County look for third home win on Tuesday

Notts County are looking forward to the visit of Hereford United on Tuesday. Should they defeat the Bulls it will be County's third home win in a row.

Yesterday they defeated Chesterfield 1-0. Two weeks ago they beat visitors Dagenham 1-0. However in their eight League games they have only scored eight goals.

"It was a battle, especially in the second period, and towards the end we had to dig deep," said assistant manager John Gannon.

"It was certainly the best game we've had this season, but Chesterfield played their part too in it. It was a good match and I hope both of us are up there come the end of the season.

"This is just the start, because we know we've got another really big and tough game coming up this week against Hereford.

"We're looking at these games (Chesterfield and Hereford) as one, and if we can get another win on Tuesday we will be really progressing in the right direction. But, we know it is going to be really tough against Hereford. They have had a good start.

"There's still a lot of work to do on the training ground but if we get another three points against Hereford, which won't be easy, we will be heading in the right direction."

One player Hereford United will know all about is Neil MacKenzie who joined the Magpies pre-season. He spent a spell on loan at Edgar Street last season and is a capable midfielder.

The referee for the game is Clive Penton from Sussex. He has been in charge of six games this season mainly in Division One and has dispensed 16 yellow cards, but no red cards, so far.

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