KIMBERLEY MINERS WEFARE V HUCKNALL TOWN
GCE HIRE FLEET UCL PREMIER NORTH
SATURDAY DECEMBER 20TH 2025 15.00 KO
(AT GREENWICH AVENUE BASFORD)
MATCH PREVIEW
Hucknall travel to Greenwich Avenue Basford, Kimberley's temporary home hoping not only to get back on track after a series of disappointing results but also put an end to Kimberley's dominance in this fixture both home and away. The Yellows have failed to take a single point off Kimberley since our move to the UCL. Indeed you would have to go back to our East Midlands Counties days when Hucknall won 5 2 at our old Watnall Road Ground and even that result was expunged from the record due to Covid ending that season prematurely.
Kimberley stayed up on the last day of last season when comfortably winning 3 nil at the RM and carried on the victories against the Yellows by returning to the RM in October and once again took all the points in a 2 1 success.
Kimberley have fared much better in this campaign and lie in 5th spot with a record that reads
Played 21 winning 10 drawing 3 and losing 8 with a GD of plus 6
As with Hucknall though it has been a topsy turvy season for the Stags ending their own poor run of results with victory over AFC Mansfield last weekend. Since their victory over the Yellows they failed to pick up another league victory for 7 games until last weekend.
This period also saw them exit the Notts Senior Cup, losing 4 1 at home to very much in form Retford United. There was also defeat in the FA Vase Losing 3 1 at Hanley Town.
They remain in the League Knock out Cup having beaten Retford United on penalties after a 1 1 draw. They face Clay Cross Town in the next round.
In the FA Cup Kimberley went out early doors following a 2 nil defeat at Boston in August.
Hucknall's record now reads
played 21 winning 8 drawing 3 and losing 10. with a GD of minus 3
The Yellows form since the excellent 4 nil win at Harrowby has been disappointing and a little concerning. 6 games have failed to register a single victory. A draw at home to Skegness has been the only point gained in five league games and an exit in our defence of the Notts Senior cup albeit against a very good Carlton team and our best performance in this period. Of concern in that time we have conceded sixteen times with half of those coming in very similar fashion from corners.
I'm sure that Tris and Largey will have been equally concerned and hopefully these frailties will have been worked on. I'm looking forward to tomorrows game and think the 4g pitch will be beneficial as we have on the whole played well on these surfaces this season, even in the Basford FA Cup game we did well until Basford showed their class.
In squad news the enforced break has allowed a few niggles in the squad to clear. CJ Dunkley has gone to Sandiacre Town in a bid to find fitness and indeed he scored last weekend. Goal Keeper Frankie Shepard has left for Clay Cross in search of first team football. He did very well for us when Alfie was out injured and we wish him all the best as we do CJ.
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