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| August 2011 | |
| Monday 29th | |
| Just when you thought it couldn't get worse | |
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Hinckley United continued their abysmal away form, crumbling to league new boys Bishops
Stortford, away at Woodside Park 5 - 0. The first peice of team news was that Darren Stephenson had not wished to travel, and so the Bradford loan player was missing, and then second when the teams lined up, striker David Kolodynski was playing wide right, whilst right player Andre Gray was playing up front. Joe Hull was making his debut in centre defence having come back from injury, whilst McAughtrie was still missing in defence through his injury. The game was finished after only half an hour where some comedy defending had gifted Stortford a 4-0 lead. Dwight Gayle opened the scoring for Stortford after 9 minutes, then added a second 10 minutes later. Connor Essam and Michael Bakare where then presented with simple chances, on 30 and 32 minutes respectively, thanks to the inability of Hinckley's defence to clear a ball properly. The second half, at least Hinckley showed a bit of themselves, however were denied by the woodwork 3 times, including Lloyd Kerry's penalty that smashed against the crossbar. Gayle completed his hatrick with the last kick off the game when Hinckley were caught high up the field and he was unmarked in the area. click here for: Stortford match details |
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| Saturday 27th | |
| Second Mauling by Tigers in a week | |
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Hinckley United lost to a second 'Tigers' team in a week, this time it was at home
to Gloucester City losing 2-3. Hinckley started with a patched up defence missing central defenders Joe Hull and Craig McAughtrie through injury. New loan signings Luke Dean and Darren Stephenson were also making their debuts in the team. It was clear from the start that Hinckley looked lacking in cohesion and would struggle through the match. Despite this Hinckley took the lead in the 14th minute when a through ball set Jermaine Clarke free in the middle and slotted under Mike Green from 15 yards out. Darren Edwards almost equalised straight away but he hit the post when it was easier to score. He didn't have to wait much longer to make amends though, as on 20 minutes he was given the freedom of the left flank and broke into the area firing under Danny Haystead from a tight angle. Steve Davies should have given Gloucester the lead soon after, but when set up at the far post for an easy effort he somehow skewed the ball wide giving Hinckley a massive let off, leaving the score 1-1 at half time. Hinckley's second half showed less cohesion than the first and the game got more scrappy as it progressed. Andre Gray ran through the middle of Gloucester's defence on the hour, but Green dived to palm his effort over the bar. Hinckley's right flank again collapsed and Will Morford was allowed to cross from Gloucester's left for Edwards completely unmarked in the middle to head goalwards. Haystead made a superb point blank save, but could only parry the ball up, and when it dropped Edwards simply headed into the empty net, giving Gloucester the lead. This was increased minutes later when Edwards ran at the defence and played in Morford, also unmarked, on the left of the area who fired under Haystead. Hinckley didn't look like getting anyhting out of the game, even as Gloucester eased off slightly, though did sneak a goal back when Andre Gray beat the offside trap and scored from 15 yards. There could have been an undeserved equaliser in the final minute but Green made a superb save to deny Dean tipping over his long range effort. click here for: Gloucester match details |
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| Monday 22nd | |
| A Hyde-ucation for Hinckley | |
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Hinckley United were handed a lesson in playing football, as they were completely
outplayed at Ewen Fields with Hyde comfortably winning 4-0. In a one sided match, things started bad and just got worse and worse for Hinckley. Even before the match had kicked off, Jaylee Hodgson had to be withdrawn from the subs bench after an injury. Matt Berkeley then gave Hyde a 10th minute lead, which was followed up 5 minutes later with Craig McAughtrie being substituted off due to an injury. Hinckley were down to 10 men on the half hour when Mark Dudley received a straight red card, and the ref awarded a penalty, though still now few people know what for. Either way, Danny Spencer stepped up to score the spot kick. The game was over before half time when Crowther added a third for Hyde. Berkeley scored his second of the game 5 minutes into the second half and there was no coming back for Hinckley. click here for: Hyde match details |
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| Saturday 20th | |
| Not a Bore draw for Harrogate | |
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Two second half goals snatched a 1-2 victory for Harrogate Town at De Montfort Park,
after Hinckley United had taken a first half lead. The match started fairly evenly in the first half with Hinckley becoming more dominant towards the end of the half. Stuart Hendrie had an early chance saved by Mark Cook at his near post, before Danny Newton turned and fired just over from distance. For Harrogate, Paul Brayson saw his own long distance effort drift wide, before he forced Danny Haystead into a great save from close range. Callum Hassan had the easiest of chances to open the scoring for Harrogate, when Ben Richards-Everton miskicked his clearance in front of goal, Hassan had to simply tap the ball, but somehow only managed to nudge the ball back into the arms of a grateful Haystead. Cook then made a double save as Jermaine Clarke's header was cleared off the line by Adam Nowakowski, with Hendrie's and then David Kolodynski's follow up shots both turned away by the keeper. Cook again saved his team when Hendrie was pleyed through on the left of the area, and 1 on 1, but the keeper stood up well and saved the shot with his legs. Hassan was again guilty of missing an open goal, as good work from Brayson saw him cross to the far post only for Hassan to completely miss the target. Hinckley took the lead just before half time thanks to an excellently timed pass from Lloyd Kerry who found Andre Gray through the middle, and with the Harrogate defence static claiming offside, Gray slotted the ball into the net from 15 yards. Harrogate responded at half time by bringing on substitute Peter Bore, who immediatley brought out a save from Haystead. Then Nowakowski saw his effort snapped up by Haystead. The game changed on the hour when Harrogate brought on substitute Lee Elam, who spent the final 30 minutes tormenting the Hinckley right flank. Elam first crossed from the right for Liam Hardy to fire goalwards into the arms of Haystead, and then set up Harrogate's equaliser on 70 minutes. Winning the ball on the left he sent through Bore who finished well from the left corner of the area into the far corner of the net. Harrogate then took the lead minutes later, with a little bit of luck, again good work on the left from Elam, saw him lose his marker as Rob Oddy slipped over. Elam had acres of space and time to find Brayson unmarked at the far post who simply headed the ball past the stranded Haystead. Brayson was unlucky not to score a second when his shot rebounded off the inside of the post. Hinckley piled on the pressure in the final minutes searching for an equaliser. Paul Lister had a shot blocked, Kerry saw his effort saved by Cook and Kolodynski fired the ball just wide of goal. Newton had his shot blocked, and from the resulting corner with the last touch of the match, Craig McAughtrie saw his header beat Cook, but come off the top of the crossbar and cleared away to safety for Harrogate, leaving them with the win. click here for: Harrogate match details |
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| Monday 15th | |
| Hinckley open at De Mont with a win | |
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De Montfort Park witnessed a complete antithesis to Hinckley United's performance
at Guiseley, as Hinckley comfortably cruised to a 3-0 win in their opening home
Conf North fixture. Hinckley started with a more balanced 4-4-2 formation and the difference was visible straight away. David Kolodynski got his first start in a front pairing with Jermaine Clarke, whilst Andre Gray was returned to the right wing, and both Kolo' and Gray would make a big impact on the game. Louis Horne was making his debut for Hinckley at the back of midfield, as Lloyd Kerry was back in a more familiar forward midfield role. It was actually Gainsborough that started the better, at a frantic pace, having most of the early possession, but not actually threatening Danny Haystead in Hinckley's goal. For the first 20 minutes Hinckley had to rely on big hoofs up field to clear the ball as Gainsborough pressed their wide men forward. As the game slowed down Hinckley came into it more, and brought their own wide men into play, especially Gray on the right linking well with Kolodynski. It was through these two that Hinckley scored the opening goal on 25 minutes. Kolo' harried the defender and his persistence paid off as he won the ball on the byline, ran into the area and crossed low to the near post, where Lloyd Kerry was virtually on the goal line to power the ball past Phil Barnes whose body behind the ball was not enough to stop it just crossing the goal line. Hinckley began to move into gear, as Gainsborough seemingly ran out of ideas, and increased their lead 10 minutes later. Again Kolo' did well to retain possession in the area, and back heeled the ball into the path of Gray running into the area, who took the ball past the defender with his first touch and fired into the goal with his second, to give Hinckley 2-0 half time lead. The game was over 5 minutes into the second half when Gray scored his second of the match. From a free kick on the edge of Hinckley's area, the ball was played through the middle to Kerry, who spotted Gray making a run into space on the right, and played him in as Gray burst into the area and shot low under Barnes to make it 3-0. Tom Byrne replaced the limping Clarke on the hour, and his first contribution nearly set up a fourth goal, as he beat a couple of defenders on the right and crossed low through the area but nobody got on the end of the cross to finish. Gainsborough had a rare second half opportunity as they won a free kick in a very dangerous place on the edge of Hinckley's area, only to see Kendall waste it completely by blasting the ball high over the wall, the bar, the perimeter wall, and the 'all weather' pitch behind the ground. Gray, now in search of his hatrick, forced Barnes into 2 good saves before Hinckley had a penalty appeal turned down. Kolo' ran into the are on the left and fired goalwards, the ball hitting Cowan on his arm, but the ref deciding that it was ball to hand and waving 'play on'. As the game drew to a close, there was time for Haystead to maintain his clean sheet as Kendall was through on goal, but the Hinckley keeper stood up to deny the Gainsborough forward, leaving the final score 3 - 0 to Hinckley. click here for: Gainsborough match details |
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| Saturday 13th | |
| Opening day mauling by Lions | |
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Hinckley United kicked off their Conference North 2011-2012 season with a comprehensive
0-3 defeat at the hands of last season's losing play off finalists Guiseley. In a match that saw 8 Hinckley players make their debut, Guiseley were dominant pretty much throughout. Craig McAughtrie, Rob Oddy, Tom Byrne, Stuart Hendrie, Jaylee Hodgson, David Kolodynski, Ben Richards-Everton and Keenen Meakin-Richards all played their first competitive game for Hinckley, who started in an unusual 4-5-1 formation leaving Andre Gray very lonely up front. Guiseley were dominant in possesion with Hinckley struggling to keep hold of the ball. Boshell gave Guiseley the lead in the 30th minute lobbing Haystead, and although Hinckley rallied slightly for the second half, late goals from Toner and Allott sealed Guiseley's victory. click here for: Guiseley match details |
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| Saturday 6th | |
| Pre season concluded | |
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Hinckley United completed their pre season schedule with games at home to Kidderminster
and Barwell. Kidderminster Harriers came to De Montfort Park with a strong line and showed why they came so close to last season's Conf Prem play offs despite their points deduction. They pretty much dominated the game and their well organised defence reduced Hinckley to break away chances. Kidderminster won the game 0-2. The final match of pre season was against neighbours Barwell, who were promoted into the Southern Premier league. Hinckley comfortably won 3-0, goals coming from Lloyd Kerry, Dan Newton and Tom Byrne. The only injury news from pre season is that Andy Gooding is going to miss the start of the season with a twisted knee. DT told the Hinckley Times: "Andy Gooding being out is a massive blow and we don’t have the money to bring in like-for-like players. The squad is about 17-strong and considering the tough games we have had against Coventry City, Notts County, Tamworth and Peterborough, it has been a big test for the players. We will be playing conference football though this year so I haven’t been getting carried away with the results but it has been a good pre-season and I am quite pleased with what we have got." |
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| Friday 5th | |
| Last minute additions to the squad. | |
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With a week till the start of the season DT has signed another two players into the
squad. Defender Mark Dudley has been here on loan previously when he was contracted
to Derby County, but having played a few games on trial in pre season the club have
signed the left back. Jaylee Hodgson has also impressed in his trial games and has also been signed on. The young striker was playing for Loughborough Dynamo last season, but has played international football for Montseratt, scoring 3 goals in his two games in their recent World Cup qualifying matches. |
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| Monday 1st | |
| More pre-season news | |
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The latest pre-season games for Hinckley United both ended with a victory. First
Hinckley played Tamworth, with Craig McAughtrie scoring the only goal for Hinckley
in the first half. Trialists Jay Hodgson and Ben Everton again having another run
out. Then Peterborough United brought an XI to De Monfort Park with Hinckley winning 2-0 over a 'Posh' team featuring mainly reserve players. |
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