8Tth SEPTEMBER  BUNTINGFORD COUGARS WHITE LOST 7-0

WITH A FEW MORE PLAYERS AVAILABLE THIS SEASON THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HITCHIN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT OUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERANT YELLOW TEAM WITHOUT BOROWING PLAYERS WHO HAVE ALREADY  PLAYED FOR THE GREENS . WITH FIVE HITCHIN PLAYERS MAKING DEBUTS THIS WAS A DIFFICULT GAME AND ALTHOUGH LOSEING 7-0 A FEW LESSONS WERE LEARNED AND IM SURE THAT THE SEASON WILL GET BETTER FOR THE YELLOWS

15Tth SEPTEMBER BALDOCK TEMPLERS LOST 2-0

A BALDOCK GOAL IN EACH HALF LOST THE GAME FOR HITCHIN BUT THIS WAS A MUCH IMPROVED HITCHIN PERFORMANCE THAN THE PREVIOUS WEEK . THE YELLOWS PLAYED WITH A LOT MORE SHAPE THAN THE WEEK BEFORE AND WERE MUCH MORE OF A THREAT . A SPECIAL MENTION MUST GO TO GASPARD WHO PLAYED HIS FIRST GAME FOR HITCHIN

22nd SEPTEMBER LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY EAGLES BLUE LOST 3-0

ONCE AGAIN  THIS WAS A MUCH IMPROVED  HITCHIN DISPLAY. ALTHOUGH LOSING 3-0 THIS WAS A VERY STRONG LETCHWORTH SIDE AND HITCHIN BATTLED VERY HARD AND ONCE OR TWICE THREATENED THE LETCHWORTH GOAL  ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE LOST THE FIRST THREE GAMES THE YELLOWS ARE STILL IMPROVING AND DO NOT LOOK LIKE THE SIDE THAT PLAYED AT THE START OF THE SEASON

29th SEPTEMBER LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY EAGLES WHITE DREW 1-1

THE YELLOWS SCORED THEIR FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON AND SHOULD REALLY HAVE TAKEN ALL THREE AFTER GIFTING LETCHWORTH A SECOND HALF EQUALISER . CONGRATULATIONS TO CONNOR FOR SCORING HIS FIRST HITCHIN GOAL  THIS WAS EASILY THE YELLOWS BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON .

6th OCTOBER STOTFOLD JUNIORS A WON 3-0

THE YELLOWS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED DISPLAY AWAY AT STOTFOLD.  HITCHIN TOOK A 1-0 HALF-TIME LEAD WITH KYLE'S FIRST EVER HITCHIN GOAL.  HITCHIN CONTROLLED MOST OF THE GAME AND WITH GASPARD LOOKING VERY GOOD AT THE BACK ADDED TWO MORE SECOND HALF GOALS THROUGH ROBERT AND A FIRST FOR HITCHIN FROM OLIVER .HITCHIN 3-0 WIN WAS EASILY THEIR BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON. 

13th OCTOBER ST NEOTS TOWN YOUTH A  LOST 3-0

THIS WAS A STRANGE  GAME WITH ST NEOTS PUTTING OUT A STRONG TEAM IN THEIR  SECOND GAME OF THE DAY AGAINST THE YELLOWS . THE BOYS STRUGGLED TO KEEP THE ST NEOTS TEAM AWAY FROM THEIR GOAL AND FELL BEHIND IN THE FIRST HALF TWO MORE SECOND HALF GOALS FOLLOWED FROM ST NEOTS . THIS WAS ONE OF THE YELLOWS POORER DISPLAYS WITH THE TEAM LOSING SHAPE AND FINDING IT HARD TO GET ANY DECENT POSSESSION FOR MOST OF THE GAME.

2Oth OCTOBER ROYSTON TOWN COLTS A  LOST 1-0

THIS WAS A MUCH BETTER DISPLAY FROM THE YELLOWS WHO FOUGHT HARD DEFENDED WELL AND DESERVED SOMETHING OUT OF THIS GAME .THE YELLOWS MISSED THEIR BEST CHANCE OF THE GAME WITH CONNOR BEING BEATEN BY A GREAT SAVE FROM THE ROYSTON KEEPER WHEN CLEAN THROUGH ON GOAL HITCHIN CONCEDED A SECOND HALF ROYSTON GOAL AND WERE ALWAYS STRUGGLING TO EQUALIZE  AGAINST A WELL ORGANIZED ROYSTON SIDE WHO SHOWED A LITTLE MORE GUILE THEN HITCHIN COULD PRODUCE.

3rd NOVEMBER BISHOPS STORTFORD B WON 2-1

HITCHIN WON THEIR SECOND GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST BISHOPS STORTFORD ON SATURDAY.  HITCHIN TOOK A 1-0 HALF-TIME LEAD THROUGH ROBERT AND HAD TO DEFEND WELL IN WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY COMPETITIVE GAME . STORTFORD CAME OUT FOR THE SECOND HALF AND PUT HITCHIN UNDER GREAT PRESSURE AND SCORED A DESERVED EQUALIZER . WITH TIME RUNNING OUT AND WITH BOTH TEAMS PLAYING FLAT OUT IT WAS THE YELLOWS WHO WON THE GAME WHEN BEN SCORED A LATE WINNER , HIS FIRST GOAL FOR HITCHIN. THIS WAS THE YELLOWS BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON AND ALTHOUGH EVERYONE PLAYED WELL A SPECIAL MENTION MUST BE GIVEN TO KYLE FOR HIS TENACIOUS TACKLING THROUGHOUT THE GAME

10th NOVEMBER ARLESEY TOWN YOUTH B LOST 2-0

ALTHOUGH HITCHIN LOST THIS GAME 2-0 THIS WAS MAYBE THE YELLOWS MOST ENTERTAINING AND PLEASING GAME  OF THE SEASON  . HITCHIN APPLIED THEMSELVES WELL WITH ALL THE PASSING AND MOVEMENT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING IN TRAINING , BUT FELL BEHIND TO AN ARLESEY PENALTY AND A SOFT GOAL DIRECT FROM A CORNER . ALTHOUGH DOWN AT HALF-TME HITCHIN PLAYED WITH DETERMINATION AND STILL TRIED HARD TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF  THE GAME , THE YELLOWS PUSHED HARD AND CREATED NUMEROUS CHANCES BUT THE ARLESEY KEEPER DID NOT PUT A FOOT WRONG AND WHEN THE BALL DID BEAT HIM IT WENT THE WRONG SIDE OF THE POST . EVERYONE PLAYED WELL AND ARE  SHOWING BIG IMPROVEMENTS N THEIR GAME

17th NOVEMBER STEVENAGE BORO B LOST 9-0

THIS WAS THE  HEAVYSET DEFEAT OF THE SEASON  FOR THE YELLOWS PLAYING THE BEST SIDE IN THE LEAGUE WHO ALSO HAD TO CONTEND WITH A SHORTAGE OF  PLAYERS AVAILABLE. . HITCHIN TRIED HARD TO STAY IN THE GAME BUT THEY WERE JUST OUTCLASSED BY A VERY GOOD STEVENAGE SIDE WHO WERE RUTHLESS WHEN THEY HAD A SIGHT OF GOAL.

1st DECEMBER KNEBWORTH CHEETAHS B WON 3-1

HITCHIN'S THIRD WIN OF THE SEASON WAS WELL DESERVED AT ICKLEFORD ON SATURDAY . HITCHIN TOOK A 2-0 HALF TIME LEAD WITH OLIVER'S 2 GOALS RESULTING FROM HITCHIN BEING A BIT QUICKER TO THE BALL THEN KNEBWORTH AND A LOT MORE MOBILE  AROUND THE PITCH . KNEBWORTH PULLED A GOAL BACK AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF BUT WITH BOTH SIDES PUSHING FORWARD FOR MORE GOALS  HITCHIN SCORED A LATE THIRD GOAL WHEN RYAN SCORED ON HIS HITCHIN DEBUT

8th  DECEMBER SHEFFORD SAINTS B WON 2-1

HITCHIN WON THERE FORTH GAME OF THE SEASON AT SHEFFORD IN THE WORST CONDITIONS PLAYED IN THIS SEASON . TWO LATE GOALS FROM ADAM WON HITCHIN THE GAME AFTER THE GAME HAD BEEN GOALLESS DEEP INTO THE SECOND HALF SHEFFORD OPENED THE SCORING WITH ONLY 5 MINUTES LEFT BUT ADAM'S LATE STRIKES GAVE HITCHIN A DESERVED VICTORY

15th DECEMBER BUNTINGFORD COUGARS WHITE LOST4-1

WITH TWO OF OUR REGULAR DEFENDERS MISSING HITCHIN STRUGGLED TO KEEP THE BALL, ALTHOUGH LOOKING GOOD WHEN MANAGING TO GET POSSESSION. IT WAS STILL A STRUGGLE AND WITH THE YELLOWS 2-0 DOWN AT HALF TIME THE TEAM WAS CHANGED AROUND AND THE SECOND HALF WAS MUCH BETTER WITH OLIVER SCORING A LATE CONSOLATION. BUNTINGFORD  WELL DESERVED THEIR VICTORY BUT I AM SURE THAT NEXT TIME WE MEET WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A MUCH CLOSER GAME

12th JANUARY  BALDOCK TEMPLERS LOST 2-1

BALDOCK WON THIS GAME WITH TWO GOALS IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES.  HITCHIN SCORED EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF THROUGH OLIVER AND LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT ADD A SECOND GOAL . THE SECOND HALF WAS VERY DIFFERENT WITH THE HITCHIN GOAL BEING UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE AND JUST WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT HANG ON BALDOCK STRUK WITH THE LATE GOALS

19Th JANUARY  LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY EAGLES BLUE LOST 2-0

THE YELLOWS STRUGGLED AGAINST A STRONG EAGLES SIDE AND WERE 2-0 DOWN AT HALF TIME . ALTHOUGH HITCHIN TRIED HARD IT PROVED VERY DIFFICULT TO CREATE ANY DECENT GOAL SCOREING CHANCES AND THE EAGLES WON THE GAME COMFORTABLY

16th FEBRUARY  ST NEOTS TOWN YOUTH B WON 2-1

THE YELLOWS WON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR GAMES WITH A COMFORTABLE WIN AT ST NEOTS  HITCHIN TOOK A 2-0 HALF TIME LEAD WITH GOALS FROM ADAM AND ROBERT AND WERE WELL WORTH THEIR LEAD. THE SECOND HALF WAS PLAYED IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER  WITH ST NEOTS SCORING A SOFT GOAL DIRECT FROM A CORNER RIGHT AT THE END OF THE GAME. THIS WAS A GOOD IMPROVEMENT FROM THE YELLOWS WHO SHOWED  HOW MUCH THEY ARE PROGRESSING 

23rd FEBRUARY ROYSTON TOWN COLTS B  DREW 0-0

THIS WAS THE FIRST GOALLESS DRAW THAT THE YELLOWS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL SEASON  . NOT MUCH HAPPENED IN THE GAME AGAINST A WELL DRILLED ROYSTON DEFENCE   WHERE CHANCES WERE FEW  AND NEITHER TEAM LOOKED LIKE SCORING  

1st MARCH LETCHWORTH EAGLES ORANGE DREW 1-1

THIS WAS A CRACKING GAME AGAINST THE EAGLES ORANGE . HITCHIN TOOK A 1-0 HALF TIME LEAD AFTER CONNOR HAD SCORED HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE SEASON . THE EAGLES CAME BACK IN THE SECOND HALF AND SCORED A WELL WORKED EQUALISER . DURING AN EXTENDED SECOND HALF NEITHER TEAM COULD FIND A WINNER DESPITE BOTH TEAMS GOING FLAT OUT TO SCORE THE WINNER

8th  MARCH BISHOPS STORTFORD B LOST 5-0

THE YELLOWS STRUGGLED IN THIS GAME AGAINST A VERY STRONG STORTFORD  SIDE  . THE YELLOWS FOUND THEMSELVES 2 DOWN AT HALF  TIME  AND IN THE SECOND HALF DID WELL TO KEEP THE SCORE DOWN TO THE FIVE SCORED .  THIS WAS A DISAPPOINTING GAME BUT THEY WILL NOT OFTEN HAVE TO PLAY SECOND SIDES AS STRONG AS THIS

15th MARCH ARLSEY YOUTH B WON 3-0

THIS WAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE FROM THE YELLOWS OF THE SEASON. HITCHIN TOOK A 3-0 LEAD WITH FIRST HALF GOALS FROM CONNOR ,KYLE, AND ROBERT . HITCHIN FAILED TO ADD TO THEIR TALLY IN THE SECOND HALF BUT STILL CONTROLLED THE GAME AND WERE ALWAYS PUSHING FOR A FORTH GOAL. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SECOND HALF WAS A PENALTY SAVE FROM STAND IN GOALIE DAVID . THIS GAME ONCE AGAIN SHOWED THAT THE ENTIRE SQUAD IS MAKING PROGRESS

5th APRIL KNEBWORTH CHEETAHS B  LOST 2-1

THE YELLOWS LOST A CLOSE GAME AT KNEBWORTH 2-1 AFTER BEATING THEM IN THEIR FIRST MEETING AT ICKLEFORD EARLIER IN THE SEASON.  HITCHIN WERE 1-0 DOWN AT HALF TIME BUT EQUALIZED IN THE SECOND HALF WITH DAVID BEATING THE KNEBWORTH KEEPER TO THE BALL . KNEBWORTH THEN WON THE GAME WITH A LATE WINNER . AS WITH THE GREENS THE YELLOWS PERFORMED WELL AND WERE A CREDIT TO THEMSELVES

12TH APRIL SHEFFORD SAINTS A DREW 0-0

DESPITE HAVING MOST OF THE BALL AND NUMEROUS CHANCES HITCHIN COULD NOT FIND THE NET . WITH THE SHEFFORD KEEPER PLAYING A BLINDER  BUT THE YELLOWS PLAYED VERY WELL AND SHOWED HOW MUCH THEY HAVE COME ON THROUGH THE SEASON.

19TH APRIL ROYSTON CROW UNDER 8 TOURNAMENT

THE YELLOWS MADE A VALIANT ATTEMPT TO QUALIFY FOR THE SECOND ROUND FOR THE CROW TOURNAMENT AT ICKLEFORD.   THE YELLOWS DREW THEIR FIRST GAMES AGAINST STOTFOLD AND RISING STARS  0-0 ,AND THEIR LAST GAME AGAINST BISHOPS STORTFORD ALSO FINISHED 0-0 SO PENALTIES WERE NEEDED TO SEPARATE THE TEAMS .ALTHOUGH HITCHIN TOOK AN EARLY LEAD HITCHIN WENT OUT LOSING 3-1. ALTHOUGH HITCHIN DID NOT CONCEDE A GOAL IN ALL THREE MATCHES HITCHIN ALSO FAILED TO SCORE SO WE KNOW WERE WE HAVE TO PUT THE WORK IN TO IMPROVE OUR GAME