Football

DESBOROUGH TN 3 HOLBEACH UTD 1 Downbeat Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes reckons that rivals have “sussed his side out” after they crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Desborough Town on Saturday. Hayes, who has never won at Waterworks Field as a first team boss, felt his Tigers deserved a draw in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash but blamed ...

ALVECHURCH 1 SPALDING UNITED 2 Ben Davison made a triumphant return to action after injury to score a double that secured Spalding United victory over promotion-chasing Alvechurch on their home patch at Lye Meadow on Saturday. Davison’s last full game for the Tulips was against Frickley on March 3 before being sidelined with a groin injury – but he returned ...

Spalding United picked up an incredible 2-1 win at Alvechurch on Saturday to all but secure their future in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, while Holbeach United’s hopes of winning the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title took a huge hit as they went down 3-1 at Desborough Town. Starting with the Tulips, a double from Ben Davison (20 and 68) ...

Seb Hayes will have to end a personal hoodoo if Holbeach United are to keep their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title bid on track this weekend. The Tigers boss has never won at Desborough as a first team manager in his three visits, which includes a 4-0 humbling with his current side last season. Hayes, who also lost at the ...

Chris Rawlinson feels Spalding United need to reach the magic figure of 40 points before they can be sure of staying in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South for another season. The Tulips, who saw Tuesday night’s game at Gresley postponed due to a waterlogged and snowy pitch, have picked up four points from their last two games to move onto ...

Having seen their last three weekend fixtures wiped out by the weather, Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn hopes that his side will be able to pick up where they left off. The Knights, who are 11 points clear at the top of the ChromaSport UCL Division One table, have only played once in the last month. They’re expecting to finally ...

Holbeach United 0 Cogenhoe United 1 Holbeach United lost ground on their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title rivals after suffering a 1-0 home defeat against mid-table Cogenhoe United on Wednesday night. A 23rd-minute strike from Montel Dore gave the Cooks all three points at Carter’s Park, leaving the Tigers in fifth place – some nine points off leaders Yaxley with ...

Moulton Harrox suffered only their second ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division loss of the season on Saturday as they went down 2-1 at Whittlesey Athletic. First-half strikes from Kevin Gilbert and Ricky Hailstone put the hosts in command, but Andy Law hit back for Harrox in the second period to set up a tense finale. Anthony Jackson and Ian Bradbury both ...

SPALDING UNITED 1 BELPER TOWN 1 Both teams were happy to share the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South spoils after toiling against a biting cross-field wind with a chill factor well below zero temperature at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. Despite the arctic conditions, action on the pitch was warming for the faithful fans of both Spalding ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes couldn’t hide his frustration after seeing rivals Northampton Sileby Rangers fail to turn up for their fixture at Carter’s Park on Saturday. Sileby boss Matt Clarke quit the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division strugglers on Friday night – and they were unable to raise a side for Saturday’s showdown. The match was officially called off at ...

Spalding United were held to a 1-1 draw by Belper Town in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South on Saturday, while Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were without a game. On a day hit by freezing temperatures and adverse weather, Spalding took a first-half lead thanks to Danny Brooks’ first-half penalty (18). However, Belper levelled on 62 minutes thanks to a ...

Seb Hayes wants his Holbeach United team to end the season with no regrets. The ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title hopefuls moved up to fourth in the table after Tuesday night’s 4-0 victory at Peterborough Northern Star. Next up for the Tigers is a home date against second-from-bottom Northampton Sileby Rangers on Saturday (3pm), before they host Cogenhoe United on ...

Ian Dunn is expecting an exciting game on Saturday as he takes ChromaSport UCL Division One champions-elect Pinchbeck United to Irchester United (3pm). The Knights, who are 14 points clear at the top, need a maximum of 11 points to be sure of their maiden UCL title. Player/boss Dunn is relaxed ahead of the clash, admitting that Pinchbeck’s divisional rivals ...

A potentially worrying neck injury suffered by teenage talent Jonny Lockie saw Spalding United’s clash with Frickley Athletic abandoned on Tuesday night. The Tulips were 2-0 down in the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field thanks to goals from Danny Burns (11) and Gavin Allott (78). However, Spalding sub Lockie landed horribly on ...

PETERBOROUGH NS 0 HOLBEACH UTD 4 Holbeach United returned to something like their best form on Tuesday night as they roared to a 4-0 derby win at Peterborough Northern Star. Goals from Mitch Griffiths (24) Stacy Cartwright (53), Will Bird (61) and sub Danny Barker (81) fired the Tigers to a comfortable victory at the Branch Bros Stadium and moves ...

Two goals from Sam Cooper fired Sutton Bridge United to a 3-2 victory over Warboys Town in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Joe Sutton was also on the mark for hosts Bridge at Memorial Park, with Matt Brown and Ben Duncan hitting back for Warboys. That victory keeps Sutton Bridge seventh in the table, three points off fourth ...

KIDSGROVE ATH 0 SPALDING UTD 1 Spalding United turned in a five-star performance at Kidsgrove on Saturday to secure three highly valuable Evo-Stik NPL Division One South points thanks to a superbly delivered Danny Brooks free-kick on 34 minutes. The victory was the Tulips’ first three-pointer on the road since the 2-1 triumph at Romulus way back in October – ...

COGENHOE UTD 1 HOLBEACH UTD 0 Seb Hayes slammed Holbeach United’s performance as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at mid-table Cogenhoe United on Saturday and lost ground in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title race. Sean McBride’s 18th-minute strike gave the Cooks all three points at Compton Park, with Holbeach offering very little as attacking force during the 90 ...

Spalding United picked up a 1-0 win at Kidsgrove Athletic in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South on Saturday, while Holbeach United went down 1-0 at Cogenhoe United and Spalding RFC suffered a 16-12 loss at Sileby Town. Starting with the Tulips, a first-half free-kick from Danny Brooks gave them a first victory away from home in Evo-Stik NPL since October. ...

Chris Rawlinson reckons that three more wins will secure Spalding United’s future in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South for another season. The Tulips chief wants those points to be accrued as soon as possible in a bid to get perfectly prepared for next year – and sees no reason why his side can’t make inroads into that target over the ...