Hitchin Town Football Club

Anorak Facts: New year wins and hat-tricks

Sunday, January 8 2012

Hitchin's 4-1 win at Redditch was their best away win of the season and their best since beating North Greenford in April. It was also their best in the Premier since April 1 2009 when Swindon Supermarine were beaten 4-0.

Hitchin have not fared terribly well in their first away game in the league of the new year. Not since 2005 had the Canaries won their first away day (Hemel, W3-2).

John Frendo scored the first hat-trick of 2012 and his second of the 2011-12 campaign. In 2011, only two hat-tricks were scored in the league - Frendo's on August 27 against Cirencester and Zak Burke's on January 3 against Soham (he actually scored four).

The last time Hitchin won 4-1 away in the league was on November 20 2010 at Beaconsfield SYCOB. The last time in the Premier was on December 6 2008 at Banbury United, a game which saw Mark Barnes net a hat-trick.