The Turning Point for Hereford United

Today's Hereford Times features a two page spread on the life and times of Graham Turner at Hereford United.

In one of the articles Turner explained just how close the club was to going out of business and then came a win at Dover in the FA Cup

"It was a very difficult period," said Turner.

"We were already in the CVA and we went over to Worcester to see the supervisor of the CVA to find out what the implications of full administration would be.

"It was not as straightforward then as it is now, there was no points deduction and you could go into a CVA without going into full administration.

"We were in a desperate position and the turning point was the game at Dover in the FA Cup.

"We won and in the draw immediately after the game we were drawn at home to Wrexham.

"We were quite excited by the draw - and then the BBC announcing that they were taking it. That was worth £100,000 to us and that turned the whole thing around.

"The three of us (Turner, Joan Fennessy and Ron Jukes) all had jobs here and we were paid for those jobs but we were about seven months behind with our wages which made life very difficult.

"It had reached the stage where, probably, on the Monday - if we had not won at Dover and things had not turned out right - my house would have been going on the market."

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