Seventeen years ago today Hereford United travelled to Slough for a Conference League fixture.
Below is a report on the game.
Feb 7th 1998
SLOUGH 3 Hereford 0 (report by Peter Povall)
After travelling 160 odd miles to stand with the dedicated few 'Mad Bulls' who had made the trip and the London contingent, we were presented with another pitiful performance.
The lack of both John Brough and Richard Walker made a noticeable difference as Slough walked through the defence on quite a number of occassions. Gavin Mahon and Ian Rodgerson are not cut out for being central defenders and their inadaquacies clearly showed in this respect.
The revised formal failed to work and United were completely outplayed as they failed to adapt. Wexham Park was hardly the place to try it either, as Slough have been unbeaten at home for about the last 3 months.
Slough again proved that an early goal has a great deal of effect on Hereford as Gary Brazil (aptly named as judging by his footwork at the start of this move he could play for them) snaked a cross right through the entire United defence to Gary Abbott who was loitering on the back post and simple tapped the ball home.
Give United their dues, they made a better than usually reply and Richard Leadbeater's shot was blocked by Paul Wilkersonm, the ball returned to Agana who should really have finished the goal easily but his shot was well wide.
Slough's second came during a dubious decision to allow play to continue. The ball was quickly sent from end to end during a very quick couple of runs of play. The ball came from the Slough end, through the United defence towards Danny Bolt who was still running back from the previous attacking play. He was thought to be offside by the United defence who made a reasonable call form it and then settled back, expecting the flag to go up. The problem was, as Bolt made no attempt to play the ball and simply continued past it, he was deemed as not interfering with play. This allowed both Brazil and Abbott to sprint through the stationary United defence. Brazil collected the ball and crossed to Abbott leaving Quy completely stranded while the ball was slipped into the net.
Brazil also played a vital part in the third goal as he made a stunning break down the wing and then sent in a swinging cross to Corey Browne on the back post.
United did make a flurry of efforts on goal in the last five minutes but none of them were converted and it was far too little, too late.
SLOUGH 3 Hereford 0 (report by Peter Povall)
After travelling 160 odd miles to stand with the dedicated few 'Mad Bulls' who had made the trip and the London contingent, we were presented with another pitiful performance.
The lack of both John Brough and Richard Walker made a noticeable difference as Slough walked through the defence on quite a number of occassions. Gavin Mahon and Ian Rodgerson are not cut out for being central defenders and their inadaquacies clearly showed in this respect.
The revised formal failed to work and United were completely outplayed as they failed to adapt. Wexham Park was hardly the place to try it either, as Slough have been unbeaten at home for about the last 3 months.
Slough again proved that an early goal has a great deal of effect on Hereford as Gary Brazil (aptly named as judging by his footwork at the start of this move he could play for them) snaked a cross right through the entire United defence to Gary Abbott who was loitering on the back post and simple tapped the ball home.
Give United their dues, they made a better than usually reply and Richard Leadbeater's shot was blocked by Paul Wilkersonm, the ball returned to Agana who should really have finished the goal easily but his shot was well wide.
Slough's second came during a dubious decision to allow play to continue. The ball was quickly sent from end to end during a very quick couple of runs of play. The ball came from the Slough end, through the United defence towards Danny Bolt who was still running back from the previous attacking play. He was thought to be offside by the United defence who made a reasonable call form it and then settled back, expecting the flag to go up. The problem was, as Bolt made no attempt to play the ball and simply continued past it, he was deemed as not interfering with play. This allowed both Brazil and Abbott to sprint through the stationary United defence. Brazil collected the ball and crossed to Abbott leaving Quy completely stranded while the ball was slipped into the net.
Brazil also played a vital part in the third goal as he made a stunning break down the wing and then sent in a swinging cross to Corey Browne on the back post.
United did make a flurry of efforts on goal in the last five minutes but none of them were converted and it was far too little, too late.
Meanwhile on the same day news that Hereford's proposed new stadium wasn't going ahead.
South Hereford District Council has thrown out proposals for an
out-of-town stadium and leisure complex. Bulls chairman Peter Hill and
Turner, shortly to become the club's majority shareholder, made an
11th-hour appeal to the authority, but the 10,000-seater stadium at
Bullinghope was rejected on environmental grounds.