Football

Ian Dunn says Pinchbeck United are targeting a place in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division inside the next two years after finally having their promotion from the Peterborough League confirmed. Pinchbeck will play UCL Division One football for the first time in their history next season, having been promoted as PDFL Premier Division runners-up. They will play their matches at ...

Spalding United have completed a double deal after landing striker Gary King from Cleethorpes Town and convincing winger Lee Beeson to stay. King, who helped Cleethorpes earn promotion to Evo-Stik NPL Division One South last season and reach the FA Vase final, returns to the Sir Halley for a second spell. He last featured for the Tulips under Pat Rayment ...

Competitive league football returns early for South Holland sides this season – because of the UCL/PDFL Groundhop initiative. Pinchbeck United get the new ChromaSport UCL campaign under way on Friday, July 28 with their first-ever game in UCL Division One. They will visit relegated Huntingdon Town for a showdown at Jubilee Park (7.45pm). Saturday (July 29) then sees Holbeach United ...

More than 230 children got their hands on silverware as Holbeach United Community Sports Academy held their popular end of season presentation day last weekend. Members of the Tigers’ under-7, under-8, under-9, under-10, under-11, under-12, under-13, under-14 and under-16 boys teams, plus the under-14 girls, were all at King’s Academy for the bash. Those aged from under-7 to under-10 were ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes has paid tribute to Josh Ford and Jamie Stevens after the talented duo agreed switches to ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Wisbech Town. Club captain Stevens and last season’s top scorer Ford were announced as Wisbech players on Monday night, with Hayes admitting he’s been fighting to keep the pair from the first day he ...

Pinchbeck United expect to be playing step six football at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field next season. That’s the verdict of player/boss Ian Dunn, who says all of the paperwork is in place for Pinchbeck to be promoted from ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division for the first time in their history. Dunn says the Knights have a one-year agreement to ...

Talismanic skipper Nathan Stainfield has been backed to excel at a higher standard of football after opting to end his four-year spell with Spalding United. Stainfield, who joined the Tulips from Boston United back in 2013, informed Tulips boss Chris Rawlinson that – at 28 years of age – he wants to test himself further up the non-league ladder. Widely ...

Four-some Tydd St Mary beat Langtoft United Reserves 4-1 in the ChromaSport PDFL Division Two play-off final on Saturday to clinch a second promotion in as many seasons. The Saints will play PDFL Division One football next season – alongside the likes of Crowland Town, Long Sutton Athletic and Moulton Harrox Reserves – thanks to goals from James Woods, Jason ...

Stanground Sports Res 2 Moulton Harrox Res 3 Delighted boss Kev Nottingham paid tribute to his Moulton Harrox Reserves side as they completed a memorable double on Friday night. The Division One champions came from 2-0 down to beat Stanground Sports Reserves 3-2 in the PFA Challenge Cup final at Yaxley’s In2itive Park, rounding off a stellar season in the ...

The top awards were spread out at Holbeach United’s end of season presentation night last Saturday. Captain Nick Jackson landed the coveted player’s player of the season prize, while Spencer Tinkler took home the manager’s player of the year gong and the first team’s clubman award. Teenage talent Dan Dougill’s breakthrough season was rewarded with the young player of the ...

Title-winning boss Kev Nottingham doesn’t feel Moulton Harrox Reserves should be considered nailed on favourites to complete a league and cup double on Friday night. Nottingham’s side, who won ChromaSport PDFL Division One at a canter, round off their season with a PFA Challenge Cup final against Division Two outfit Stanground Sports Reserves at Yaxley’s In2itive Park 3G base (7.30pm). ...

Pinchbeck United Football Club has moved to answer critics and end continuing behind-the-scenes unrest. In a period that the club has appeared in two cup finals and promotion was confirmed, it is matters off the field which is driving much of the chatter. Now the club has issued a strongly-worded statement, criticising the actions of two people behind some of the unrest – former ...

Top scorer Bradley Wells has left Spalding United to join higher-graded Gainsborough Trinity. Wells, who bagged 30 goals for the Tulips last term, has been snapped up by former Spalding boss Dave Frecklington – who brought him to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field from Stamford at the start of last season. Speaking on Twitter, Wells said: “It wasn’t an ...

Sutton Bridge United clinched promotion to the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division with a sensational 6-1 win over rivals Warboys Town on Saturday. Sam Cooper (2), Matt Eaton, Ben Partridge, Kurt Scott and Ben Thompson all bagged for Bridge in front of 55 fans at Memorial Park, as they sealed a place in the PDFL’s top flight for the first time ...

Pinchbeck United 0 ICA Sports 0 (ICA win 9-8 on penalties) Underdogs Peterborough ICA Sports held their nerve to deny Pinchbeck United a second cup success in four days as they lifted the PFA Senior Cup on Monday night. After a goalless 90 minutes at Peterborough United’s ABAX Stadium, ICA prevailed 9-8 on penalties as keeper Adam Mills bagged the ...

Chairman Paul Preston is predicting an “exciting future” at Long Sutton Athletic after confirming Omar Joof as the club’s new boss. Former Holbeach United midfielder Joof, who also enjoyed a fine spell for Sutton before moving on to Moulton Harrox and the Tigers, was confirmed as Matt Cawthorn’s successor at an AGM on Monday night. The Gambian – whose last ...

Declan Earth fired four goals as Moulton Harrox sealed a third-placed finish in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division with a big 8-1 win at Leverington Sports on Saturday. Martin Sandall, Joe Townsend, Dan Woods and Steve Sinfield also netted for Harrox at Church Road, ensuring they leapfrogged Netherton United on the final day of the season. That means Moulton have finished ...

Netherton United 0 Pinchbeck United 1 Liam Ogden’s late headed winner fired Pinchbeck United to President Premier Shield glory on Friday night as they deservedly beat Netherton United 1-0. The Knights were the more dangerous side throughout at The Branch Bros Stadium and created the better chances, but had to wait until 15 minutes from time for the winner as ...

Disgruntled boss Ian Dunn admits that he and number two Allan Ross are being forced to consider their futures at Pinchbeck United following a string of off-the-field incidents. The pair, who are preparing for an unprecedented two cup finals in the space of four days, feel the success of the team this season is being overshadowed by unsavoury incidents that ...

Matt Cawthorn is adamant that his time with Long Sutton Athletic is over after being sacked as the club’s player/manager on Saturday. Prolific striker Cawthorn, who scored 35 goals for Sutton as well as steering them to their best ChromaSport PDFL Division One finish since 2014, was relieved of his duties following a telephone conversation with chairman Paul Preston on ...