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| March 2013 | |
| Saturday 9th | |
| ...And we're outta here | |
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Hinckley United were officially confirmed as relegated following a 4-1 defeat to Gloucester
City. Pending any fall out from the AGM Cup, Hinckley will be playing in the Northern Premier
or the Southern Premier league next season. In the match, it was Gloucester who did most of the attacking, though did take their time to eventually break down a dogged Hinckley team, and 3 goals in the last 20 minutes saw the points won by the Tigers. City took the lead on the quarter hour when Adam Mann crossed from the left onto the head of Sam Rawlings running in to 'bullet' his header past Martin Conway. City kept the pressure on, but couldn't add to their goal tally, and then were stunned 5 minutes before half time when Jack Lane equalised with Hinckley's goal of the season, FACT! Lane picked the ball up from a headed clearance 35 yards from goal and on the half volley struck the ball looping over Mike Green in the Tiger's goal. Goal of the season? Judge for yourself here: Jack Lane's goal on YouTube. It would turn out to be the highlight of Hinckley's day as Gloucester's experience came through in the final quarter of the match. With 20 minutes left, the Hinckley defence failed twice to clear the ball out of their area, and Mann picked up on the loose ball firing into the bottom corner of the net. Minutes later City scored their third from a corner as the ball came floated in to the near post a Steve Davies flick header guided the ball past Conway. Then finally in the closing stages, Declan Towers caught Darren Edwards in the area and Edwards stepped up to convert the spot kick, giving Gloucester a 4-1 win, and condemning Hinckley to relegation. click here for: Gloucester match details |
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| Tuesday 5th | |
| Massive Attack | |
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Any other year and a heavy away defeat would be a major concern for Hinckley United,
however losing by 7 (seven) goals to Halifax Town at the Calderdale Arena, is not even
our worst defeat this season. To say the game was one sided is a bit of an understatement and 'play off' chasing Halifax were dominant pretty much throughout. Hinckley's only positive was that even as the goals went in against the young team, they still put the effort in, still tried to play football and at the least, lost with dignity. For Halifax, Lee Gregory helped himself to a hatrick, a brace for Alex Johnson, with goals for Dan Gardner and Alex Tichener in between. click here for: Halifax Town match details |
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| Saturday 2nd | |
| Shock! Another home defeat | |
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Hinckley United's recent mini revival ended with a home defeat to play off chasing
Gainsborough Trinity, though would finish the match frustrated with some refereeing
decisions. A major blow for Hinckley happened in the first 5 minutes when captain Declan Towers had to be substituted with an injury, meaning the back four were shuffled around. On the quarter hour, with Hinckley's defence still organising itself, Gainsborough took advantage with a long ball down the middle that Paul Connor latched onto and lobbed over the advancing Martin Conway, giving Trinity the lead. Conway did get down low to smother at the feet of Craig Nelthorpe, but he had no chance with Gainsborough's second goal just before half time, when Connor found himself free to head a cross into goal from close range. Hinckley were positive they had a way back into the game right on half time as a corner came in and Danny Hone missed his clearance with the ball bouncing off his arm in the goal area. To the frustration and anger of the Hinckley bench and players, the referee waved 'play on' and Hinckley went into half time 0-2 down. The second half was pretty much a 'non event' for Hinckley as they struggled to break down a resolute Gainsborough defence and midfield that seemed to have settled for the result already. Connor was determind to get his hatrick though, and on the hour he dribbled the ball past James Hartland, but Conway wasequal to his shot makingthe save low to his right. Connor again had a good chance to score his third with 15 minutes left when he headed a corner goalwards but saw the ball rebound back off the crossbar. Conway was again in action in the closing stages as he tipped over a long range effort from Josh Wilde and the scoreline finished 0-2 to Gainsborough. click here for: Gainsborough match details |
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