Football

Wisbech Town 2 Spalding United 2 A second-half equaliser from Cenk Acar earned Spalding United an Emirates FA Cup replay after an entertaining 2-2 draw at Wisbech Town in the Preliminary Round on Saturday. Having taken a 16th-minute lead through Jack Fixter the Tulips suddenly found themselves chasing the game at the Elgoods Stadium as the hosts went ahead with ...

Buckingham Town 2  Pinchbeck United 1 Disappointed player/boss Ian Dunn felt his Pinchbeck United side were given a “harsh reality check” as they slipped to their first defeat of the ChromaSport UCL Division One season on Saturday. Despite going 1-0 up through a classy 18-yard Corey Kingston finish, the Knights wasted a host of other chances – and were punished ...

Holbeach United 6 Northampton ON Chenecks 1 Seb Hayes saluted Holbeach United’s best performance of the season so far as they cruised past ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals ON Chenecks 6-1 in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday. First-half strikes from Mitch Griffiths (2) and Lewis Leckie (pen 39 and 43) put the Tigers in command at Carter’s Park, before ...

Spalding United battled back to earn a 2-2 Emirates FA Cup draw at Wisbech Town on Saturday, while Holbeach United eased past divisional rivals ON Chenecks 6-1 in the same competition and Pinchbeck United suffered a 2-1 ChromaSport UCL Division One defeat at Buckingham Town. Starting with the Tulips, a second-half strike from Cenk Acar earned them a replay at ...

Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson is looking forward to a “ding-dong” FA Cup clash at Wisbech Town on Saturday (3pm). The Tulips, who have won both of their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South games so far this season, are favourites to win the clash with UCL Premier Division outfit Wisbech at the Elgoods Stadium. Rawlinson admits that his side are ...

Seb Hayes is expecting ON Chenecks to give his Holbeach United side a tougher test in the Emirates FA Cup this Saturday (3pm). The ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals clash at Carter’s Park for the second weekend on the spin, with the Tigers emerging as comfortable 3-0 winners last Saturday . Holbeach chief Hayes expects Chenecks, who sat very deep ...

Pinchbeck United thumped Bourne Town 4-0 in ChromasSport UCL Division One on Wednesday night, while Holbeach United were held 2-2 by Peterborough Northern Star in the Premier Division. Starting with Pinchbeck, goals for Corey Kingston (2), Ollie Maltby and Liam Ogden eased Ian Dunn’s side to their second win of the season. The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field success also ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits that Pinchbeck United’s trip to Buckingham Town on Saturday (3pm) will be another yardstick for his promoted side. The Knights are top of the table and unbeaten in their four ChromaSport UCL Division One after beating Bourne Town 4-0 on Wednesday, but are set for their first Saturday away game of the season. Dunn, who remembers ...

A junior football team from Spalding which represented England overseas has been handed a cash boost. Spalding United Blue Under-11s recently flew the flag for the country in a tournament in Denmark, having enjoyed success at local level during the regular season. The boys have extra reason to celebrate after receiving a £750 donation from Persimmon Homes East Midlands. The ...

A late Matt Watkin cracker earned Moulton Harrox a hard-fought victory at Stanground Sports on Saturday as they made it four wins from as many ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division games. Putting in a performance described as “workmanlike” by assistant boss Paul Crowson, Harrox needed 70 minutes to break their hosts down at Yaxley’s In2itive Park. The introduction of the pacy ...

Spalding United 2 Corby Town 1 Spalding United’s eye-catching start to the new Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season continued with a terrific 2-1 win over Corby Town on Tuesday night. The Tulips took a half-time lead when Gary King (39) fired home at the near post following a saved Cenk Acar penalty, before Matt Varley buried 47th-minute header to ...

STOCKSBRIDGE PS 0 SPALDING UNITED 2 A fully-committed performance – including two sweetly-taken goals and a penalty save by Michael Duggan – saw Spalding United open their Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season on a winning note. After a hit and miss pre-season programme, manager Chris Rawlinson at last had a full squad – apart from the injured Jordan Lemon ...

Holbeach United 3 ON Chenecks 0 Holbeach United continued their flawless start to the new season with a comfortable 3-0 win over ON Chenecks on Saturday – but boss Seb Hayes insists his side still have an extra 20 per cent to give. A quick-fire first-half double from frontman Lewis Leckie (pen 18 and 20) gave the Tigers a 2-0 ...

PINCHBECK UTD 1 LUTTERWORTH TOWN 1 A last-gasp strike denied Pinchbeck United what would have been a big win over an impressive Lutterworth Town side on Saturday. Ollie Maltby fired what looked like being the winner for the Knights five minutes from time in the ChromaSport UCL Division One clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Lutterworth levelled with ...

Spalding United made a winning start to the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South season by beating hosts Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-0 on Saturday, while Holbeach United beat ON Chenecks 3-0 and Pinchbeck United drew 1-1 with Lutterworth Town. Starting with the Tulips, goals from Cenk Acar (19) and Gary King (72) gave Chris Rawlinson’s side an impressive away victory on ...

Seb Hayes hopes that Holbeach United will keep their stellar start to the new season going ahead of successive Saturday showdowns with Northampton ON Chenecks. The Tigers host Chenecks in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division on Saturday, before also welcoming them to Carter’s Park next weekend in the FA Cup. Sandwiched inbetween those clashes is another home date with Peterborough ...

Boss Chris Rawlinson insists that Spalding United’s disappointing pre-season forms means “absolutely nothing” ahead of their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South opener at Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday. The Tulips have lost five of their seven pre-season matches – conceding 11 goals and scoring just four – but come into the new campaign with the lofty goal of securing promotion ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits Pinchbeck United are stepping into the unknown against Lutterworth Town on Saturday. The Knights welcome fellow ChromaSport UCL Division One newboys Lutterworth Town to the Sir Halley (3pm), with the visitors having smashed Stewarts and Lloyds 10-0 last weekend. Pinchbeck are full of confidence after beating Long Buckby to bag their first-ever UCL win, but Dunn ...

Ely City 0 Holbeach United 2 Late goals from strikers Charley Sanders and Will Bird fired Holbeach United to an impressive FA Cup victory at Ely City on Saturday. Sanders jumped off the bench to net an 81st-minute penalty, before turning provider for Bird to clinch the win three minutes from time. The win banked the Tigers £1,500 in prize ...

Pinchbeck United 2 Long Buckby 1 A dramatic late header from player/boss Ian Dunn earned Pinchbeck United their first-ever ChromaSport UCL Division One victory on Saturday. Dunn, who had earlier missed two good chances, buried an 88th-minute back-post header from Andrew Tidswell’s free-kick to earn his side all three points at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. The Knights dominated ...