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Wednesday 7th January, 2004 |
Leicestershire Challenge Cup Quarter Final |
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Coalville Town 1 - 2 Hinckley United |
| Hinckley: |
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Whittle |
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Cartwright |
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Masters |
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Jackson
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Penny
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Stone |
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Storer |
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Dyer |
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Lewis |
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Jenkins
(Keeling 85mins) |
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Murray |
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| Coalville: |
| 1. |
Williams |
| 2. |
Finney |
| 3. |
Brown |
| 4. |
James
(Gray
68mins) |
| 5. |
C.Tonge |
| 6. |
Rowe |
| 7. |
Fox
(Geary
53mins) |
| 8. |
Middleton
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| 9. |
D.Tonge
(Hollis 82mins) |
| 10. |
Puttnam |
| 11. |
Pollard |
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| Goals: |
| Jenkins, 2 mins |
0 - 1 |
| Middleton, 11 mins |
1 - 1 |
| Jackson, 64 mins |
1 - 2 |
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| Half Time: |
1 - 1 |
| Full Time: |
1 - 2 |
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the Hird Dimension: |
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Hello my darlings, well from my stairlift in heaven I've been looking down on
you all, and in particular that lovely football team in red & blue. Me and
Jimi Hendrix love a bit of 'knitting' of an evening and we really can't wait for
Geri Halliwell to join us for a threesome. Knit one, Perl one, deary. So we
thought what better way to pass our time than to follow the Knitter's football
team.
There isn't that lovely, then. |
Hello and another chilly night welcome to the knitting lounge. Hinckley tonight
would be making the trip to the deepest, darkest depths of North Leicestershire
to play Coalville in the Leicestershire Challenge Cup. Jimi tells me that
strangely tonight, Martin Fox who played against Hinckley for Grantham would
also be playing against Hinckley for Coalville. There were also a number of
ex-Hinckley players in Coalville's team and Management, so tonight might have a
bit of added spice.
Hinckley had the perfect start, with the very strong wind at their backs, Jamie
Lenton swung in a corner and Justin Jenkins guided the ball into the net with
the outside of his foot. Hinckley should've added another two goals within the
first 10 minutes. Leon Jackson shot wide with only the keeper to beat and Matt
Lewis narrowly put the ball the wrong side of the post having shot across the
goal. However with Hinckley pushing forward, with the wind, they were caught
napping at the back. Nick Finney broke away with the ball on the left and crossed
for Craig Middleton in the center to go one on one with Tommy Whittle, and slot
the ball past him for the equaliser. Hinckley kept using the momentum of the
wind and again Matt Lewis did well to gain space but shot wide, before Dyer also
found space, but was too slow to take the shot and tackled before he did. Hinckley
hadn't learnt from Coalville's equaliser and Nick Finney was finding plenty of
space on the left to put in his dangerous crosses, keeping Stuart Storer and Andy
Penny at full stretch. The half time whistle came with the teams level.
The second half started with Hinckley begining to get more of a grip on possesion
and limiting Coalville to long balls into the corner. Hinckley got the winner just
after the hour, Gavin Stone finding himself in the penalty area for the second
match running had his shot blocked, but the rebound fell to the feet of Leon
Jackson. From 15 yards out Jackson nutmegged the defending player on the line to
get the goal. Coalville were finding it more difficult to get the ball and tempers
began to fray. It boiled over after a foul by Wayne Dyer after which Danny Geary
retaliated. The referee sent off Geary, much to the dismay of the Coalville bench
and the manager Lee Harriman was also sent off after telling his opinion of the
referee's 'parents'. Disgusting language, you'd never hear that on Songs of Praise,
I even had to ask Harry Secombe what some of it meant and he dare not tell me!
Now down to 10 men Coalville really were struggling, but still managed to have a
goal disallowed for offside and force Tommy Whittle to make an excellent save,
right on time, to prevent an equaliser. The final whistle sounded and Hinckley
had won through to the next round, as Coalville coaching staff continued their
inquest on the match and referee as he walked off the pitch.
Jimi's overall opinion: Hinckley should've killed this game off in the first 20
minutes but had been complacent and naive in defence. They had probably
underestimated Coalville's determination, but the higher level of fitness and
ability finally became evident. Coalville were chasing the game for most of the
second half, though lapses in concentration had almost let them back in it.
Hinckley will consider the result more important than the performance. |
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