Tigers

Securing promotion from the UCL Premier Division has always been Holbeach United’s number one target this season – and that dream has now come one step closer to reality. The Football Association (FA) confirmed earlier this week that both the Tigers and league leaders AFC Rushden and Diamonds had applied for promotion before the November 30 deadline – meaning that ...

London Colney 0 Holbeach United 1 Amazed John Chand lauded Lee Beeson’s winner as the “best non-league goal he’s ever seen” as Holbeach United booked their place in the last 32 of the FA Vase on Saturday. Wing wizard Beeson belted home the only goal of an otherwise unremarkable third round tie at London Colney from fully 25 yards, setting ...

Buoyant Holbeach United have reached the last 32 of the FA Vase. Lee Beeson’s storming 25-yarder early in the first half proved to be the only goal of the third-round match at London Colney on Saturday. Joint managers John Chand and Graham Drury will now be looking to emulate Alan Day’s achievement in 1988/89 of steering the Tigers to the ...

When Jamie Stevens has a big football decision to make, he doesn’t always rely on instinct. He turns to his grandad, “Bushy” Stevens – and when grandad said he should give it a go again at Spalding United, it helped make up the 25-year-old centre-half’s mind. “Jamma” made an about-turn and rejoined the Tulips from Holbeach United last month, having only ...

Holbeach United will have to crack a tight defence if they are to progress to the last 32 of the FA Vase on Saturday. The Tigers make the trip to St Albans to take on London Colney in the third round. The Hertfordshire side have racked up ten clean sheets in all competitions this season, the latest a 2-0 win ...

  A pair of 2-0 away wins on Saturday kept in-form Spalding United and Hollbeach United on track for success this season. The Tulips leapt up to fourth place in Evo-Stik First Division South play-off spot with victory at lowly Stocksbridge Park Steels, while the Tigers continued their pursuit of the UCL Premier Division title with a win at Eynesbury ...

Graham Drury reckons togetherness is reaping rewards for Holbeach United. The joint boss watched Jamie Clarke and Lee Beeson fire the goals to rattle off another win and maintain the Tigers’ second place in the UCL Premier Division table. But he was quick to point to the strength of the club as a whole – and the assistance of the ...

Jamie Clarke has dismissed snipes that Holbeach United are on a downward spiral. The striker barked a defiant message after netting the late winner in a thrilling 3-2 FA Vase tie against Huntingdon Town last Saturday. It set up a third round trip to London Colney on Saturday, December 6. Clarke said: “The gaffers deserve it and the fans of ...

It was a great day for South Holland’s two premier football sides. Spalding United are now on the very brink of the play-off positions and Holbeach United came from behind twice to seal a place in the third round proper of the FA Vase. The Tulips romped to a 4-0 win over fellow promotion hopefuls Stafford Rangers at the Sir Halley ...

Holbeach United 3 Huntingdon Town 2: Nobody could have left Carter’s Park on Saturday feeling short-changed. Even in the late manner in which this FA Vase tie was settled by Jamie Clarke’s strike, Huntingdon Town fans might concede that it was full value for money. It had everything – 95 minutes’ commitment from two good sides, excitement, great goals, full-blooded ...

Graham Dury reckons that Holbeach United’s dream of winning the FA Vase will be pushed to the very limit on Saturday. The Tigers welcome UCL Premier Division title rivals Huntingdon Town to Carter’s Park (3pm) for a second round tussle that is the stand-out fixture of the day. Huntingdon won the corresponding league fixture 2-0 back on September 13, which ...

Deeping Rangers 2 Holbeach United 2 (Holbeach win 3-2 on penalties) Cup kings Holbeach United booked their third Lincs FA Senior Trophy final appearance in four years with a dramatic penalty shoot-out success over Deeping Rangers on Tuesday night. A clever Ben Brown finish (17) put the Tigers ahead at the Haydon Whitham Stadium, but two goals early in the ...

South Holland-based Peterborough Northern Star defender Jonny Clay has emerged as a transfer target for Holbeach United. Clay, who won five trophies in two seasons during successful Peterborough League spells with Pinchbeck United and Moulton Harrox before stepping up with Star, has established himself as one of the UCL Premier Division’s top defenders this season. The central defender was one ...

Spalding United supremo Pat Rayment has issued a hands-off warning to rivals Holbeach United after they admitted their interest in re-signing striker Andrew Tidswell. Responding to John Chand’s comments in last week’s edition of The Spalding and South Holland Voice, Rayment reminded Holbeach that Tidswell is under contract – and insisted that he’ll not be released from that agreement under ...

Both Lee Dube and Jamie Clarke hit doubles to fire Holbeach United to a 5-1 win at Harborough Town in the UCL Premier Division on Saturday. The Tigers were forced to come from behind against their struggling hosts, but Dube’s header levelled matters before a quick-fire Clarke brace and Lee Beeson’s stunner made it 4-1 to John Chand and Graham ...

Harborough Town 1 Holbeach United 5 Graham Drury admitted that Saturday was a good day for Holbeach United in the UCL Premier Division title race as they romped to a comfortable victory at Harborough. Doubles from Lee Dube (31 and 62) and Jamie Clarke (35 and 40) – plus a Lee Beeson stunner (45) – helped the Tigers come from ...

John Chand wants to bring Andrew Tidswell back to Holbeach United. The co-Tigers boss rates the striker as the best player he’s ever worked with in his managerial career – and admits that he’d love to sign him back from rivals Spalding United. Tidswell is under contract with the Tulips, but Chand has told The Voice that he’d do what ...

Yaxley 2 Holbeach United A second-half penalty from former Carter’s Park favourite Rob Hughes condemned Holbeach United to a third UCL Premier Division defeat of the season on Tuesday night. Hughes, a member of the Tigers’ double winning team of 2012/13, converted the decisive goal from the spot at In2itive Park as Yaxley moved level on points with John Chand ...

Newportt Pagnell Town 1 Holbeach United 3 John Chand saluted a job well done as Holbeach United enjoyed a relatively comfortable UCL Premier Division win at a notoriously tricky venue on Saturday. Jamie Clarke (41), Danny Spencer (69) and Gary King (89) grabbed the goals for the title-chasing Tigers at Newport Pagnell, as they passed a tough test of their ...

Holbeach United reaffirmed their UCL Premier Division title credentials with an impressive 3-1 at Newport Pagnell Town on Saturday. Jamie Clarke, Danny Spencer and Gary King grabbed the goals for Graham Drury and John Chand’s side, who remain just three points behind leaders AFC Rushden and Diamonds. The win is perfect preparation for the Tigers ahead of Tuesday’s trip to ...