Beadle Featured In The Guardian

Hereford FC manager Peter Beadle is featured in the Guardian ahead of tomorrow's FA Cup game against Telford.

Here's what he told the paper.

"We are still connected in lots of ways to the former club, Hereford United, and much of our history is based upon the giant-killing act of 1972. That game against Newcastle plays a big part in our history and a predominant part in our club. A lot of players who played in that game are still involved today.

We have been very successful over the last two seasons. Our first season it understandably took us a while to get going because we had to start from scratch; we had no training facilities, players or things like that. But then we went on a couple of fantastic runs: we won 28 games on the bounce, we won the league, won the league cup and got to the FA Vase final, where we took 20,000 fans to Wembley. 

Then the following season we lost just once, leading to another title, so it’s been great. We know it could have been so much different but we have worked extremely hard on and off the field to try to get the club back to the status it had before. It’s been an amazing journey to be a part of.

To reach the first round proper of the FA Cup, with the league status we have [three divisions below the Football League] at the moment is a big thing for us. It is a competition that has so much history and you always want to do well in. There are always one or two teams that catch the eye that do extremely well, and we’d like to think that we could be one of them."

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