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| October 2007 | |
| Saturday 27th October | |
| Heggs returns to haunt | |
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Former Hinckley striker Carl Heggs returned to the Marston's and helped Redditch
United to make it 14 league games for Hinckley without a win. Hinckley started
brightly but as soon as Chris Murphy gave Redditch the lead in the first half,
seemed to lose hope. Early in the second half, Carl Heggs finished off a neat
Redditch move to make it 0-2 and no way back for Hinckley. Colin Marrison headed
a consolation right at the end but was too little too late and Redditch took the
points with a 1-2 victory. Click here for: Redditch match details |
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| Friday 26th October | |
| 2 signings in time for the weekend | |
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DT has made two new signings ahead of tomorrows game against Redditch at the Marston
Stadium. 21 year old midfielder Callum Lloyd signs from Kettering Town and 24 year
old central defender Steve Jackman from Brackley Town. Lloyd played a couple of seasons for Mansfield Town before going out on loan to Alfreton Town and then signing for Kettering Town. With the arrival of another midfielder at Kettering he's dropped down the selection order and become available, so DT has taken this opportunity and signed him on. Jackman was at Bedford Town before moving to Histon, where he was part of the squad that won promotion to the Blue Square Premier last season. He was released by them at the start of this season and had been playing for Brackley Town, currently 2nd in the Southern League Premier. |
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| Tuesday 23rd October | |
| Unlucky number 13 | |
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It was a case of unlucky 13th match for Hinckley, but let's face it the other 12
have been just as bad, when Tamworth won convincingly at the Lamb 3-0. Hinckley
were 2-0 down within the first 15 minutes from goals by Nick Wright and Matt
Williams. Defender Andy Penny also went off injured in those first 15 minutes and
Hinckley were left chasing the game. A second goal for Williams in the second half
sealed the defeat and left Hinckley almost bottom of the table, with just 3 better
goal difference keeping them above Hucknall. Click here for: Tamworth match details |
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| Saturday 20th October | |
| 12 and counting | |
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Two first half goals meant that Hinckley United returned from Burscough with only
a point, in a 1-1 draw, and still look for the first win of the season. Andy Penny
headed Hinckley into the lead from a corner in the 19th minute, only for Ciaran
Kilheeny to equalise for Burscough on the half hour. New loan signing Dave McClements
also made his debut for Hinckley United. Click here for: Burscough match details |
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| Friday 19th October | |
| Thomas continues with his hitlist | |
| Richard Sneekes has been released and Lee Philpott transfer listed as DT continues to change things around at the Marston Stadium. Following Charlie Palmers exit earlier in the week, Dean said that players would have to leave before new players arrived and the first casualties are the elder players at the club. Sneekes and Philpott had failed to make any great impact (though who has this season?) and have made way to bring in fresh faces. The first signing is right winger Dave McClements, in on a month's loan from Sheffield Wednesday. | |
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| Tuesday 16th October | |
| Charlie Palmer replaced by Nicky Platnauer | |
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Hinckley United have parted company with Charlie Palmer, assistant manager to Dean
Thomas, after 8 years at the club. In his place Dean Thomas has brought in Nicky
Platnauer as a new assistant manager. With the club in it's current situation Dean
Thomas needs extra help with the 'off the pitch' side of affairs. Because of the
situation with Palmer's full time job Thomas felt it necessary to let him go and
bring in Platnauer. Platnauer, a former Leicester City, Notts County and Hinckley United player, was last involved in management at Bedford Town where he was successful in getting them promoted to the Conference South but unfortunately was not able to keep them in the division, and so relieved of his duties at the Bedfordshire club. Thomas said: "Charlie has been a loyal and good friend, and covered my back on many occasions over the past 8 years. He is certainly not being used as a scapegoat. As the job gets tougher the higher up you go through the leagues, and even more so with the circumstance the club finds itself in at the moment, I'd like someone with maybe a few more contacts inside the game, and who can share a greater deal of the workload. It's difficult for Charlie because of his full time job and so I've had to make one of the toughest decisions of my management career, and replace Charlie with Nicky Platnauer." Thomas added: "I've known Nicky for a long time, I even had him as a player here, and he has been on the managerial side of the fence so will know what it's all about. I intend for him to bring an extra impetuous to the players, a new face in the changing room who will speak his mind but also be a calming influence. As an ex-manager Nicky will also have more contacts which will be invaluable as we have to work to a playing budget, meaning that for players to come into the club, some players will have to leave the club. I can't stress how much I want to thank Charlie for all he has done in the past 8 years both for the club and for me personally." |
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| Sunday 14th October | |
| FA Cup over for another year | |
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Boston United easily knocked Hinckley United out of the FA Cup winning 4-1 at York
Street. Richard Lavery had given Hinckley the lead in the very first minute, but
it was all down hill from there. Kieron Leabon equalised for Boston just before
half time and then gave his team the lead early in the second half. Tony Crane
scored a penalty for Boston just after the hour mark and Lee Thompson wrapped up
Boston's goals with 10 minutes left. Suffice to say, it wasn't the best Hinckley
performance ever. Click here for: Boston United match details |
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| Saturday 13th October | |
| FA Cup coverage on Radio Lincolnshire | |
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For those Hinckley United fans that can't get to the game at Boston United for the
FA Cup tomorrow, full match commentary will be streamed live over the internet by
BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Coverage begins at 3pm. Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/ |
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| Tuesday 9th October | |
| Thomas asks for more time | |
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Dean Thomas has asked for patience as the pressure on him, to be replaced, increases
by each match. Defeat at home to Harrogate on Saturday piled on the agony for the
Hinckley boss, leaving United second from bottom in the Blue Square North without
a win in their first 11 games, and discontent is creeping in on the terraces. However Thomas said: "I am not going to walk away and I hope the club will give me time to turn things around. We need to be strong, stick together and hang in there. We have had a lot of success over the past ten years, I haven't suddenly become a bad manager and I am confident I can turn things round. But a quarter of the season has already gone and we have got to start winning. Only one person gets the sack and that's me. You don't sack 15 players. I am a good manager, I have proved that in the past and I know I can get us out of the predicament we are in." United twice led against top of the table Harrogate and a shot from substitute Brian Woodall crashed against the bottom of an upright in the closing stages with the goalkeeper beaten. Thomas said: "That (Woodall's shot) would have made it 3-2 to us, but there is a thin line between winning and losing in football and you also need a bit of luck which is not what we are getting. We also need to show more determination when we are in front and not give away silly goals. Harrogate are as good as side as we have played against this season and we did well against them." Some savage injury blows have not helped although Thomas refuses to point to them as excuses for the poor run of results. Thomas added: "We have lost some big players, but that is what happens in football. We have to get through this together and the players have to ask big questions of themselves. What we need is the players to show more commitment and determination and win matches. When you are succesful the manager pulls the strings, but when you are struggling the board pulls the strings, but we have to stick together." |
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| Saturday 6th October | |
| Hinckley return to losing ways | |
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A last minute goal from Danny Holland ended Hinckley's resistance to table top
Harrogate as they won 2-3 at the Marston Stadium. Hinckley had the perfect start
when Kyle Storer headed them in front in the 5th minute, only to see the lead pegged
back by an excellent opportunist strike from 25 yards by Jamie Price, 10 minutes
later. A bizarre refereeing decision saw confusion around the ground on 40 minutes
when the ref awarded a penalty to Harrogate after Sean Bowles had successfully
collected the ball at the feet of a Danny Holland. Having awarded the penalty,
the ref then consulted his linesman, then overuled his own decision and started
play with a drop ball in the area. Hinckley broke away just before half time and
Jamie Lenton crossed to the far post to Dominic Roma who powered a header past
Aspden and in off the post to give Hinckley a 2-1 half time lead. Harrogate were
level again on the hour as Danny Holland was sent through the middle and placed
the ball past Bowles in a one on one. Substitute Brain Woodhall had an excellent
chance to give Hinckley the lead again with 10 minutes remaining. He out paced
the defence and fired the ball past the goalkeeper only to see it agonisingly
rebound off the base of the post. Hinckley were to rue this miss though, when in
the final minute Darren Dunning tried a shot from the edge of the area and Bowles
diving to his left palmed the ball away, but only to the feet of Danny Holland
who blasted into the goal to give Harrogate the 2-3 win. Click here for: Harrogate Town match details |
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| Monday 1st October | |
| FA Cup 3rd qualifying draw | |
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Another trip to York Street for Hinckley United, as we have been drawn away at
Boston United in the 3rd Qualifying round of the FA Cup. When the two clubs met
there in August a Jon Stevenson goal gave Hinckley a 1-1 draw, but Stevenson now
has the chance to 'turn the tables' for Boston as he now plays for the Lincolnshire
club. The game takes place Saturday 13th October. For the full draw affecting BS North clubs click here: FA Cup page. |
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