decided to drop down two levels to play for Jimmy Dean’s ambitious UCL Division One outfit. The speedy ...

Moulton Harrox chalked up another impressive milestone in their stellar season as they thrashed Leverington Sports 8-0 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division On Saturday. The unbeaten leaders moved six points clear at the top of the table with their 16th win from 17 league games – and netted their 100th goal of the campaign in the process. Ian Bradbury ...

Goals from Jake Farrell, Matt Rose and Edgaras Buzas gave Spalding United Reserves a much-deserved victory as they booked their place in the semi-finals of the PFA Challenge Cup with a 3-0 victory over Oundle Town. After their barren run of recent weeks, this was the performance Kev Nottingham’s side have been threatening as of late. Right from the kick ...

Tydd St Mary and Spalding Town both pulled off Spalding Inter Services Trophy upsets on Saturday as they set up a final showdown at Carter’s Park in April. ChromaSport PDFL Division Three outfit Tydd stunned Division One rivals Long Sutton 2-0 at London Road, while Division Two promotion hopefuls Town knocked off Sutton Bridge United, another Division One team, 1-0 ...

Loughborough Dynamo 2 Spalding United 2 Two moments of magic helped Spalding United secure a deserved 2-2 draw at relegation-threatened Loughborough Dynamo in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South on Saturday. It looked liked the play-off chasing Tulips were heading for a disappointing defeat when Kevin Hemagou bagged a quick-fire first-half double for lowly Loughborough (10 & 19) at the Nanpantan ...

Spalding United produced an impressive second-half comeback to net a 2-2 draw at Loughborough Dynamo in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South on Saturday. The play-off chasing Tulips trailed 2-0 at half time against a Dynamo side that started the day in the bottom two after two Kevin Hemagou strikes (10 and 19). It was far from game over, however, with ...

It’s crunch time for Holbeach United’s ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title hopes on Saturday as they make the trip to unbeaten Kempston Rovers (3pm). The Tigers, currently fifth in the table, are ten points behind the second-placed Walnut Boys with two games in hand ahead of the first meeting between the pair this season. Tom Roberts’ side do come into ...

Marcus Ebdon admits that he and his Spalding United side are looking forward to visiting Evo-Stik NPL Division One South rivals Loughborough Dynamo on Saturday (3pm). The Tulips produced one of their best performances in recent memory when they romped to a 6-0 success at Nanpantan Sports Ground last season. Ebdon, then assistant to former boss Pat Rayment, has fond ...

Ollie Maltby helped himself to a hat-trick as Moulton Harrox picked up their first ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win of 2016 by seeing off South Holland rivals Holbeach United Reserves 3-1 on Saturday. The in-form midfielder notched twice in the first 30 minutes at Broad Lane, only for an own goal from Bobby Patterson to haul a strong Holbeach side ...