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Brown out for six weeks
Hereford United's summer signing David Brown has cracked a bone in his shoulder and will be out for at least six weeks. It is understood that he was involved in a training accident with Richard Teesdale yesterday and had his injury confirmed this morning.
This may mean that Brown could miss at least four Conference games for the Bulls.
Meanwhile, Hereford United defeated Grosvenor Park 4-0 earlier this evening. Danny Wiliams scored twice and trialist Danny Bertram got his first goal for the club. Mel Henry opened the scoring with an own goal.
No new trailists were on show and Gethin Jones who impressed on Monday was not in the squad but Jordan King did play and had a good game.
There was an attendance of 67 of which about a third were Hereford fans. Keith Hall's report, complete with statistics, is below.
HU-FC.co.uk would like to thank Keith for his help in compiling this article.
This may mean that Brown could miss at least four Conference games for the Bulls.
Meanwhile, Hereford United defeated Grosvenor Park 4-0 earlier this evening. Danny Wiliams scored twice and trialist Danny Bertram got his first goal for the club. Mel Henry opened the scoring with an own goal.
No new trailists were on show and Gethin Jones who impressed on Monday was not in the squad but Jordan King did play and had a good game.
There was an attendance of 67 of which about a third were Hereford fans. Keith Hall's report, complete with statistics, is below.
HU-FC.co.uk would like to thank Keith for his help in compiling this article.
Emphatic
win for Hereford
Grosvenor Park 0 - 4 Hereford
United
Hereford
United picked up their first win of the 2003/04 season,
as they beat Midland Alliance side Grosvenor Park 4-0.
Despite
missing David Brown, who picked up an injury in training,
and Steve Guinan and Ben Smith, the Bulls' professional
status was too much for Grosvenor.
The first
goal came early on, after just four minutes. A Paul Parry
free-kick wide on the right deflected off Melvin Harry
and past Carl Bishop to find the back of the net, much to
the delight of the twenty five or so Hereford fans in a
tiny crowd of sixty-seven.
Danny
Williams managed to find the side netting after ten
minutes, but went one better nine minutes later after a
Jordan King shot was spilled by the 'keeper for Williams
to fire home the rebound, following up quickly and
efficiently.
Williams
calmly prodded home the third two minutes later when a
Danny Bertram shot was once again spilled by Bishop in
the Grosvenor goal. This allowed the ex-Chesterfield
midfielder to make the most of another opening, and he
extended Hereford's lead to three goals.
After Dean
Craven's penetrating run down the left, Williams should
have notched his hatrick before the break but managed to
miss the target with eleven minutes of the half
remaining. In fact, the first half was completely
dominated by the Bulls, as Grosvenor were unable to get a
shot on-target to trouble Matt Baker.
Just after
the hour mark, the move of the match saw Jamie Pitman, on
as a substitute, knocked a twenty-five yard ball to
Bertram, but the trialist fired wide of the Grosvenor
goal, and a crushing challenge on Andy Tretton with
twenty minutes to go saw Marlon Sylvester having a severe
talking-to by the referee, but in the spirit of the
friendly atmosphere, no card was issued.
There were
several decent openings before United added a fourth to
cap off their evening with six minutes to go. Man of the
match Jordan King threaded a ball through to Danny
Bertram, who scored at the second attempt after his first
effort was blocked.
Written by
Keith Hall - 17th July 2003.
| Grosvenor Park | Hereford United |
| Carl Bishop (off, half time) | Matt Baker |
| Marcel Simpson | Richard Teesdale |
| Richard Henry | Dean Craven |
| Daniel Walker (off, 28 minutes) | Jordan King |
| Melvin Henry | Andy Tretton |
| Andy Dale | Tony James (off, half time) |
| John Davies (off, 32 minutes) | Danny Williams (off, 69 minutes) |
| Nass Cassonier (off, half time) | Rob Sawyers |
| Linfil Taylor (off, half time) | Danny Bertram |
| Josh McPherson | Rob Purdie (off, 69 minutes) |
| Dean Joinson (off, half time) | Paul Parry (off, half time) |
| Subs | Subs |
| Nathan Woakes (on, half time) | Michael Rose (on, half time) |
| Donovan Rowe (on, 32 minutes) | Danny Moon (on, 69 minutes) |
| Peter Logan (on, 28 minutes) | Jamie Pitman (on, half time) |
| Marlon Sylvester (on, half time) | Kevin Gwillam (on, 69 minutes) |
| Michael Crawford (on, half time) | |
| Gary Smith (on, half time) | |
| Yellow cards | Yellow cards |
| - | - |
| Red cards | Red cards |
| - | - |
| Scorers | Scorers |
| - | Melvin Henry (own goal, 4 minutes) |
| Danny Williams (19, 21 minutes) | |
| Danny Bertram (84 minutes) | |
| Man of the Match | Jordan King |
| Attendance | 67 |
| Referee | Mr. S. Checketts |