Football

Phil Barnes is refusing to press the panic button after Holbeach United lost three key members of their squad. The Tigers boss has been told by skipper Spencer Tinkler that he is joining Yaxley, while popular defender Jon Fairweather has agreed to re-join former club Wisbech Town. Both sides will be rivals with Spalding United next season in the NPL, ...

Spalding United have announced a lucrative home pre-season friendly with Championship side Peterborough United. The Tulips will welcome a Posh XI to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Wednesday, July 28 in what is the biggest game the club has hosted in recent history. Due to current Government restrictions, only a limited number of tickets will be sold online ...

A new season is starting in one of the Spalding 6-a-side leagues – and teams are urged to join now before the last few remaining places are snapped up. The popular and award winning leagues, which takes place at Glen Park in Surfleet on Thursday nights, are looking to expand. Teams are competing for top prizes, in the revamped Leisure ...

Upbeat Bobby Patterson chose to focus on the positives after seeing Moulton Harrox suffer a shock semi-final defeat against Wittering Premiair on Saturday. Favourites Harrox were held to a 0-0 draw in the Peterborough Senior Cup last four showdown at Knight Street, before going down 4-3 on penalties against a side that played one level beneath them last season. The ...

Spalding United have continued their summer recruitment drive by adding two talented youngsters to their squad. Bailey Baker and Tom Mucklin have both agreed deals to move to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field for the upcoming campaign in the Northern Premier League Midlands Division. Baker is a scholar at Peterborough United and was a part of the St Ives ...

Pinchbeck United have revealed their pre-season plans ahead of their 2021/22 campaign in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North. The Knights will be looking for vast improvement in what will be Lewis Thorogood’s first full season as boss, having failed to win a competitive fixture in any competition last time out. However, back-to-back friendly wins at the end of the ...

Bobby Patterson has told his in-form Moulton Harrox side to take nothing for granted ahead of Saturday’s Peterborough Senior Cup semi-final against Wittering Premiair. Harrox are red-hot favourites for the last four showdown at Knight Street (2pm KO) and come into the clash hot on the heels of a 5-0 victory Eye United. Assistant boss Patterson, who is on record ...

A whirlwind start saw Moulton Harrox ease into the Peterborough Senior Cup final by thrashing Eye United 5-0 on Saturday. Hot favourites Harrox romped into a 4-0 lead inside 25 minutes thanks to goals from Ian Bradbury, Joe Townsend (2) and Declan Earth at Knight Street. Bradbury then added a headed second after the break to put the final nail ...

Holbeach United boss Phil Barnes is looking forward to competing in the new-look UCL Premier Division North this season. The Tigers, who haven’t played a competitive game since losing the KitmanUK League Cup final to Rothwell Corinthians back in November 2020, will return for pre-season training on June 15. Barnes hopes to have all of last season’s squad back for ...

Buoyant assistant manager Bobby Patterson has called on Moulton Harrox to put on a show on Saturday as they prepare to host Eye United in the quarter-finals of the Peterborough Senior Cup. Harrox, who would play Wittering in the last four if they can see off Premier Division rivals Eye at Knight Street (2pm), are the hot favourites to win ...

Pinchbeck United’s upturn in form continued on Saturday with a 3-2 friendly victory over an under-21 side from Rushden and Diamonds. Hot on the heels of the 4-2 friendly win over March Town the previous week, goals from Peterborough United scholar Joey Buckingham (2) and Finlay Armond helped Lewis Thorogood’s Knights come from behind to secure a win at Knight ...

Declan Earth’s goal kept Moulton Harrox unbeaten in the The Peterborough Senior Cup as they completed the group stage with a 1-0 win at FC Peterborough on Saturday. A second-half penalty from the striker made it three wins from as many games and set up a last eight clash with Eye United at Knight Street on Saturday (2pm). Also still ...

Pinchbeck United put their disappointing Kingfisher Lighting United Counties League Cup campaign behind them with a 4-2 friendly win over March Town on Saturday. Goals from Jake Knight (2), Scott Waumsley and Harry Machin fired Pinchbeck to victory over Thurlow Nunn League opposition at Knight Street. Having failed to win a single game in the curtailed Uhlsport UCL Premier Division ...

Pinchbeck United manager Lewis Thorogood says he’s been left pleasantly surprised at the make up of the new United Counties League. The Knights, who got their first win for a while on Saturday in a friendly (see page 21), have not been demoted despite finishing bottom of the previous two null and voided campaigns after the FA confirmed no teams ...

Spalding United have pulled off a huge transfer coup as they were confirmed in the new Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands Division. The Tulips have signed former Peterborough United attacking midfielder Marcus Maddison. The 27-year-old scored 52 goals in 212 for Posh between 2014 and 2019. A former Newcastle United youth player, he got the move to Peterborough after ...

Pinchbeck United concluded their competitive 2020/21 season and the Kingfisher Lighting Cup with a 2-1 defeat to Lutterworth Town on Saturday – and manager Lewis Thorogood says they’ve now started their pre-season. Jack Wood scored for the Knights to put them 1-0 up but it was five defeats out of five in the competition which sees them finish bottom of ...

Spalding United manager Gabriel Zakuani says there’s “a buzz” around Spalding United as they made two signings that will whet the appetites of Tulips fans. Seasoned Northern Premier League players – defender Nathan Stainfield and striker Gregg Smith -– have returned to the club for next season. And with Zakuani confident that most of the players who signed for him ...

Long Sutton Athletic edged out Crowland Town 3-2 in a dazzling Peterborough Senior Cup derby clash on Saturday. First-half goals from Danny Firth and Harry Grigas looked to have put Crowland 2-0 up and on their way to victory at London Road. But Callum Madigan headed home before the break for Sutton, who went on to win the all-South Holland ...

Moulton Harrox have made a managerial change for next season. Bobby Patterson will take on the joint manager position alongside Tim Cole who is coming in from Holbeach United for the 2021/22 campaign. Current manager Kev Nottingham will return to his previous role as manager of Harrox’s reserve team with Danny Kingman stepping down from that role. Nottingham will remain ...

Pinchbeck United are finally off the mark in terms of goals in the Kingfisher Lighting Premier Division Cup but the wait for a win goes on despite an encouraging performance on Saturday. The Knights went down 2-1 to GNG Oadby Town in their penultimate fixture in the competition. Goals from Rian Patel and Matthew Baird inside the opening half hour ...