Hereford's facilities way behind says Turner

Graham Turner has told the Worcester News that the facilities at Edgar Street are lacking when compared with some grounds the Bulls have played at this season.

"When going to places like MK Dons, I always have a good look around the club and read the programme.

"They are due to move into a 25,000-capacity, state-of-the-art stadium and if you look at the vast majority of stadia in League Two, the organisation and set-up of clubs, then it is evident that our time in the Conference has left us way behind the facilities and structure of most clubs that we are competing against.

"Reading the programmes of the clubs we go to, at almost every game it is evident that they have full-time academy set-ups and players coming through those academies to be in the reckoning for first-team football.

"They have the supporter facilities, bars, commercial structures - everything to provide finance for running the club.

"I am sure that those supporters who have followed us away from home this season will realise just what a difference there is between the grounds in League Two compared with the Conference.

"The raising of finance to support a Football League club in off-the-field activities is absolutely vital.

"We are very limited at Edgar Street - we have the Legends Bar which is franchised out, we have the Vice-Presidents Club which is once again thriving, and we are just converting a small part of the old Sportsmans Club to sponsorship rooms."

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