The scoreline flattered the Bulls
Another victory for the Bulls was put into perspective after the game by Graham Turner, the Hereford United manager.
He told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "It was pleasing to come away with a result of that standard. I think it might just alert one or two other clubs that when you go away from home and win 5-1, it's a terrific scoreline although I think it flattered us a little bit because they really made a game of it.
"They made it hard work for us particually in the first half," added Turner.
Also interviewed, captain Tony James remarked: " I thought that with a change of manager, they upped their game and in the first half they played pretty well. We only had a couple of chances in the first half and they had a decent amount of possession.
"But eventually we broke then down. After we got one or two goals as they started to attack us we could counter-attack and scored more."
The Daily Telegraph's Nicholas Harding has a report in that paper this morning and in it commented: "Hereford United's speed-off the blocks caught Northwich napping at Wincham Park last night" and goes onto mention the "clinical finishing" of the Bulls.