Football

Buoyant boss Chris Rawlinson reckons Spalding United are ready to hit the ground running as they prepare to get their new season under way. The Tulips make the short trip to Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division side Grantham Town for a Lincs FA Senior Trophy showdown on Friday night (7.45pm) in what is their first competitive outing of the 2017/18 campaign. ...

Lewis Leckie notched his first goal for Holbeach United on Tuesday night as they kicked off their pre-season games with a 1-1 draw with Peterborough Sports. Ex-Spalding United midfielder Lewis Webb put promoted ChromaSport UCL Premier Division champions Sports 1-0 up at Carter’s Park, but Leckie levelled from the penalty spot after fellow new signing Will Bird was fouled. The ...

Pinchbeck United will face local rivals Holbeach United in their first-ever FA Vase match. The two south Lincolnshire sides will meet each other on Saturday, September 9, in a first qualifying round clash. This will be Pinchbeck’s first ever match in the competition following their promotion this season to Division One of the United Counties League. The winners will host ...

Spalding United and Holbeach United have both been handed away draws in this season’s FA Cup.   The Tigers will travel to Ely City in the extra preliminary round on Saturday, August 5.   Spalding enter the competition a round later when they will visit either Biggleswade or Wisbech Town in the preliminary round on Saturday, August 19.   If Holbeach ...

Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson is urging his players to take the chance to prove themselves this season.   The Tulips returned to pre-season training at the weekend after a successful campaign which saw them reach the EvoStik League Division One South play-off final.   However, a 2-1 defeat at Witton Albion in the final was followed in the summer ...

United Counties League Division One new boys Pinchbeck United are on the verge of pulling off a massive signing coup.   Two-time UCL Premier Division champion Andrew Tidswell featured for the Knights on Wednesday evening in their opening pre-season friendly against Netherton United.   Tidswell is a double UCL golden boot winner and has played major roles in helping both Spalding United ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes can’t wait to get started after an impressive pre-season training regime at Carter’s Park.   The Tigers play their opening pre-season friendly on Tuesday night when last season’s United Counties League Premier Division champions Peterborough Sports visit Carter’s Park (7.45pm).   Hayes has been delighted with the response from his players after his first pre-season ...

Spalding United’s fledgling Under 21 development squad have launched a new fundraising initiative.   The Tulips have started an online Crowdfunder scheme with the aim of providing a sound platform before kicking off their inaugural campaign.   The aim of the scheme is for supporters to contribute as little or as much as they like (contributions start from just £1) ...

Spalding United will have an extra chance of gaining promotion next season.   As part of the Football Association’s bid to cut travelling times and costs across the Pyramid, an extra division at both Step 3 and 4 is set to come into effect from the 2018-19 season. The Southern League will run the new Step 3 division while the ...

Moulton Harrox face a tough test in the first round of the Peterborough League President’s Shield.   Harrox have been handed an away tie at current Premier Division champions Peterborough Sports Reserves in the opening round on September 9.   Moulton Harrox Reserves start the defence of their Chairman’s Championship Shield with a tie away at Peterborough Polonia. Crowland, who ...

Spalding United’s new under-21 side have announced their pre-season plans. The team, managed by Lewis Thorogood and Graham Almond, have announced four away dates and one home clash ahead of the new season. They will visit Bourne Town on July 11, then Blackstones on July 18, Langtoft United on July 26 and Lincoln Moorlands Railway on August 2 (all 7.30pm). ...

Seb Hayes insists that he’s still happy with his Holbeach United squad despite losing two more players to ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals. The Tigers boss always expected combative midfielder Ollie Pinner to move to Boston Town, but admits he’s disappointed to have lost young striker Zak Munton to Peterborough Northern Star. Munton, signed from Bourne Town last season, scored ...

Former England and Manchester United captain Bryan Robson will be the special guest speaker at Spalding United’s 2017 Sports Celebrity Dinner. Robson, who also managed Middlesborough and West Bromwich Albion once his illustrious playing career was over, made 90 appearances for his country. He follows in the footsteps of Ian Wright, Stuart Pearce and Neil Ruddock in headlining the annual ...

Boston United Football Club are holding open trials for their Girls Regional Talent Club and ladies’ team for elite female players. The trials are taking place at Boston on Monday (June 19) and Lincoln on Wednesday (June 21). The trials are for girls in the under-10 (which the club are running independently), under-12, under-14 and under-16 groups, plus female players ...

Two youth teams from Pinchbeck United reached the semi-finals of the Wisbech St Mary tournament over the weekend. Both the under-16 boys and the under-14 girls came within a whisker of reaching their respective finals, having put in a string of impressive performances to reach the last four. Two under-16 boys teams were entered into what were both difficult group ...

Moulton Harrox are eyeing another successful season next time around after wrapping up their 2016/17 campaign with their annual awards bash. Finishing third in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division behind champions Peterborough Sports Reserves and promoted Pinchbeck United represented a strong season for the first team, while the impressive Reserves did a super Division One and PFA Challenge Cup double. ...

Promoted Tydd St Mary look set to have a frontline fit for the UCL Premier Division ahead of their first-ever season in ChromaSport PDFL Division One. The Saints, promoted via the Division Two play-offs, have secured the signatures of ex-Holbeach United strikers Tommy Treacher and Jake Clitheroe. Treacher, who also lists Wisbech Town among his former clubs, scored eight goals ...

Ambitious Pinchbeck United have wrapped up their first two signings of the summer as player/boss Ian Dunn insisted: “We mean business.” The Knights, who will play ChromaSport UCL Division One football for the first time in their history this coming season, have snapped up Herbie Panting and Corey Kingston. Panting was Netherton United’s captain over the past few seasons and ...

Happy Spalding United manager Chris Rawlinson feels his squad is complete ahead of their return to pre-season training on July 1. Rawlinson is “over the moon” to have retained the services of midfielder Nathan Whitehead, while also feeling the Tulips have pulled off something of a “coup” to sign Cenk Acar following his successful loan spell at the Sir Halley ...

Buzzing boss Seb Hayes feels his Holbeach United squad is taking shape nicely after announcing agreements to sign four new players. Hayes has persuaded strikers Will Bird (Deeping Rangers) and Lewis Leckie (Blackstones) to switch to Carter’s Park, while he’s also raided Sleaford Town for winger George Asplin. The Tigers chief also has a verbal agreement to sign Sleaford defender ...