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Spalding United 3 Lincoln United 0 Pat Rayment has told his Spalding United side to book a home play-off date after seeing them cruise past a talented Lincoln United outfit on Easter Monday. Clinical first-half strikes from Matt Nolan (15), Dan Banister (25) and Nathan Stainfield (44) were the least the Tulips deserved in the all-Lincolnshire clash at the Sir ...

Both Matt Eaton and Ben English scored braces as Sutton Bridge United beat great rivals Long Sutton Athletic 4-2 in the final of the Spalding Inter Services Cup on Saturday. In front of 200 fans at Carter’s Park, Bridge took the local bragging rights despite strikes from Sean Gedney and Samuel Moses for the Magpies. Pinchbeck United, meanwhile, slipped to ...

Kidsgrove Athletic 0 Spalding United 1 It’s often said that the calling card of a top team is to win when playing badly. That’s exactly what Spalding United did on Saturday, as Tom Waumsley’s 15th-minute effort earned them a laboured win over Evo-Stik League First Division South strugglers Kidsgrove Athletic. At this stage of the season, with the Tulips hunting ...

Northampton Sileby Rangers 3 Holbeach United 1 Struggling Sileby handed Holbeach United a surprise UCL Premier Division reverse on Saturday – and the Tigers now look extremely unlikely to finish in the top three. Goals either side of half-time from master marksman Michael Byrne (41 and 50) left Darren Jarvis’ side with a mountain to climb at Fernie Fields. An ...

A 15th-minute strike from leading scorer Tom Waumsley earned Spalding United a vital 1-0 win at Kidsgrove Athletic on Saturday. The victory puts the Tulips in a strong position in the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off race, with both Gresley and Newcastle Town dropping points. Pat Rayment’s side remain fourth, but are now just four points behind third-placed Newcastle, ...

Spalding Town Cricket Club have unveiled a spree of new signings ahead of their pre-season opener at Wisbech on Saturday (12.30pm). Lincs ECB Premier League side Town have snapped up all-rounder Dan Millgate, wicket-keeper batsman Josh Downey, ex-Billingborough captain Dave Gollop, batsman Luke Hollingworth and legendary bowler Roy Tilley. Australian ace Millgate is perhaps the most eye-catching of the new ...

Buoyant boss Pat Rayment is confident that his Spalding United side will finish in the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off places ahead of a tricky Easter period. The Tulips make the trip to relegation-threatened Kidsgrove Athletic on Saturday, before welcoming promotion rivals Lincoln United to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Easter Monday (both 3pm). With six games ...

Deeping Rangers 3 Holbeach United 3 Two injury-time goals rescued Holbeach United a deserved share of the spoils with Lincolnshire rivals Deeping Rangers on Tuesday night. After a goalless first period at The Haydon Whitham Stadium, Levi Wright fired Tuncay Korkmaz’s Deeping ahead soon after the re-start – only for Ash Murrell to level matters from a Lee Beeson cross ...

Saracen’s Head teenager Ben Stafford will once again compete in the Pirelli National 600 Superstock Championship this season. Stafford, who impressed at the back end of last season, will continue his ride with the Silicone Engineering team aboard a Kawasaki ZX6R machine. Having joined the 2014 series half-way through the campaign, he used the available rounds left to learn his ...

Ben Wilson makes his return to the British Supersport Championship at this weekend’s opening round at Donington Park. Having endured a frustrating time in the British Superbike Championship last year, the Kirton race ace is raring to go in a series he’s enjoyed plenty of success in over the past decade. After taking part in the official test at Donington ...

Division Two leaders Simple FC were surprisingly beaten on a low-scoring night in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side football league on Monday. Atrocious wet and windy weather made for a difficult night of action – but Surfleet’s Glen Park was lit up by an appearance from Emmerdale star Gemma Atkinson in the crowd. Division One got under way ...

Just five points separate the top three teams in Spalding and District League Division Three title race with a month of the season remaining. Leaders Gosberton D are just a point ahead after winning a thrilling clash with Pyramid E 4-2 last Thursday night. Simon Slinger’s (R7) 22 clearance in the final frame saw him beat Neil McLean (R7) 67-65 ...

Market Drayton Town 0 Spalding United 4 Pat Rayment saluted a job well done as his play-off chasing Spalding United side ticked off another three points in the race for promotion on Saturday. Saturday’s win over struggling hosts Market Drayton elevated the Tulips up to fourth in Evo-Stik League First Division South with just six games left to play. Goals ...

Long Sutton clinched their second Spalding and District League double on the trot after crushing Consti C 7-0 in a rearranged game last week. A super 64 break from Adam Barwell (O10), a cool 46 from Mick Cooper (O40) and Sean Swinburn’s (O20) 34 steered Sutton to the title with one game to spare. Having already won the Billiards KO ...

Holbeach United struck twice in added time to rescue a 3-3 draw with Lincolnshire rivals Deeping Rangers on Tuesday night. After a goalless first period, Levi Wright fired Tuncay Korkmaz’s Deeping ahead soon after the re-start, only for Ash Murrell to level matters in the 55th minute. Matt Sparrow then hauled hosts Rangers back into the lead on 77 minutes, ...

Both Long Sutton’s 2nd and 4th teams ended their respective East Men’s Hockey League campaigns with losses on Saturday. Safe from relegation, the pressure was off Sutton 2nd in Division 3NW – but they went down 3-0 to City of Peterborough 5th. The fixture was Stef Fox’s last game as skipper of the side, having announced he was stepping down ...

Cup kings Spalding Town reached their second ChromaSport Peterborough League final of the season on Saturday. Already safely in the PFA Junior Cup showpiece, Town roared into the Intermediate Shield final by beating Division Two side Coates Athletic A 5-2 on their own patch. Martin Sandall inspired Chris Page’s side with a hat-trick at Feldale Field, while Josh McGuire and ...

Syston RFC 100 Spalding RFC 5 Downtrodden Spalding RFC were hit for a century of points as Syston wrapped up the Midlands One East title in style on Saturday. In truth, the outcome of this match was never in doubt – just the margin of an expected success for Syston, who eased to the bonus-point victory that was required to ...

Holbeach United 3 Oadby Town 2 Nick Conroy was Holbeach United’s hero on Saturday as he pulled off an injury-time penalty save to clinch a thrilling UCL Premier Division win over Oadby Town. The keeper got down low to his right to deny Louis Hamilton from the spot, in what was essentially the final kick of the Carter’s Park clash. ...

Saturday proved another day to forget for Spalding RFC as they were handed a huge 100-5 reverse by  Midlands One East leaders Syston. Rock-bottom Town were always massive underdogs against at side that started the day 99 points ahead of them – and so it proved. It’s now 24 losses from as many matches for Ben Williams’ side, with the ...