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| Peter Beadle Talking To The Local Press At Edgar Street After The Game Against Alfreton In April 2014 |
Peter Beadle, Hereford FC's first manager, has said he is very excited about his new job.
"I'm very very excited about the project ahead of us," Beadle told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"We've got an awful lot of hardwork to get through between now and the first game of the season whichever league we will be in and whichever date that is, but we can't wait to get started.
"I wanted to get back into football as quickly as I could and obviously with the football club starting again it does hold a special place for me with regards to what I achieved there last year with the youth team and also with the first team at the end of the season.
"Looking at the size of the project it was one I really wanted to do and a job that I could do and so put my name in for it and went through a rather long process but at the end it's turned out the right way for me.
"I had my first interview five weeks ago and I thought it went quite well but obviously you never know what other applicants are in for the job and the club have done an excellent job of keeping it as close to their chests as they can and without letting anybody know what was happening.
"Then I had to wait four and a half weeks to find out I had been fortunate to find out I had made the final two. Then I had a second interview at the beginning of the week and then found out the news on Wednesday.
"It was fantastic news and lots of emotion running through me at once, a bit of fear, apprehension, excitement but mainly just pride that I've been given the opportunity to get this club up and running again and hopefully guide it to where it wants and it should be."
Presenter Andrew Easton then asked about possible players for the new club.
"I got a list as long as my arms and legs at the moment of players you like to bring in and you work your way through that list.
"Not being involved in football since the early part of this season I've managed to get to quite a lot of games in at all levels and managed to see quite a few players.
"I've got a wish list that I'd like to bring in but we have to be careful and do things right because teams are still in their seasons with a couple of weeks to go.
"We have got our eye on a large amount of players. All players we feel that could do the job and wear the shirt with pride."
Easton suggested with good season ticket sales to date, Beadle will have the fans behind him.
"The fans have been fantastic and outside of thanking the board for giving me and Matt the chance to be part of the club when it starts but also a big thank you for the support I've had personally with people wishing me well and hoping I'd get the job.
"It has hit home the size of the project in hand and the size of the task we've got when in just a week with no phone lines or credit card machine we sell nearly 500 season tickets and that is phenomenal in itself and if we can have that support from the very start then I'm sure they will play a massive part in moving the club forward very quickly."
It will be all new players at Edgar Street next season?
"This is not the usual senario. When you go into a club you normally have a core of players whether it be half a dozen, a dozen. You normally have a start with a group of players.
"This is completely different. We are starting from scratch. We have no players signed to the club at the moment.
"So when we bring these players to the club they will take a little time to bed in as a lot of them won't have played together before.
"Some of them may know me, some of them may know Matt, some may know one another, but they will never have played together as a team.
"So we have got to make sure we hit the ground running as best we can. It's going to be a tough ask."