Peterborough Northern Star suffer a shocking start, Deeping throw away a two-goal lead, second defeat in a row for March, Peterborough Sports maintain rampant friendly form

Will Bird scored for Deeping Rangers at Boston Town.Will Bird scored for Deeping Rangers at Boston Town.
Will Bird scored for Deeping Rangers at Boston Town.
Peterborough Northern Star suffered a calamitous start to their United Counties Premier Division South campaign last night (August 3)

Star were 5-0 down inside 18 minutes at title fancies Eynesbury Rovers before losing 7-1.

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Deeping Rangers also suffered a poor start in Division One North. They were 2-0 up at Boston Town thanks to goals from Will Bird and Jake Walton, but lost 4-2.

March have lost both of their opening two Thurlow Nunn Premier Division matches at home to Hadleigh (0-2) and Lakenheath (3-4).

Peterborough Sports continued their rampant pre-season form with an eighth straight win. Jordan Nicholson and Dan Jarvis both scored twice for Sports in a 5-2 success (they’ve now scored 41 goals this summer) after Dan Lawlor had opened the scoring from the penalty spot.

Sports are at higher-level Braintree for a friendly on Saturday (August 7).

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