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Spalding United chairman Andy Gay has refuted speculation that boss Pat Rayment is to leave the club. A few rumours of his exit circulated on Twitter after Rayment decided to watch Tuesday’s 3-0 Evo-Stik League First Division South game from the stand behind the goal – and he even spent half time in the Tulips Social Club bar. But Gay ...

Spalding United 0 Shaw Lane Aquaforce 3 Three goals in 15 first-half minutes handed Spalding United a sobering 3-0 defeat against Evo-Stik League First Division South promotion rivals Shaw Lane Aquaforce on Tuesday night. Having looked the better side early on at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, the Tulips were left shell-shocked by strikes from Gavin Allott (22), Joe ...

Skipper Nathan Stainfield has called on his Spalding United team-mates to emulate the work-rate and desire shown by conquerers Shaw Lane Aquaforce on Tuesday night. The central defender, who was man-of-the-match in the Tulips’ 3-0 loss (click here to read the report) , admits the title hopefuls showed amazing intensity at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Although not worried by Spalding’s recent ...

Johnny Lockie hit a hat-trick as Spalding United Reserves bounced back from back-to-back defeats to thump ICA Sports Reserves 7-0 on Saturday. From the off in the ChromaSport PDLF Division One clash, Spalding pressed and showing a bigger appetite than in their two previous outings and were immediately in front. The impressive Josh McGuire took on two down the right ...

Spalding United boss Pat Rayment reckons his side are facing one of the top two teams in the league tonight (Tuesday). The Tulips welcome second-placed Shaw Lane Aquaforce to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field in what is perhaps the game of the night in Evo-Stik League First Division South (7.45pm). Widely considered one of the title favourites themselves, Spalding have ...

Pat Rayment laid into his under-performing Spalding United side as they crashed 3-1 at Chasetown on Saturday. Goals from Ryan Wynter (16), James Dance (48) and Nicky Turton (74) accounted for the Tulips in the Evo-Stik League First Division South clash, with Josh Moreman (60) getting their sole reply. The defeat was a third in five games in all competitions ...

Spalding United slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Chasetown in Evo-Stik League First Division South on Saturday, while Holbeach United drew 0-0 at Peterborough Northern Star in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Starting with the Tulips, boss Pat Rayment handed a debut to keeper Michael Emery – signed on an emergency loan deal with both Michael Duggan and Jordan McCready unavailable. ...

Spalding United boss Pat Rayment is looking to bolster his Spalding United squad ahead of two tough Evo-Stik League First Division South tests in four days. The Tulips make the trip to Chasetown on Saturday (3pm), before hosting high-flying Shaw Lane Acquaforce on Tuesday (7.45pm) in what will be their first home league game since the win over Belper Town ...

Adam Millson has emerged as a transfer target for Holbeach United after his departure from South Holland rivals Spalding United. The midfield maestro, who the Tulips signed from Wisbech Town in the summer, left the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Monday in search of regular first team football. A former Boston United player, Millson is proven as a top performer ...

Goole AFC 0 Spalding United 1 Jake Newman‘s fourth goal in just three starts earned Spalding United their first victory at Goole since 2005 on Saturday. The striker struck on 24 minutes to settle a tight Evo-Stik League First Division South clash at Victoria Pleasure Grounds, as the Tulips bounced back from their midweek FA Cup heartbreak against Sporting Khalsa. ...

Spalding United Reserves slipped to fifth in The ChromaSport Peterborough League Division One after suffering a 4-2 home reverse against Warboys Town on Saturday. Keeper Ashley Elderkin was called into action a number of times early on, but it was the Tulips who went ahead when Robbie Relf marked his return from injury with a cool clipped finish from Jamie ...

Spalding United 1 Sporting Khalsa 2 Ten-man Spalding United crashed out of The Emirates FA Cup on Tuesday night as Sporting Khalsa came from behind to earn a famous 2-1 victory at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. All looked to be going to plan for the Tulips when Mitch Griffiths lobbed home a 13th minute opener, but the game ...

Sporting Khalsa 1 Sporting United 1 Boss Pat Rayment bemoaned eight “amusing” minutes of added time as Spalding United were cruelly pegged back in The Emirates FA Cup on Saturday. The Tulips looked set to book themselves a guaranteed place in the fourth qualifying round when Josh Moreman fired them ahead after just 58 seconds at Sporting Khalsa. They held ...

Spalding United have been handed an exciting home draw with either FC United of Manchester or Buxton in the fourth qualifying round of The Emirates FA Cup. Should the Tulips beat Sporting Khalsa in tomorrow night’s replay at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (7.45pm), they’ll host the tie on October 24. They would ideally hope to be up against ...

Boss Pat Rayment admits that he and his Spalding United side are gunning for a place in the first round proper of The Emirates FA Cup. The Tulips are hot favourites to advance from Saturday’s third qualifying round clash with step five outfit Sporting Khalsa on Saturday (3pm) – and if they can clear that hurdle they’ll be just one ...

A last-gasp penalty denied Spalding United a guaranteed place in the fourth qualifying round of The Emirates FA Cup on Saturday was they drew 1-1 at Sporting Khalsa, while Holbeach United were held to a 0-0 draw at Eynesbury Rovers in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Starting with the Tulips, a goal from Josh Moreman inside the first 60 seconds ...

Two more goals from new signing Jake Newman couldn’t stop Spalding United losing a nine-goal FA Trophy thriller at Newcastle Town on Saturday. In perhaps the game of the day in the Preliminary Round, Mitch Griffiths also scored for Spalding in a remarkable 5-4 defeat in the all Evo-Stik League First Division South clash in Staffordshire. Indeed, the Tulips led 1-0 ...

Newcastle Town 5 Spalding United 4 Bemused boss Pat Rayment bemoaned a rare defensive horror-show as his Spalding United crashed out of the FA Trophy in a nine-goal thriller at Newcastle Town on Saturday. The all-Evo-Stik League First Division South tie was perhaps the game of the Preliminary Round, but that was no consolation for the Spalding supremo. The Tulips ...

Pat Rayment is confident that Spalding United will keep their fine run of form going in the FA Trophy on Saturday. Having secured their first Evo-Stik League First Division South away win of the season at Daventry Town on Tuesday night, the Tulips now turn their attention to an FA Trophy Preliminary Round clash at league rivals Newcastle Town (3pm). ...

Daventry Town 0 Spalding United 1 Striking sensation Jake Newman marked his debut with a winning goal as Spalding United bagged a fine 1-0 win at Daventry Town on Tuesday night. Newman, signed from UCL Premier Division side Wellingborough Town on the morning of the match (see story here), fired a wonderful winner on 26 minutes to settle a tight ...