Hoult has his Contacts

It's some time since Hereford United have played Stoke City and probably even longer since a reserve team from Hereford travelled to the Potteries for a friendly.

So credit for arranging yesterday's friendly probably should be given to Russell Hoult, who came to Edgar Street as a goalkeeping coach and is now care-taker manager Jamie Pitman's right hand man.

Hoult is well known at Stoke. He moved there from West Bromwich Albion early in 2007 and stayed with them until the end of the 2007/08 season. No doubt he would have some contacts at the club which may have come in handy to arrange yesterday's friendly and perhaps, should a suitable player become available, a loan deal.

In their report of the game the Sentinel mentioned that Hoult was in the dug-out 'in typically chirpy mood.'

Not for the first time since Pitman and Hoult took over yesterday proved they have contacts in the game and are able to put them to good use.

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