Frustration as Hucknall Town suffer a hammering at Gresley Rovers after run of postponements
Hucknall Town will be hoping to end a miserable spell at the weekend after the frustration of three successive postponements was followed by a 5-1 thrashing at Gresley Rovers on Tuesday night.
Home games with Skegness Town and Carlton Town had been lost to waterlogged pitches and last weekend's scheduled trip to Wisbech Town suffered the same fate to leave Hucknall again kicking their heels.
But, back in action at Gresley, they were well beaten, Aaron Coyle their only goalscorer, and now face a tough trio to title hopefuls Sherwood Colliery on Saturday.
Boss Tris Whitman reflected on the Gresley loss, saying: “In a game in which we never looked at our best, I felt we started brightly.
“But as in most games when we don’t create chances or seize moments, it allows the opposition to build momentum.
“Gresley started to hurt us on transitions - something we pre-warned the lads about - and scored after their first bit of sustained pressure on our goal.
“I felt Gresley out-worked us throughout and they were out of sight early on in the second half where we had a period of the game that resembled the Basford and Sherwood defeats.
“We looked devoid of ideas and didn’t match the opposition in any capacity.
“We were particularly frustrated as we lacked bravery to try and get on the ball and on the odd occasion we did, we looked threatening, which saw us get one back.
“However a combination of our mistakes, poor structure and the opposition quality, saw Gresley make it five before full time.
“Although it was a disappointing evening, it was good to get back to playing and hopefully the boys can find a positive rhythm leading into a run of difficult fixtures starting with Sherwood on Saturday.
“The match at Debdale Park kicks off at 3pm on Saturday and we are hoping for a large following to spur the lads on in order to overcome what was a substandard night at Gresley.
Hucknall will then host Carlton Town on Wednesday, 3rd December (7.45) in their rearranged Notts FA Senior Cup tie.