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Thursday, April 17, 2003

Centre back missing for Leigh match

Defender Andy Tretton is unlikely to feature in Saturday's home match against Leigh RMI, kick off 3pm.

The Hereford United centre-back picked up an ankle knock that saw him stretchered off in last Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Halifax Town, and it could also keep him out of Monday's trip to Southport.

Ian Wright and Tony James should fill in for the ex-Shrewsbury Town man, but the Bulls are boosted as Paul Parry returns after injury. Manager Graham Turner told the Hereford Times: "It is important to beat Leigh and put on a decent performance. The same goes for the match at Southport, while we are also looking forward to Doncaster game. Doncaster should bring a big following to Edgar Street and we desperately wanted to go into that last game of the season within touching distance of them."

As it turned out, results last Saturday saw United's hopes of the play-off place extinguished but Saturday's match will be a major one for Leigh, who still haven't secured their Conference status for next season. They lie one-from-bottom of the league, two points away from safety with three matches left, and Hereford won 2-0 up at Hilton Park back in October.

Looking ahead to Monday, United go to Southport hopeful of gaining revenge for a 2-0 reversal at Edgar Street last Autumn, and a supporters coach is running. However, if you're not making the trip, go to Edgar Street and watch the Herefordshire Challenge Cup final between Westfields and Kington Town. Entry is via. the main stand, and it is a repeat of last season's encounter which was a decent match and Westfields emerged 3-0 victors. Kick-off on Easter Monday is 11am for the game between the top two in the Express & Star West Midlands League Premier Division.

If Kington overhaul Westfields at the end of the season, chairman Bill Mayglothling has said that they will play their home matches at Edgar Street. "I can confirm that if we win the league, we will be playing at Edgar Street in the Midland Alliance next season," he said. "I am delighted that Hereford have agreed to the move and at least it gives us a massive incentive to win the league. We won it four years ago and weren't allowed to go up and I didn't want to get in that position again.