Football

PINCHBECK UNITED 2 OLNEY TOWN 3 Olney Town put the skids on Pinchbeck United’s charge up the ChromaSport UCL Division One table with a surprise 3-2 win at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. Jordan Appleton gave the visitors lead at the Sir Halley, before a quick-fire scoring spree saw the cracking contest explode into life late on. ...

Tydd St Mary made it four wins on the bounce on Saturday when they came from behind to beat Oakham United Reserves 4-3 in ChromaSport PDFL Division One. The Saints began the game poorly and struggled to get hold of Oakham, who took the match to Tydd from the off. They were rewarded after 26 minutes when Ewan Crawford made ...

Paul Crowson refused to get too carried away with Moulton Harrox’s hopes of winning the Lincs Junior Cup despite Saturday’s fine 5-2 victory at Sherpa. ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Harrox maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a hard-fought victory in Scunthorpe as they had to come from behind on two different occasions. After dominating the early exchanges, ...

MARKET DRAYTON 1 SPALDING UNITED 0 Not for the first time this season Spalding United were left to rue a host of missed chances – including from the penalty spot – as they returned home from their longest journey of the season with nothing to show for their efforts, writes RAY TUCKER. The Tulips fell behind just minutes from the ...

Holbeach United made it six wins on the trot by beating hosts Harborough Town 2-0 on Saturday, but both Spalding United and Pinchbeck United slipped to defeats. Starting with the Tigers, goals in each half from striker Will Bird was enough to earn Seb Hayes and his side all three points at Bowden’s Park. The victory keeps them eighth in ...

Spalding United manager Chris Rawlinson has paid tribute to Matt Varley after the veteran midfielder decided the time was right to leave the club. Varley, signed by former boss Dave Frecklington back in the summer of 2016, was a key figure in the Tulips team that finished third in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South last season. The combative midfielder, famed ...

In-form Holbeach United are eyeing up their sixth successive victory this weekend. The Tigers visit ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Harborough Town on Saturday (3pm) full of confidence – but boss Seb Hayes wants to see a big improvement from his side. Although delighted with his team’s run, last Saturday’s 2-1 FA Vase success over lower-graded Huntingdon Town didn’t really ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits that he can feel the confidence flowing within his Pinchbeck United squad. The Knights are flying high in their debut season in ChromaSport PDFL Division One, sitting second in the standings – one point off leaders Raunds – after nine games. Next up for the promotion hopefuls is a home date against Olney Town at the ...

Holbeach United Community Sports Academy are celebrating after winning the Lincs FA Charter Standard Community Club of the Year award. The Tigers’ youth section has gone from strength-to-strength in recent years, with their purpose build Kings Academy the catalyst. Since the Pennyhill-based Academy was built two-and-a-half years ago, the club has grown to 17 youth teams – ranging from under-7s ...

Doubles from Joe Townsend and Marcus Parry fired Moulton Harrox to an emphatic 5-1 victory at Deeping Rangers Reserves on Saturday. Dan Woods also netted a fine free-kick for table-topping Moulton at The Haydon Whitham Stadium as they extended their lead at the top of ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division to six points. Harrox now turn their attention to a Lincs ...

SPALDING UNITED 2 CHASETOWN 0 A stunning strike by Nathan Whitehead was the icing on the cake as Spalding United recorded their third successive home win on Saturday to move into fourth position in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The midfielder, who is attracting the attention of higher-graded Matlock Town, pounced on a loose clearance by visiting Chasetown and hit ...

LUTTERWORTH ATHLETIC 2 PINCHBECK UTD 3 In-form Ollie Maltby helped himself to a double as Pinchbeck United leapfrogged hosts Lutterworth Athletic into second place in the table with a 3-2 win at Hall Park on Saturday. Having fallen behind to Harry Mattock’s (20) strike, Josh Smith levelled on 26 minutes before Maltby’s brace (53 and 63) put the Knights 3-1 ...

Two-second half goals earned Spalding United a 2-0 win over Chasetown on Saturday, while an Ollie Maltby brace steered Pinchbeck United to a fine 3-2 victory at Lutterworth Athletic. Starting with the Tulips, goals from Gary King (pen 53) and Nathan Whitehead (81) fired Chris Rawlinson’s side to three Evo-Stik NPL First Division South points at the Sir Halley Stewart ...

Holbeach United 2 Huntingdon Town 1 Super-sub Jordan Keeble nodded a deflected injury-time winner to earn Holbeach United a laboured 2-1 win over Huntingdon Town in the Buildbase FA Vase on Saturday. Keeble, not for the first time this season, jumped off the bench to head an improvised effort into the net two minutes into added time at Carter’s Park ...

Heavy rain ensured that the first game of Pinchbeck United under-16s first game of the new season was abandoned. Pinchbeck and Marshall Sports were locked together at 2-2 in the county cup clash before the heavens opened, waterlogging the pitch and forcing both sides off. It was end-to-end action, with both teams testing the respective keepers. Marshall fashioned an early ...

Holbeach United manager Seb Hayes admits that he is still hurt by the way he is perceived at former club Huntingdon Town ahead of the duo’s FA Buildbase Vase clash on Saturday. ChromaSport UCL Premier Division side Holbeach are hot favourites to beat UCL Division outfit Huntingdon in the second round qualifying clash at Carter’s Park (3pm), as they bid ...

Sutton St James’ clash with Shouldham in the King’s Lynn and District Sunday League was temporarily delayed on Sunday – because a snake slithered onto the pitch. The game was locked at 1-1 when the unwanted visitor entered the playing field, with a player forced to give the reptile the red card and safely remove it from the pitch. One ...

RAUNDS TOWN 2 PINCHBECK UNITED 4 Edgaras Buzas was both hero and villain for Pinchbeck United on Tuesday night. The attacker, signed from Wisbech Town last week, notched twice as the Knights picked up an impressive 4-2 victory over ChromaSport UCL Division One rivals Raunds Town in the KO Cup. But, having played 70 minutes for the Fenmen in a ...

FRICKLEY ATHLETIC 1 SPALDING UNITED 0 Chris Rawlinson felt his Spalding United side did enough to take away a point from much-fancied Frickley on Tuesday night. Instead, the Tulips suffered a 1-0 loss in the Evo-Stik NPL First Division clash thanks to an early Carl Stewart effort (6). The defeat ends Spalding’s four-game unbeaten run, but boss Chris Rawlinson – ...

Paul Crowson admits that the biggest challenge for Moulton Harrox this season could well be trying to keep the talented squad happy. Moulton romped to an impressive 5-0 victory at Ketton on Saturday to maintain their unbeaten record in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division and stay three points clear at the top. Two first-half headers from defender Bobby Patterson and another ...