Football

Spalding Utd 2 Rainworth Miners Welfare 0: It was not a pretty match for supporters to watch, but nevertheless productive for the Tulips who picked up another three points at the Sir Halley Stewart Field and regained fourth spot in Evo-Stik League Division One South. The Tulips are now on a 14-game unbeaten run in league and cup, their last defeat being in the ...

Spalding United manager Pat Rayment is considering bolstering his squad after a costly Lincolnshire Senior Trophy defeat at Stamford on Tuesday. The Tulips head to Evo-stik Division One South leaders Newcastle Town on Saturday with serious concerns over Mitch Griffiths (ankle), Jordan Nuttell (dead leg) and Jordan Hempenstall (knee). All three hobbled off in the 1-0 loss at Stamford – ...

Holbeach Utd 1-1 AFC Rushden and Diamonds: It’s as you were in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title race after a draw between the top two on Saturday. A goal by Russ Dunkley in second-half added time rescued a point for league leaders Diamonds. However, with four matches in hand and eight points adrift, Holbeach will be the happier when ...

Tom Waumsley scored again as Spalding United stretched their unbeaten league run to 14 matches with a 2-0 win over Rainworth Miners Welfare. The striker – also on target last weekend in the draw with Norton United – put the Tulips’ noses in front on 47 minutes. However, home fans were only able to breathe easy in the 89th minute when ...

Spalding United host lowly Rainworth Miners Welfare on Saturday (3pm) looking to push their unbeaten league run close to four months. The Tulips were last beaten in the league on October 4, at Sheffield FC. In 20 league and cup matches since then, the Tulips have won 15, drawn 4 and lost just once. However, Pat Rayment’s side got out of ...

The pressure is on AFC Rushden and Diamonds in Saturday’s UCL Premier Division top-of-the-table clash, according to Holbeach United co-manager John Chand. With the Tigers eight points behind the league leaders but having four matches in hand, Chand believes the onus is on Diamonds to win at Carter’s Park (3pm). And he reckons that Diamonds’ capture of former Corby Town and Daventry ...

A mixed evening of football in The Spalding and South Holland Voice Six-A-Side League saw a failure to show, dismissals and a handful of sin-bins – not to mention the end of a 15-match unbeaten run! Division One got under way on a chilly night in Surfleet with Polishborough making light work of You’ve Got No Fans. A convincing 6-1 win ...

Column by Spalding United striker Andrew Tidswell: The big local sporting news last week was the saga that arose at Spalding United. On the eve of the first team’s long away journey to Norton United, manager Pat Rayment handed in his resignation to the club, seemingly ending his three-year tenure. Fast forward 24 hours and I’m standing in the centre ...

Norton United 2 Spalding United 2: Pat Rayment – who quit as Spalding boss on Friday – was back in the dugout to see Tom Waumsley grab a last-gasp equaliser and extend the Tulips’ unbeaten league run to 13 matches. Just five minutes earlier, Lee Clarke had given Spalding hope with a goal to bring it back to 2-1. Norton had ...

Holbeach United have drawn Erith and Belvedere at home in the fifth round of the FA Vase. The Kent side currently sit second in the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division. They beat the Tigers’ fellow UCL Premier Division side Yaxley 1-0 on Sunday to reach the last 16 of the Vase. Holbeach earned their place with a 4-3 extra-time win at another UCL ...

Thurnby Nirvana 3 Holbeach Utd 4: Seven goals, red cards, extra time and a place in the last 16 of the FA Vase was the story of Holbeach United’s rollercoaster afternoon on Saturday. They were all but out in the 95th minute, but centre-half Kern Miller – who had been thrown up front as a last-ditch measure to save the ...

Saturday’s huge FA Vase clash between Thurnby Nirvana and Holbeach United means more to Jake Duffy than most. The in-form Tigers midfielder, who has scored three goals in his last two games, literally lives over the road from Thurnby’s Dakyn Road base in Leicestershire. Both Duffy and his brother Jordan have played under Nirvana chief Damion Qualiey over the years ...

Buoyant Spalding United boss Pat Rayment reckons that his charges are one of three sides capable of winning the Evo-Stik League First Division South title. Rayment believes that the Tulips are battling with Mickleover Sports and Leek Town for top spot, with current leaders Sutton Coldfield Town and second-placed Newcastle Town not on his radar. Spalding, Mickleover and Leek all ...

Pat Rayment insists change must happen to the structure of Spalding United if he is to remain as manager. Rayment tendered his resignation on Friday and said publicly that he had had enough of an ongoing boardroom struggle. However, his resignation was not accepted by the club and after a lengthy day of discussions he remained in charge. Club chairman ...

Spalding United manager Pat Rayment dropped a bombshell by quitting on Friday. He blames off-the-field issues at the club, which now has just two board members. It could hardly be any other reason as the Tulips have been on a long unbeaten run (11 wins, two draws) which has rocketed them to fourth in Evo-Stik First Division South – the highest position in the club’s ...

Holbeach United 3 Kempston Rovers 0 Joint boss John Chand reckons that the UCL Premier Division title race turned in Holbeach United’s favour on Saturday. A Jake Duffy double (35 & 63) and a further strike from Jamie Clarke (39) eased the Tigers to all three points at Carter’s Park against a Kempston Rovers side that had won four on ...

Mouton Harrox remain on-course for glory in the Lincs FA Junior Cup after beating hosts RM Imp 3-1 in Saturday’s quarter-final. ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division side Harrox needed extra time to beat the Lincoln-based side, who are top of the Lincoln Football League Premier Division having won all ten of their league games this season. Strikes from Billy King ...

Spalding United 2 Sheffield FC 0 First-half strikes from Jordan Hempenstall and Mitch Griffiths fired Spalding United to a richly-deserved victory over Sheffield FC on Saturday. Hitman Hempenstall opened the scoring with a clever low finish on 20 minutes, before turning provider for wing wizard Griffiths to curl home a trademark second just before half time. The Tulips had a ...

Graham Drury has warned his title-chasing Holbeach United charges that in-form Kempston Rovers could derail their season on Saturday. High-flying Holbeach have won seven games on the spin in all competitions after Wednesday’s 1-0 home victory over UCL Premier Division title rivals Yaxley. Normally, that’d make them big favourites against 11th-placed Kempston. But they’re on an equally impressive run themselves, having won four ...

Holbeach United seized control of the UCL Premier Division title race on Saturday as they beat Kempston Rovers 3-0 to cash in on a slip-up from leaders AFC Rushden and Diamonds. A Jake Duffy double (35 & 63) and a further strike from Jamie Clarke (39) eased the Tigers to all three points at Carter’s Park against a Kempston side ...