Today is the 65th birthday of Club Historian Ron Parrott.
Ron is still working on the Definitive History of Hereford United book that has been in progress for more than a decade. Ron has already released the League Era book, with co-authors Richard Prime, John Williamson, and Keith Hall and the Wilderness Years for the first Conference spell, with Prime and Williamson, but the trio are still working on the larger tome. Ron spoke about it back in 2008:
'It's a mammoth undertaking but, believe it or not, Richard Prime and myself have managed to get a match report and full team line-ups from every match since 1924.
It won't be a statistically biased book like the last two but rather a month by month, season by season story of events on and off the pitch, complete with a brief match report for every game.
Also included will be a post-war set of pen pictures of every player to have played a first-team game for United (where he came from, how many appearances and goals etc. and details of where he went to)
Hopefully supporters will understand what a massive undertaking it is. I have all the info to hand from old programmes, newspaper reports etc., and it seems a great shame not to share this with the general public.
I'd absolutely love to finish it but realistically, I'm so busy with my work and family that it may not see the light of day until I retire in 3 or 4 years time, when I shall be able to give it the attention it deserves!'
Seven years later, Ron still hasn't retired but has promised the book is coming along. He has already been appointed as Hereford FC's official historian.