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Next Game: Oxford City At Edgar Street On Tuesday 5th November At 7.45pm

Monday, December 04, 2023

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Hereford Historian Ron Parrott has delved deep into his records to answer questions after Saturday's game against Scunthorpe.

“As you can guess, a lot of folks have quizzed me over the weekend on two counts. Firstly, when was the last time we were 4-0 down at home at half-time and when was the last time we lost 5-1 at home? As an old ‘un, the latter was still relatively fresh in my mind and the last time that this occurred was back in the old Third Division (now the First Division of course). It was on a Tuesday afternoon during the power strikes back in 1974/75 and Plymouth Argyle thrashed us 5-1.
The first query had me scratching my head! There have been many of examples over the years when we’ve been 4-0 down at half-time away from home, the most recent being at Crewe in 1993/94 and at Arsenal in the FA Cup in 1984/85. But at home, well, in approximately 2,500 home matches played since the club was formed in 1924, we have only ever once been 4-0 down at half-time but that was in the FA Cup at home to Moor Green back in 1945/46 in extenuating circumstances. However, I am proud to say that despite playing in 12 different leagues over the 100 years, we have never once been 4-0 down at home at half-time. So what do we do? There’s no point dwelling on it, we quickly put it behind us, dust ourselves off and concentrate on the next game!”