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Spalding United 2 Sheffield FC 1 By RAY TUCKER It was celebration time at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday as Spalding United recorded their first Evo-Stik NPL Division One East victory of the season by seeing off Sheffield FC 2-1. And they did it with some style against the world’s oldest club, with their loyal fans singing ...

Daventry Town 6 Pinchbeck United 0 Pinchbeck United’s remarkable 36-game unbeaten streak in the Future Lions United Counties League was smashed for six by ruthless Premier Division leaders Daventry Town on Saturday. The goals came from Jordan Orosz (20 and 68), Adam Creaney (pen 27), Kieran Fitzgerald (70), Tommy McGowan (76) and Phil Cassidy (86) at Communications Park, as the ...

Spalding United finally broke their league duck with a 2-1 win over Sheffield FC on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United’s unbeaten league run crashed to a halt with a 6-0 loss at Daventry Town and Holbeach United edged out Oadby Town 2-1. Starting with the Tulips, they won at the 12th time of asking in Evo-Stik NPL Division One East as ...

Confident player/boss Ian Dunn sees no reason why unbeaten Pinchbeck United should be scared of the trip to table-topping Daventry Town on Saturday (3pm). Second-placed Pinchbeck, who are two points behind Saturday’s opponents with a game in hand, have taken to life in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division better than anybody could have imagined. Victory at Communications Park would ...

Matt Easton isn’t pushing the panic button despite a tough start to life as Spalding United boss. Saturday’s 4-1 loss at home to Carlton Town in the FA Trophy left the Tulips without a win in 12 games – and out of all the cup competitions. However, Easton remains confident that Spalding can break their duck in Evo-Stik League Division ...

Red-hot Holbeach United are being backed to keep their red-hot run going against Oadby Town this Saturday (home, 3pm). Six games unbeaten in all competitions – including five wins on the spin – have seen the Tigers progress in the League Cup and FA Vase, while also leaving themselves six points behind Future Lions UCL Premier Division leaders Daventry Town. ...

Mulberry were the big winners in the Spalding and District Sunday League over the weekend as they battered hosts Fosdyke 12-2. Bede Finnigan fired four and Josh McGuire grabbed a hat-trick for the Spalding side, while Josh Ford and Scott Powley both netted doubles. Josh Faulkner and David Thomas replied for Fosdyke. Leaders Jubilee made it five wins from six ...

Runaway ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Moulton Harrox extended their unbeaten run to 13 games with a 4-0 victory over Peterborough Polonia at Broad Lane on Saturday. Goals from Danny Maddison, Marcus Parry, Martin Sandall and Joe Townsend made it 12 wins from 13 games for the table-toppers, who are seven points clear at the summit. This weekend will see ...

Biggleswade United 2 Holbeach United 3 (AET) Jack Smith’s extra-time winner steered Holbeach United to a memorable FA Vase victory at Biggleswade United on Saturday. The striker netted his second of the afternoon four minutes into extra time at Second Meadow as the Tigers won a scrappy first round clash 3-2. Seb Hayes’ side had to come from behind twice ...

Holbeach United picked up an impressive 3-2 FA Vase victory at much-fancied Biggleswade United on Saturday as Jack Smith struck an extra-time winner. The Tigers twice trailed in the First Round clash at Second Meadow, but Smith and then Spencer Tinkler both replied to force an additional 30 minutes. That’s when the in-form Smith notched his second to put Seb ...

Spalding United 1 Carlton Town 4 Disappointed boss Matt Easton felt his Spalding United side looked “physically weak” as they were handed a 4-1 home humbling by Carlton Town in the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday. Spalding had taken an early lead through Luke White, but a devastating hat-trick from Aaron Opoku (35, 76 and 89) and a strike from ...

Winning the FA Vase isn’t a realistic target for in-form Holbeach United ahead of their trip to Biggleswade United on Saturday (3pm). That’s the view of boss Seb Hayes, who admits that gunning for glory in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division, League Cup and Lincs FA Senior Trophy is the priority for the Tigers this year. Hayes isn’t writing ...

Boss Matt Easton is hopeful of adding more firepower to his Spalding United squad ahead of Saturday’s Buildbase FA Trophy clash with Carlton Town. The all-Evo-Stik League Division One East tie at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm) offers the Tulips some welcome respite from their league troubles, having failed to win in 11 outings so far. Spalding’s last ...

Ian Dunn reckons that his Pinchbeck United side are yet to show what they’re truly capable of – despite returning to the top of the table at the weekend. Saturday’s impressive 6-0 victory over Wellingborough Whitworth extended the Knights’ unbeaten league run to 36 games and saw them leapfrog Daventry Town at the top of the Future Lions UCL Premier ...

Rampant Sutton St James thrashed previously unbeaten Spalding and District Sunday League leaders Kirton Town Sunday 7-0 in the stand-out result of the weekend. Goals from Kurt Scott (2), Matt Eaton, Mark Garner, Adam Groves, Jack Murley and Joseph Sutton gave super St James a fourth win from as many league games so far this season – and moved them ...

Frickley Athletic 2 Spalding United 1 Rueful manager Matt Easton felt both encouraged and frustrated by Spalding United’s agonising 2-1 defeat at Frickley Athletic on Saturday. After dominating the first half, the Tulips looked set to end their ten-game wait for an Evo-Stik League Divsion One East victory when Luke White fired them ahead on 61 minutes. But two late ...

Pinchbeck United 6 W’Boro Whitworth 0 Ewan Fieldhouse marked his Pinchbeck United debut with a first-half hat-trick as they smashed struggling Wellingborough Whitworth 6-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. Josh Smith, Ollie Maltby and Liam Ogden were also on-target as the Knights leapfrogged Daventry Town and returned to the top of the Future Lions UCL Premier ...

Runaway ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Moulton Harrox made it 11 wins from 12 games with a potentially pivotal 3-1 victory over champions Netherton United on Saturday. Although they fell behind to a Mark Baines strike at Broad Lane, but Danny Maddison (penalty), Marcus Parry and Declan Earth did the business for Nev Nottingham’s side. Chris Down was sent off ...

Desborough Town 0 Holbeach United 2 In-form Holbeach United made it four wins on the spin as they picked off hosts Desborough Town 2-0 on Saturday. Striker Will Bird fired the Tigers ahead early on in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at Waterworks Field, before defender Jonny Clay completed the win with a second after the break. The ...

Spalding United are still seeking their first win of the Evo-Stik NPL Division One East season after going down 2-1 at Frickley Athletic on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United went top of the Future Lions UCL Premier Division with a 6-0 victory over Whitworth and Holbeach United were 2-0 winners at Desborough Town. Starting with the Tulips, they looked set to ...