Football

Stamford AFC may have beaten top of the league Skelmersdale last weekend but they could not find a way to win against the side one place below them in the league on Saturday.

Stamford are still waiting for their first league victory at the new Zeeco Stadium but Oakham march on towards the top of the league.

If you don’t take your chances when they come in the UCL Division One you will struggle to win matches. Bourne Town discovered that to their cost at the Abbey Lawn on Saturday when they went down 2-0 to Wellingborough Whitworth.

Deeping Rangers have endured a tough run of late, without a win in their last three UCL Premier Division matches and exiting the KO Cup but on Saturday they emphatically got back to winning ways with a 5-1 victory away to Huntingdon Town.

The battle to be named champion of the PDFL Premier Division took another twist on Saturday as Oakham United gained ground on their nearest rivals.

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Bottesford FC is appealing to girls from the area to join their thriving junior football section – to allow it to develop girls’ football further next season.

Bottesford FC secured their place in the Leicestershire FA Saturday Trophy final after they defeated Leicester Three Lions 3-1 in last weekend’s semi-final.

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Ketton’s push for promotion continues thanks to an Alex Brockbank brace to claim all three points in their UCL Division One clash on Saturday.

Ryhall United scrapped out a point with a 1-1 draw away at Moulton Harrox Reserves in the PDFL Division One on Saturday to stay in fourth place in the league.

This Saturday saw Ben Hudson, who started life at Baston in their very first season back in 2005, reach 200 appearances for the club.

Three goals in less than 15 minutes either side of half-time saw Langtoft United take the derby spoils with a 3-1 win against Deeping Rangers Reserves on Saturday.

Blackstones boss Neil Cotton is still waiting for his first victory at the helm of Stones, citing a lack of continuity with both players and fixtures as the difficult start to his tenure of the UCL Division One side continued on Saturday with a 4-2 home loss to Buckingham Town.

With yet another Bourne Town first team match postponed because of the weather, there was a good number of supporters at the Abbey Lawn to watch the Wakes Reserves lose a frustrating game 2 -1 to Desborough Town in the UCL Reserve Division.

Baston Reserves suffered a derby day defeat at the hands of Glinton & Northborough, losing the PDFL Division Three clash 2-1 on Saturday.

There will be no return to the ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League’s Knockout Cup final for Deeping Rangers this season as they saw an early advantage turn into a heavy defeat last night (Tuesday).