Football

Just weeks after achieving a second successive promotion, Pinchbeck United have been rocked by uncertainty. Assistant manager Allan Ross, who has played a key role in the rise to the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, has left the club and there are question marks over manager Ian Dunn’s future. Ross has called for the community to back the Knights and more ...

Moulton Harrox cemented a second placed finish in the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division with a 2-0 win against Stamford Lions. Goals from Ian Bradbury and Louis Steadman sealed the win ahead of tonight’s PFA Cup Final. Holbeach United Reserves rounded off the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division campaign in emphatic fashion with a 4-0 win ...

Spalding United brought down the curtain on an eventful 2017/18 season with a lively awards night in the Social Club on Saturday. After a topsy-turvy season, chairman Andy Gay and manager Chris Rawlinson were as one when declaring that to finish in 13th position still represented a successful season. A particular positive highlighted was the introduction to the first team ...

Seb Hayes feels that his Holbeach United side came up about 20 goals short of winning the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division this season. The Tigers, who lifted the Lincs FA Senior Trophy last Wednesday night (see page 37), will finish either fourth or fifth after concluding their campaign with a 1-0 defeat at Kirby Muxloe on Saturday. Hayes saluted his ...

Title-winning player/boss Ian Dunn insists that the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division should hold no fears for Pinchbeck United next season – on the pitch, at least. The Knights cruised to the UCL Division One title this year, finishing 11 points clear of runners-up Potton United and ending the campaign on a 28-game winning run. It was an incredible showing in ...

The new Spalding Leisure League season has just started – and there is still time to get one of the last few remaining spots in the six-a-side competition. The competition takes place at Glen Park in Surfleet and has been proving very popular. With a few games gone, Boston lead the way, but there is space for just a couple ...

Holbeach United were beaten 1-0 at Kirby Muxloe on Saturday as their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season came to a close. The loss means that Seb Hayes’ side will only finish fourth if Deeping Rangers fail to win at Cogenhoe United in their season finale on Friday night. Meanwhile, Yaxley were crowned ChromaSport UCL Premier Division champions after Wisbech Town ...

Chris Rawlinson feels that Spalding United could be back in the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off picture next season – if he gets his summer recruitment right. With the league expected to look a little different next season, Rawlinson feels that the Tulips, who finished 13th this time around, are one of many sides that can look to take ...

Seb Hayes wants Holbeach United to finish their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division with a victory on Saturday as they bid to claim fourth place. The Tigers conclude another campaign at Kirby Muxloe (3pm), knowing that three points would leave fifth-placed Deeping Rangers needing maximum points from their final three games to overhaul them. The last time Holbeach finished fourth was ...

Holbeach Utd 1 Grimsby Borough 1 (Holbeach win 4-1 on penalties) Holbeach United capped their impressive season with a trophy as they edged out Grimsby Borough 4-1 on penalties to lift the Lincs FA Senior Trophy on Wednesday night. The Tigers were the better side for much of the clash at Lincoln United’s Sun Hat Villas Stadium and took the ...

HOLBEACH UNITED 2 NEWPORT PAGNELL 1 Mitch Griffiths struck a dramatic late winner to give ten-men Holbeach United an impressive win over title-chasing Newport Pagnell Town on Saturday. Charley Sanders (5) fired the Tigers ahead early on at Carter’s Park, but was sent off after just 14 minutes to leave Seb Hayes’ side with an uphill battle to hold on ...

Pinchbeck United 3 Harrowby United 3 Relentless ChromaSport UCL Division One champions Pinchbeck United completed their season with a 28-game unbeaten streak intact after rescuing a 3-3 draw against Harrowby United on Tuesday night. An 87th-minute free-kick from Andrew Tidswell clinched the draw for Pinchbeck, who had fallen 3-1 down against the Arrows at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. ...

LUTTERWORTH TOWN 1 PINCHBECK UTD 2 Severely depleted Pinchbeck United pulled off one of their best results of the season as they came from behind to beat promotion hopefuls Lutterworth Town 2-1 on Saturday. The ChromaSport UCL Division One champions were without half of their regular line-up – and fell behind early on. But second-half strikes from player/boss Ian Dunn ...

I think everybody at Spalding United can be very proud of how this season in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South has panned out. Sure, finishing in mid-table hasn’t delivered the excitement of last year’s incredible run to reach the play-off final – but this season has presented some tough challenges for Chris Rawlinson and his side. Losing club stalwart Nathan ...

LINCOLN UTD 1 SPALDING UTD 0 Spalding United completed their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South season with a 1-0 defeat at county rivals Lincoln United on Saturday. Phil Watt’s header from a corner nine minutes from time secured all three points for the hosts at the Sun Hat Villas Stadium, but they missed out on the play-offs. The Tulips, who ...

Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United both picked up impressive wins on Saturday, while Spalding United closed out their season with a derby defeat. Starting with Holbeach, they produced a stirring showing to defeat title-chasing Newport Pagnell Town 2-1 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. Charley Sanders (5) fired the Tigers ahead early on at Carter’s Park, but was sent off ...

Bullish boss Seb Hayes insists that the next few days will determine whether Holbeach United’s season will be remembered as a good one…or a great one. Having lost 1-0 to Chromasport UCL Premier Division title hopefuls Wisbech Town on Wednesday night, the Tigers host championship-chasing Newport Pagnell on Saturday (3pm) before making the trip to Lincoln United for the Lincs ...

Moulton Harrox are bidding to lift the Lincs FA Junior Cup for a fifth time tonight (Friday). ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division side Harrox, who are appearing in their ninth county final and won in 1996, 1997, 2005 and 2013, take on Coningbsy at Skegness Town’s Vertigo Stadium (7.30pm). It’s the first of two finals for Nigel Steadman’s side, who also ...

Champions Pinchbeck United are hoping to attract a bumper crowd for their final home game of the season – by offering fans the chance to pay what they want to enter. The Knights will once again get their hands on the ChromaSport UCL Division One trophy after Tuesday night’s Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash with Harrowby United (7.45pm). Entry ...

Defender Jamie Stevens scored the only goal of the game as Holbeach United suffered a 1-0 derby defeat against Wisbech Town on Wednesday night. Stevens, who is a former Holbeach captain, netted from a corner in the first half at Carter’s Park to settle the showdown. The defeat ends Holbeach’s hopes of winning the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title, but ...