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League chief backs ruling
John Moules has welcomed the sentencing of twelve Hereford followers after violence at Burton Albion last year.
The Conference chief executive told the Non-League Paper: "It serves as a warning to others. It sends out a clear message that this sort of thing will not be tolerated.
"Previous intelligence had said there would be no trouble between Hereford and Burton," he added. "It was not identified at that time as a potential problem game, that's why when it occurred we realised straight away there was a new element attaching itself to Hereford United.
"You can't always legislate for things until they happen, that's the problem. But I'm confident that if a problem arises we have the resources and the infrastructure to deal with it immediately."
Moules didn't point the finger at Hereford, and is quoted as saying: "There is no blame to be attached to Hereford whatsoever. We're aware that a group of people attached themselves to the club at the start of the season and this came to light on a couple of occasions during the season."
Meanwhile, former Hereford United coach Keith Downing has joined Cheltenham Town as assistant manager to John Ward. Downing was reserve team coach at Wolves before the move.