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| February 2012 | |
| Wednesday 15th | |
| Win lifts Hinckley out of relegation zone | |
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Hinckley United returned to action after a two week lay off and recorded a good 0-2
away win at Corby Town, our first visit to their new Steel Park ground, lifting the
club out of the relegation zone. Leicester City loan goalkeeper Patrick Lane and Notts County loan central defender Haydn Hollis were making their club debuts, and Craig Farrell was making his first appearance as a full on Hinckley player, having signed a contract following his loan spell and then release from Athletico Telford. The first half was fairly mundane and non descript, teh ball spending most of it's time in the air and neither side getting a grip on the game, and neither keeper really called into action. Mark Jones had a good chance for Corby when played through on goal but placed his shot wide of Lane and the wide of the goal, and Lloyd Kerry was also clear on goal for Hinckley but saw his effort saved by Chris MacKenzie. Hinckley stepped up a gear in the second half and whilst Corby were lacklustre up front, MacKenzie in their goal was showing his former club what he was capable of. He was called into action 10 minutes into the second half when Sam Belcher fired in from 25 yards, only for MacKenzie to tip his effort over the bar. From the corner Hollis headed from close range and Mackenzie produced a superb save to keep it out. Hinckley did take the lead just before the hour when Andre Gray did well on the right and crossed the ball to teh far post to Rich Lavery unmarked to head down into the net. Hinckley doubled their lead 5 minutes later when Gray's header beat Mackenzie but was cleared off the line by Stephen Towers, however Corby didn't clear the ball properly and Farrell took advantage by blasting home from close range making it 0-2. Gray then saw another shot deflected and then cleared away, before Mackenzie dived and reached another effort with his fingertips. With the game coming to a close Belcher tried another longshot and Mackenzie was relieved to see it smash off the crossbar and the matched finished 0-2 to Hinckley, the club jumping over Vauxhall in the league table and out of the relegation zone. click here for: Corby match details |
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| Saturday 11th | |
| Ice, Ice, Baby | |
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A third consecutive match falls victim to the weather as Vauxhall Motors were forced
to postpone their home game with Hinckley today, due to a frozen pitch. For those fans that want to watch a game, Hinckley have arranged a friendly against Nuneaton, whose game has also been postponed, to be played on Hinckley's All Weather pitch. The game kicks off at 1.30pm and is free entry to all. |
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| Tuesday 7th | |
| Another match slips on thin ice | |
| The re-re-re-rearranged home game against Solihull Motors has been postponed for a third time, or is that fourth, to tell the truth I've lost count. This time it has fallen victim to the ice and snow which is still with us. No new date has been scheduled yet, but looking like March could get busy with the fizzy. | |
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| Saturday 4th | |
| Big freeze hits home | |
| Like most other games up and down the country, the freezing weather has frozen Hinckley's pitch pretty solid. The very short pitch inspection was held at 9.30am Saturday morning and the chances were rated between no chance to absolutely no chance of a game being played. Therefore Hinckley United v Boston United is OFF. No new date has been scheduled yet. | |
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