Altrincham Hucknall Town

Brief report John Laidlar from his Alty Pages where a full report can be found

ALTRINCHAM (0) 1 HUCKNALL TOWN (0) 0

UniBond Premier League Match, played on Tuesday, 20 February, 2001, at 7-45p.m.

SCORERS

88 mins: Steve HAWES (Altrincham 1 Hucknall Town 0)

REFEREE: Mr G. Commins

ATTENDANCE: c.430

TEAMS

20.2.01	ALTRINCHAM	versus.	HUCKNALL TOWN
7.45pm	Red & white shirts, black shorts and socks	---.	Yellow shirts and shorts
1.	Stuart COBURN	1.	Dave McCARTHY (capt.)
2.	Gary SCOTT	2.	Danny MAYMAN
3.	Steve PORTER	3.	Richard TAYLOR
4.	Terry BOWKER	4.	Mark PLACE
5.	Mark MADDOX	5.	Marvin MARSTON
6.	Steve HAWES (capt.)	6.	Dave WRIGHT
7.	Jason GALLAGHER	7.	Jamie ROBERTS
8.	Mark WARD	8.	Russell COOKE
9.	Steve FINNEY	9.	Gary RICKETTS
10.	Ian CRANEY	10.	Simon MARTIN
11.	Danny MURPHY	11.	Steve ROEBUCK
12.	Richard LANDON	12.	Andy MORRIS
14.	Stuart SCHEUBER	14.	Nathan FLETCHER
15.	Adam FARLEY	15.	Carl VICKERS

BACKGROUND
This was Altrincham's first league clash with Nottinghamshire side, Hucknall Town, who are in their second season in this division. Hucknall won last Saturday to end a four-game unsuccessful sequence. Sadly, Altrincham had a worse record; no win since New Year's Day.

SUMMARY The match kicked-off just after 8pm, following a delay to Hucknall's coach on the way to the ground. Hopefully a beneficiary of this may have been Simon Matters, editor of the new "Extra Time" Unibond League magazine, who may have sold some extra copies to fans kept waiting for kick-off. If you have not got your copy of this news-filled publication, you can get one from the Robins' Shop for just £1-20. Once started, the first-half was an entertaining end-to-end period with the teams looking evenly matched. A double substitution at half-time resulted in Altrincham enjoying much more of the possession in the second half but just as it looked as if this would come to naught, Steve Hawes popped up in the box to finish smartly from a good move involving Scheuber, Landon and Finney with just two minutes to go. Sadly, the crowd was Alty's lowest for a league match this season, the numbers being influenced by a cold and, initially, wet night, the proximity of Manchester United playing Valencia, (which was also live on digital TV) and the scheduling of a midweek match against opposition whose fans would have had to set off straight from work to get to Altrincham through rush-hour traffic.

TEAM NEWS
With captain Steve Hawes reported to have been on trial at Doncaster, Altrincham fans were pleasantly surprised to see him lead out the home side. An even bigger surprise was the appearance as substitute of Dickie Landon, returned from his loan at Droylsden. At last Saturday's supporters' meeting, home fans had been led to believe that his loan period had just been extended. The promising Terry Bowker continued at centre-back. French striker, Gerard Leonard, was not included in the squad and the return of Richard Landon presumably puts an end to the expected arrival of Mike Moseley from Runcorn. Hucknall, captained by goalkeeper Dave McCarthy, included recent acquisition Gary Ricketts, a relative of the prolific Bolton striker of the same surname. Their win last Saturday was their first in five games so both teams were anxious to take something from this match.

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