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| September 2011 | |
| Tuesday 27th | |
| Popular midfielder returns to Hinckley | |
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Having had his contract cancelled by mutual consent at Nuneatin Town, Sam Belcher
has returned to Hinckley United. The midfielder, popular with the fans, was last
at Hinckley for the second half of last season on loan from Wycombe Wanderers, when
he scored 8 goals in 29 games. Upon release from Wycombe he signed a contract for
his home town club, but it didn't work out at Nuneatin and he was released last week. Bradford City loan singing Luke Dean, has returned to his parent club now his months loan is expired, but coming into the club from Peterborough United is Jacob Joyce. The young striker started in the Youth team at Leicester City, before featuring in the Youth team at Posh, moving up to a regular Reserve player at Peterborough. Joyce has signed on a works experience loan. |
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| Saturday 24th | |
| Hinckley taught lesson by Stutes | |
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Hinckley United were soundly beaten at home by Histon, as they again failed to find
the back of the net for the fifth time this season. Hinckley named the same side that had started against Boston, but on this occasion were somewhat disjointed in midfield and rather casual in defence. The first half being a rather drab affair with neither side creating much. Histon took the lead on 15 minutes when Matt Breeze had the freedom of the left flank and as he crossed low into the area the ball richocheted off Callum Reynolds and past Danny Haystead into the goal. The closest Hinckley came was a Rob Oddy header that forced Jorg Stadelmann into a diving save, to turn it away for a corner. Hinckley lost striker Jermaine Clarke to an injury at half time and were forced to reshuffle, pushing Danny Newton up front. It was Histon that scored again though, in controversial circumstances from Hinckley's point of view. Loius Horne was fouled on the edge of the Histon area, but the ref waved play on. Despite not giving the foul, the ref then also forced Horne to go off the pitch to receive treatment for his bloodied face, suffered when he was brought down. Whilst Horne was off the pitch, Histon caught Hinckley in a breakaway and Lewis Taffe was 1 on 1 with Haystead, and scored Histon's second goal. Hinckley pushed everything forward but were unable to get the ball into the net. Cross after cross were being sent in from Lloyd Kerry on the right and Connor Gudger on the left but Histon got bodies back in the box and Hinckley could just not force the ball over the line, dispute having 4 good chances to do so. In the final minute with Hinckley high up the pitch chasing the game, Dan Holman was sent clear for Histon on another breakaway and made sure of the result scoring Histon's third goal. click here for: Histon match details |
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| Tuesday 20th | |
| Pilgrims preach to Hinckley | |
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Hinckley United couldn't make a comeback for a third match running as they lost 2-0
to Boston United at York Street. The two teams were evenly matched on the night and despite a spirited performance from Hinckley, they were seperated by two good second half goals from Nathan Stainfield and Danny Sleath for Boston. Andre Gray hit the crossbar for Hinckley, before Jermaine Clarke saw one of his efforts cleared off the line by a defender, and another hit the back of the net only to be ruled out for offside. New signing Levi Porter came on for his debut as a second half substitute. click here for: Boston match details |
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| Monday 19th | |
| It's FA Cup time already! | |
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The 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup has been drawn, and Hinckley United will travel
to the picturesque Derbyshire countryside to play Matlock Town, on Saturday 1st October.
Matlock play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division and are currently 9th in
the table and they beat Hucknall Town 2-0 in the 1st qualifying round to get here. Matlock Town Links: Official site: http://www.matlocktownfc.co.uk/ Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matlock_Town Message Board: http://www.phpbbserver.com/matlocktownfc/ There are just the three all Conf North ties this year, but one of them has to be the tie of the round: 2nd placed Stalybridge at home to 3rd placed Guiseley. Full draw for Conf North team: AFC Fylde or Chorley v Gainsborough Trinity Altrincham v Witton Albion Armthorpe Welfare or Stocksbridge Park Steels v Colwyn Bay Blyth Spartans AFC v Bedlington Terriers Boston United v Kidsgrove Athletic Canvey Island v Bishop's Stortford Eastwood Town v Evesham United Frickley Athletic v Harrogate Town Godalming Town or Moneyfields v Worcester City Halifax Town v Tadcaster Albion Histon v Corby Town Matlock Town v Hinckley United Needham Market or Ely City v Nuneatin Town Pickering Town or Staveley MW v Hyde Shildon or Ashington v Vauxhall Motors Solihull Moors v Loughborough Dynamo Stalybridge Celtic v Guiseley AFC Whitchurch United v Gloucester City Workington AFC v Droylsden |
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| Saturday 17th | |
| Hinckley stem Blood flow | |
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For the second week running Hinckley United came back from 2-0 down to win a game,
beating Droylsden at the Butchers Arms 2-3. And on a day of firsts, it was the first
time Hinckley had won at Droylsden, and young Jake Holt scored his first senior goal
for the club, with his first touch of the game after coming on as a substitute. The game didn't start as well as it finished for Hinckley, with the team only arriving at 2.30pm after getting stuck in traffic on the M6, and starting cold, the team found themselves losing 2-0 within the first 15 minutes. Danny Haystead missed his catch from a corner Ciaran Kilheeney headed into the goal before Dale Johnson made it two for the Bloods chipping Haystead. Hinckley began to get their feet and came more into the game as the half wore on, Jermaine Clarke seeing Sean Lake save his long range effort, before Lake pushed away an Andre Grays shot. from the resultant corner Callum Reynolds headed straight into the arms of Lake. Rob Oddy saw his shot blocked in the area, with Hinckley players claiming for an handball that was not given, and Newton missed a good chance to get a goal back when a free kick evaded everyone in the area, but rebounded off the young midfielder safely for a goal kick. Lake again palmed away a Clarke shot and from the corner the ball was cleared off the line, and the pressure finally told as Hinckley did get a goal back. Just before half time Clarke was played through the middle and 1 on 1 with Lake placed the ball under the keeper. The second half was end to end with both sides creating chances. Kilheeney turned the Hinckley defence and his good shot was well saved by Haystead, whilst David Poole also saw his shot well saved by the Hinckley keeper. Hinckley had two goal bound efforts blocked by the Bloods defence, and then Reynolds pack pass to Haystead was short, though the keepr did well to get to the ball before Johnson. Kilheeney tried his luck from long range, seeing the ball go over the bar and then Hinckley's substitute made his mark on the game. Jake Holt was brought on in the 75th minute and a quick free kick saw him played through the middle side footing the ball calmly past Lake with his first touch of the match, equalising the scores. Kilheeney had the easiest chance of the game to put Bloods back in the lead when haystead came out and missed the ball, leaving the Droylsden striker with an open goal, but he somehow poked the ball wide from 12 yards. Then Johnson also missed when 1 on 1 in the final minute, two chances wasted giving Hinckley a massive let off that they would punish them for. In the 94th minute with literally the last kick of the game, Danny Newton was sent through into the area and controlled the ball with his first touch and smashed it past Lake with his second, giving Hinckley their third consecutive victory and first win at the Butchers Arms. click here for: Droylsden match details |
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| Saturday 10th | |
| Hinckley grind out MASSIVE result | |
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Hinckley recorded back to back victories for the first time this season, beating
Halifax Town 3-2 at De Montfort Park, after coming back from 0-2 down. It was an unchanged team for the first time this season, however it wasn't the greatest performance to start with. Halifax were certainly better organised and played the ball around better than Hinckley, who were very narrow and almost inviting Halfix to attack. Danny Haystead was the busier keeper in the first half, saving a shot from Tom Baker before Gathering Gregory's header. Baker saw his long range effort go over, and then Haystead made a superb double save first from a Dan Lowe free kick, and then thwarting the follow up from Dave Heggerty. It was only a matter of time before Halifax took the lead, but when they did it wasa bit of a gift from Hinckley's defence. On 35 minutes Gregory was played through the middle of a static Hinckley defence, and with no defender tracking back had a free run at goal on the right, opting to lift the ball over the top of Haystead who was left stranded by his defence. Heggerty had a great chance to make it 0-2 before the break, but when unmarked headed a Terry Dixon cross wide of the target. Hinckley came out for the second half making a change bringing in Danny Newton into the midfield, but Halifax continued where they left off. Baker saw his shot deflected onto the outside of the post, and Simon Garner shot wide from a tight angle. The game looked over on the hour when Halifax added their second, Garner saw his initial shot saved, however Harry Winter was quickest to the loose ball and followed up giving Halifax what looked like an unnasailable lead. Sub Danny Newton made his first mark on the game with a free kick on the edge of the area on 70 minutes, he played the ball to the back post for Andre Gray to sneak in behind the defence and slot the ball past Eastwood getting Hinckley back into the game. A bit of belief lifted Hinckley after the goal and 10 minutes later were level as Halifax crumbled. This time Gray returned the favour and ran the ball to the line on the right and crossed central for Newton to make his second mark on the game by heading past Eastwood, who failed to come for the cross. Amazingly in teh final moments Hinckley managed to win a game they'd looked like losing for a long time. Newton made his third mark on the game by playing Gray through the middle and as Gray took the ball past Eastwood the Halifax keeper brought him down. As he did last week, Luke Dean stepped up and made no mistake from the penalty spot giving Hinckley a 3-2 win. click here for: Halifax match details |
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| Friday 9th | |
| Players released in shake up | |
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After threatening to have a shake up, DT has released a couple of players and a couple
more have gone on loan to get match fitness. Keenan Meakin-Richards and Jaylee Hodgson have both been released by the club. David Kolodynski has had his contract cancelled by mutual consent and has subsequently signed for Leamington. Joe Hull has been loaned to Redditch United for a month, and Ben Richards-Everton has also gone out on loan for a month, to Sutton Coldfield Town. DT has brought in a new player too, a defender, Jamal Clarke who signs for the club from Evesham United. Clarke was previously in the Academy at West Bromwich Albion. |
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| Saturday 3rd | |
| Hinckley win relegation battle | |
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Hinckley United recorded a vital away win in this early relegation battle against
Solihull Moors, winning 1-2 after coming from behind. Hinckley made changes from the previous match and new loan signings defenders Connor Gudger and Callum Reynolds started, with new signing Aaron Forde on the bench. Though the impact was not immediate as Hinckley were one goal behind after only 5 minutes when Dominic Langdon was unmarked at a corner and headed past Danny Haystead. Phil Midworth had a 25 yard effort saved by Danny Haystead before Hinckley got back in the game. Midworth fouled Stuart Hendrie in the area and Luke Dean scored from the penalty spot equalising for Hinckley. A mistake by Solihull keeper gifted Hinckley a second just before half time. Jas Singh dropped a ball from a cross and Louis Horne forced the loose ball over the line giving Hinckley a half time lead. The second half was scrappy but with a few chances for both sides. For Solihull, Andre Francis saw his header saved by Haystead, Junior English had his goalbound effort blocked and Haystead was nearly embarrassed by Simon Johnson when the Solihull forward sneaked up behind him as the Hinckley keeper rolled the ball out. Hinckley had the better of the chances with Hendrie seeing his long range effort drift wide and Dean turned well and shot goalwards, with Singh saving well. Singh was involved again when he saved a close range header from Jermaine Clarke, but Hendrie followed as the ball ran free and saw his shot go over. In the final minutes both sides could've added to the scoreline, Rob Oddy ran in from the left and saw his low drive go past the wrong side of the post and Joey Butlin was sent through the middle for Solihull, but his shot was also wide of the target. Hinckley held on to get themselves back on track. click here for: Solihull match details |
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| Friday 2nd | |
| All change | |
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After the disastrous game at Bishops Stortford, DT has made a few changes both on
and off the pitch. Nicky Platnauer has left the club by mutual consent and has been
replaced as Assistant Manager by Mark Faulkner. Player wise, Jaylee Hodgson has been released by the club, despite not really being given a chance. Three players have come in, two on loan and one signed permanent. Connor Gudger has returned to the club, along with Callum Reynolds, both coming in on loan from Tamworth. Gudger as we know is a left back, and Reynolds a central defender. Also joining the club is Aaron Forde, a central midfielder who was captain of the Walsall Academy side, but struggled to regain position at Walsall after a broken leg, and was released by the Saddlers last month. |
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