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Martin Foyle changed his starting line up ahead of today’s game against Dartford, bringing in Kevin Krans, Ross Dyer and Chris Sharp for Eric Odhiambo, Jon Brown and Sam Smith respectively.
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| Lively Start For Kevin Krans |
Dan Walker got past his fullback on numerous occasions but failed to delivery a telling cross.
The half went downhill from that point on, with Dartford scoring almost immediately afterwards. There was some sloppy defending which allowed Godden to cross the ball into the box for the unmarked Noble who fired past Evans from 6 yards.
Hereford 0 – Dartford 1
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| Ross Dyer Heads The Ball Towards Goal |
HT: Hereford 0 – Dartford 1
Hereford made no changes during half time, but they did look a different side when the re-emerged from the tunnel. Purdie sent a ball through the centre of the field to debutante Krans who controlled the ball brilliantly with his first touch. He then sent a powerful shot from 25-yards past Dartford’s keeper into the top right corner of the net.
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| Players Thank Krans For Hereford's First Goal Since Setember 24th |
The goal clearly gave the Bulls more confidence as they looked more intent on goal. Dyer sent Sharp goalward after passing the ball through the heart of midfield. Alan Julian could only watch as the ball sailed over his head without threat.
Just two minutes after Sharp made way for Brodie, loanee Dyer opened his Bulls account as he gave Hereford the lead on the hour. Sam Gwynne found Dan Walker with a raking diagonal ball, Walker headed back across goal from the right and Dyer was on hand to finish from 8 yards.
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| A Very Happy Ross Dyer |
Tiring goalscorer Krans was subbed for Jon Brown who provided some fresh legs down the left.
The Bulls attempted to build on their one goal lead as the much-improved Gywnne broke free of his man and into the penalty area where he was desperately unlucky to see his shot tipped onto the post.
The rebound fell to the feet of Walker who from close range managed to blast the ball over with the goal at his mercy when a simple sidefoot would surely have put the game to bed.
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| This Shot From Sam Gwynne Hit The Post |
This arguably cost the Bulls all three points against the Darts this afternoon as Dartford soon showed Hereford they were dangerous on the counter-attack.
Chris Bush was harshly penalised on the right and a cross from the resulting free kick was sent towards Ibemere at the back post and he had no trouble nodding the equaliser into the back of the net.
Hereford 2 – Dartford 2
Slightly worryingly, a sub was forced upon Foyle when a tackle on Leadbitter saw him limp off the field. Joel Edwards replaced him.
As the game drew to a close, both teams had chances to take the lead but failed to convert. For the Bulls, Purdie’s corner in stoppage time came to nothing. In the dying minutes of the game, Dartford could have taken the lead when they won 3 consecutive corners which were scrambled clear.
FT: Hereford 2 – Dartford 2
After what can only be described as a dire first half, Hereford finally started to play some football in the second half with Sam Gwynne in midfield having his best game for the Bulls since his return to first team action. A draw was probably a fair result but the game should’ve been sewn up when Walker, who otherwise had quite a good game beating his man on numerous occasions, missed when it seemed easier to score.
Hereford: Evans, Leadbitter (Edwards 80’), Bush, McDonald, Graham, Purdie, Gwynne, Walker, Sharp (Brodie 58’), Krans (Brown 73’), Dyer. Subs not used: Odhiambo and Lloyd-Weston
Dartford: Julian, Mitchell-King, Clark (Hill 46’), Collier, Bradbrook, Burns, Cornhill (Hayes 72’), Noble (Ibemere 77’), Woodyard, Harris, Godden. Subs not used: Monger and Porter.
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| Luke Graham Along with Kevin Krans, Rob Purdie And Richard Brodie After Hereford's Second Goal |
Att: 1,583 with 75 from the tunnel.