Twelve games in five weeks

Hereford United face the prospect of twelve games in just over five weeks and as Graham Turner says in today's Hereford Times that is by any standards a tough programme.

"The way we deal with this intense period is important.

"In the lull building up to it, two weeks without midweek matches, we have upped the training and the players have worked very hard in both weeks.

"But once we get into the period of playing two matches a week the training will be cut down with the onus on short, sharp sessions.

"In games recently we have looked strong, very fit and powerful. All that has come from the work done on the training ground where John Trewick and Tony Ford have played a big part, but so too have the players' attitudes to that work.

"That is reflected in the rewards we have gained in those (Aldershot and Barnet) matches."

Meanwhile former Hereford United director George Hyde has cancer but hopes to be back at work with Herefordshire Council in a couple of months.

Councillor Hyde, who once said his main interests are "anything Herefordshire, Hereford United and golf", is deputy leader of the Council and has had the interests of the football club at heart in the discussions about the Edgar Street Grid.

We wish him a speedy recovery.

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