There were sixteen goals in last night's HFA Cup game between Hereford and Tenbury. Unfortunately for Tenbury they only scored one of them.
Fifteen goals for Hereford FC in a competitive match is a score that might never be beaten.
Jack Deaman captained the Bulls in a side that had a mixture of senior players needing game time and youngsters. Jamie Cuss played thirty minutes or so in the second period.
Playing towards the Blackfriars End, Hereford scored their first goal with less than a minute on the clock, later noted as 15.8seconds, Adam Page with an effort from twenty yards.
One minute later Lance Smith doubled Hereford's score with a decent long range header.
On twelve minutes Smith got around a defender and put the ball past the keeper for Hereford's third.
Another header from Smith two minutes later. He had by then scored a hat-trick in twelve minutes.
On twenty five minutes a Hereford player was brought down in the box and Adam Page made no mistake with the penalty.
Tenbury had a couple of chances during the first half and one of them fell to Patton who then scored Tenbury's only goal of the game.
Just one minute later James Hancock made it 6-1. Hancock has recenly joined the UITC set up after leaving Cheltenham.
On 36 minutes Smith scored Hereford's seventh and his fourth of the night.
So at half-time Hereford led 7-1.
Beadle the introduced his son Josh and took Smith off.
Page took five minutes in the second half as opposed to just one in the first half to score and make it 8-1.
One minute later youth player George Hayes opened his account from close range after the Tenbury keeper had failed to deal with a shot from Mike Symons who had come on for after an inury to Dan Preston during the first half.
Then a gap of twenty minutes before Hereford's tenth of the evening. Another goal for Page.
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Next to score was Jamie Bird who kept on his feet after a challenge from a Tenbury player in the box |
Seven minutes later Page scored his fifth with a great effort.
On 85 minuted Bird doubled his tally with a good effort from just outside the area.
A couple of minutes later a Tenbury own goal. Sam Williams couldn't head the ball away from the net.
And finally Mike Symons made it fifteen for Hereford
To be fair to Tenbury they looked to enjoy the occassion despite the scoreline. They later tweeted: Thanks to all the supporters who came to support us tonight. Not the result we wanted but they were a different class!
The attendance was 434 with a fair number of adults and children supporting Tenbury.
By way of contrast the game between Banbury and King's Lynn attracted just 277 fans.
Hereford: A. Harris A, O'Shea, Pugh, Franklin, Deaman, Preston, Hayes, Bird, Smith, Page, Hancocks.
Subs: Cuss, Symons, J. Beadle, M. Harris.
