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Delight for Smith after brace
Ben Smith, who netted two goals in Hereford United's 3-1 victory at Tamworth today, was delighted with the outcome.
"It was a excellent start," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester. "We always knew it was going to be a tough game, and they came at us in the first twenty minutes but Steve Guinan scored an excellent goal."
The conditions obviously had an impact on proceedings, particularly with the sun beaming down on the pitch. "It was so hot, and it was really hard to get going, but once Steve scored we had them on the back foot and deserved the win.
"It helped that we played a part-time team because no matter now much they train, they're not training as much as us and in the second half, I think that showed."
Smith was confident that today's victory can be built upon. "Once you start well, then anything can happen but if we have a poor start, then we're always playing catch-up. We've started well and if we get to the top, hopefully we can stay there all season."