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Hinckley pull off major upset by beating high-fliers Luctonians to move up to seventh in league
Leicester Mercury
|November 11, 2025
Luctonians 22 Hinckley 26 National League 2 West
HINCKLEY held off a late fightback by Luctonians, pictured, to record their first away win of the season and climb to seventh in the division, writes Nick Robinson.
It was not a victory the pundits would have predicted with Luctonians riding high in second place and having lost only once this season,
But Hinckley had claimed 12 points from a possible 15 in their last three games and had shown a steady improvement in recent weeks, which the home side would have been wise to note.
This story is from the November 11, 2025 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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