Data Corruption

Apologies for anybody looking for news items between 13-31 August, due to a file corruption this data has been lost and the back up file was only to this point.

Kev Watts

(15/09/12)

WSM Preview and Directions

A brief preview and travel details for Saturday's game can be found by clicking the Travel Details tab on the right hand side.

A more in depth preview should be available on this page later in the week courtesy of Nick Bell.

(12/08/12)

Squad Update

Director of Football Tony O'Driscoll has today confirmed four additions to the United squad that have signed in the past week.

Probably the world's worst kept secret is that much sought after midfielder Sam Cox has joined the United ranks upon his release by Barnet. Another new recruit is former Brentford midfielder Josh Ekim while returning from last season's squad are both Yassin Moutaouakil and Daniel Wishart.

Welcome and welcome back, on behalf of the club I would like to wish you all a successful stay with United.

(11/08/12)

Live Conference Football Returns to Premier Sports this Friday

Premier Sports coverage of 30 live Blue Square Bet Premier games kicks off on Friday at 7:30pm with a first chance to view the 2 relegated teams from League 2.

Hereford are hosting Macclesfield at Edgar Street and the long standing team of Steve Bower and Ian Snodin will be there along with Claire Rourke to capture all the action.
In an extended build-up beginning at 7pm Alan Alger from League sponsors Blue Square will give his early thoughts on how the season will pan out.

Fans can again interact and get involved in the coverage using the twitter handle @SteveandSnods with the best tweets being selected for live broadcast and a special mention.

19 of the 24 teams are covered in the first half of the season that promises to be even more competitive than last year.

Premier Sports operates on Sky channel 428. Fans without Sky can now watch the channel streamed live in high quality via their website on a subscription basis. To subscribe to all the action visit www.premiersports.tv or call 0871 663 9000.

(08/08/12)

Blue Square Bet Stewards' Cup - Horses for Clubs

It’s the summer race that everyone looks forward to and at Blue Square Bet HQ in midweek the top 68 horses in the weights for the 2012 renewal of the Blue Square Bet Stewards’ Cup were paired with the 68 clubs that make up the Blue Square Bet Premier, North and South. Thursday saw the final declarations for the race and a stall draw which took place in the Glorious Goodwood winners’ enclosure featuring Olivia Godfrey from Sky Sports News. 28 clubs will now be willing their horse on to win a prize of at least £3000 and a number of other clubs will be cheering their horse on in the consolation race - H&YU won't be doing either as our drawn horse does not feature.

The bookmaker which sponsors the three Football Conference divisions, allocate a horse from their prestigious Glorious Goodwood race to every club. The horse which wins the valuable six furlong sprint – which takes place at the Sussex track at 3.55 on Saturday (live on Channel 4) – will earn one club a cash windfall on the eve of the new season. Blue Square Bet will give the club that ‘owns’ the winner £2000 plus the equivalent of a £100 bet at the Blue Square Bet SP on their runner. Last year Workington from the Blue Square Bet North scooped a huge £2700 when favourite Hoof It scored under Kieren Fallon at a Blue Square Bet SP of 7/1!

It’s a wide open race this year and Blue Square Bet’s current market has three co-favourites at 10/1. They are Hawkeyethenoo representing Hinckley United, Jamesie running for Corby Town and Victoire De Lyphar representing Tonbridge Angels. A random draw was made at Blue Square’s offices on Tuesday morning and the top 68 entries in the race were allocated between the clubs. A maximum of 28 runners will go to post on Saturday, but there will be an extra chance to win for any clubs who miss out on the main event. A special consolation race will be run on the same day. The Get Your Bet On At Bluesq.com Stewards’ Sprint Stakes will go off at 2.05 (also live on Channel 4) and will contain 28 horses which didn’t make the cut for the original race. Any club with a horse in the consolation race will win £1000 if their runner is successful, with the extra boost of the equivalent winnings from a £100 bet on that horse at the exclusive Blue Square Bet SP.

(04/08/12)

New Shirt Presented to Sponsors

Bill Perryman presents Mick Crossan of new first team sponsors Powerday with the first United shirt to wear the companies logo ahead of the new season.

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2012-13 Errea clothing range

The Club is pleased to announce that there will be NO INCREASE in prices of our new replica shirts. These remain at £30 for adult shirts and £25 in junior sizes (home only), and we hope that supporters will recognise our attempts to offer continued excellent value while other clubs charge higher prices for similar items.

We will also shortly be introducing a new range of sportswear and leisurewear in partnership with Errea (click here to view), and will be confirming initial requirements with them shortly. Supporters are invited to pre-order the new products by e-mailing their requirements together with full contact details to Clubshop@hyufc.com which will greatly assist the Club in ensuring that appropriate levels of the new clothing are ordered.

(Please note that at present this e-mail address is operating to accept reservation of items for collection when available, though we hope that we will be able to develop it into an on-line ordering service in the future).

(01/08/12)