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Pitman plans for a successful future
It's been an eventful summer for Hereford United midfielder Jamie Pitman. After just missing out on the play-offs last April, Pitman wedded Kate Lloyd at the start of June before returning to pre-season training in July.
Despite all the off-field activity, the man who first joined Hereford in February 1996, when United missed out on promotion to Division Two via. the play-offs, is raring to go.
"It's been hard work, but we've enjoyed it, and it's good to get back into the games," he told HU-FC.co.uk. "I think we've done really well."
The timing of Pitman's wedding was unfortunate in that it clashed with Tony James' marraige to Vikki Criasia. "It just happened to fall that way as we couldn't have it at the place we wanted to the week before or week after, so it had to be that weekend," he explained. "Otherwise, if you leave it a bit too late then the honeymoon is right before the start of the season."
This season won't be easy for Pitman. He has competition for his central midfield role, particularly after the signing of Jordan King, but this can only be a positive position for the club. "The boss has brought in a couple of good players," Pitman continued. "We're looking quite lively and hopefully we'll have a good season. We were disappointed last year not to get into the play-offs, so this year we hope to get into the play-offs or get promoted automatically. We will strive to do our best.
"Our performances will prove that we want to achieve something."