A crowd of 6796 watch Hereford settle for their second consecutive goalless
draw in the league at Edgar Street.
On the Pitch: Colin Addison reflects on the recent 4-1 defeat at Lincoln and highlights the different gravy that Division 4 is to the previous season's Southern League campaign. Lessons that United would most definitely go on to learn.
Off the Pitch: Fundraising is booming with a Grandstand fund reaching an impressive £6000 (given the average house price in 1972 was circa £4000). The Supporters’ Club Jottings features a rare moment in football stadium development - plans that would come to fruition. There is talk of a new supporters’ club and 400 seat extension to the main stand. These would go on to become Block D, the Starlite Rooms, 15 years of plywood curtains, before Addisons etc. literally rose from the ashes. The programme also promotes new monthly magazine Hereford Bull.
In the Opposition: Former Gillingham apprentice David Peach would turn out 187 times for the Gills, a period that would see him make the 1973-74 PFA Fourth Division Team of the Year and attract the attention of Southampton boss Lawrie McMenemy. Southampton secured his services for a £50,000 fee in January 1974. Peach would go on to gain a FA Cup Winners Medal in 1976 before getting into the Division Two PFA team the following year. After over two hundred games and a League Cup runner up medal in 1979 he moved on to Swindon for a record £150k in March 1980 before finishing his senior career at Leyton Orient in 1983 aged 32. Two other notable achievements were becoming the first ever player to do the on pitch 92 towards the end of his career and if my maths/google are correct he also became an England U21 player at the age of 26.
In the News: 18th September sees thousands of Ugandan Asians arrive in the UK after being deported by Idi Amin.
In the Charts: Slade remained at No.1 with Mama Weer All Crazee Now
On TV: On 17th September The Adventures of Black Beauty are broadcast for the first time on ITV.
In the Maternity Ward: Comedian Jimmy Carr was born on 15th September 1972.
