A couple of questions posed in today's Guardian involving Hereford.
“If the FA Cup replays involving non-league sides go to form, there will be no non-league sides in the third round: when was the last time that happened?” asks Richard Powell.
It has never happened since the third round was introduced in 1925-26, Richard. Back in 2015-16, Eastleigh flew the flag as sole non-leaguers, but this season could see the first blank yet. With Hereford FC facing Fleetwood Town in the final replay, it could rest on their shoulders.
Another snippet from today's Guardian also mentions Hereford.
“Has any other football team played 11 triallists like Hereford United did this summer?” posed Steve Hodges in 2014.
With the threat of liquidation lingering, it was no surprise to see Hereford fielding triallist XIs against Droylsden and, rather oddly, Besiktas in pre-season. There was understandably little mirth to be found in the reaction to those friendly teams.
But not so at Hyde FC. “Last month Hyde FC played a team of completely traillists for the third-or-so time in a row,” wrote John Jacques. “It was getting confusing keeping track of the names … so they started naming the players after actors and such.” Having named a team of revolutionaries for the fixture against Altrincham – Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Maximilien de Robespierre and so forth – mixed in with a couple of contracted players, a triallist XI took the field against Burnley in their following fixture …