One supporter in particular who has helped both Hereford United and more recently Hereford FC financially is Mark Blandford.
Blandford 'bailed out' Graham Turner, when he was in charge at Edgar Street and, more recently, was the first 'benefactor' of Hereford FC.
He has given a series of interviews to StarSports about his career which started in 1984 when he opened his first betting shop. He went on to set up sportingbet.com and afterwards purchased Paradise Poker.
But later a ruling in the United States dealt a big blow to his business.
All might seem very removed from his Herefordshire farming family background. However Blandford still lives in the county and is often seem following Hereford FC both home and away.