Hitchin Town 0 Kettering Town 1

 Saturday saw me take a trip with Dean to Top Fields in Hitchin to see the Southern Premier Central match between Hitchin and Kettering. After seeing Maidstone beat Ipswich in Molly Malone's near the station we made our way to the ground.

I had been to Hitchin before and it is an impressive ground and being able to race their lineage back to 1865 makes them amongst the oldest teams in the world.

They started off the season pretty well, but a run of 5 (now 6 ) injuries has seen them start to plummet down the table, although they still are comfortable mid-table. Speaking to locals this seemed to be due to the fact that they have an ever growing injury list and more youngsters are having to be recruited to the first team.

Kettering on the other hand have been facing a relegation struggle, however the result today did manage to raise them out of the relegation places. With Nuneaton Borough going bankrupt this week too there are question marks over what will happen to the teams at the bottom too.

The game was settled on 32 minutes from a Daniel Jarvis goal from close range. Up to that point the Kettering fans had been pretty rowdy and their team on the pitch were creating all of the chances. They pushed for a second up until halftime. 

It really was a game of two halves though. The second half was pretty devoid of much excitement as Kettering seemed to just want to control the game and didn't believe Hitchin had what it would take to break them down. They didn't and it finished 1-0.






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