Representatives from the Royal British Legion were at Edgar Street this afternoon for the club's annual Remembrance matchday.
The one minute silence took place just before kick-off.
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Saturday, October 31, 2026
Remembrance Matchday At Edgar Street
Representatives from the Royal British Legion were at Edgar Street this afternoon for the club's annual Remembrance matchday.
Today's National North League Results
Results of the games played in the National North League this afternoon.
https://x.com/NL_Enterprise/status/2116580678133551300/photo/2Hereford drop to 4th. They would have gone top had they defeated Kings Lynn.
South Shields are top, Oxford City second and Macclesfield third.
REACTION | Aaron Downes - Hereford FC 0-3 Kings Lynn
Aaron Downes gives his post match reaction to todays 3-0 defeat, click on the play button to hear his thoughts.
REACTION | Harry Tustin - Hereford FC 0-3 Kings Lynn
Harry Tustin gives his post match reaction to todays 3-0 defeat, click on the play button to hear his thoughts.
Full time: Hereford 0-3 Kings Lynn
Hereford have gone down to a 3-0 defeat against Paul Caddis’ Kings Lynn.
Having conceded a Kwame Thomas penalty after 13 minutes, Thomas scored a second just three minutes later.
Aaron Jones made it 3-0 on 65 minutes. Despite Hereford pressure, they failed to break through a Kings Lynn backline and suffer a second successive home defeat.
Half time: Hereford 0-2 Kings Lynn
Hereford trail 2-0 at the break at Edgar Street.
Both goals have come from Kwame Thomas, the first from the penalty spot.
Hereford’s best effort came late in the half, with Harrison Iwunze forcing the Kings Lynn goalkeeper into an acrobatic save.
Team news: Hereford v Kings Lynn
Fin Holmes starts for Hereford with Billy Phillips dropping to the bench for this afternoon’s game against Kings Lynn.
Lewis Hudson is among the substitutes, replacing Liam Roberts after his loan spell ended.
Kings Lynn manager Paul Caddis names Harley Hamilton in his starting eleven.
Hereford: Richardson, Skinner, Kandola, Merritt, Tustin, Waldron, Holmes, Spokes, James, Iwunze, Howkins.
Subs: Hudson, Willis, Martin, Cox, Lewis, Phillips, Muir.
Caddis Over Calls Attendances At Hereford
Paul Caddis is back at Hereford this afternoon in charge of Kings Lynn.
Remembering his time at Edgar Street he has been talking to the Eastern Daily Press about how attendances increased during his time in charge.
"So I'm immensely proud of the time I had there. I had a brilliant relationship with everyone there internally. I had a good relationship with the supporters. Obviously things turn sour when things don't go so well.
"But we took the average attendance up from 1,800 to 3,500, almost touching 4,000. We had some brilliant moments there. A club I've got real respect for. They gave me my first opportunity in management."
However the attendance stats tell a different story.
In the 22/23 season, the one before Caddis arrived, the average gate at Hereford was 1864. So his mention of 1800 gates is correct.
In 23/23 they averaged 2600
In 24/25 they averaged 2826
In 25/26 they averaged 2611
Where he gets averages of 3500 from is unclear.
And almost touching 4000 even more unclear.
Kings Lynn Are A Good Team Said Downes
Kings Lynn are the visitors to Edgar Street this afternoon and Hereford manager Aaron Downes is well aware that Lynn have had a decent run of results until their 5-0 defeat at Worksop on Tuesday evening.
"They are a good team," Downes told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"A team that's got a mixture between youth and experience in their squad.
"Some youthfulness end at the top of the pitch and they also got some experience throughout the spine.
"There's the added aspect of the previous manager coming back.
"I'm not naive to that."
Meanwhile as is usual with a home game taking close close to Remembrance Day members of the Royal British Legion will be present.
A one minute silence will be held just before kick-off.
This Afternoon In The National North League
A list of all the fixtures set to take place in the National North League this afternoon.
Friday, October 30, 2026
Downes Looks For Consistency
Hereford manager Aaron Downes is looking for more consistency in his side following a disappointing 1-0 defeat last Tuesday evening.
Tomorrow the Bulls play Kings Lynn and Downes will be hoping for a win following two home defeats.
"We've had consistency generally across the games we've had this season barring one or two games," Downes told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"But that's bound to happen.
"So yes it's been an up and down week which I don't really like but sometimes that happens."
During the interview Downes spoke about the home defeat by Telford last Tuesday evening.
He said he was partly responsible for the defeat.
"I've got to make sure I'm better with how I set up after reading the game and reading the opposition and making sure we are right.
"The mind-set of the players I don't think was wrong.
"I just think the execution at times, some decision making, and also my set-up was wrong."
Roberts Returns To Fleetwood
Liam Roberts has been recalled by Fleetwood from his loan spell with Hereford.
The left sided player has not started for Hereford recently but has made several substitute appearances.
National North Weekend Preview
A look forward to the games taking place tomorrow in the National North League written by NL's Richard Dorman.
After an eventful round in midweek, we're back to Saturday afternoon action in the Enterprise National League North, and the round could hardly have a bigger opener. First meets third, with a single point between them... it's tight at the top.
So what's in store tomorrow afternoon?
Oxford City are front-runners after beating Merthyr Town 3-0 on Tuesday, and they're unbeaten in five and just eight goals shipped all season. South Shields make the long trip south trailing by just a point, and having bounced back from two defeats with wins over Chester and at Spennymoor. Victory would take them above the Hoops.
Hereford slipped to second on Tuesday, beaten 1-0 at home by Telford... but they could take top slot again if Oxford City slip up. The Bulls host King's Lynn Town, who'll want to forget a 5-0 defeat at Worksop in midweek.
Macclesfield are fourth with a game in hand, and three points cover the top four. They finished last Saturday's rain-swept defeat at home to Hereford with nine men, and now head to Bedford Town. Bedford have won two on the bounce, the latest a 1-0 win that ended Hednesford's four-game winning streak.
Speaking of which: Hednesford Town go to Chester looking to start another run. Chester, now fifth, beat Marine 2-1 on Tuesday but lost Wesley Agyekum to a late red card.
Buxton are the division's top scorers with 26, and Sisa Tuntulwana has 11 of them. They've won at Chorley and beaten Harborough 3-0 in the past week. Marine, their opponents, had won three in a row before holding Oxford City with ten men and losing narrowly at Chester.
Bartosz Cybulski shares top spot in the scoring charts with Tuntulwana, but Spalding United have taken just a single point from their last four. They host Darlington, where Terry Mitchell's interim spell began with a Dylan Stephenson hat-trick against Spennymoor, before a 1-0 defeat at Morecambe on Tuesday.
Radcliffe and Merthyr Town are both on 15 points. Radcliffe's winning start under Grant Shenton ended with a 3-0 home defeat to Chorley on Tuesday, when Charlie Raglan and Josh Seary were both sent off. Merthyr haven't won in five and face a long trip north; they currently sit a place above hosts Radcliffe on goal-difference.
Second-from-bottom Southport have two wins all season and none in their last five - new boss Calum McIntyre will be looking to change their fortunes in his dugout debut. AFC Telford United arrive in much better heart, after Tuesday's 1-0 win at Hereford lifted them four places.
Spennymoor Town remain bottom with one win all season, and their 27 goals conceded is the most in the division. Chorley are the visitors, fresh from that win at Radcliffe, and Jake Oram faces his old club a week after making his Chorley debut.
Worksop Town put five past King's Lynn on Tuesday - now they host Brackley Town, who needed two goals from substitute DJ Campton-Sturridge to draw 2-2 at Spalding. Morecambe have won their last two and welcome Scarborough Athletic, who haven't played since losing at home to Bedford. And Hebburn Town, with one win in five, host Harborough Town, beaten at Buxton in midweek - a maiden meeting between the pair at Step 2.
News Round Up
Hereford supporter Nibbo's appeal for help with his photographic kit has reached over £2,100. To donate: gofund.me/f5d663870
If Hereford's Under 18's win their FA Youth Cup tie at Oxford City next week they will travel to Bristol Rovers in the next round.
Former Hereford midfielder Maz Kouhyar is joining Kidderminster on loan from Notts County.
Centre half Archie Crowther has joined Oxford City from Alvechurch.
He's back!
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Following the disappointment of Tuesday night’s defeat at home to an admirably up-for-it Telford, Hereford FC can quickly get back on track on Saturday as they host King’s Lynn.
This fixture last season was won at a canter by the East Anglians, and offered early evidence that Hereford’s summer transfer activity had delivered a bottom six squad rather than a play-off one. The contrast to this summer’s wheeling and dealing and the resultant top-of-the-table start couldn’t be starker.
Of course, everything anyone wants to talk about in the build-up to this game revolves around the return of one man, and one man alone. Yes indeed ladies and gentlemen, Harley Hamilton is back at Edgar Street.
Hamilton looked like a decent prospect in his brief time at Hereford, but he ended up departing in the summer to join his former boss in Norfolk, and in terms of league table positions at least, he hasn’t been missed.
Another threat is ex-Scunthorpe and Chorley Carlton Ubaezuona. He’s got five goals this season in not that many minutes played, including a hat-trick against Telford – why weren’t THAT version of the Telford defence at Edgar Street on Tuesday night?!
Both players came on as subs at Worksop on Tuesday, where the Linnets got hammered 5-0, and given the outcome there they may get starts here.
Top scorer for them is Jesse Nwabueze with six goals. The ex-Ipswich youngster looks to be quite a find, and unlike Ubaezuona is more-or-less a guaranteed starter.
Ex-Bulls assistant boss Adam Rooney is still lacing up his boots (although I guess they just slip on these days) at 38 and was an unused sub on Tuesday.
Pulling the strings for them in midfield is another ex-Scunthorpe player, and club captain, Michael Clunan, who has spent his entire career at clubs on the east coast.
They look like a solid side and had been going well before that midweek thrashing.
The Bulls didn’t turn up until the second half on Tuesday. Manager Aaron Downes has admitted that he got things wrong tactically with a lack of width, and Luke Spokes’ honest and articulate appraisal after the match was absolutely on the money. His own personal performance mirrored that of the team, in that he was a passenger in the first half before returning to his sparkling best after the break, and was very unlucky not to score.
12 players in that first half were playing with the intensity and desire you’d expect, with only Harry Tustin, of those 12, representing Hereford. It wasn’t anything like the performance of a table-topping side; much more reminiscent in fact of the first half of last season.
However, it’s readily apparent that everyone realises all of the above, and an appropriate reaction here against a side reeling from that 5-0 loss at Worksop should set things straight, if this Hereford squad is indeed top-7 material.
Fin Holmes could offer some of that width that was lacking on Tuesday, although Aaron Skinner was creative in the second half when pushing on, so maybe wing backs could be the way to go. Whoever delivers it, width is needed, rather than messy congested pinball in the middle of the pitch.
Billy Phillips looked very wobbly when coming off against Telford, but the consensus seems to be that it was an impact knock and therefore nothing to worry about unduly. If this comes too soon for him, it could be a good opportunity to unleash Kam Muir from the start. In fact it might be a good opportunity to do that regardless.
Harrison Iwunze didn’t score on Tuesday so he will score here.
The unadulterated barnstorming will-to-win in evidence against South Shields, and that Telford demonstrated against Hereford, needs to return here for the whole 90 minutes.
It’s a slightly odd feeling at the moment – before a ball was kicked this season no Bulls supporter would have turned down second in the table averaging two points a game after 13 games, especially after last season. It’s just that those two recent 1-0 home losses, and four points from the last four games, have put a slight dampener on things, and could take 500 off the gate here. A front-foot performance and a win here will rectify that though.
Oh and a cheeky fiver on the Kings Lynn manager getting a yellow or even red card may not be a bad investment.
COYW
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