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This time nil
A poor Hereford performance this afternoon resulted in a 1-0 victory to Scarborough.
United slump to
second home defeat
Hereford
United 0 - 1 Scarborough
Hereford went down to their second home
defeat of the season in front of 2,172 people, with the
55 from Scarborough going home happy. The Bulls made one
change to the starting line up from Kettering on Tuesday
night with Purdie replacing Grant, meaning Parry was put
up front and Purdie in the midfield role.
It was the Bulls who started the brighter
with a few runs but no chances being made, the story of
the match. It took until the 33rd minute for a chance to
be made where Parry headed wide after some slick play by
Hereford, but the main talking point before this was a
cruciate ligament injury for Scaboro’s Rennison
after falling awkwardly.
Five minutes later and the Seadogs made
the only break through as Pounder cut in from the left
unchallenged before rolling the ball past Baker from 14
yards. The only other chance was when Stoker in injury
time fired a powerful shot at Baker who spilled before
recovering to jump on the ball.
The second half saw Sawyer come on for
Williams at half time, but it was Scarboro who had the
two early chances as first (number 4) fired a free kick
over the bar and Stoker wildly shot over from 20 yards
out. This forced another change for Hereford as Purdie
went off for Fox, in the 60th minute, and this sparked a
little more urgency from the team.
Yet it was Tony James who saved Hereford
with a superb tackle at the near post to stop Scarboro
taking a two goal lead. Then it was Hereford who had the
posession with only long range efforts from Sawyer,
Pitman and Wright all going over the bar to show for it.
A very disapointing display against a very well organised and drilled Scarboro side, Hereford need to learn how to break side like these down if
they are to make an impact this season.
A very disapointing display against a very well organised and drilled Scarboro side, Hereford need to learn how to break side like these down if
they are to make an impact this season.
Written by Tim Ward - 28th September 2002.
| Hereford United | Scarborough |
| Matt Baker | Andy Woods |
| Matt Clarke | Scott Jordan |
| Michael Rose | Mark Hotte |
| Andrew Tretton | Paul Shepherd |
| Ian Wright (captain) | Shaun Rennison (off, 15 minutes_ |
| Tony James | Gareth Stoker (captain) |
| Jamie Pitman | Mohammed Sillah |
| Paul Parry | David Pounder |
| Danny Williams (off, half time) | Keith Scott (off, 77 minutes) |
| Rob Purdie (off, 63 minutes) | Fatokun Bimbo (off, 70 minutes) |
| Steve Guinan | Richard Dryden |
| Subs | Subs |
| Scott Voice | Karl Rose (on, 70 minutes) |
| Ken Griffiths | Leigh Walker |
| James Fox (on, 63 minutes) | Anthony Ormerod |
| Rob Sawyers (on, half time) | Neil Campbell (on, 77 minutes) |
| Richard Teesdale | Olivier Brassart (on, 15 minutes) |
| Yellow cards | Yellow cards |
| Jamie Pitman (90 minutes, foul) | Mohammed Sillah (20 minutes, foul) |
| Olivier Brassart (28 minutes, dissent) | |
| Keith Scott (45 minutes, handball) | |
| Red cards | Red cards |
| - | - |
| Scorers | Scorers |
| - | David Pounder (38 minutes) |
| Man of the Match | Tony James |
| Attendance | 2171 |
| Referee | Mr. R. Desmond (Swindon) |