Football

Holbeach United Reserves’ first win of the season moved them off the foot of the Premier Division in ChromaSport & Trophies Peterborough and District League. Ironically, their maiden three-point return came on the day the first team’s 100 per cent winning start ended. Omar Joof’s side won 4-2 at Uppingham Town and are replaced at the bottom by Crowland Town, ...

Unbeaten Holbeach United can expect their toughest UCL Premier Division test of the season when Huntingdon Town arrive at Carter’s Park on Saturday (3pm). That’s the view of co-boss Graham Drury, who rates Huntingdon as one of the Tigers’ main rivals for the title this season. Both sides go into the clash with 100 per cent records, with Holbeach having ...

Spalding United have two things on their mind ahead of their FA Cup first qualifying round date with Holwell Sports – prize money and prestige. The Tulips welcome the East Midlands Counties League Premier Division side to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm) and are expected to progress. When it comes to the FA Cup, Spalding boss ...

Coalville Town 1 Spalding United 2 Ecstatic Pat Rayment lauded Spalding United’s best result of their Evo-Stik League First Division South campaign so far after seeing his side come back from a goal behind to win at Coalville Town. Jed Davies had put the hosts 1-0 up early in the second period at Owen Street on Tuesday night, but Tom ...

Oadby Town 0 Holbeach United 1 Danny Spencer came back to haunt his old side on Saturday as UCL Premier Division leaders Holbeach United proved they can win ugly. The defender rifled home an angled drive four minutes before the break at Freeway Park to make it six wins from as many league games for the flawless Tigers – and ...

Spalding United 5 Kidsgrove Athletic 0 Five-star Spalding United produced one of their best performances in recent memory as they cruised past ten-man Kidsgrove on Saturday. Goals from Mitch Griffiths (17), Lewis Webb (47), Asb Burbeary (57), Jamie Thurlbourne (pen 61) and Andrew Tidswell (79) were the least the Tulips deserved in a one-sided Evo-Stik League First Division South clash. ...

Spalding United’s popular youth section wants to build a home of its own in the town. The Tulips are trying to find about five acres of land to develop for its growing junior set-up. About 200 youngsters are currently involved across its 12 teams and the move is seen as the next sensible step towards growing the junior side of ...

Holbeach United moved five points clear at the top of the UCL Premier Division on Saturday with a 1-0 victory at Oadby Town. A first-half goal from Danny Spencer – one of four ex-Oadby men in the Tigers’ team – made it six wins from as many league matches for Graham Drury and John Chand’s side. In the ChromaSport Peterborough League, ...

The Spalding Sunday Football League returns this weekend with four fixtures and a new-look line-up. Leaving the league this year are Lutton, Sutton St James, Hole In The Wall, Fenway and Gosberton, with Punchbowl Tigers, Brennans Sports, Swineshead Institute Reserves and Mulberry all stepping in. That means the league has just ten teams as opposed to last year’s 11, but ...

Table-topping Holbeach United visit promoted Oadby Town on Saturday (3pm) – which will see Danny Spencer, Courtney Meade, Lee Dube and Jake Duffy all return to their former club. The Tigers have won all five of the UCL Premier Division games so far this season and top the table by two points from Yaxley. Leicestershire-based Oadby, meanwhile, are without a ...

Pat Rayment is adamant that Spalding United have the strongest starting 11 in Evo-Stik League First Division South – when everyone is fit. The Tulips welcome Kidsgrove Athletic to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field for their fifth league game of the season on Saturday (3pm), but have only four points to their name. Boss Rayment maintains that his side ...

Boston Town 1 Holbeach United 2 Lee Beeson’s clinical penalty on the stroke of half time earned Holbeach United instant revenge over rivals Boston Town on Tuesday night. Having been dumped out of the FA Cup by the Poachers on Saturday, the Tigers bounced back in the best way possible by making it five wins from as many UCL Premier ...

Moulton Harrox 2 Pinchbeck United 0 Moulton Harrox took the local bragging rights on Saturday as they dumped rivals Pinchbeck United out of the ChromaSport Peterborough League’s President Premier Shield. Goals in each half from Ben Allen and debutant Lewis McKue were enough to keep Harrox’s unbeaten run this season going – and hand Pinchbeck their first defeat since Ian ...

Spalding United 1  Heanor Town 0 A moment of magic from Tom Waumsley kept Spalding United in the FA Cup mix as they saw off a talented Heanor Town outfit on Saturday. Waumsley’s explosive effort four minutes before the break settled the extra preliminary round clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field – and banked the Tulips the best ...

Holbeach United 2 Boston Town 4 Ten-man Holbeach crashed out of the FA Cup on Saturday as rivals Boston Town ended the 100 per cent record of co-bosses John Chand and Graham Drury. The Tigers missed chance after chance in a one-sided first period at Carter’s Park, before defender Danny Spencer lashed home a deserved opener on 38 minutes. Inspired ...

Tom Waumsley’s first-half strike earned Spalding United a 1-0 win over Heanor Town in the FA Cup on Saturday. The former Holbeach United frontman volleyed home his second goal for the Tulips three minutes before the break at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. That’s how it stayed, meaning Pat Rayment’s side will hosts Holwell Sports in the first qualifying ...

There is likely to be a new striker leading Spalding United’s line in Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Heanor Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm). Tulips’ chief Pat Rayment has made recruiting a target man to play with Andrew Tidswell his number one aim after seeing his side pick up only four points from a possible 12 ...

Saturday’s much-anticipated FA Cup derby between Holbeach United and Boston Town is a special one for Ollie Pinner. The Carter’s Park clash (3pm) will see the Tigers midfielder line up against his former side for the first time since ending his near-ten year association with the Poachers over the summer. Having been a key cog in Holbeach’s flawless start to ...

Billy King struck the only goal as Moulton Harrox finally grabbed their first win of the ChromaSport Peterborough Premier Division season with a 1-0 triumph over Holbeach United Reserves on Tuesday night. The midfielder’s strike settled a tight derby at Broad Lane and ended Moulton’s run of four draws from as many league games. It leaves Harrox in ninth place, ...

Carlton Town 1  Spalding United 1 Pat Rayment admits that he sounds like a broken record after seeing his Spalding side drop two points at Carlton on Monday. Andrew Tidswell’s 63rd minute strike earned the Tulips their first away point of the Evo-Stik League First Division South campaign, with Aaron Hooton (58) having put the hosts ahead. Having wasted a ...