More Match Reaction

Most of the press covered last night's game. Below is a sample of what they reported.

The Sun said:

Dennis Wise blasted his 'brain-dead' cup flops after they were dumped out by minows Hereford.

Leeds boss Wise snapped: “We’ve played well in the league all season but not looked anything like as good in the cup.

"I thought my players were a bit brain dead. I couldn’t say that one of them played well.

"We didn’t pass the ball, we didn’t play our football and we made wrong decisions in all areas of the pitch.”

Graham Turner was rightly proud of his team.

"Leeds might have fallen on hard times but they are still a very big club and in my book are certainties to win promotion this season.

"So we believe they are still a big cup scalp for us. We deserved our win. We competed well and played well."

The Mirror started their report with this:

Famed giant-killers Hereford punched above their weight yet again last night to send Leeds tumbling out of the FA Cup.

Once-mighty Leeds' fall from grace means they might not be quite the scalp they once were but this didn't bother Graham Turner's League Two underdogs.

And the Guardian:

It may be that Leeds United are better off without distractions as they fight to overcome the 15-point deficit imposed on them by the Football League, but they would surely have preferred to go further in the FA Cup than Harrogate Railway. In truth they were fortunate to be simply embarrassed last night. Hereford were so much better that the team from the higher division might have been humiliated.

And the Telegraph:

Hereford were the sharper, more inventive team, and if Theo Robinson's finishing had matched his physical power, they might have won by two or three goals.

Finally the Yorkshire Post:

Hereford United, masters of the FA Cup giantkilling, produced another shock at Elland Road last night to send Leeds United crashing out of the competition.

Lionel Ainsworth's third-minute goal, coolly slotted home from 12 yards after the home team allowed him too much time and space, was enough to earn the League Two outfit victory in a blood-and-thunder first round replay after their meeting at Edgar Street had ended goalless.

While Leeds can only lick their wounds, Hereford can look forward to a second round tie at home to Hartlepool United on December 2. On this evidence, there is no reason why they should not claim another League One scalp and book their passage into the potentially lucrative third round.

Predictably, boos rang out at the final whistle as the majority of a 11,315 crowd vented their frustration – and understandably so.

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