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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September 2017
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