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Hereford deserve win
Hereford United fought back in the second half against Dagenham & Redbridge to claim a 2-1 home victory, which takes them to fifth in the table.
Steve West put the Daggers in front four minutes before half time, but Hereford recovered with a Steve Guinan tap-in and a Danny Williams header to give them their second home win of the season.
Steve West put the Daggers in front four minutes before half time, but Hereford recovered with a Steve Guinan tap-in and a Danny Williams header to give them their second home win of the season.
2 goals + 3
minutes = 3 points
Hereford
United 2 - 1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Despite missing Ian Wright, John Grant
and Ben Smith through injury, Hereford United picked up
their second home win of the season with a 2-1 victory
over Dagenham & Redbridge.
Garry Hill's side were on the backfoot
from the opening with Steve Guinan and Danny Williams
wasted early efforts as they fired off-target, and it
took eighteen minutes for Matt Baker to really have any
problems at the back. That occured when Paul Terry shot
well over the ex-Hull City stopper's crossbar.
At the other end, Jamie Pitman's shot
could quite dip under the crossbar and away stopper Tony
Roberts, once of Queens Park Rangers and Wales, was
forced to make a low save from Paul Parry after the
Welshman attempted to capitalise on a mistake by veteran
defender Steve Potts.
With four minutes of the half remaining,
Dagenham's Mark Rooney hit a long ball from the half way
line for Steve West to flick, Mark Stein to chest down
and then West again to smash a scorching shot into the
top of Baker's goal. In the dying minutes, United could
have equalised but the away side managed to clear away a
goalmouth scramble.
Whatever United had in their half-time
tea, or it could have been Graham Turner's team-talk,
certainly did the trick. Hereford turned around a deficit
to a advantage within twelve minutes of the restart.
First, after fifty four minutes, Steve Guinan's knee
connected onto a low ball for Michael Rose to level the
scores, and three minutes later, Paul Parry regained a
blocked shot by Roberts to find Danny Williams. The
midfielder with bleached har had the relatively simple
job of nodding the ball home to put United ahead.
A mistake from Matt Baker as he dropped a
cross almost let Dagenham back in on 76 minutes as Mark
Stein fired a low shot goalwards, but defender Richard
Teesdale, only in the side because of Ian Wright's
absence, cleared as he was the only man left in front of
goal.
Five minutes of added time proved
extremely tense for the crowd of 1761, including the 63
away fans, but Hereford adapted well to missing their
captain especially as Tony James stepped into his boots
and did a magnificent job.
The Bulls move up one place to fifth in
the table tonight, and more importantly into a play-off
position.
Written by Terry Goodwin - 5th October
2002.
| Hereford United | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Matt Baker | Tony Roberts |
| Matt Clarke | Steve West |
| Michael Rose | Lee Matthews (captain) |
| Andrew Tretton | Mark Rooney |
| Richard Teesdale | Paul Terry |
| Tony James (captain) | Steve Perkins (off, 78 minutes) |
| Jamie Pitman | Steve Potts |
| Paul Parry (off, 90 minutes) | Daniel Hill (off, 78 minutes) |
| Danny Williams | John Keeling (off, 66 minutes) |
| Mick Galloway | Mark Stein |
| Steve Guinan | Mark Smith |
| Subs | Subs |
| Scott Voice | Paul Gothard |
| Ken Griffiths | Paul Bruce |
| James Fox | Mark Janney (on, 66 minutes) |
| Rob Purdie (on, 90 minutes) | Junior McDougald (on, 78 minutes) |
| Rob Sawyers | Danny Shipp (on, 78 minutes) |
| Yellow cards | Yellow cards |
| Richard Teedale (foul, 65 minutes) | - |
| Red cards | Red cards |
| - | - |
| Scorers | Scorers |
| Stve Guinan (54 minutes) | Steve West (41 minutes) |
| Danny Williams (57 minutes) | |
| Man of the Match | Tony James |
| Attendance | 1761 |
| Referee | Mr. M. Russell (St. Albans) |