The Bulls entertain Woking at Edgar Street on Tuesday night looking to get back on track after two losses.
The two sides were regular combatants during the Bulls' previous Conference spell, with honours fairly even between the two team. Across nine straight Conference years the Bulls won eight of the matches, the Cards six, and with four draws. Amongst the highlights were the 5-0 win at Edgar Street from ten years ago and Woking's last visit to Herefordshire, when Rob Purdie scored twice in a 4-0 win for the Bulls as they marched to promotion in 2006.
The Bulls frontline on Tuesday night may well be made up of who is fittest to face the Cards. Ryan Bowman's disrupted pre-season has seen him wait for a start, while the late arrivals of Brian Smikle and Tristan Plummer are likely to mean neither are fully match fit. Mystery surrounds the length of time Marley Watkins will be out with his absence on Saturday sorely felt. While collecting the VP Club Man of the Match award on Saturday, Chris Carruthers showed something not seem much in last season's squad - humility, with the full back apologising face-to-face to the fans present for the performance and promising to improve results.
Woking boss Garry Hill must shudder every time he sees the Bulls on his fixture list after 'that 9-0' while in charge at Dagenham, as he's managed to successfully avoid the fixture every time since. After managing a variety of non-league financial basket-cases Hill has surfaced at one of the more well-founded sides, pulling them back into the fifth tier this summer. Amongst his summer signings is one Gavin McCallum, who will probably be reminded by the Meadow End about his over-the-top goal celebration while with Lincoln.
Hereford United vs Woking, Edgar Street, Tuesday 4th September 2012, 7.45pm.