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Brown pleased to be black and white
Attacker David Brown, who signed from Telford United in June, has missed most of pre-season through injury but is impressed with what he sees in Hereford United.
Speaking to HU-FC.co.uk, the ex-Manchester United youngster said: "The lads have done well in pre-season and scored a lot of goals so hopefully, when the season starts, we can carry that through.
Of his own injury, it was somewhat unexpected and a complete accident. "It was just a freak accident in training," he said. "I just fell over and Richard Teesdale fell on top of me and it was confirmed the day after that I'd cracked a bone in my collarbone so I don't think it was as bad as first thought and it seems to be healing pretty well.
"I can hopefully start training by the end of this week. I'm on a special programme at the minute where I can do certain things to build up my fitness but I'm hoping by the end of this week, I can join in fully again with the training."
At Telford last year, Brown netted sixteen goals and hopes to top that total this term. "I scored quite a few goals for Telford last year in a team that struggled and so you would think, with the players that we have at this club, I would score more goals," he commented. "I'm aiming to get more goals than I did last year and to get Hereford to the play-offs."
"I've played against Hereford three or four times now and they do create a lot of chances so that'll be good for me. Everyone at the club wants a play-off place, and the gaffer has strengthened the squad and there's no reason why we can't do better than last year."
Brown is unlikely to play any part in tonight's friendly match at Edgar Street, when the Bulls host Birmingham City, kick off 7.45pm. Steve Guinan should play some part as his recovery from knee surgery continues, while Danny Bertram is likely to feature having come off with a hamstring niggle in last Saturday's win at Bromyard.
Meanwhile, the club have revealed that over £2,500 was raised at last Sunday's annual Open Day.