Football

Spalding United were edged out 2-1 by hosts Cleethorpes Town in a close Evo-Stik NPL First Division South derby on New Year’s Day. Midfielder Conor Marshall fired the Tulips ahead on 18 minutes as they looked set to make it three wins on the spin. However, a cracker from Luke Aldrich and a late header from Danny North ensured that ...

Spalding United’s eight-game losing streak in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South ended with a 2-0 win over Peterborough Sports on Boxing Day, while Holbeach United crashed 4-0 at Wisbech Town in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. It was a first-half Lee Beeson double that secured a rare Spalding success in front of a crowd of 136 at the Sir Halley ...

Spalding United slipped to their eighth Evo-Stik NPL First Division South defeat on the trot on Saturday as they went down 2-1 at Corby Town, while ten-man Holbeach United saw off Deeping Rangers 1-0 in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Starting with Spalding, Ben Davison’s 15th-minute header gave them a first-half lead against high-flying Corby – but that was as ...

Boss Seb Hayes has expressed his pride at how well Holbeach United have done in the first half of this season – but thinks they’ll need seven points from three Christmas games to have any chance of challenging for the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title. The Tigers, who saw last weekend’s game at Kirby Muxloe postponed, have a very tough ...

Chris Rawlinson admits that all he wants for Christmas is an end to Spalding United’s seven-game losing streak. The 15th-placed Tulips enter their festive Evo-Stik NPL First Division South fixtures in rotten form, but Rawlinson reckons that their luck has to change soon. They kick off the Christmas period with a trip to in-form Corby Town this Saturday (3pm), before ...

Table-topping Pinchbeck United are gunning to extend their advantage in ChromaSport UCL Division One over Christmas. That’s the verdict of player/boss Ian Dunn, who wants his Knights to go unbeaten over three tricky festive fixtures. Pinchbeck kick-off their trio of matches with a home date against Blackstones tomorrow night (Friday, 7.45pm), before visiting Harrowby United on Wednesday (7.45pm) and Potton ...

BUGBROOKE SM 0 PINCHBECK UTD 3 Ian Dunn admitted that he couldn’t have asked for a better away performance on Saturday as his Pinchbeck United side extended their lead at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One to seven points. A second-half double from Ollie Maltby (48 and 55), plus a maiden goal from youngster Oli Shackleton late on, gave ...

Moulton Harrox are top of the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division tree at Christmas after beating rivals ICA Sports 3-1 on Saturday. Goals from Louis Steadman (penalty), Ashley Coddington and sub Joe Townsend were enough for Harrox at Broad Lane, although Sam Cross’ strike did ensure the Peterborough side only trailed 2-1 at the break. Nigel Steadman’s side, who have only ...

Oli Shackleton netted his first Pinchbeck United goal on Saturday as Pinchbeck United moved seven points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One with a 3-0 victory at Bugbrooke St Michaels. On a day when a host of matches were postponed, the Knights were the only one of South Holland’s big three teams to be in action after ...

Boss Chris Rawlinson insists that he’s committed to Spalding United as he seeks to end the club’s seven-game losing streak. The Tulips chief is adamant that he has no intention of walking away from the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field post – and admits that he has been given no reason to think his job is on the line. Saturday’s ...

Nothing but three points will do for Holbeach United at Kirby Muxloe on Saturday. That’s the verdict of Tigers boss Seb Hayes, who knows that his side face three ChromaSport UCL Premier Division Christmas crackers after the trip to Leicestershire. Holbeach go into Saturday’s game (3pm) in second place – a position they want to hold ahead of fixtures against ...

Table-topping Pinchbeck United are hoping to complete a deal for Wisbech Town ace Kieran Hamilton. The Knights, who are five points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One table, have made a seven-day notice of approach for the versatile winger. With 21 of his 26 appearances for the Fenmen this season coming from the bench, Pinchbeck player/boss Ian ...

Goals from Tom Coote, Danny Kingman, Matt Rose and Ash Wilson fired Spalding Town to a 4-3 derby win over Spalding United Reserves on Saturday. George Stainfield (2) and Rafal Marczewski hit back for the Tulips in the ChromaSport PDFL Division Two clash. Up in the Premier Division, a late leveller from George Fowler earned Holbeach United Reserves a 1-1 ...

PINCHBECK UTD 1 HUNTINGDON TOWN 1 Player/boss Ian Dunn refused to be too downbeat after seeing Pinchbeck United’s nine-game winning streak in ChromaSport UCL Division One come to an end on Saturday. Despite taking an early lead through Nick Bishop – who converted one of many great Tyler Wright deliveries at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field – a former ...

HOLBEACH UTD 1 ROTHWELL CORINTHIANS 1 Frustrated boss Seb Hayes rued a “moment of madness” from Charley Sanders as Holbeach United were held to a 1-1 draw by Rothwell Corinthians on Saturday. The title-chasing Tigers looked set to grab three vital ChromaSport UCL Premier Division points when Will Bird fired them into an eighth-minute lead at Carter’s Park. They held ...

LOUGHBOROUGH DYNAMO 2 SPALDING UTD 0 By RAY TUCKER Another catalogue of missed opportunities and a seventh successive defeat on Saturday left Spalding United teetering on the fringe of the relegation area in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The Tulips were left chasing the game after shipping a sixth minute goal from Louis Keenan at Loughborough Dynamo on Saturday, but ...

Both Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were held to home draws on Saturday, but Spalding United suffered a seventh successive defeat. Starting in the ChromaSport United Counties League, title-chasing Holbeach were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw against Rothwell Corinthians in the Premier Division at Carter’s Park. On a day when leaders Newport Pagnell Town drew 2-2 with Deeping Rangers, ...

Seb Hayes still sees winning a cup as the priority for Holbeach United this season – despite seeing them climb up to second in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division table. The Tigers have worked their way into the title picture after a run of six wins in their last eight games, including last weekend’s thumping 6-0 victory at Wellingborough Whitworth. ...

Thankful boss Chris Rawlinson has praised the atmosphere generated by Spalding United’s fans during last weekend’s defeat to Alvechurch – and has vowed they’ll see his side win again soon. The Tulips are on a run of six defeats on the bounce, which coincided with a mini player exodus due to budget cuts. But, with the squad now settled and ...

Ian Dunn reckons that his Pinchbeck United side have proved that teams from the ChromaSport PDFL have nothing to fear about aiming for promotion to the United Counties League. The Knights, promoted from the PDFL Premier Division last season, are currently six points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One – and ten of their regular line-up last ...