A depleted Spalding 3s travelled away to a strong Ely City 2s on a wet and rainy afternoon. Spalding started on the back foot with Ely scoring first and with Spalding not being able to play at of there own half, Ely continued to pile on the pressure and they scored 4 more to make it 5-0 at half time. Spalding upped there game in the second half and started to put some pressure on. Read more…
Spalding Ladies’ 2s travelled to a very sandy Kettering pitch hoping to pick up their first points on the road. Working their way into the D on numerous occasions, Spalding were awarded a hatful of penalty corners but were unable to convert.Eliza Morris in goal and her defence continued to repel a Kettering team who improved as the game went on. The half time break saw the two sides level with all to play for as chances Read more…
Spalding Ladies 3s 1 Cambridge City 6 3Spalding had recognised that although the opposition were higher up in league table, there was certainly an opportunity to grab some points. The Spalding side seemed well organised even with a shuffle around of positions for some players and began well. There were some well-played passes allowing players to link up nicely such as from Ros Dennis and Grace Hogett which encouraged attacking playing quickly. Around the ten Read more…
Spalding went into the game strong, maintaining majority of possession during the first quarter. We transferred the ball around well and had some unfortunate shots on goal . Cambridge also came out strong and managed to set the score 5-0 at half time . After a constructive half time talk, Spalding was determined to keep battling . Cambridge could not convert there short corners due to the strong defence . Spalding was using the width Read more…
Spalding 3s hosted Cambridge South 5s on a sunny day. Spalding started the better side in the first 20 minutes with many chances but just couldn’t convert them into a goal. Cambridge South came back into the game when scoring a back post goal against the run of play and then doubled there lead from a short corner just before half time. Spalding 2-0 down at half time. After a rousing half time team talk Read more…
Spalding 4’s continued to show week on week improvement with a narrow 4-3 defeat against an experienced and physical Bourne Deeping side. Bourne took the lead mid way through the first half, but Spalding responded through Simon Goode against his former club. in the second half Spalding played sone excellent hockey for fifteen minutes taking a deserved 3-1 lead with strikes from Pete Wright and Reuben Read. Unfortunately experience eventually told and Bourne hit back Read more…
Spalding 1s 2-3 Peterborough 2s Spalding faced Peterborough 2s in a feisty local rivalry. Spalding started the game of strong with continued attacking play. A short corner was then won which was converted by Stuart Cunnington. Spalding continued to push for another goal but were unable to put away a few chances. Peterborough capitalised on a foot in the D which was given as a penalty stroke levelling the score at 1-1. Darren Grooby then Read more…
A well fought game as spalding 2’s travelled away to long Sutton for derby day resulting in a 2-1 loss. Spalding started the game strong playing nicely round the back and playing some amazing 1-2 passes up the pitch allowing for some breaks on goal. This assault continued and when Matt Sanders won a short corner which was well placed into the bottom corner by Callum Fravigar, spalding 1-0. Conceding a goal seemed to kick Read more…
Spalding welcomed Bourne Deeping to a sunny Glen Park looking to gain 3 points in this local derby game. Spalding started the stronger of the two sides putting the Bourne Deeping defence under pressure with a strong pressing game. This pressure brought rewards as Spalding scored first with Adolfo Chantre finishing neatly with his first touch of the game. Spalding were relentless in attack and capitalised on a series of penalty corners which saw James Read more…
7.10.23Spalding 1s vs Cambridge City 4s Spalding started with positive heads from a fantastic win last week and were strong on the ball from the off. Spalding had some amazing play by Kate Amess and Tabitha Dunnett down both wings, getting the ball up high. Spalding managed to keep it 0-0 to half time with some strong defending by Pippa Bembridge, Sophie Gleave, Evie Maltby and Leanne Issac-Pick. The team talk at half time by Read more…