Herts Senior County League Division 1
Hinton 0 v 1 Bushey Reserves After their impressive win over Premier Division Wormley the previous weekend, Hinton were brought back to earth with a bump suffering their first defeat of the season losing 1 - 0 at home to Bushey Reserves. Losing 5 players from the previous weekends success forced Manager Mick Clarke into re arranging his squad and calling on four Reserves to bolster it. The first half was quite an even contest but Bushey had the better opportunities going close to opening the scoring but were denied by Hinton keeper Lewis Pontin and some good defending. However Hinton conceded a sloppy goal seconds after the interval when they were momentarily down to 10 men. When Hinton's top marksman Matt Langley suffered a knee injury shortly afterwards one had the feeling it wasn't going to be Hinton's day but they might have been helped if a Bushey forward had been dismissed as he should have been for kicking out at Hinton Captain Paul Clarke early in the second half, but surprisingly and unjustly was only booked. Hinton's best chance to equalise fell to Dan Bonner who was unable to convert from a yard out and whilst Hinton pressed until the final whistle they were unable to equalise and tasted defeat for the first time this season. Manager Mick Clarke was upset at the result remarking "The problem at this level of football is the lack of commitment of players. The teams that win things are able to put out the same core of players week in week out, when you lose 5 players from your squad, 4 of whom are regular starters, it throws out the balance of the side. If we want to be successful this season players have to show greater commitment the choice is theirs"
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Aubrey Cup Round 1
Wormley FC 2 v 7 Hinton FC Hinton extended their unbeaten run to 6 games with another display of clinical finishing against premier division Wormley with a conclusive 7 -2 win and now face Letchworth Garden City Eagles in the 2nd round. Both Hinton and Wormley came into the game unbeaten so far this season so a close encounter was expected. After a slow start Hinton might have found themselves goals behind were it not for good goal keeping by Lewis Pontin and poor finishing, however Hinton’s top marksman Matt Langley gave Hinton the lead after 15 minutes and Hinton then stepped up a gear Langley completing a hat trick before half time and Gary Silvera adding their fourth. Wormley’s prospects of recovering the game were seriously dented when a Wormley defender was dismissed for a second bookable offence. Replacing Langley at half time as a precaution due to a minor injury provided no let up for Wormley as Langley’s replacement Ryan Nash, scored from close range shortly after the break with his first touch to give Hinton a 5 – 0 lead. To their credit Wormley continued the fight and were rewarded when Hinton gifted them an opportunity and they made it 5 – 1, however Hinton were always a threat going forward and a superb 25 yard effort from Jhevaughn Burford restored their 5 goal margin. Bobby Bartlett hit Hinton’s 7th to put the result beyond all doubt and although Hinton gifted Wormley a late consolation goal the result was a resounding one for Hinton. Manager Mick Clarke was delighted to see his team continue their season long unbeaten run and remarked “We’re playing some superb football at the moment and our finishing was clinical. It’s particularly pleasing to beat a team that were sitting 4th in the division above us and who also came into the game unbeaten, we must keep our feet on the ground but it’s a promising start” |
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September 2017
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