Tigers

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United kept their FA Cup runs going on Saturday with impressive victories on the road. Holbeach earned a fine 1-0 derby win at UCL Premier Division rivals Wisbech Town, while Spalding came from behind to see off hosts Radford 2-1. Starting with the Tigers, Gary King’s 62nd-minute effort was the least they deserved as they ...

Chris Ward’s first Holbeach United goal was enough to earn a battling 1-0 derby victory at Boston Town on Tuesday night. The defender fired home from the edge of the box on 34 minutes to settle a scrappy UCL Premier Division affair at the DWB Stadium, making it back-to-back away wins for the Tigers. The victory did come at a ...

Josh Ford has warned his Holbeach United team-mates that they face a tough test in their Emirates FA Cup derby at Wisbech Town on Saturday. Prolific frontman Ford joined the Tigers from Wisbech in the summer, so is perhaps better placed than most to comment on the pick of the local cup ties this weekend. The ChromaSport UCL Premier Division ...

Goals from Stacy Cartwright and Tommy Treacher fired Holbeach United to a much-needed 2-0 win over Harrowby United at Carter’s Park on Wednesday night. The Tigers went into the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division game smarting, following a disappointing 2-2 draw with Northampton Spencer – and they started superbly with Cartwright buried an Andrew Tidswell delivery on three minutes. Darren Jarvis’ side ...

Holbeach United’s stuttering start to the season continued in a 2-2 draw with Northampton Spencer on Saturday. They had to be thankful for two Josh Ford penalties in the second half for rescuing a point at Carter’s Park. Asssistant manager Tom Roberts had called on the side to repeat the style of the 4-0 midweek Emirates FA Cup win over ...

Seven points from the opening week is a very satisfactory start to the season for Spalding United. Josh Moreman fired a second-half winner as the Tulips beat Tividale 2-1 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Defender Neal Spafford had headed Pat Rayment’s side ahead  after just two minutes. Tividale, who won 2-0 in the corresponding fixture last February, fashioned ...

Moulton Harrox made it a perfect three wins at the start of the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division. They went third in the table with a 3-0 win over Holbeach United Reserves at Carter’s Park on Tuesday. Bobby Patterson got the ball rolling with a header from a corner early in the second half. A 25-yard screamer from Aris Placis ...

An eye-catching return to Cambridgeshire is the next Emirates FA Cup fixture for Holbeach United after a comprehensive 4-0 replay win at Ely City on Tuesday night. They paved the way for a preliminary round tie at Wisbech Town on Saturday, August 29, with a demolition job in the cathedral city. The tie at the Fenland Stadium will be a ...

Holbeach United switch their attention to The Emirates FA Cup on Saturday as they host Ely City in the Extra Preliminary Round (3pm). The Tigers haven’t had much joy in the competition in recent years, having only made the first qualifying round once in five years (2012). That’s something boss Darren Jarvis would like to improve on this year, with ...

Goals from strikers Josh Ford and Andrew Tidswell fired Holbeach United to their first win of the new ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season on Wednesday night. The pair struck in the second half as the Tigers saw off Lincolnshire rivals Sleaford Town 2-0 at Carter’s Park, as they put Saturday’s disappointing Desborough defeat behind them. Holbeach had to wait until ...

Darren Jarvis has expressed his disappointment after seeing a controversial injury-time penalty sink Holbeach United in their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division opener on Saturday. Jake Bettles’ last-gasp spot-kick handed unfancied Desborough Town something of a shock 1-0 success against the title hopefuls – meaning boss Jarvis is still searching for his first away win in the Carter’s Park hotseat. The ...

Darren Jarvis reckons as many as eight sides can win the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title ahead of the big kick-off on Saturday. The Holbeach United supremo, who admits his side will be “a failure” if they don’t challenge for honours this season, feels the situation is great for local football. It’s not the toughest start for Jarvis, who takes ...

By Andrew Tidswell Elite Sports Academy MD and Holbeach Utd player/coach No team will set out for the new season with the mentality to come second or below. So with that being said, the hope for Holbeach United this season is to be number one. If you’re happy to come second then, for me, you shouldn’t be a sports competitor. ...

Holbeach United slipped to a 5-2 home defeat against higher-graded Lincoln United in their final pre-season game on Saturday, while Spalding United picked up a 1-1 draw against St Ives Town. Starting with the Tigers, a goal from Josh Ford snuffed out an early Lincoln opener as the sides were locked together at 1-1 as the half-time whistle sounded. Evo-Stik ...

Holbeach United are looking to field their strongest-possible side in their pre-season finale against Lincoln United on Saturday (3pm). The Carter’s Park clash against the Evo-Stik League First Division South side is the last friendly the Tigers will face before they kick off their UCL Premier Division campaign at Desborough Town. Tigers number two Tom Roberts knows his side are ...

Three South Holland sides picked up impressive friendly wins on Tuesday night. Spalding United picked up a 3-1 victory at Boston Town, while Holbeach United earned a fine 3-0 success at March Town and Pinchbeck United upset Bourne Town 4-3. All of the goals came in the first half of the Tulips’ Tattershall Road triumph, with George Zuerner (2) and ...

A deadly double from new signing Josh Moreman steered Spalding United to a 2-0 friendly victory over South Holland rivals Holbeach United on Saturday. Moreman buried a first-half penalty on 28 minutes, before rifling home a superb left-footed volley (72) to settle the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash. Having gone close early on through Neal Spafford Tom Waumsley and ...

Holbeach United’s first-ever all-girls team is set to make history in the Peterborough Junior Alliance League. The team, which will play as Holbeach United under-13s, will become the first ever girls’ side to play in what is essentially a boys’ league. Joint managers Rob Bell and Carl Walker have rapidly assembled a squad of 14 players – which has coincided ...

Fierce South Holland rivals Spalding United and Holbeach United square off in a hotly-anticipated friendly clash on Saturday (3pm) – but both camps insist tempers won’t flare. The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field showdown is the first meeting between the pair since 2013 – when the Tulips cruised to a 5-0 win over the Tigers en-route to winning the UCL ...

Holbeach United picked up a pre-season win on Tuesday night as Pinchbeck United were held to a battling draw. Josh Ford (penalty) and Jack Smith grabbed the goals as Holbeach made it three wins from four friendly outings with a 2-0 success over UCL Division One outfit Bourne Town at Carter’s Park. It served a perfect preparation for Saturday’s friendly fixture at ...