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Leamington manager Paul Holleran said he was 'absolutely delighted' to have defeated Hereford yesterday.
"With the games that went before that, a massive effort on Thursday (Boxing Day); followed up today with losing George, Calum and Josh. As I’ve stated before, we have a small squad but it’s a competitive squad, and I thought that the players who came in today were all tremendous. There wasn’t much in the game. Possibly the start of the first half and the start of the second half were key periods, and we just edged it but it was a massve effort. Even though Hereford are on a bit of a bad run they are a big club, they’ve got good players, a good manager, but they’re not getting the drop of the ball at the moment. Take nothing away from us though. When we were allowed to play we were expansive and looked a threat. I thought Jack Edwards was tremendous today - it was like having three players on the pitch.
"I think two games in 48 hours is very unfair on players at this level, especially with a small squad like ours when we’ve had a player recalled on the Friday. There’s lots of different ingredients required to win football games and we showed lots and lots of character, determination and grit today with a sprinkling of quality, and we’re absolutely delighted.
"Edgar Street is a fantastic place to come. I enjoy coming here to watch a game of football. I’ve never won here before. We came here last year and played well and ended up losing 2-1. You take it on the chin and move on, and we’ve come here today and won 2-1, so it’s a great feeling.
"I looked at it today and I did think it might be too much for the boys. Hereford are a big football club and they’re in the position where they can make changes in key areas and I thought that might tell as the game went on, but we grew into it and when we needed to find something we did so, and in the end I think we just about deserved it."