Red-hot Hungerford continue play-off march

HUNGERFORD Town manager Bobby Wilkinson has described his side’s recent form as “absolutely unbelievable.”
The statistics don’t lie. Hungerford have the best record of any team in Europe having won nine of their last eleven league games.
In those eleven games they have scored 25 times and conceded just five goals.
They have now lost just once in their last 16 league games – a 3 – 0 defeat to St Neots Town on March 1.
On Saturday Hungerford came from behind to beat Weymouth 2-1 – with goals from Stefan Brown and Harry Goodger - a win that lifted them to sixth place in the table.
Bobby Wilkinson’s side looked in danger of surrendering their unbeaten record as they fell behind midway through the first half.
Despite Hungerford having the better of the opening exchanges, Weymouth took the lead when Stuart Yetton held off Mark Hughes and lobbed the ball over the head of Paul Strudley.
However, Hungerford do not seem to know when they are beaten this season and they levelled on 71 minutes when Brown headed home a James Clark corner.
Just nine minutes later, the comeback was complete as substitute Goodger fired the all high into the roof of the net.
They followed that with a 2 – 0 win away at Hitchin Town, with Matt Day and Brown getting on the scoresheet.
Hitchin were reduced to ten men after only 20 minutes owhen Garry Summers deliberately fouled Mark Hughes way off the ball, and although it was not spotted by the referee, the linesman saw it, and with Hughes still being treated, Summers was sent off.
Hungerford took the lead on the half-hour mark when Matt Day came up for a Nick Stanley corner and headed the ball in off the post.
Hungerford survived a scare in first half injury time when Hitchin had an effort ruled out for a foul on Strudley.
They doubled their lead after 65 minutes when a long ball sent Brown clear on the left, where he controlled the ball before slotting it past Tahj Bell from a narrow angle.
Speaking to the Newbury Weekly News this week, Wilkinson said: “What is happening at this football club is absolutely unbelievable.
“I knew we had the chance to have a great season but even I didn’t expect us to go on the run that we have done.
“Nothing has changed from last season, we are just working really hard to get this club where it should be.
“Confidence is sky high at the moment, but I’m not getting too carried away, I only ever look at the next game. We have got Poole next, which is a huge game.
“I want people to come down and watch us. I want people to go out of their houses for just one night a week and come and cheer the boys on.”