Tuesday, March 20, 2018

News Round Up



An 'incident' in the tunnel during the NFA Hillier Senior Cup semi-final between Kettering Town and AFC Rushden & Diamonds last month may result in prosecutions. The investigation into the alleged incident between 'two non-playing club representatives' at half-time has now been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider whether charges would be brought. 



With Carl Haffenden stepping down from his role with the match day video service Hereford Goals at the end of the season, some changes are being implemented ahead of the handover. Their Twitter feed has been reduced to a match day only feed - @BullsNewsBlog will continue to bring you the latest updates.

Last night's BigFreeBet.com Challenge Cup final between Hitchin and Didcot was postponed due to the recent bad weather. The league cup final couldn't be played over the usual two legs because of a lack of available dates in Hitchin's fixture list, but a new date will now need to be set by the League Board.

The supporter who suffered a heart attack at an Alvechurch game three months ago was the first to turn up at Lye Meadow to help clear the snow of pitch on the weekend. Rick Edwards was one of a number of fans to try and get the Birmingham Senior Cup game on against West Bromwich, but a frozen pitch meant the game was postponed regardless.

Tickets for Merthyr Town's evening with Neil Warnock sold out within an hour of going on sale last night. The cash-strapped Southern Premier side will welcome Cardiff City's manager to Penydarren Park on Thursday 19th April for a Q&A session.


Martin Allen has been named as Barnet's new manager following the sacking of Graham Wesley. 'Mad Dog' returns to the Bees for his fifth spell at the club who are currently seven points from safety at the bottom of League Two.