Hereford FC manager Russell Slade was expected to give Stephen Dawson his home debut this afternoon, but weather has put paid to that.
Dawson played the whole 90 minutes at Southport last Tuesday evening and looked quite fit considering he hadn't played for months.
"I think he's had about 70 minutes with Rochdale under 23's," Slade told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"He has been training there quite regularily over the last three weeks so I knew he was reasonable condition.
"He'll get stronger and fitter, there's no doubt about that because he hasn't played a lot of football.
"His influence, his knowledge, he's going to be a key figure for us going forward, no doubt about it."