Blocks of games
Next Saturday's game at Edgar Street against Scarborough is the first in what Hereford United's chief coach Richard O'Kelly has described as the manager's second block of games for this season.
"The manager has a little system where he works on blocks of games. It's something that I picked up last year. I'm learning all the time from him. We work on blocks of games and at the moment they are going better than expected," said O'Kelly on BBC Hereford & Worcester.
The first block of seven games produced nineteen points from a possible twenty-one, which was more than Graham Turner had predicted.
For the second block, Turner told the Nationwide football website that he was aiming for at least 17 points.
Those games are against Scarborough, Telford, Gravesend, and Dagenham at home and Burton, Woking and Northwich away. As things stand at present in the league that target looks attainable although Woking may prove a difficult fixture to obtain three points.
The third block could present problems as included in the seven fixtures are away games at both Chester and Shrewsbury.
Meanwhile, next weekend's matches include what should be a very exciting clash at Aldershot, currently fourth, where Shrewsbury, joint second, are the visitors. A draw would suit Hereford who lead the Conference by three points. Chester, also joint second, and still the bookies favourites to win the league, have a relatively easy home game against Halifax.
What ever happens at Edgar Street and elsewhere, Hereford United will remain in top place in the Conference for at least another week as no other club is likely to make up three points and a goal difference of ten.