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# Difficult start to the season continues as Lichfield Hockey Club's men are beaten by University of Nottingham
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/difficult-start-to-the-season-continues-as-lichfield-hockey-clubs-men-are-beaten-by-university-of-nottingham/
- Published: 2026-10-04T20:31:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-04T20:31:30.000Z
- Description: Students shine to inflict 5-3 defeat on city side.
- Author: Neal Critchley
- Tags: Sport

LICHFIELD hockey Club's men saw their tough start to the season continue with a 5-3 loss against the University of Nottingham.

The visiting students took the lead after reacting quickest to a break-down in play.

They then doubled their advantage by dispatching a contentious penalty corner.

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Things went from bad to worse as the students made it 3-0 before half-time after making a chance out of a broken-down short corner routine.

After the half-time break, it didn’t get much better as the visitors took advantage of Lichfield’s poor penalty corner record and put a good drag flick into the net.

Lichfield were able to get their first goal of the season thanks to a tap-in following a good shot over the keeper.

The city side then made use of a man advantage to make it 4-2 as the students had a substitute walk onto the pitch and influence the game, leading to the captain being sent off for two minutes.

But the students again stretched the lead after taking advantage of a goalkeeping error.

Lichfield got a consolation goal thanks to a fantastic finish by Corey Frost, but sadly the damage had been done earlier in the game.

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