Match Thread: (The Return of Town) Harrogate Town v Hinckley Utd

So a new look team for tonight and hopefully a crucial 3 points! I hope its on Radio York tonight as York City are not playing so hopefully we will be on fm?
Come on Town!

arnt you going to the game matey ???

Should be a good game cant wait to see some live football again, The new lads on paper look good enough to get us out of relegation, BUT i guess we will find out for sure 2nite ! CMON TOWN!!!!!!!!

Nah, cant find a lift there haha, hopefully we have a strong enough squad now to stay up so the debutants i hear should be:
Lee Bennett, Martin Foster, Peter Knox, Lee Gregory, Jason Bradley and Ben Muirhead
COME ON TOWN!!!!!

Team news! Sturdy returns!

1. Aaron Ratchford
2. Jon Maloney
3. Craig James
4. Matt Foster
5. Matt Bloomer
6. Simon Sturdy!
7. Adam Nowakowski
8. Richard Dunning
9. Lee Gregory
10. Peter Knox
11. Ben Muirhead

12. Stephen Hernandez
14. Michael Wood
15. Simon Yeo
16. Jason Bradley
17. Jim Ghaichem

Interesting! No McTiernan, Harrison, Woodhouse and the others! Come on Town!

Only three subs named on the bench for Hinckley! Come on youu Town!

35 Minutes Gone and a 25 yarder puts Hinckley in the lead.
Neil Cartwright on 35.
1-0

HALFTIME:
Harrogate Town 0
Hinckley United 1

Only 1 goal, come on Town!

62 Minutes Gone: 1-1 Peter Knox!!!!! The debut man, Get in Town!

j2021 wrote:
BUT i guess we will find out for sure 2nite ! CMON TOWN!!!!!!!!

Don't think tonight will decide anything for sure. Hinckley are one of the best three sides in the league and no team has lost fewer than the three defeats they have suffered.
If we get anything from the game it will be a good result (hopefully, if we do lose, it is not by more than 2 goals because we will be back on the bottom of the league)

2-1 Town!!!!
Jason Bradley 82nd minute! Another Debut Goal from another Debut Striker
Brilliant! Come on you Town!

3-1 Town!!!!!!!! They must be playing well!
Peter Knox's second goal of the game!
OOO TOWN

The first half performance i was getting seriously worried for our season, but then the 2nd half came around AND BAM!!!!! we were in their faces getting stuck in so well and really bearing down on goal on so many occasions, credit has to be given to weaver for making the sub at half time. The whole squad and management team looked absolutely delighted with the 2nd half performance and so they should be... GET IN THERE!!!!!!!!!

Great second half fightback - bearing in mind this is the 1st Town game that 5 new players had been involved in, I thought the last 45 minutes were exceptional. For the 1st time in a long time I felt we went at the opposition, played without fear, held onto the ball instead of giving it away, and a distinct sign that players were prepared to take responsibility - rock solid in defence in the second half.
1st half not so good - Aaron made up for the goal with 2 stunning saves but we seemed off the pace though we played well in the 1st 10 minutes - don't know what Simon did at 1/2 time (Red Bull??) but if he could bottle it the club would make a fortune!!
Disappointing crowd so doubled up on the raffle and still didn't get within 50 of the winning number - great 3 points and whilst one swallow doesn't make a summer a performance to feel optimistic about.
Great to leave the ground feeling positive.
Happy New Year!!

Great night, if rather frustrating for me, missed the last 2 goals due to having to catch train! Agree with everything the last two posters say: you have to give credit to Simon Weaver for 1)picking the right team: Nowakowski was excellent, some superb balls through to the strikers, Sturdy was rock solid and almost scored (great to see him back!) 2) doing or saying something at half time to lift the players, and an inspired substitution with Bradley, and not waiting till the 70th minute to do it either. Second half was awesome, Town looked dangerous every time they attacked (how often have we said that recently!), To be honest Bradley and Knox look pretty intimidating bearing down on the defence, and you could see Hinckley visibly wilting under the pressure. I thought for a moment Jsmes Dean's twin brothers had signed for us

I guess we need to keep calm, it IS only one win and we need plenty more, but its hard to see this team not winning more matches..so well done to the people who found the new players (and I guess Bill must be digging into his wallet for their wages), well done to Simon for finding the right 11 (or 12!), and getting that second half performance out of them.

Now we need more fans to return...142 was shocking