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It's goals that matter
Hereford United were unlucky not to take something from this game after Margate had gone two up. Paul Parry and Steve Guinan made it two each but a break-away goal gave Margate the winner. A very entertaining game with the Bulls having most of the possession but it's goals that count. Final score Hereford United 2 - 3 Margate.
Sigere distances
United's play-off hopes
Margate
3 - 2 Hereford United
A last minute break from Margate earned
them all three points against a Hereford United who
dominated but were thwarted by Phil Smith in the away
side's goal.
Jean Michel Sigere broke away from a Hereford attack as added time progressed to round the stranded Matt Baker and fire a low ball into the back of the net, despite the efforts of Rob Purdie to keep Hereford on level terms.
Hereford made three changes to the side that lost 2-1 at Barnet last week, with Tony James injured, Jamie Pitman suspended and Steve Guinan dropped to the bench. In replacement, Rob Purdie filled in in midfield as United reverted to a 4-4-2 formation, while Albano Correia partnered Karl Hawley in attack after their recent signings.
In the opening ten minutes, Hereford dominated. After three minutes, Correia's acute shot rebounded off the crossbar, and Smith was forced into a save from Hawley a couple of minutes later. However, Margate opened the scoring after eleven minutes when Phil Collins was fouled by Andy Tretton just outside the United area. Greg Oates took the free-kick, which was deflected for a corner which he swung into the box. Two saves from Matt Baker were not enough as Hereford couldn't clear the danger, and Sigere popped up for his first of the afternoon.
Six minutes later, Phil Collins made it 2-0 with a bizarre goal. Some forty yards from goal, Collins fired a high ball goalwards and then turned away, so he didn't see it fly over Matt Baker and into the back of the net. It was then when the vast majority of the 1959 crowd at Edgar Street felt it wasn't going to be their day.
Jay Saunders fired a Graham Porter ball into the net midway through the half, but that was ruled out for offside and Hereford regrouped. Ian Wright had a header tipped over by Smith at the other end before Paul Parry stepped up nine minutes prior to the break to narrow the scoreline. A throw from the left was flicked on by Ian Wright, blocked, and then fell to Parry sixteen yards out. His rifling shot was touched by the goalkeeper, but found its way into the top corner for the Welshman's tenth Conference goal of the season. In added time at the end of the half, Parry had a free-kick just outside the box which was pushed away by the goalkeeper, but Ben Smith swung the ball back in for Correia to head inches wide of the far post.
After the break, Hereford camped out in the Margate half for long periods as Danny Williams and Karl Hawley tried their luck early on, but it was substitute Steve Guinan who really made the difference. With twelve minutes to go, his cross almost eluded the goalkeeper at the near post and a couple of minutes later, a Parry corner found Matt Clarke on the far post, and he headed it back across goal for Guinan to run in and equalise.
The twenty-one Margate fans at the game, though, went home happy when Sigere finished off the match with a last-gasp winner.
Jean Michel Sigere broke away from a Hereford attack as added time progressed to round the stranded Matt Baker and fire a low ball into the back of the net, despite the efforts of Rob Purdie to keep Hereford on level terms.
Hereford made three changes to the side that lost 2-1 at Barnet last week, with Tony James injured, Jamie Pitman suspended and Steve Guinan dropped to the bench. In replacement, Rob Purdie filled in in midfield as United reverted to a 4-4-2 formation, while Albano Correia partnered Karl Hawley in attack after their recent signings.
In the opening ten minutes, Hereford dominated. After three minutes, Correia's acute shot rebounded off the crossbar, and Smith was forced into a save from Hawley a couple of minutes later. However, Margate opened the scoring after eleven minutes when Phil Collins was fouled by Andy Tretton just outside the United area. Greg Oates took the free-kick, which was deflected for a corner which he swung into the box. Two saves from Matt Baker were not enough as Hereford couldn't clear the danger, and Sigere popped up for his first of the afternoon.
Six minutes later, Phil Collins made it 2-0 with a bizarre goal. Some forty yards from goal, Collins fired a high ball goalwards and then turned away, so he didn't see it fly over Matt Baker and into the back of the net. It was then when the vast majority of the 1959 crowd at Edgar Street felt it wasn't going to be their day.
Jay Saunders fired a Graham Porter ball into the net midway through the half, but that was ruled out for offside and Hereford regrouped. Ian Wright had a header tipped over by Smith at the other end before Paul Parry stepped up nine minutes prior to the break to narrow the scoreline. A throw from the left was flicked on by Ian Wright, blocked, and then fell to Parry sixteen yards out. His rifling shot was touched by the goalkeeper, but found its way into the top corner for the Welshman's tenth Conference goal of the season. In added time at the end of the half, Parry had a free-kick just outside the box which was pushed away by the goalkeeper, but Ben Smith swung the ball back in for Correia to head inches wide of the far post.
After the break, Hereford camped out in the Margate half for long periods as Danny Williams and Karl Hawley tried their luck early on, but it was substitute Steve Guinan who really made the difference. With twelve minutes to go, his cross almost eluded the goalkeeper at the near post and a couple of minutes later, a Parry corner found Matt Clarke on the far post, and he headed it back across goal for Guinan to run in and equalise.
The twenty-one Margate fans at the game, though, went home happy when Sigere finished off the match with a last-gasp winner.
Written by Terry Goodwin - 29th March
2003.
| Hereford United | Margate |
| Matt Baker | Phil Smith |
| Matt Clarke | Greg Oates |
| Michael Rose | Paul lamb |
| Ian Wright (captain) | Bill Edwards |
| Andy Tretton | Graham Porter (captain) |
| Rob Purdie | Sam Sodje |
| Ben Smith | Jake Leberl |
| Albano Correia | Jay Saunders |
| Paul Parry | Leon Braithwaite (off, 90 minutes) |
| Karl Hawley | Phil Collins (off, 53 minutes) |
| Danny Williams (off, 68 minutes) | Jean Michel Sigere |
| Subs | Subs |
| Steve Guinan (on, 68 minutes) | Adrian Clarke (on, 86 minutes) |
| Ken Griffiths | Lee Shearer (on, 53 minutes, off, 86 minutes) |
| Richard Teesdale | Iain O'Connell |
| Jordan Lambert | Charlie Mitten |
| Rob Sawyers | |
| Yellow cards | Yellow cards |
| - | Sam Sodje (foul, 6 minutes) |
| Red cards | Red cards |
| - | - |
| Scorers | Scorers |
| Paul Parry (36 minutes) | Jean Michel Sigere (12, 90 minutes) |
| Steve Guinan (81 minutes) | Phil Collins (19 minutes) |
| Man of the Match | Paul Parry |
| Attendance | 1959 |
| Referee | Mr. T. Kettle (Maidenhead) |