Peter Wright

Spalding made it three league wins on the bounce with a hard fought victory at mid-table Kettering.  Spalding pushed back and kept possession for 2 minutes with all the outfield players taking a touch. This lead to Dave Burrell being found in space and his pin point cross was turned Read more…

Spalding travelled to Nomads for a friendly and sadly lost 3-2. Spalding struggled to find momentum in the first half and we’re punished by an unfortunate goal. It is fair to say the pitch played its part for large parts of the match. Spalding made some superb saves from keeper Read more…

Spalding 4ths made it back to back wins to move up to 7th in the table. the consistent and rapid improvement in play continues with the young side gaining in confidence and match play week on week. Spalding took the lead in ten minutes when a well worked short corner found Read more…

In the week that the FIH ratified Beach Hockey as a sport it was apt that Spalding would visit the sandiest pitch in Lincolnshire. The torrential rains of the day before had however left the pitch bereft of the usual sand dunes.  Spalding started strongly and took a deserved lead 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 Read more…

With a break from league action the 4thXI travelled to Cambridge to take on Cambs South 6’s. With a few players missing call ups were given to Fred Morris and James Morris. After a good start Spalding unfortunately found themselves a goal down to a well deflected finish into the corner of Read more…

Spalding 4’s took on top of the table Kettering a week after conceding 11 against second placed Newmarket and put in a far more composed display. Spalding started brightly and forced the first three shots on target of the match, but a couple of lapses of concentration in the final Read more…

A young Spalding team side played Newmarket and unfortunately lost 11-0. It was a good performance from Simon Goode, who got player of the match, but also goal keeper Eddie Sawyer, who made some quality saves against the opposition. The opposing side scored some very good goals, but several goals Read more…

Team 4th XI Men Opponent City Of Peterborough 7 Date September 16, 2023 Result Loss Score 0 – 1   The visitors snatched a late winner in an open game that could easily have seen more goals at both ends of the pitch  Rob Callaby made excellent double saves to Read more…

The 5th team ended pre season with a 1-0 win on a sweltering hot day, with an early Pete Wright goal enough to settle the match. In truth the 5ths were well on top throughout and could have added to their tally  On two occasions Eddy Sawyer was called into Read more…