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A look back which includes comments from May's previous manager Steve Burr.
THE Hereford Times reports that striker Leroy May will return to Edgar
Street for a second stint after Hereford United director of football
Graham Turner signed him on a free transfer from Nationwide Conference
rivals Kidderminster Harriers this week.
May, aged 29, was brought to Hereford from Tividale by the Bulls manager Greg Downs in 1992-93. Early in the following campaign he was given a free transfer after making 19 Football League and League Cup appearances and five substitutions, scoring four goals.
He did not have a happy time at Edgar Street and returned to Tividale. He also played for Stafford, Kidderminster, Walsall and Enfield before Graham Allner took him to Aggborough for a second time last summer. Despite the fact that he was Harriers' top scorer with 15 goals, he did not figure in new manager Jan Molby's plans.
Turner said: "Leroy is much more mature than when he first played for United. We needed two front men and I am looking to Leroy and Steve Piearce to get 35 goals between them. We also have Gavin Williams, who can play wide on the right or in the middle, and Paul Fewings as strikers."
May, aged 29, was brought to Hereford from Tividale by the Bulls manager Greg Downs in 1992-93. Early in the following campaign he was given a free transfer after making 19 Football League and League Cup appearances and five substitutions, scoring four goals.
He did not have a happy time at Edgar Street and returned to Tividale. He also played for Stafford, Kidderminster, Walsall and Enfield before Graham Allner took him to Aggborough for a second time last summer. Despite the fact that he was Harriers' top scorer with 15 goals, he did not figure in new manager Jan Molby's plans.
Turner said: "Leroy is much more mature than when he first played for United. We needed two front men and I am looking to Leroy and Steve Piearce to get 35 goals between them. We also have Gavin Williams, who can play wide on the right or in the middle, and Paul Fewings as strikers."
"I don't think we shall be losing too much sleep over it," was the
response from Nuneaton Borough coach Steve Burr after hearing of striker
Leroy May's decision to join Hereford United on a full-time contract.
Burr admitted that tentative talks had taken place between May and boss Brendan Phillips but it was always expected that should the much-travelled front-runner get offered a full-time opportunity he would snap it up.
"Evidently Leroy is unemployed so it makes sense for him to take up the Hereford offer, especially if they are promising the sort of money which another one of the players - Steve Piearce - we have spoken to recently has gone there on," said Burr.
Burr admitted that tentative talks had taken place between May and boss Brendan Phillips but it was always expected that should the much-travelled front-runner get offered a full-time opportunity he would snap it up.
"Evidently Leroy is unemployed so it makes sense for him to take up the Hereford offer, especially if they are promising the sort of money which another one of the players - Steve Piearce - we have spoken to recently has gone there on," said Burr.
LEROY May revealed the chance to train full-time - and to prove a point - had convinced him to join Hereford United reports the Sports Argus.
The striker, freed by Kidderminster Harriers despite finishing their top goalscorer, this week signed a two year deal with the go-ahead Bulls.
Hereford boss Graham Turner has made improving the strike rate the priority after their lack of firepower cost them dearly.
May, who averages around one goal every two games in his Conference career with Stafford, Kettering and Kidderminster, becomes the third new striker recruited in the close-season, following Steve Piearce and Rob Elmes.
Despite not being offered a new contract with Harriers, May has been on the wanted list of Nuneaton Borough and Forest Green Rovers as well as Hereford.
"I spoke to a few clubs," confirmed May. "It was never about money.
"It was about being able to do full-time training and the chance to win things.
"I've been impressed with what Hereford have got to say. With the manager putting on his tracksuit again, that swung it.
"He knows how to win championships - and it's about time I got some silverware."
Edgar Street will not be a new venue for the 29-year-old goal-getter who spent 18 months with the club in 1992-3.
But he admits that experience was far from enjoyable - and now he intends to show the fans what they missed.
Signed by Greg Downs from Tividale, May stayed for 18 months, playing 21 games, netting three times.
"The first season was a great experience but the second season didn't work out. My face didn't really fit," explained May.
"I'm sure this is the right more for me now. I know I am a better player. I'm a more mature person, a better player and I know I can score goals."