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Hereford beat West Brom
Hereford won 5-0 against a young West Brom team this evening at Edgar Street in front of 1306 spectators.
Tony James commenced the scoring with a penalty after a defender had handled the ball in the area. Michael Rose made it two after a Danny Williams corner.
Ben Smith scored twice within a minute of coming on as a substitute and Danny Bertram made it five.
Tony James commenced the scoring with a penalty after a defender had handled the ball in the area. Michael Rose made it two after a Danny Williams corner.
Ben Smith scored twice within a minute of coming on as a substitute and Danny Bertram made it five.
Youthful
Baggies hit for five
Hereford United 5 - 0 West
Bromwich Albion XI
An
effective pre-season display against a group of West
Bromwich Albion youngsters saw Hereford United emerge
convincing 5-0 victors.
Featuring defender Peter Wilding and fellow trialists Dean Craven of Bridgnorth and Danny Bertram of Cheltenham Town, Hereford impressed in somewhat cooler conditions than last week's draw with a strong Wolverhampton Wanderers side.
The Bulls missed Steve Guinan and David Brown in attack, as both were injured for the match, but it was good to see Ben Smith make his return and score twice with his first two touches after coming on as a second-half substitute.
Hereford could have scored a couple of times before they took the lead on twenty five minutes. Both Danny Bertram and Rob Purdie squandered decent chances, while Danny Williams hit the woodwork from a long-range free-kick on eighteen minutes. The goal came, though, after a handball in the area by Tamika Mkandawire following a Williams shot, which was parried by goalkeeper Dan Crane. Tony James stepped up to send Crane the wrong way and send Hereford into the lead. Mkandawire was subbed immediately after the incident, at the request of the referee.
Ten minutes later, Michael Rose doubled the advantage. A Williams corner was dummied by Jamie Pitman for Rose to fire home, and Rose almost turned provider two minutes before the break, but his corner was nodded inches over the crossbar by Andy Tretton.
After the restart, Simon Brown went close for West Brom but it was the visiting goalkeeper who was again the busier, as he was forced to save a strong header from United substitute Richard Teesdale, while Rob Purdie fired inches wide after good movement between Williams and Bertram.
As the game was played in a friendly atmosphere, it was good to see some sportsmanship when West Brom's Steve Brown was lying injured in his own area. Instead of waiting for the ball to go out of play, United coach Richard O'Kelly rushed onto the field to see to his knock, which turned out not to be serious.
Hereford, though, showed a mean streak a few minutes later as Ben Smith scored twice in thirty seconds. His first came when Bertram drew replacement goalkeeper Matt Jones to the byline before chipping the ball over him for Smith to net. Seconds after the restart, Smith picked up a loose ball thirty yards out and fired it over the goalkeeper and into the net.
United searched for a fifth, and got it on seventy seven when Bertram fired home with a scorching shot to seal a superb evening of football. A decent crowd of 1,306 turned out, including 49 supporting West Brom.
Featuring defender Peter Wilding and fellow trialists Dean Craven of Bridgnorth and Danny Bertram of Cheltenham Town, Hereford impressed in somewhat cooler conditions than last week's draw with a strong Wolverhampton Wanderers side.
The Bulls missed Steve Guinan and David Brown in attack, as both were injured for the match, but it was good to see Ben Smith make his return and score twice with his first two touches after coming on as a second-half substitute.
Hereford could have scored a couple of times before they took the lead on twenty five minutes. Both Danny Bertram and Rob Purdie squandered decent chances, while Danny Williams hit the woodwork from a long-range free-kick on eighteen minutes. The goal came, though, after a handball in the area by Tamika Mkandawire following a Williams shot, which was parried by goalkeeper Dan Crane. Tony James stepped up to send Crane the wrong way and send Hereford into the lead. Mkandawire was subbed immediately after the incident, at the request of the referee.
Ten minutes later, Michael Rose doubled the advantage. A Williams corner was dummied by Jamie Pitman for Rose to fire home, and Rose almost turned provider two minutes before the break, but his corner was nodded inches over the crossbar by Andy Tretton.
After the restart, Simon Brown went close for West Brom but it was the visiting goalkeeper who was again the busier, as he was forced to save a strong header from United substitute Richard Teesdale, while Rob Purdie fired inches wide after good movement between Williams and Bertram.
As the game was played in a friendly atmosphere, it was good to see some sportsmanship when West Brom's Steve Brown was lying injured in his own area. Instead of waiting for the ball to go out of play, United coach Richard O'Kelly rushed onto the field to see to his knock, which turned out not to be serious.
Hereford, though, showed a mean streak a few minutes later as Ben Smith scored twice in thirty seconds. His first came when Bertram drew replacement goalkeeper Matt Jones to the byline before chipping the ball over him for Smith to net. Seconds after the restart, Smith picked up a loose ball thirty yards out and fired it over the goalkeeper and into the net.
United searched for a fifth, and got it on seventy seven when Bertram fired home with a scorching shot to seal a superb evening of football. A decent crowd of 1,306 turned out, including 49 supporting West Brom.
Written by
Terry Goodwin - 21st July 2003.
| Hereford United | West Bromwich Albion |
| Matt Baker | Dan Crane (off, 57 minutes) |
| Peter Wilding (off, 88 minutes) | Junior Smikle |
| Michael Rose (off, half time, on, 88 minutes) | Lee Sherwood |
| Jamie Pitman (off, 70 minutes) | Tom Warner |
| Andy Tretton (off, half time) | Steve Brown (off, 70 minutes) |
| Tony James (captain, off, 70 minutes) | Tamika Mkandawire (captain, off, 26 minutes) |
| Danny Williams (off, 70 minutes) | Jim Holmes (off, 77 minutes) |
| Jordan King (off, half time) | Simon Brown |
| Danny Bertram | Kyle Patterson |
| Rob Purdie | Rob Elvins (off, 57 minutes) |
| Dean Craven | Ezikel Tomlinson |
| Subs | Subs |
| Richard Teesdale (on, half time) | Steve Day (on, 70 minutes) |
| Adam Ding | Matt Jones (on, 57 minutes) |
| Rob Sawyers (on, half time) | Danny Jones (on, 57 minutes) |
| Paul Parry (on, half time) | Jared Hodgkiss (on, 77 minutes) |
| Ben Smith (on, 70 minutes) | Tom Barnett (on, 26 minutes) |
| Kevin Gwillam (on, 70 minutes) | |
| Danny Moon (on, 70 minutes) | |
| Yellow cards | Yellow cards |
| - | - |
| Red cards | Red cards |
| - | - |
| Scorers | Scorers |
| Tony James (penalty, 26 minutes) | - |
| Michael Rose (35 minutes) | |
| Ben Smith (72, 73 minutes) | |
| Danny Bertram (77 minutes) | |
| Man of the Match | Rob Purdie |
| Attendance | 1306 |
| Referee | Mr. A. Williams (Hereford) |
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