Six Home Games For Truro In Ten Days (Updated Article)

It's a round trip of 600 kilometres or 375 miles to travel from Truro to Gloucester and back.

And that's the journey Truro face not once but six times in the space of ten days if they want to watch their club's next six 'home' games.

In other words 3600 kilometres or 2250 miles. 

Why Gloucester? Because it's the only pitch available in the South West given all the wet weather.

Here's their fixture list - all six games are at 'home'.

April 4th Hemel Hempstead

April 6th Aveley

April 8th Torquay

April 10th Eastbourne

April 11th Yeovil

April 13th Maidstone

And to add to the difficulties for the club their Saturday game on April 6th kicks off at 7.30pm. 

Watch: Bowen reveals most treasured football items (the first isn't a surprise)

Jarrod Bowen with director Dave Preedy in 2014

Premier League and England football Jarrod Bowen has revealed his most treasured football possessions.

In a video with TNT Sports, the 27-year-old went through his keepsakes, starting with his first senior shirt.

That, of course, is a 2013/14 Hereford home shirt. Now a star of West Ham United's side, Bowen made his senior debut in Hereford United's 2-0 loss at Barnet in what was then the Conference.

Under caretaker boss Peter Beadle, who had been in charge of the youth team where Bowen was a part, Bowen went on to make eight appearances as the side escaped relegation on a dramatic and memorable final day of the season with a 2-1 win at Aldershot.

But it proved somewhat pointless as the Bulls were later expunged from the Conference for their off-the-field problems and folded months later.

But for Bowen, the shirt - and the memory of his first senior goal in front of the Meadow End at his childhood club - are staying with him forever. On that day, April 21, the Bulls beat Alfreton Town 3-2 at home.

Among his other keepsakes are his England legacy cap, with his number on front; the match ball from his first hat trick, which came in February; and a players' player of the year award from his time at Hull City.

But Bowen proved he is still modest despite his stellar career so far, keeping the possessions in a private room so they're not the first thing guests see and think it's the 'Jarrod show'.

Bowen gets onto the ball...

...strikes it and scores his first senior goal in a 3-2 win over Alfreton Town

Jarrod Bowen, wearing a red cap, with his team mates after the Great Escape at Aldershot

Hereford 1/1 To Defeat Buxton Tomorrow

Jason Cowley Scored From The Spot For Hereford At Buxton Earlier This Season

Hereford are 1/1 to defeat Buxton tomorrow afternoon according to the bookmakers.

Currently Hereford are 12th in the table with 62 points from 41 games.

Buxton are 14th with 55 points from 42 games.

Hereford are one game behind most clubs because their game at Banbury on Good Friday was postponed

On that day Buxton lost 4-1 at home to Chester (9th).

Hereford's home record is won 11, drawn 5 and lost 5.

Buxton's away record is won 9, drawn 2 and lost 10.

Recent form:

Hereford WLDLW

Buxton WLLDL

Hereford 1/1  Draw 13/5  Buxton 5/2

Banbury Away Next Wednesday

Hereford's away game at Banbury which was postponed yesterday will now be played next Wednesday evening, kick-off at 7.45pm.

Tickets bought for yesterday's game will be valid.

Those with tickets who can't go to the game on Wednesday will be able to obtain a refund in due course.

Home Win - Bank Holiday Banker

It’s Buxton at Edgar Street on Monday, with Hereford FC perfectly placed to ‘do a Kidderminster’ in rocking up to the play-off party late and beating everyone, before ‘not doing a Kidderminster’ and staying in the fifth tier next season.

For a plastic pitch outfit, Buxton are surprisingly not reliant on home form to keep them afloat. They’ve won nine games away this season and only South Shields have scored more goals on their travels. They don’t tend to draw either. This may be a must-win for the Bulls, but it’s undoubtedly going to be significantly tougher than the Farsley must-win.

However…

The visitors have recently hit a bit of a dip in form, losing three of their last four games, and they got thrashed 4-1 at home to Chester on Friday, when Hereford were taking an enforced day off. That dip leaves them with precisely nothing to play for here and for the rest of the season, which should play into the hands of the hosts, who still have lots to play for in attempting to ‘do a Kidderminster’.

Also, Bucks manager Craig Elliott recently announced he’d be leaving at the end of the season, giving rise to potential further indifference from the opposition on Monday. Elliott gave an honest assessment of the Chester defeat, saying that the Seals wanted it more. Hereford have to ensure that they want it more too all over the pitch, and given the relative positions of these two sides it should be a given that the players in the white shirts are more motivated than the ones in…er, whatever colour shirts Buxton play away in. It seems to often be pink in the National League North, or something designed by a primary school art class.

Striker Ben Andreucci, on loan from Bolton, was the stand-out player for Buxton in the Chester game, scoring their goal and proving to be a constant threat. Chester enjoyed a lot of success in that game down their right-hand side, which may suggest that ex-Bull Adam Livingstone had a bit of a torrid time for his new club. There was plenty to like about the Scot while he was at Edgar Street but he was never totally solid defensively. He’ll love dealing with Jid Okeke.

Much-travelled striker Jake Wright, always good for a goal or two at this level, has been a bit-part player so far this season, but has started recently. He averages a yellow card every other game though, which won’t have helped his club’s cause – silly narna. His newly formed partnership with Andreucci has been described as ‘potent’, so potent as to have delivered one point in the last four games.

Diego de Girolamo scores a goal every other game when fit, but has been on the bench for the last two games. He’s their top scorer with 13 goals, and recently played his 200^th game for the club.

Defender Max Hunt has experience higher up with our old friends Aldershot and Yeovil, and has weighed in with a couple of goals this season.

Midfielder Sam Osborne is a very useful player at this level, but hasn’t been playing recently. I’m not entirely sure why not.

Results elsewhere again didn’t go Hereford’s way on Good Friday, and four wins from the last five games are needed to be in the play-off mix. I’m increasingly thinking that the person who thought 70 points would be enough (was it the Chester manager?) forgot that this season consists of 46 games, not 42, but it seems unlikely that you could make that mistake if you’re an NLN manager.

Buxton finished a point short of the play-offs in their first NLN season last time, and 12 points above Hereford. However, that won’t be the case this time, as they’re currently seven points behind the Bulls having played a game more. If we were to surmise that they’ve stood still in terms of their progress, it suggests that Hereford are the best part of 20 points better off under Caddis than they were last season, and this is his first season in management, managing a brand new squad who started the season more or less as strangers to one another.

With players of the calibre of Alex Babos signing on for next season to give some continuity for once, that rate of progress should ramp up to put rocket boosters under a proper promotion push next season, if the club just falls short this time. It feels like things are finally being done in a professional way, a way that befits a club that attracts 2500 to each home game.

Tope Obadeyi will be available for this one and looks to be in very good nick, and the Banbury postponement has allowed Yusifu Ceesay another couple of days to recover from his sore knee. If Caddis can find a formation that accommodates those two, Okeke and an Alex Babos presumably full of oomph having signed on for next season, there’s more creativity there than in a primary school art class.

When you dig down into the nitty-gritty, Buxton look to be in the same sort of state of flux that Banbury are in, and whilst, with certain exceptions, you don’t like to see that at another club, there’s plenty to like here about the prospects for a home win with, dare I say it, a few goals too. A 20-0 victory would be ideal in terms of play-off goal difference, and would be a good watch.

But with regard to the play-offs and moving on up, given that Shrewsbury seemingly need to burn through what is essentially a £3m-a-year subsidy from some mug to allow them to continue as a struggling League 1 outfit, what, actually, are we looking to get promoted into? A toxic world of debt?

The doolally Premier League trickle-down effect is going to destroy football as it’s been known in this country for a hundred years, and everyone – clubs, fans, FA (sigh), government (bigger sigh) are sleepwalking into it. To paraphrase M&S: there’s greed-induced insanity, and there’s football-world greed-induced insanity. Thanks Rupert.

Having said that, I’m not sure how many more winter evening matches versus Alfreton and everything they represent I can cope with. I’d possibly give £3m to avoid another one if I had it.

Happy Easter everyone.

COYW

Badges On Sale At Buxton Match

A large selection of HFC pin badges will be on sale pre match this Monday vs Buxton. All those badges pictured are available at £1-00 or £3-00 each ( cash only ) from a sales point adjacent to the matchday ticket office.As usual all net proceeds go directly to HFC.

Total funds raised and donated to date from these sales = £12,000

Kidderminster Look Doomed

Kidderminster will probably need to win all of their last four matches and hope that others above them drop lots of points, if they are not to be relegated to the National North League.

Yesterday Altrincham defeated Kiddy 3-1 at Aggborough, the first time Altrincham have won there since 1994. 

Bottom of the National League:

19 - Ebbsfleet 40/48

20 - Wealdstone 39/47

21 - Boreham Wood 41/44

22 - Kidderminster 42/43

23 - Dorking 41/42

24 - Oxford City 42/32

The excellent Harries Online reported:

"A lesson in finishing from Altrincham looks to have consigned the Harriers to a return to the death pit of the National North for next season. 

"A miracle might happen, but that’s only in fiction, and our miracle didn’t turn up today." 

At least Kidderminster would something to look forward next season. They will have the pleasure in playing Hereford over the Xmas/New Year period. 

That, of course, assumes Hereford are not promoted to the National League which remains a possibility.

Advance Tickets For Scunthorpe Away Next Saturday

Advance tickets for the away game at Scunthorpe next Saturday, April 6th are on sale.

Adult tickets cost £18. They will cost £20 from mid-day on the Saturday.

Car parking can also be booked in advance. This costs £4.

More details:

https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2024/march/penultimate-home-game-of-the-season-against-hereford-now-on-sale2/

From The Archives - Save The Bulls Fund

How many Hereford supporters remember the 'Save The Bulls Fund'

Here's a look back to when it started in 2001. Were you one of the winners?

The Latest On The Save The Bulls Fund

2nd August

June Winner

Winner for June was Mr JMR Evans. He or she wins £87.40, congratulations from everyone at the club.

25th June

May Winner

The lucky winner for May is EH Barter. who wins the sum of £88.00. Very well done to them.

BOLSA Support

The Bulls Online Supporters Association is backing The Save The Bulls Fund, the internet based supporters group are looking into ways in which they can boost the fund and help to raise the awareness of the fund within supporters circles and beyond. Many good ideas have come from BOLSA and the club will be working with them in the future to help co-ordinate any schemes to raise awareness of the fund. The club would like to thank BOLSA for their efforts.

31st May

April Winner

Winner for April was C D Ammonds. He or she wins £89.20.

29th April

March Winner

Winner for march is MJ Stansbury who wins the grand total of £89.20. Well done to Mr/Mrs Stansbury and thankyou for your continuing support of the Save The Bulls Fund.

3rd March

February Winner

Winner for February is S Barrington, he wins £80.00.

January Winner

Winner for January is CM Smith MR/IPCA, he wins £82.00

1st February

December Draw Winner

Congratulations to Graham Johnson who is the winner of the draw for December. He wins a grand total of £74.80.

Many apologies for the lateness of the draw for December, this was a combination of a late statement from the bank and a little bit of laziness on our part! We will endevour to get the draw for January done within the next week..... honest!

1st February

Meeting

A meeting of people interested in helping to promote the Save The Bulls Fund will be held in the near future, help could be in the form of handing out leaflets at matches, coming up with ideas for promoting the fund and possibly helping run the Fund in the future. If you are interested in attending the meeting then please e-mail Mark Farmer and he will let you know when the meeting will take place and where.

15th December

November Draw Winner

Congratulations to N R Preece for becoming the November winner of the Save The Bulls Fund Draw.

26th November

October Draw Winner

Our winner for October is D.Powell, he or she wins £73.20. Congratulations.

23rd October

Brookside Versus Hollyoaks At Edgar Street!

A charity match featuring some of the casts from Hollyoaks and Brookside will be taking place at Edgar Street on November 18th. The match will be hosted by Local radio station, Radio Wyvern. The proceeds will go to The Save The Bulls Fund (The amount raised will not be included in the amount for the prize money for that months draw). Entry to the match will be £3 for Adults and £1 for Children. Many thanks to Radio Wyvern for there sponsorship of this event.

Saturday 13th October - September Draw Winner

The winning number was drawn by club Director Joan Fennesey and she pulled out number 220 which was one of Graham Johnson's numbers. He wins £73.20, congratulations, and as always a big thankyou for your continued support.

Saturday 22nd September - Augus Draw Winner

The latest winner of the Save The Bulls Fund Draw is KJ Devereux and he/she wins £79.20. The winning number was drawn by Nicky White of the liasion committee.

Sunday 19th August - July Draw Winner

The July Winner is RJ Lawrence who picks up a tidy 76.20. Well done to Mr/Mrs Lawrence and thanks for your support.

Thursday 18th July - Fourth Draw Winner

The fourth winner of the Save The Bulls Fund is RJB Ferguson whos winning number was drawn out by Director Of Football Graham Turner, he wins a nice £82.00 which can be claimed at the club office, Blackfriars Street (Please take ID).

Yet again we saw an increase of donations to the fund, it now stands at £410.00 a month. Thanks to you all. Apologies for the late draw this month, the bank made a slight error which had to be rectified before we could do the draw.

Friday 15th June - Third Draw Winner

Congratulations to R Smith who has become the third winner of the Save The Bulls Fund draw, he wins £76.60. Mr/Mrs Smith can pick up his/her winnings at the club office at Blackfriars Street (Please take along ID). Thanks to all for your support of the fund. Details and Mandate forms are available on the Fund Raising section of this website.

Friday 15th June - Fund Grows

Thanks again to all of our fans that support the fund, it has grown to a creditable £383 a month now and we are expecting this amount to grow even more once the new season gets underway.

Friday 11th May - Second Winner!

The second draw of The Save The Bulls Fund took place on Friday 11th May at the HUFC Boardroom and the winning number was drawn by Director of Football Graham Turner.

The winning number was 101 and that number was owned this month by WOOLWICH 278892603, he or she wins £66.40 which can collected at the main club office (please bring ID).

A big thank you to all of you that take part in the scheme, it is really taking off now and we are pleased to say that the amount being paid in monthly to the scheme has risen by £85 last month to a very nice £332, and the total raised so far is £1,105.45. As you can imagine having this regular income coming in monthly is a great help to United and the scheme can only grow stronger as time goes on. Please mention the scheme to fellow HUFC fans and encourage them to join it, and remind them that they can win some cash too!

Download The Standing Order Mandate And Details Of Entry

Details and Rules Of Entry

Standing Order Mandates for this scheme are available at the club shop, at the main club office and on this page. Hopefully they will also be handed out on the turnstiles at a game in the near future.

This fund has been set up after an idea to raise money for Hereford United FC was put forward on the clubs official website by a supporter, this followed several supporters enquiries asking for ways to donate to the club during the present difficult times.

The idea is that United fans can donate an amount of their choosing to the Save The Bulls Fund once a month, this is done by filling in a Standing Order Mandate Form and presenting it to your bank. For every £1 donated you will receive 1 entry into a monthly draw to take place before a home match during the season and at the club office during close season (i.e. £20 = 20 entries, £2 = 2 entries). The draw will be made by an independent person chosen by the club.

The winner of the draw shall receive 20% of the total amount paid into the fund the previous month (£500 paid into fund = £100 for the winner of the draw). All profits made on this scheme will go straight to Hereford United Football Club.

A list of entrants for any given month will be made available in the club office, this facility is for entrants to check that they are actually entered if they should wish to (ID required).

The first draw will take place at the beginning of April. Winners of the draw will be announced as the draw takes place, on this website and in the following match programme. Please note that if you require notification of a win in the draw personally (by phone or letter) then please make these details available to the club by mail and address it to The Save the Bulls Fund.

The club would like to thank all our fans taking part in this scheme, your support and help is greatly appreciated. Stay United!

Drone pictures show Banbury's pitch after Hereford game postponed

Drone pictures show Banbury United's Spencer Stadium at around 3.50pm this afternoon. Pictures: Banburyshire 360

Drone pictures taken this afternoon show the waterlogged ground around Banbury United's pitch.

Hereford were due to face the Puritans on Good Friday but the game was postponed at around 10.15am this morning due to a waterlogged pitch.

Eight games have fallen victim to the weather at the Spencer Stadium so far this season and Banbury will now be playing twice a week - and one week three times - until the end of the season.

Hereford will now visit midweek, possibly on Thursday, April 11, two days before a six-pointer away at Warrington Town.

Banbury said ground staff were at the club from 7am and in a post on their website, the club blamed high river and brook levels around the pitch meaning there was nowhere for the water to drain away.

Drone pictures from Banburyshire 360, taken at around 3.50pm this afternoon, show the problems facing the club, who are also aiming to raise £7,500 to cover the cost of postponements.

The pictures show parts of the pitch, and the land surrounding it, are waterlogged.

The photographer said: "It wasn't really raining until the evening and then this morning it was coming down like thunder".

"The river flows underneath the gym and in the space of three hours it probably gone a foot higher and that's generally not a good sign for football," they added.

The Puritans said they knew many Hereford fans had already made the trip to Banbury today, with social media posts showing a packed station platform at Hereford this morning.

The club said they shared the "extreme disappointment" and also lamented the financial blow.

The club said: "As we know from many times before (this is our eighth match postponement this season), this is a river problem, not a pitch problem," they said.

"This is a huge disappointment to both Banbury and Hereford supporters who were looking forward to this Good Friday match. This is another huge financial hit to our club and everyone involved is devastated."

National League North results and updated table - Tamworth all but seal title

The wait to be crowned National League North champions goes on for Tamworth after this afternoon's National League North matches.

The table toppers, despite winning at home against already-relegated Bishop's Stortford, still aren't champions as Chorley's win at struggling Darlington means they could still be caught.

But the Lambs only need a point from their remaining four games to be mathematically crowned champions and secure their second promotion in as many seasons.

Kyle Finn scored the third goal in Tamworth's 3-0 win, and for Scunthorpe, they couldn't break the deadlock at home against mid-table King's Lynn. Tom Pugh, who spent more than a month on loan at Edgar Street this season, struck the woodwork late on in that game.

For Hereford, they slip to 12th and are now five points outside the play-off places - and with a goal difference of -1, it may as well be six points.

The Bulls do have a game in hand over several sides, but not Alfreton Town or Boston United. Hereford face the latter at home on the last day of the season.

Alfreton Town (0) 1-0 (0) Rushall Olympic
Banbury United P-P Hereford
Blyth Spartans (1) 2-3 (0) Curzon Ashton
Boston United (2) 2-1 (0) Peterborough Sports
Buxton (1) 1-4 (1) Chester
Darlington (0) 0-3 (1) Chorley
Farsley Celtic (0) 0-0 (0) Southport
Gloucester City (1) 1-1 (0) Brackley Town
Scarborough Athletic (1) 2-2 (1) Warrington Town
Scunthorpe United (0) 0-0 (0) King's Lynn Town
South Shields (0) 2-0 (0) Spennymoor Town
Tamworth (0) 3-0 (0) Bishop's Stortford

The updated league table can be found here.

Tamworth Could Take League Title This Afternoon

Tamworth could take the National North League title this afternoon.

But it will only happen if they defeat Bishop's Stortford and Scunthorpe drop at least a point at home against King's Lynn.

Currently Tamworth have 86 points and Scunthorpe 75 points.

So if Tamworth win this afternoon they will have 89 points and if Scunthorpe they will have 78 points.

Should that happen then Tamworth will have to wait until Easter Monday at least to win the title.

  

Good Friday National North League Fixtures

A full compliment of fixtures in the National North League this afternoon.

Alfreton v Rushall Olympic

Banbury v Hereford (Match Postponed)

Blyth Spartans v Curzon Ashton

Boston v Peterborough Sports

Buxton v Chester

Darlington v Chorley

Farsley Celtic v Southport

Gloucester v Brackley

Scarborough v Warrington

Scunthorpe v King's Lynn

South Shields v Spennymoor

Tamworth v Bishop's Stortford

London Bulls Second Podcast

This from The London Bulls:

Join us for our second episode of The London Bulls Podcast with your hosts, Tom Gough and KD Rai! In this episode we talk about the plan for this podcast and how the London Bulls supporters group is progressing. 

We talk through the National League North Playoff dates, the 4-1 win against Farsley Celtic and upcoming fixtures against Banbury & Buxton. 

In addition we talk about England’s international matches including Jarrod Bowen’s offside goal and in Memory Corner we talk about the 2016 FA Vase Cup Final at Wembley. Please support us by liking, sharing and subscribing to our content! 

The views stated in this podcast do not represent those of Hereford FC - They are just the views of two people with far too much time on their hands, clearly…

https://youtu.be/IyOPX93Nv74?feature=shared 

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Fans await new date for postponed Banbury game - here's when it could be

Both Hereford and Banbury United fans will be waiting on news for when today's postponed National League North game might go ahead.

It was Banbury's eighth postponed of the season and they still have seven games left to play.

That is compared to Hereford's five.

Banbury are now playing twice a week until the end of the season:

Monday, April 1: Bishop's Stortford (a) – 3pm

Saturday, April 6: King's Lynn Town (h) – 3pm

Tuesday, April 9: Spennymoor Town (a) - 7.45pm

Saturday, April 13: Chorley (a) – 3pm

Tuesday April 16: Boston United (h) - 7.45pm

Saturday, April 20: Tamworth (h) – 3pm

Meanwhile, here is Hereford's fixture list:

Monday, April 1: Buxton (h) – 3pm

Saturday, April 6: Scunthorpe United (a) – 3pm

Saturday, April 13: Warrington Town (a) – 3pm

Tuesday, April 16: Hereford Pegasus (h) - 7.45pm (HFA County Cup Final) - likely U18s

Saturday, April 20: Boston United (h) – 3pm

While the game could be squeezed in next Wednesday (April 3), it could also be played on Thursday, April 11 or the following Thursday which is April 18.

Perhaps it is unlikely to be the latter as the season finishes two days later.

Either way, Banbury are already lamenting the "huge financial hit" as the gate is likely to be much smaller midweek than what it would've been today on Good Friday.

Devastated Banbury lament huge financial blow and blame river for postponement

Banbury United have said groundstaff were looking at the pitch for three hours before the decision was made to postpone this afternoon's game.

It is Banbury's eighth postponement this season and they are already playing twice a week until the end of the season.

The match was postponed at 10am due to water still lying on the pitch, that's despite Banbury saying their grounds team was "monitoring the pitch since 7am to see if the water would be likely to subside".

But with patches of water still standing, "the independent pitch inspection resulted in the match being called off" and the club has also sad it'll be a huge financial blow.

In a post on their website, Banbury blamed high river and brook levels around the pitch meaning there was nowhere for the water to drain away.

"As we know from many times before (this is our eighth match postponement this season), this is a river problem, not a pitch problem," they said.

"This is a huge disappointment to both Banbury and Hereford supporters who were looking forward to this Good Friday match. This is another huge financial hit to our club and everyone involved is devastated.

"We continue to pursue investigations into the impact to our Club from surrounding waterways, with the Environmental Agency (sic) and with the assistance of our MP who is escalating our plight with her ministerial colleagues."

The Puritans said they knew many Hereford fans had already made the trip to Banbury today, with social media posts showing a packed station platform at Hereford this morning.

The club said they share the "extreme disappointment".

"Our volunteers in the grounds, marketing and ticketing teams have ploughed many hours behind-the-scenes in the last fortnight, to make it possible to host you," they added.

It is not yet clear how Hereford fans will get refunds or when the game is likely to be played.