2nd part?
Dispite battling hard the ask was just too much for United as they fell to their 3rd loss in 4 games, this time losing 2-1 against Rochdale at Spotland. Kettle said his side battled hard til the end, as in the original game they won 3-2 after coming from 2-0 down at H.T. Anyway, Chris Dagnall gave Rochdale an early lead in the 8th minute until 5 minutes before half time when young striker Jay Thomas equalised, causing the visiting fans to erupt. However 5 minutes after half time Dagnall scored his 2nd and what proved to be the winner from close range, to end United's hopes of winning back to back league games.
Thanks to brave defending throughout most of the game United managed to come away from Wembley with a point intact after their clash with Rotherham, dispite nearly winning it in the dieing seconds through striker Matty Hurst. The game was dull with not many chances at either end, but after the break United came out a stronger side than they were in the first half and created a number of chances, however they were unable to convert them. Adam Brown limped off injured in the 59th minute, looking like quite a serious injury, however nothing was to come of it after the game. In the final seconds of the game Cody Wharton threaded a ball through to Matty Hurst who beat the offside trap, was 1 on 1 with the keeper but was unable to turn the chance into a goal as his shot was impressively by the Rotherham keeper, who had to dive down to his left to stop the shot.
United completed the month from hell by losing 2-1 to league leaders Shrewsbury at the Prostar Stadium. Richard Walker scored a penalty 3 minutes before half time for The Shrews (wasn't a penalty, trust me) and in the 82nd minute Walker looked to of sealed the victory with a breakaway goal. However less than a minute later United hit back thanks to an absolutely breathtaking goal from Matty Hurst, his first ever goal for United in the league. The fans were singing once more as United pushed for the equalising goal that never came, as we left it just too late to salvage anything from the game.
Transfer News
The side has been boosted by the arrival of 3 talented players coming to United, in the form of Grant Basey, Barry Nicholson and Nicky Forster.
Player Values
Player Statistics
As you can see Grant Basey, Lucas Roberts and Danuel Manetti have been the big performers since the competitive season kicked off.
NOTE: All highlighted players are the players that I have transfered in.
August Review
August was a month to forget for HxF United and manager Harry Kettle, having won 1, drawn 1, lost 4, scored 7 and conceded 9 goals.
2 Good, 2 Bad
2 Good - Tim Sills (2 goals in 5 appearances since arriving at United, he's been a great signing) & Lucas Roberts (1 goal in 5 appearances, he's been in great form on the wing)
2 Bad - Matty Hurst (1 goal in 5 appearances, his form and confidence has dropped dramatically since pre-season) & Adam Rose (out for 2-4 weeks with a bad groin strain, his injury has been a huge reason as to why our form has dipped)
What's to come in September?
The Hatters face a run of 4 straight league games as they look to build their way back up to the top of Coca Cola League 2. They take on Exeter at home, before back to back away games against Brentford and Chester. United finish the month at Wembley where they host Bradford City.
League Table
Player Stats (League)
We want to be seeing Matty top that Goalscoring table next month .
We also top the average attendance rankings with 79,271 compared to 2nd place Bradford's 11,697 .
A very dissapointing month, but with key players returning next month I'm hopeful of an improvement in September.
EDIT: Just added a few things and corrected a few mistakes.
Last edited by Twist; 18-04-2009 at 12:08 AM.
What does CON mean i have 100 every match
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