HOLWELL SPORTS V HUCKNALL TOWN

UCL DIVISION 1 

SAT DEC 18TH 2021 3 PM KO

MATCH PREVIEW

The Yellows travel to Melton Mowbray looking to make it 4 games unbeaten and to try and close the gap on the top 5 which is now 3 points. With Belper playing Radford and Aylestone visiting Kimberley it could be a key weekend for Hucknall.

However Holwell will be encouraged by their 4 2 victory last Saturday at home to Aylestone and will provide stern opposition on their Welby Road pitch.

Holwell lie in 16th with a record of played 25 winning 9 drawing 2 and losing 14 with a goal difference of minus 13.

Victories have come at home to Bourne Town, Borrowash, Blackstones, Barrow and Aylestone and away at Clifton, Ingles, Birstall and Lutterworth.

The two draws were at home to Dunkirk and away at Bourne.

Defeats have come at home to West Bridgford, Birstall, Kimberley, Saffron Dynamo, Gedling and Graham Street and away at Aylestone, St Andrews, Hinckley, Kirby Muxloe, Radford, Belper, Barrow and At Watnall Road where Hucknall won an entertaining game 3 1 with the visitors being applauded off the field by the home fans at the end.

Hucknall's record now reads played 24 winning 14 drawing 5 and losing 5 with a GD of plus 28 to lie in 6th position.

Hopefully the weather and Covid restrictions won't put paid to the game and it is a new ground for me so I'm looking forward to another good game between the two sides.

Safe travels all

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HARROWBY UNITED V HUCKNALL TOWN

UCL DIV 1 SAT 27TH NOVEMBER 21 3 PM KO

MATCH PREVIEW

Hucknall face another difficult looking away trip this time to Harrowby United who are based in Grantham.

The Yellows will be looking to get back to winning ways after picking up just 1 point in the last 3 league games after 8 straight wins and have dropped out of the play off fixture to 7th spot.

Harrowby sit a point and a place below town having played a game more so will leapfrog Hucknall should they be victorious.

Harrowby's record is played 22 winning 12 drawing 3 and losing 7 with a goal difference of plus 20. 

Harrowby began the season quite well with 3 wins and a draw before a first defeat against league leaders Aylestone.and from there it's been a pretty much mixed bag of results with wins against Bourne Town(h), Graham Street (a),  Blackstones (h&a), Borrowash (h), A notable home win over Kimberley, Barrow(h), West Bridgford (a)and Gedling(a)

Defeats against Kirby Muxloe (h), Saffron Dynamo (a), Radford (h), Hinckley (h), St Andrews (a) and Belper United (h)

Draws Dunkirk (a), last game against Clifton (a) and on opening day of the season at home to Ingles.

Danny Durkin must be watched as he has 19 goals to his name so far this season but other players have also been scoring their fair share.

Hucknall come to Dickens Road having had a disappointing defeat at Belper, a penalty shoot out defeat to a young Notts County Team in the Notts Senior Cup and the crazy home game against Saffron Dynamo when the Yellows found themselves 5 1 down at half time.

Hot on the heels of David Leak returning to the club another very familiar face has returned for the umpteenth time. I think the fans will have mixed feelings about the return of Matt 'Cabbage' Brian but I think we need his playing style up front. With Grant Ryan suspended and Joe Ashurst unavailable I think he will start.

Sadly I will miss the game through working instead but should be a decent game as both teams will be aiming to close the gap on the play off positions.

Keep safe all and safe travels

Hucknall have no Halloween Scares and Seal Another Win

Hucknall Town 3 St Andrews 0

UCL Div 1 Sat 30TH October 3 PM KO

Match Report

Hucknall Town 1 Jake Pearson 2 Cayne Maxwell 3 Luis Kinnerley 4 Oli Brown 5 Jordan Phillips 6 Lenny Jenkins 7 Aaron Lamb 8 Michael Banister (Capt) 9 Craig Westcarr 10 Joe Ashurst 11 Grant Ryan

Subs: Hubbard, Francis, Slack and Short

Attendance:  241

Officials: Ian Ruddock, Ian Wilkinson and Jonathan Hines

With Sam Sims and Courtney Bartley unavailable and Captain Aaron Short still injured from Tuesday night Cayne Maxwell slotted in at full back with Phillips and Jenkins playing Centre Halves. Michael Banister captained the side and Aaron Lamb kept his place in midfield. 

St Andrews were a big strong side and chances in the first half were at a premium with neither keeper having much to do. Indeed it took a mistake by the visiting keeper. Grant Ryans effort somehow squirmed underneath the keeper and into the net.

Jake Pearson was then called into action with a smart save just before half time.

Hucknall came out second half looking to increase the lead and did so when the  the keeper again should have done better allowing Ryan to get his second of the game. 

The Keeper then made two excellent saves from Oli Browns effort which looked destined to go in but was fingertipped wide and then Craig Westcarr was denied with an effort that was pushed onto the post but the flag was raised anyway.

Joe Ashurst wrapped up the points with a smart finish which went just inside the post.

St Andrews battled well but never really tested Pearson again as the Yellows took the points to move up to second.

Kimberley were beaten at home by Birstall who host the Yellows next Saturday with no mid week game this week.

UCL DIV 1 WEEKLY ROUND UP 

SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER AND MID WEEK

Again we have new leaders with Kimberley MWFC returning to top spot after defeating Lutterworth Athletic 5 nil at the Stag on Tuesday. This followed a fine comeback win in the FA Vase on Saturday against Studley.

Aylestone were also involved in the Vase Saturday and progressed through to the next round with a comfortable 4 nil home win over Wednesfield. They had no mid week game.

Hucknall won again on the Saturday 3 nil at home to Ingles who were reduced to 10 men in the first half. Hucknall remain in third spot level with Aylestone but having played a game more. It was Hucknall's 5th league win in a row.

The two teams just below are on Similar runs.

Radford in 4th have won 4 in a row but bowed out of the Vase on Saturday in a home defeat to Boldmere St Michaels. Radford are 3 points behind Hucknall with a game in hand.

Hinckley have responded well to a heavy home defeat inflicted by Hucknall and have also won the last five league games remarkably scoring 4 in every game. They are 6 points behind Hucknall with 2 games in hand.

Just outside the play off places are Belperr United who had no midweek game and bowed out of the Vase on Sunday with a 2 1 home defeat to Rugby Town.

Belper have only played 13 games and have games in hand on all the teams above them and are very much in touch with the teams above them.

At the bottom Borrowash suffered another defeat at home to Hinckley to remain bottom on 4 points. Graham Street had no league game and bowed out of the Vase 4 0 at home to Litchfield on Saturday. They remain 2nd bottom on 5 points.

Blackstones also lost again to remain 3rd bottom.

There is a 5 point gap to 4th bottom Bourne Town who had no league game. Clifton above them had a good 4 2 away win at Gedling MWFC on Saturday to pull away from the bottom 3.

Enjoy your football this weekend where ever it may be.

Hucknall Hope To Spook St Andrews

 HUCKNALL TOWN V ST ANDREWS

UCL DIV 1 SAT 30TH OCTOBER 21 3 PM KO

MATCH PREVIEW

St Andrews are the visitors to Watnall Road this Saturday looking to cement their place in the top 5 and put pressure on the two teams above them.

St Andrews themselves will have ambitions of making the play off spots and had a good start to the season indeed heading the table a couple of times but their challenge is in serious danger of falling apart after recent results.

At the moment they lie 10th in the table playing 16 winning 7 drawing 2 and losing 7 with a GD of plus 8.

They started of winning therir first three league fixtures by the same score 4 nil to be one of the early pace setters. A draw and a win followed before they tasted defeat for the first time losing 5 nil at Belper United.

They responded by winning the next 2 games both 3 1 before losing at Kirby Muxloe after being 2 nil up.

A decent win on penalties at Clipstone in the FA Vase followed before a 4 1 win at home to Holwell Sports and at this point St Andrews were very much in the mix.

In 8 games since then their have been defeats to Kimberley, Hinckley, Ingles, Dunkirk and Saffron Dynamo in the league plus a vase exit at division rivals Birstall United. The only point gained was courtesy of a 2 2 draw at Gedling. They were leading in the home game with Bourne but that game was abandoned by the officials after Bourne had to many players sin binned at one time for the match to continue.

So Hucknall will be looking to add to their woes and will be feeling confident after winning 5 league games and a Notts Senior cup game at Clifton in midweek to make it 6 wins from 6.

Their League record stands at played 17 winning 11 drawing 3 and losing 3 with a GD of plus 24.

Manager Andy Graves will have to make at least one change as Sam Sims is unavailable for this one.

Should be a decent game.

Keep Safe all

HUCKNALL TOWN V INGLES

UCL DIV 1 SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER 21 3 PM KO

MATCH PREVIEW

Another Leicestershire side visit Watnall Road this Saturday. Ingles who groundshare with landlords Shepshed Dynamo are the visitors. No strangers to the Yellows though as they are old EMCL sparring partners who always provide stern opposition.

Ingles have had a pretty mixed season so far lying in 16th of the 23 teams in the division with a record of played 15 winning 6 drawing 2 and losing 7 and a goal difference of minus 4.

They started off the season quite well. Unbeaten in their first 4 games with creditable draws against the current league leaders Aylestone and Harrowby and wins against the current bottom two sides.

They then lost to Belper at home and this triggered 7 league defeats in a row. Sandwiched in between was a 4 1 victory over Blackstones in the FA Vase a feat they repeated in the home league to end the losing streak.

This in turn has sparked a run of 4 successive victories which have all been at home so they are back on form. 

They also have have the services of striker Billy Clarke who lies third in the division scoring charts on 15 goals behind Birstall's Paul Pallett on 19 and the remarkable stats of Aylestone's Shay Brennan who now has 37 goals from 16 games. 

Hucknall are on a fine run themselves and are also on a run of 4 successive victories.

Their league record reads as played 16 winning 10 drawing 3 and losing 3 with a GD of plus 21 to remain in third spot.

They also have a striker on form in Craig Westcarr  who has scored in the last 5 successive games.

Should be a decent game which I will unfortunately miss due to work commitments.

Enjoy and keep safe

UCL DIV 1 ROUND UP 

SATURDAY 16TH OCTOBER AND MIDWEEK

Once again we have new leaders with Aylestone Park taking over at the top with a ten goal demolition of bottom side Borrowash and a 4 nil away victory at Kirby Muxloe. The incredible goalscoring record of Shay Brennan was further enhanced with 5 in the Saturday game and 3 more on Tuesday night taking his tally to 37 from just 16 games.

Previous leaders suffered only their second defeat at the hands of Harrowby on Saturday and were playing in the Notts Senior Cup on Tuesday where they responded well by beating fellow division rivals Dunkirk 7 1. Luis Rose returned to the club by scoring 5 of them.

Hucknall Town remained in third place despite having no midweek game. The Yellows had a comfortable 5 1 win at Blackstones on Saturday.

Radford joined them on 33 points by beating Belper to maintain their rich run of form. Belper like Kimberley suffered only their second defeat and missed a chance to close the gap on the top four though they still have games in hand. 

Radford also won on the Saturday beating Kirby Muxloe at home whilst Belper beat West Bridgford at home to move into 5th spot.

After their victory over then leaders Kimberley, Harrowby came from 2 goals down at half time to defeat Blackstones at home to lie just below the play off spots.

Birstall's recent loss of form continued as they drew at Graham Street and lost at home to Holwell on Tuesday which dropped them to 7th.

At the bottom Borrowash lost their two games and stay on 4 points. Neighbours Graham Street are just above on 5 and Blackstone make up the bottom 3 on 6 points. There is a five point gap above them where Clifton are 4th bottom after picking up their second win of the season at home to Barrow Town.