Yeovil to copy Hereford Festival

When Hereford United were in the depth of despair in the Conference, Yeovil Town used to come along and 'steal' any player worth anything so that Graham Turner could continue to pay the bills.

The sale of Gavin Williams and Michael McIndoe spring to mind as then Yeovil manager Gary Johnson would always be on the lookout for a bargain.

Thankfully those days are over and next season Yeovil and Hereford will be playing in the same League for the first time for seven seasons. And now it seems the Glovers are to copy ideas from Herefordshire.

Next month Yeovil are to hold a beer festival at Huish Park. They say there will be 'top quality ales and ciders and top notch entertainment'.

Included in the ales will be:

Yeovil ales - Glovers Glory, Star Gazer, Summerset, Spring Forward and BST
Bath ales - GEM
Glastonbury ales - Lady of the Lake
Odcombe Brewery - Halfjack
Cottage Brewery - Norman's Conquest
Branscombe Brewery - Draymans

Whilst the list may be quite impressive, there's little doubt that Hereford can put up an equally, if not more, impresssive list.

And there is the annual Beer on the Wye festival which takes place from July 4th to July 6th - Herefordshire's largest ever bar in a riverside marquee at Hereford Rowing Club, Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford.

Herefordshire has several breweries including the Wye Valley and Spinning Dog and ales such as Bulls Up. Plus cider makers everywhere as this list taken from the CAMRA website shows.

Ashgrove Orchards Ash Grove Farm, Marden 01568 797867
Brook Farm Cider and Perry Brook Farm, Wigmore 01568 770562
Broome Farm Cider Broome Farm, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567232
Bulmer's Cider Plough Lane, Hereford
Butford Organics Bowley Lane, Bodenham 01568 797195
Dewchurch Cider Hill Farm, Much Dewchurch 01981 540286
Dunkerton's Cider Co Luntley, Pembridge, Leominster 01544 388653
Great Oak Cider and Apple Co Roughmoor, Eardisley 01544 327400
Gregg's Pit Cider & Perry Much Marcle 01531 660687
Gwatkin Cider Moorhampton Farm, Abbey Dore 01981 550258
Henney's Cider Company Ltd Cheyney Lodge, Bishops Frome 01432 820014
Knights Cider Co Ltd Storridge, nr Malvern 01684 568887
Lyne Down Cider and Perry Lyne Down Farm Much Marcle, Ledbury 01531 660543
Mackay's Aylton Perry & Cider Glebe Farm, Aylton, Ledbury 01531 670121
Malvern Magic Lower House Farm, Swinmore, Trumpet 07771 904127
Newton Court Cidery Newton Court, Leominster 01568 611721
Oliver's Cider & Perry Stanksbridge, Ocle Pychard 01432 820569
Orgasmic Cider Great Parton, Eardisley 01544 327244
Rathay's Old Goat Cider Rathays, Sutton St. Nicholas 01432 880936
Sarah's Cider Temple Court, Bosbury 07813 796053
Weston's Cider and Perry The Bounds, Much Marcle 01531 660233

It's nice to see Yeovil following a good Herefordshire idea. Perhaps it's a shame the Hereford festival couldn't be held at Edgar Street.

But the real icing on the cake would be for the Bulls to finish above the Glovers in League One this coming season. It could happen.

Then Hereford could say it has better beer, better cider and a better football team than our friends in Summerset.

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