Football

Spalding United were edged out 2-1 by Cleethorpes Town in the Evo-Stik East Division this afternoon. Josh Batty gave the visitors to the Halley Stewart the lead five minutes before half time, but the Tulips responded well with Kieran Wells scoring his second in two games to level in the 55th minute. A tight game was settled by a Scott ...

Holbeach United manager Seb Hayes has several injury concerns heading into the Christmas period, but his young players have been stepping up. The Tigers have won the last four and host Eynesbury this Saturday. They then face two local away trips in the Boxing Day derby with Pinchbeck before heading to Deeping Rangers a week on Saturday in the UCL ...

Everything is looking up for Spalding United as the club heads into the festive fixtures. Back-to-back wins have lifted the Tulips up to 13th in the EvoStik NPL East Division. New manager Matt Easton is starting to shape the side in his vision and his signings are having an impact. He also says that Spalding have a clean bill of ...

All Pinchbeck United manager Ian Dunn wants for Christmas is to remain unbeaten and pick up a win from the three tasty local derbies they’ve been served up in the Chromasport UCL Premier Division. Fifth placed United visit fourth placed Deeping Rangers this Saturday and host fifth placed Holbeach United on Boxing Day before the following Saturday’s trip to Sleaford. ...

Spalding United maintained their excellent festive month form with victory amid horrendous conditions in Nottinghamshire. Victory over basement side AFC Mansfield at Forest Town Arena gave the Tulips a total of seven points from a possible nine from their last three games and elevated them another two places up the EvoStik NPL East Division table. Playing conditions however, were far ...

Moulton Harrox will head into the new year with at least a four point cushion at the top of the Chromasport Peterborough and District League Premier Division. It follows Saturday’s comfortable 3-0 victory at Long Sutton Athletic thanks to two goals from Tom Panton and one from Marucs Parry. While second placed Netherton won 2-0 at Peterborough Polonia, Moulton will ...

The top two in the Spalding and District Sunday League both picked up wins going into the division’s Christmas break. Leaders by virtue of a better goal difference are Sutton St James who were 5-3 winners over Pinchbeck United Sunday. Doubles from Jack Murley and Joseph Sutton plus a Bradley Fox goal kept up the home side’s perfect record so ...

Holbeach United 2 Peterborough Northern Star 1 Josh Ford’s 91st minute stoppage time winner ensured Holbeach United head into the Christmas period with four straight wins. The Tigers found it tough going against the spirited visitors but amid horrendous conditions their late push resulted in the three points. In just his second start, 16-year-old Reif Clarke had given Holbeach a ...

Spalding United pulled off a huge win in the Evo-Stick Division with a 2-1 victory at basement boys AFC Mansfield. First half goals from James Hugo (9) and new signing Kieran Well (28) set the Tulips on their way to a second successive victory. Giuseppe Iaciofano halved the deficit just before the hour mark and Mansfield threw men forward looking ...

Doubles from Oli Maltby and Tyler Wright saw Pinchbeck United warm up for the Christmas period by cruising past Kirby Muxloe at a freezing Sir Halley Stewart. The Knights  were always a class above the lowly but spirited visitors and took full advantage of having the gusting wind at their backs in the first half. Kirby had already been called ...

Ian Dunn is backing his talented Pinchbeck United side to continue their improvement as they seek to add consistency to their game. The Knights have taken four points from their last two league games after a tricky period saw them lose three Future Lions UCL Premier Division games on the spin. That leaves them in fifth place in the table ...

Upbeat boss Matt Easton admits that the double swoop for brothers Bradley and Kieran Wells has given his Spalding United side a much-needed shot in the arm. The attacking duo joined the Tulips late last week and both featured in the 2-1 win over Belper Town on Saturday (see page 37), making an instant impact in the process. Both are ...

Boss Seb Hayes feels that Holbeach United are well-placed to improve on last season as they enter the traditionally hectic festive period of fixtures. The Tigers finished fourth in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division last time out, while also winning the Lincs FA Senior Trophy and reaching the semi-finals League Knockout Cup. This year, they head into Saturday’s date ...

Holders Holbeach United moved into the semi-finals of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy after beating Pinchbeck United 2-0 on Wednesday night.  The Knights were up against it from the 29th minute after Andrew Tidswell was sent off for picking up two yellow cards. Josh Ford immediately put Holbeach ahead, before Will Bird clinched the win in the second half. Billy ...

Spalding United 2 Belper Town 1 Super-sub Leon Mettam came off the bench with just nine minutes of normal playing time remaining to score twice and provide Spalding United with only their second home Evo-Stik League East Division victory of the season on Saturday. Mettam replaced the injured Jenk Acar in the 81st minute and just four minutes later had ...

Wellingborough Whitworth 0 Holbeach United 7 Seven-up Holbeach United made light work of Future Lions UCL Premier Division basement boys Wellingborough Whitworth on Saturday. The Tigers waltzed to a 7-0 success at The Victoria Mill Ground, with three players helping themselves to braces. Striker James Tricks opened the scoring early on, before Josh Ford netted number two with a trademark ...

Wellingborough Town 2 Pinchbeck United 2 Player/boss Ian Dunn accepted that 2-2 was the right result as his Pinchbeck United side were held at Wellingborough Town on Saturday. Lloyd Buckby gave the hosts the lead with a close-range effort in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at the Dog and Duck, but Pinchbeck were back level before half-time thanks ...

Moulton Harrox got back to winning ways on Saturday with a 4-0 victory at Peterborough Sports Development. Tom Panton and Marcus Parry both bagged twice in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash, as Moulton maintained their four-point lead at the summit. Behind them, Holbeach United Reserves remain fourth after going down 3-1 at home to Whittlesey Athletic. Fenn Storey got ...

A last-gasp Leon Mettam penalty gave Spalding United a surprise 2-1 win over Belper Town on Saturday, while Holbeach United romped to a 7-0 victory at Wellingborough Whitworth and Pinchbeck United drew 2-2 at Wellingborough Town. Starting with Spalding, two goals in the final seven minutes from Mettam gave them an unlikely Evo-Stik NPL East Division win at the Sir ...

Seb Hayes is celebrating two years as Holbeach United manager this week – and he’s proud of the work he’s done at Carter’s Park so far. Wednesday night’s 2-1 win over Sleaford Town marked 100 games in charge of the Tigers for Hayes, who has won 63 of those matches. He feels that his record stands up to any Holbeach ...