Football

Depleted Holbeach United Yellow under-15s overcame incredible odds to beat Peterborough Sports 2-1 in the final of the PFA Cup on Sunday morning. Joshua Ling and Harvey Wirkowski notched in the first half to give the young Tigers a 2-0 half-time lead at In2itive Park – and they held on for glory despite a strike from Sports sub Kyall Woods. ...

Calm keeper Wayne Wilding slotted a penalty-shoot out winner to send Moulton Harrox into the final of the PFA Senior Cup at the expense of Whittlesey Athletic on Saturday. The stopper, who also saved a Jack Carter penalty in the first half, helped Harrox win a nervy shoot-out 4-3 after a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes and booked an ABAX ...

HOLBEACH UTD 6 OADBY TOWN 0 Happy boss Seb Hayes feels that Holbeach United have “clicked” again as their fine form continued with a stellar 6-0 victory over Oadby Town on Saturday. The Tigers ruthlessly put their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals to the sword at Carter’s Park thanks to goals from Luke Avis (2), Charley Sanders (2), Lewis Leckie ...

Spalding United 1 Frickley Athletic 3 Jonny Lockie scored a poignant goal for Spalding United on Tuesday night – but it couldn’t stop them losing 3-1 at home to Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off hopefuls Frickley Athletic. Teenage talent Lockie turned home a Cenk Acar cross on 28 minutes to give the Tulips a first-half lead at the Sir ...

BURTON PW 2 PINCHBECK UTD 2 Title-chasing Pinchbeck United dodged a bullet on Saturday as they picked up a 2-2 draw at mid-table Burton Park Wanderers. Player/boss Ian Dunn (18) nodded the Knights ahead at Latimer Park, but the hosts hit back through a Dylan Otshudy effort (22) and a stunning Mark Forbes free-kick (30). Burton’s Karabo Motshweni and Pinchbeck’s ...

Spalding United 0 Stamford 0 Boss Chris Rawlinson declared Spalding United safe from the drop after a battling derby draw with play-off chasing Stamford on Saturday. The Tulips (-11 goal difference) moved onto 40 points in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South after the stalemate, meaning basement side Romulus (-40) could only move level with them if they win all four ...

Holbeach United smashed six goals on Saturday to keep their upturn in form going, while Pinchbeck United secured a draw on the road to stay on-course for the title. Starting in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, goals from Luke Avis (2), Charley Sanders (2), Lewis Leckie and George Zuerner gave Holbeach a 6-0 victory over Oadby Town at Carter’s Park. ...

A tasty-looking derby with Stamford kicks-off a mammoth run of seven games in 14 days for Spalding United as they enter the home stretch of the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South season. Spalding, who are 11 points clear of the drop zone, welcome the play-off chasing Daniels to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm). That’s followed by ...

Two games in five days against struggling sides should see Holbeach United cement a top five finish in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. That’s the verdict of boss Seb Hayes, who wants to see his Tigers turn it on in the Carter’s Park clashes with Oadby Town (Saturday, 3pm) and Northampton Sileby Rangers (Wednesday, 7.45pm). With Holbeach receiving confirmation last ...

After seeing their Easter games washed out, Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn admits that his team’s bid to wrap-up the ChromaSport UCL Division One title has become a little bit harder. Although the Knights are still sitting pretty at the top, some eight points clear of Potton United with two games in hand, they must now play five games in ...

Long Sutton Athletic outgunned rivals Tydd St Mary 5-4 in a ChromaSport PDFL Division One classic on Saturday. The Magpies climbed back into third place after edging the goal-laden derby at London Road, with Eric Makate (2), Macauley Grimwood, Billy Oliver and Brad Murrell getting the goals. Tydd, who led 2-1 at half-time, scored through Jason Bradshaw, Stuart Brown, Jake ...

ST ANDREWS 0 HOLBEACH UTD 4 Will Bird returned to form with a bang as his timely treble helped Holbeach United end their two-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory at St Andrews on Saturday. After back-to-back defeats against Cogenhoe United and Desborough Town all but ended the Tigers’ ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title challenge, this showing at Canal Street ...

Easter Monday’s football fixtures have all been postponed thanks to the heavy rain. Spalding United’s trip to Peterborough Sports in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, Holbeach United’s home derby with Wisbech Town (ChromaSport UCL Premier Division) and Pinchbeck United’s Sir Halley showdown with Harrowby United (UCL Division One) were all victims of waterlogged pitches. New dates for the fixtures are ...

A hat-trick from Will Bird helped Holbeach United get back to winning ways on Saturday, but Pinchbeck United saw yet another weekend fixture postponed. Holbeach, who had lost two on the spin in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, climbed up to fourth in the table with a 4-0 win at struggling St Andrews. Bird’s treble and a Mitch Griffiths strike ...

Spalding United 1 Loughborough Dynamo 3 A poor first-half performance cost Spalding United dear on Saturday as mid-table rivals Loughborough Dynamo eased to a 3-1 victory at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. On a pitch that was incredibly boggy due to the heavy overnight rain, goals from Luke Thorogood (11), Danny Gordon (32) and ex-Tulip Danny Durkin (56) sank ...

Spalding United are bidding to finally secure their future in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South over the Easter period. Chris Rawlinson’s Tulips were braced for a run of three games in five days, but the trip to Gresley on Thursday was rained off. They will now just host Loughborough Dynamo on Saturday (3pm) and then travel to Peterborough Sports on ...

Boss Seb Hayes insists that Holbeach United still have much to play for despite falling away from the ChromaSport UCL Division One title race. Successive defeats against Cogenhoe United and Desborough Town have seen the Tigers lose their advantage in the race for the title, with Hayes adamant that their hopes are over. However, the fifth-placed side remain on track ...

Ian Dunn admits that he and his Pinchbeck United side are beginning to feel like nobody in ChromaSport UCL Division One wants to play against them. The Pinchbeck player/boss was angry after seeing Saturday’s trip to Thrapston Town called off because the hosts were unable to raise a side, meaning the table-toppers hadn’t played since March 6. Dunn has called ...

Spalding Grammar School’s senior football team have reached the LB Cup final – a feat they have achieved only once before, back in 2011. Back then, the team faced penalty shoot-out heartbreak to lose, having been 3-0 down in the match. This year, the team are vowing to go one further and lift some silverware. The semi-final saw another away ...

Holbeach United Sunday have completed the second leg of a possible Spalding and District Sunday League treble by winning the John Chappell Shield. The league champions, who won all 14 of their league games to clinch the title, beat Jubilee 3-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday to land their latest trophy. Jonny Allen netted the opener ...