Accrington Stanley are looking forward to what is there biggest game of the season so far. Several records are up for grabs which gives Stanley even more reason to defeat Hereford on Saturday.
However Stanley have never scored at Edgar Street, and that's one record the Bulls will be hoping to keep intact.
The Milkmen will be playing their third consecutive away game in eight days. Last Saturday they defeated Crawley 1-0, and last night they put four goals past Aldershot with just one in return.
Stanley are on an excellent run. It is eighteen games since they were defeated and they have won their last ten games. The record is eleven straight wins, held jointly by Dagenham & Redbridge in season 2002-2003 and Hereford United in season 2003-2004, another reason they will want to defeat the Bulls.
Last October the Bulls were defeated 2-1 by Stanley. It was a game when many fans were wondering whether former Bull David Brown would score against his former club.
Played on a miserable Friday evening, Stanley went ahead after only ten minutes when Ian Craney scored, but just after half-time Dannny Carey-Bertram equalised for The Bulls. Ten minutes later David Brown scored the winner.
Stanley and Hereford have played each other five times in the Conference with three wins to Stanley, one win to Hereford, and one draw.
Meanwhile Andy Tretton has been giving his views about Hereford United to the Accrington Observer.
"When I was with Hereford over the last couple of years, they have been up there," said the former Hereford United defender who moved to Accrington last summer.
"They have got some new faces in but a few of the players are still there and they will know how to handle the pressure of the games towards the end of the season.
"They have got to do a lot to catch us up - it is a turnaround of four or five games - but it is definitely not over.
"I would rather be in our position even though, perhaps, it is the most pressure.
"They are chasing and have nothing really to lose while it is ours to throw away.
"But everyone at this club has handled the pressure really well. They have kept their nerve well and we have just got to carry on.
"The play-offs would be hard for us now.
"It is because of the state of mind of finishing second and missing out.
"That is what has happened at Hereford in the last two seasons. They have been disappointed and you can't help but take that into the play-offs and it is usually the team who goes on a good run, who creeps into fifth place and is on a high, who tends to do well."
Finally the Official Accrington Website carries the following:
We've beaten the Alty, the Blues and the Fleet, the Daggers, the Lambs and the Canvey Gulls.
The Grecians, the Brewers, the Devils and the Shots, and now it's the turn of the Hereford Bulls.
Hopefully by 5pm on Saturday the ditty will finish with 'but we failed to beat the Hereford Bulls'
Text at top (next game etc)
Next Game: Away At Radcliffe In The League On Saturday January 25th Kick Off 3.00pm