Brough had to move from Hereford

With Cheltenham playing Hereford United this afternoon, John Brough who played for both teams, has spoken to the Gloucester Echo about his memories from 1998 and a game the Bulls won 2-1.

Currently Brough is head of youth at Cheltenham but back in 1998 he was a central defender for the Bulls. Steve Cotterill was manager at Whaddon Road.

"I remember that game well and I was playing against Chris Banks and Mark Freeman," Brough said.

"Hereford were having financial difficulties and we were not paid for six weeks at a time.

"I looked elsewhere because I couldn't afford not to be paid.

"Steve said if he had half the team he already had and half the Hereford team, we'd win the Conference the following year and we did that.

"He sold the club to me and I signed pretty soon after that."

Brough was one of four Hereford United players that moved to Cheltenham during the 1998/99 season. First was Neil Grayson, then Brough followed by David Norton and finally Richard Walker. Bulls manager Graham Turner had no option other than to let the players go as there was no money in the kitty at Edgar Street at the time.

With all four ex-Bulls in the team Cheltenham gained a 2-0 win over Hereford at Edgar Street in February 1999. They've not defeated the Bulls since that game.

Meanwhile Brough has also disclosed he was in digs with Jamie Pitman back in 1998.

"Knowing Jamie, he will be hurting and will do everything he can to put it right today."

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