Tickets for the Yeovil away match next Tuesday are available from the Hereford United office at a £2 discount except for Juniors. Both seated and terrace tickets are on sale.
Seated:
Adults: £16
Concessions over 65 and Students with a card: £12
Juniors under 16: £6
Terrace:
Adults: £15
Concessions: £10
Juniors: £5
For those who have never been to Yeovil the terrace area is still uncovered and, like at Carlisle, there is a remote possibility of a few missiles being lopped over from behind the back of the terrace.
HUISA, HUMADS and the FUNBUS are all going to Yeovil.
HUISA: Depart Edgar Street at 2.45. Fare £15 (£14 for members). Tickets from the club office or in Legends pre the Leyton Orient game next Saturday.
HUMADS: Depart Ledbury 2-30pm, Edgar Street 3pm, Ross 3.30pm and Monmouth 3.45pm.
Cost £12. More details contact Reg on 01684 572945 OR 07958 176 937
FUNBUS: Depart 3.30pm from Edgar Street. Fare £10 assuming all seats taken. Refreshments at Burnham-on-Sea. Arrive Huish Park 7.00 pm. Contact Ox or Chesh ASAP.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Yeovil Tickets and Transport
Results Round Up
Crewe move within two points of safety after beating Yeovil 2-0, while Cheltenham lost a half time lead in losing 3-1 at home to Millwall. Brighton earned a valuable point with a 1-1 draw with Northampton, with both sides ending the game with ten men.
At the top Peterboro's 1-0 win over Carlisle closed the gap to second to a single point with Millwall's win moving them up to fourth. Oldham's 2-0 loss to Bristol Rovers saw them slip to fifth with Scunthorpe sliding to sixth after losing 2-0 at Southend. Colchester beat Stockport 1-0 to see the Hatters slide down to eighth.
Bottom of League One:
16 Yeovil 32 -14 37
17 Carlisle 32 -9 36
18 Northampton 31 -2 34
19 Swindon 31 -7 33
20 Leyton Orient 32 -14 33
21 Brighton 31 -11 32
22 Crewe 31 -21 31
23 Hereford 30 -17 27
24 Cheltenham 31 -34 21
In League Two the action was concentrated at the bottom of the table with Bournemouth's 1-0 win over Dagenham putting them within two points of Grimsby, who lost 3-2 at home to Morecambe after squandering a 2-0 lead. Accrington drew 0-0 with Luton in front of just 1,033 as the televised Champions League hammered attendances across the board.
In the Conference the betting coup of the day turned into an anti-climax after Northwich disappointed half of the people involved in matching £510,000 on Betfair with a goalless draw with Kettering. Also disappointed were Forest Green, who wasted a two goal lead to only get a 3-3 draw at Torquay.
News Round Up
Weymouth's players are now free agents, with eight of them expected to sign for new clubs in League Two, the Conference, and the Irish League in the next 24 hours. The FA is to investigate the betting on their match with Rushden at the weekend. Nine of the 19 bookies listed on the Oddschecker betting site have suspended betting on tonight's Northwich match with Kettering after six players walked out of the club. Kettering's odds have been slashed since the announcement.
Colchester are to investigate claims that Southend matchwinner Franck Moussa was subjected to racist abuse during their derby match. Swindon have extended the loan of Doncaster defender Gordon Greer for two more months. Brighton have received applications for their manager's job from Romania, France, Sweden, Hungary, and Italy.
Huddersfield have recalled goalkeeper Simon Eastwood from his loan at Woking due to an injury to no.2 stopper Matt Glennon. Scunthorpe have added Southampton defender Joseph Mills to their squad on a months loan. Carlisle have loaned striker Kevin Gall to Port Vale for a month.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Eight League One Fixtures This Evening
There are eight League One fixtures taking place this evening but Hereford United are not involved and neither are their opponents on Saturday - Leyton Orient.
Whatever the outcome of these games the Bulls will still be in 23rd position in the table.
List of this evening's fixtures:
Brighton v Northampton
Cheltenham v Millwall
Colchester v Stockport
Crewe v Yeovil
Oldham v Bristol Rovers
Peterborough v Carlisle
Southend v Scunthorpe
Swindon v Hartlepool
Graham Turner will probably be quite pleased the Bulls don't have a fixture this evening as several of his side have been under the weather recently.
"Towards the end of last week we had several players complaining about colds," said Turner in his latest OS interview.
"Toumani (Diagouraga) had a day off, Sam Gwynne was another one along with one or two others.
"So this gives us the opportunity to use the week to get everybody back nice and fresh and ready to start again against Leyton Orient."
Anthony Taylor to Referee on Saturday
Anthony Taylor from Manchester is set to referee next Saturday's League One game at Edgar Street where Leyton Orient will be the visitors.
Taylor started refereeing when he was sixteen in his local Wythenshawe Leagues before moving on to the Northern Premier League in 2001. In 2005 he was promoted to the National List of assistant referees and after only one season was promoted to the referees’ list.
The last time Taylor was in charge of a game involving Hereford was in January 2008 when Barnet were the visitors to Edgar Street. The Bulls lost 2-1, Trevor Benjamin was the scorer, and there were no bookings.
The previous season he was the man in the middle for the home game against Wrexham and the away game at Bristol Rovers.
To date this campaign he has covered 28 games giving out 66 yellow cards and just 4 red cards.
Meanwhile Tony Penn has been choosen to referee next Tuesday's evenings game at Yeovil.
Spare a thought for Weymouth
Hereford United maybe fighting against the possibility of relegation but their situation is nothing compared to that at Weymouth where the money has run out.
This article, written by Iain D, first appeared on the Weymouth Forum.
God Save the Terras, for there but for grace, go we.
There are so many reasons why Saturday 21st February 2009 will stick around a long time in my memory.
A beautiful clear blue sky, a mild change of the weather where spring could be smelt in the nostrils and the sun on your back made you wonder just for a moment if that extra layer of clothes, worn most of the year to counter that Dorset wind, were really going to be needed.
The football ground on the edge of town looked the same. A relic of its time, unsympathetic and deteriorating but nonetheless an arena for triumphs and tears, of championship parades and many, many ruined weekends. Inside, familiar faces of the faithful, some not seen for some time, had all come to this place. They had come wearing their colours, with flags, balloons, voices and an inflatable dolphin. I bought a hot tea and it tasted like it always did.
But this was not a day for the ordinary. Slashed admission prices signified a turn for the worse at this, our beloved Weymouth Football Club. Mid-table in the Blue Square Premier, the best team of footballers most of us had seen pull on the shirt had not been paid for almost two months and had already given notice to find new employment. On Saturday, with their medical insurance expired due to the dire financial situation at the club, they didn’t take to the pitch. No-one blamed them. They were committed and proud players. The day after they put in their notice, they beat Torquay United 2-0 away from home.
And so it was that a few minutes shy of 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, that most traditional of football times before television changed everything, a team comprised almost completely of youth players stepped up to take their seniors’ places. There were surely nerves, but they battled not to show it. On the terraces, the 900-odd faithful knew a heavy defeat was certain, that it was a case of limiting the damage. Rushden & Diamonds FC, who by the luck of the draw happened to be the visitors that day, looked like monsters. It was they who had to deliver the slaughter. Some fans chose to exploit the ignorance of the bookies whose knowledge rarely ventured this far down football’s pyramid. They had placed substantial bets on their team to lose, pledging the winnings to their club’s fighting fund.
Within 10 minutes, Rushden had taken a two goal advantage and any faint hopes that maybe we could see a miracle had long been eclipsed. With every passing goal against, there were cries from the fans behind the goal: “Keep it going lads!” “Come on you Terras!” “I’m Weymouth till I die…” It was going to be a slow and very painful death.
The score ceased to matter. Something more important was happening: from our youngsters, the occasional passing move or brave run was applauded and tackles were cheered. And if an occasional tackle wasn’t as well timed as it was intentioned, the assailed would pick himself up and give a slap of encouragement to his assailant, while the referee didn’t take his cards out of his pocket for 90 minutes. Each scramble and save was hailed with delirium. While Petr Cech had four shots on target to contend with that afternoon in the Chelsea goal, debutant Weymouth keeper Joe Prodomo had sixteen. But no-one was asking how the big game at Villa Park was going. And no-one dissented when the announcement of Prodomo’s man of the match award came over the public address.
Rushden spared us a goal tally in double figures. The young combatants had only conceded nine when the final whistle came. But where thoughts usually turned to that night’s tea or trying to avoid the car park queue, the fans refused to go home. With applause ringing around the ground from opposition fans and players as well as the home support, the young players – with chins up and chests out – raised their hands aloft and applauded back. There were tears in eyes and pride in hearts and we remembered what it felt to belong. This was beyond the politics, beyond the squabbles over who owned what, beyond the egos and personal agendas, beyond the previous chairmen and future owners, beyond who was to blame. We were there in the moment, with a community football club that we loved, with young local players who had given their all for the shirt, with fans who understood that and who knew that sometimes football is about more than just a result.
As we left that same unsympathetic and deteriorating stadium that afternoon, we felt real fear that we may have been doing it for the last time. For us, there is no golden ticket of Sky Money. It is an irrelevance to us. Victims of financial mismanagement, the faithful young and old have pledged money and practical deeds in an effort to save the club. We have come to understand that there isn’t always a white knight to come to the rescue. We have no international stars to sell, no gravy train from which to profit. We are the princess in the tower but the prince is nowhere to be seen. Maybe we don’t look as beautiful as we once did.
After the game, the messages of support came. From Oxford, Wrexham, Bournemouth, Southampton, Exeter, Cambridge, Hereford, Southend, Halifax, Barrow, Notts County, Barnet, Swindon, Bristol City, Kettering, Didcot, Yeovil. They all understood. Many of them had been through dark days themselves and come through in one way or another. York City fans put on a bus to make it easier for our fans to make the big round trip the following week.
There is still a football family. It is alive in non-league and it is alive in the lower divisions. It is still the people’s game. It still thrives despite obscene amounts of money ending up in fewer and fewer hands, despite the ignorance of overpaid pundits on live television who celebrate each passing goal in a men-against-boys rout like despotic Roman Emperors at the Colosseum.
There does not need to be humiliation in losing at home by the odd goal in nine. You can still find pure human qualities of dignity, respect and belonging, the quality of people giving their all, to the absolute maximum of their ability, with honesty and pride of the best kind. Football isn’t about who can be the most successful, it’s still about the blood that runs through your veins.
If you can’t hear us, we’ll have another lager…
Up the Terras.
Ebbsfleet Next As MyFC Falters
Ebbsfleet are facing an uncertain future after thousands of their MyFC owners deserted the club.
It is being reported that less than 10,000 of the 32,000 membership at peak remain with the unique project as the bulk of renewals for membership went unanswered. Some claim that the renewal rate is just 14%, with half the membership remaining yet to get to the one year stage, and insufficient monies have been raised to see the club through the season.
The club are losing a reported £60,000 a month, with the MyFC project pumping up to £500,000 into it on top of the £635,000 purchase price. However heavy spending has not brought results with the club lying just two points above the Conference drop zone, although gates have increased by 20% this season to around 1,300.
Member interest in Ebbsfleet has been waning since the summer. 7,500 voted in the poll to sell striker John Akinde to Bristol City in August, but just 3,000 gave an opinion on signing defender Darius Charles last month and less than 500 voted on whether they should pick the team for their postponed match with Wrexham.
Meanwhile, Northwich have had six of their unpaid players ask to leave following Steve King's resignation as manager at the weekend. Four of the six are non-contract, with all of them King's signings from his short reign.
Lovely feeling to score against Bulls says Mclean
Peterborough United's Aaron Mclean has hit out at Hereford United supporters who reminded him last Saturday of his confrontation with Andy Tretton, the Bulls' defender, that led to Tretton being sent-off in a Conference play-off game five years ago.
"I'm still not very popular in these parts. You'd have thought they'd have got over something that happened five years ago by now, but clearly they have nothing better to do than abuse me," Mclean told the Peterborough Telegraph.
"I had to go back to the team coach before the game to pick up my iPod and some of their fans had a go then.
"I took no notice, but it was a lovely feeling to score against them. I scored here for Aldershot a few years ago and celebrated by impersonating a bull while a team-mate pretended to be a matador.
"This time I just put my fingers on my head to show the horns of the bull. It's fair to say I enjoyed the moment.
"To be honest the stick I get here just motivates me to play well and to score. I certainly don't let it affect me."
News Round Up
Weymouth's match at the weekend was the 'centre of the betting universe' according to the Racing Post. Betfair recorded £680,000 on their site alone, with normal bookies suggesting they had paid out over £500,000. Manager Alan Lewer has told the press that nine of his senior players will sign for other clubs this week.
It is claimed that sixteen of the 24 Conference clubs have failed to adhere to the financial reporting that replaced the wage capping system this season. Cheltenham boss Martin Allen has reiterated his intention not to quit the club despite falling twelve points short of safety. The Robins have signed Wolves' 18 year old forward Ashley Hemmings on loan.
Crewe have extended the loan of defender Marlon Broomes until the end of the season. Scunthorpe have signed Ipswich midfielder Liam Trotter on a months loan. Chester have sacked assistant boss Steve Bleasdale, with Mark Wright refusing to discuss the reasons why. No Bulls in the Team of the Week. Ex-Bull Tamika Mkandawire is nominated alongside two each from Leicester and Southend.
Gannon could leave Stockport County
The Brighton Press is suggesting that Stockport County manager Jim Gannon could upsticks and move to the South Coast.
Brighton chairman Dick Knight is reported to be keen on securing Gannon for the manager's job after the club parted company with Micky Adams last week.
Should Gannon leave Stockport it would be another problem for the Hatters who have pressing demands from the Inland Revenue.
Gannon holds a full UEFA Pro coaching Licence and is a trained accountant.
Meanwhile Chester's assistant manager Steve Bleasdale has been sacked.
"Steve Bleasdale has left the football club," said manager Mark Wright.
"I'm not happy with certain things and both the chairman and myself have asked him to stay away."
Highlights from last Saturday on Virgin
The highlights from last Saturday's game against Peterborough are now available from Virgin Media.
Click the Virgin link on the left of this article.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Breen Not Offered Macc Deal
Ex-Bull Garry Breen has not been offered a deal by Macclesfield, with Keith Alexander unable to offload any of his existing players, and is now on trial with Galway United.
Alexander told Sky Sports: "He has moved on now because although I wanted to bring another centre-back in, I wasn't able do to so, as I've already got four on the books. It was disappointing I couldn't add him to the squad though because he was a very good player."
Breen played, and scored, for Ian Foster's Galway United in a pre-season match against UCD yesterday. The Irish league season doesn't start until March. Breen has missed out in the annual FAI player awards. Having been nominated in the under 19 category, he missed out on the award to Norwich's Michael Spillane.
Hereford gave us a good test - Ferguson
A few paragraphs from Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson after his side defeated Hereford United 1-0 at Edgar Street yesterday.
"We were very professional and it was a good performance," said Ferguson as reported by ITV.
"We got a great start but probably we should have been further ahead at the break.
"But the first half was as good as we have played for a while. We did have further chances and at 1-0 you never know and Hereford gave us a good test.
"I don't think that we were hanging on but it was also important to get a clean sheet as well.
"We had chances to kill the game off especially late on but I knew at sometime we would come under pressure but we stood strong."
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
There are just 16 games remaining for Hereford United in League One this season, eight of which are at home and eight on the road.
Currently the Bulls have 27 points and to be reasonably certain of safety from relegation could need another 25 or so points. That means either eight wins and a draw, seven wins and four draws, six wins and seven draws or five wins and ten draws.
Whilst the Bulls dropped three points yesterday, they did play a team that is currently third in the table. And for the record Posh have scored exactly twice as many goals as the Bulls this season to date, 58 as opposed to 29. So after two steps forward from the Cheltenham and Leeds games, this was one, hopefully only small, step back.
Looking forward the Bulls have to play both the top two teams in the League, Leicester and Milton Keynes, at home. They will be difficult games and the Bulls will probably be very lucky to get a point from either. However the other home games are all against clubs currently in tenth position or lower.
Leyton Orient (20th), Bristol Rovers (14th), Southend (13th), Huddersfield (10th), Brighton (21st), and Colchester (12th).
As regards the away games, the hardest trip looks to be to Scunthorpe (5th) on a Tuesday evening. Tranmere (9th) on Easter Monday looks another game which the Bulls might do well to take anything from.
But otherwise all the games are against mid or lower table clubs.
Yeovil (15th), Crewe (22nd), Swindon (19th), Carlisle (17th), Hartlepool (16th), Northampton (18th).
The team didn't play as well yesterday as in the previous two games. The passing was, at times, poor and there seemed too much hesitancy going forward. But at the end of the day there was only one goal in it. And some thought that was offside.
Hereford United are at home next Saturday to Leyton Orient. All being well by around 4.50pm the Bulls will have another three points to their credit. Another step forward towards safety.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Crisis Club Round Up
Weymouth managed a crowd of just 967 after slashing admission prices in what could have been their last match. With players unpaid in 2009, and there being no insurance in place, loan signing Jordan Collins was the oldest player fielded today at the age of 20 and the only one with any Conference experience - having started nine games over the past two seasons. With no squad left, manager Alan Lewer is expected to quit shortly and will be followed out the door by Chief Executive Gary Calder. Even if the club finish the season being the Conference whipping boys, they are unlikely to be allowed to remain in the division.
Northwich were handed back the keys to their ground yesterday, 37 days after being locked out, but this morning lost manager Steve King as he resigned after 109 days. Like Weymouth, their players and staff have not been paid for over two months and the first player walkout - of Lee Steele to Barrow - is likely not to be the last.
Lewes face a winding up order from Portakabin in early March with a self-imposed deadline for investors already passed, meaning that the court date will decide their future without immediate investment. Having now lost nine straight games they have had to return two loan players back to Barnet as they didn't have the money to pay for them. They are 15 points short of safety, and expect to fail ground grading regulations to retain their Conference status anyway, so they are expected to enter Administration in the next two weeks.
Guinan given an eight
Hereford United striker and current captain, Steve Guinan, was given an eight for his hard work in the game against Peterborough this afternoon at Edgar Street.
Central defenders Richard Rose and Godwin Antwi both received a seven as did Toumani Diagouraga in midfield.
Most of the remaining players received a six except Sam Gwynne, who was subbed before halftime, Jennison Myrie-Williams who was also subbed after a knock, and Simon Johnson. These three were given a five.
Whilst the referee tried to keep the game flowing, he did receive some critism from supporters on times. However it was nothing like that given to the linesman on the Main Stand side. He appeared to be someway behind play when Peterborough scored their only goal. Many supporters close to the action thought that the goalscorer, Aaron Mclean, was well offside.
Stats from the Posh Match
Below are most of the stats from this afternoon's League One game at Edgar Street.
Possession: Bulls 46% Posh 54%
Shots on Target: Bulls 2 Posh 9
Shots off Target: Bulls 6 Posh 6
Corners: Bulls 6 Posh 10
Fouls: Bulls 8 Posh 9
Bookings: No Hereford United players were booked.
Attendance: 3217 with 364 in the away end.
Bottom of League One:
18 Northampton 30 -2 33
19 Swindon 30 -6 33
20 Leyton Orient 32 -14 33
21 Brighton 30 -11 31
22 Crewe 30 -23 28
23 Hereford 30 -17 27
24 Cheltenham 30 -32 21
Organised Posh pick up points
A confident and classy Peterborough side completed the double over Hereford United with a 1-0 victory at Edgar Street this afternoon. Darren Ferguson's side took the lead after just three minutes when Aaron McLean latched on to a pass over the top by George Boyd to calmly slot past Peter Gulacsi. Hereford rallied in the second half but created little in front of 3,217, including 364 from Peterborough.
After the mid-week win over Leeds United, Graham Turner kept the same starting line-up with the only change coming on the bench where new signing Michael D'Agostino replaced Craig Jones. The visitors started with Man Utd loanee James Chester at the back playing against two of his team-mates in Sam Hewson and Febian Brandy whilst former Conference trio, Boyd, Craig Mackail-Smith and McLean led the attack for the opposition as per normal.
The first opportunity of the game led to the only goal; Boyd showed good vision to chip a ball over the Bulls' back-line and McLean raced clear to easily sweep the ball past Gulacsi. There were strong appeals for offside and rightly so, McLean looked a yard offside when the ball was played. Hereford responded to the early set-back with a burst from Toumani Diagouraga leading to Steve Guinan having space to run into but he opted for a shot and Joe Lewis held on easily. Sam Gwynne sliced a half-volley wide from 30 yards after Hewson had shifted the ball to him whilst at the other end, McLean followed up a blocked cross to smash a wild shot harmlessly into the Meadow End.
Peterborough should have doubled their advantage after a powerful shot by Russel Martin wasn't held by Gulacsi and the follow-up from McLean should have been dispatched but instead, Gulacsi made up for his earlier error by getting the slightest of touches to divert it wide. Another strong appeal for offside was turned down when Boyd again sent McLean through but this time the former Aldershot striker dragged a left-foot shot past the post. Dean Keates, who was tidy in possession throughout, sent a long-range effort past the post whilst a cross from Guinan was met by Godwin Antwi, but the loanee was leaning back and couldn't create any power in his header. Just before half-time, Gwynne was subbed off with Simon Johnson replacing the youngster for what I assume was a tactical change.
At half-time, Jennison Myrie-Williams was taken off due to injury and Ben Smith replaced him. It led to a 4-1-4-1 formation, with Hewson playing just in front of the defence and Brandy taking up a position out on left-wing. It was the visitors who showed the early attacking intent in the second-half when Charlie Lee fed Boyd down the left and the former Stevenage winger crossed for Mackail-Smith, who had got in front of his marker but somehow put a side-foot shot past the post from close-range. A Kris Taylor free-kick wasn't fully cleared and a follow-up volley from Smith was blocked before Lee, obviously struggling with injury, was replaced by Daniel Blanchett. Diagouraga found space in the middle of the park and was encouraged to shoot but his strike bounced well wide.
Hereford's best chance of the second-half fell to Guinan, after he beat the offside trap, rather belatedly, to meet a forward pass from Richard Jackson with a rasping right-foot shot which dipped just over Lewis's crossbar. Superb work from McLean saw him go close after he controlled, turned and then shot all in one movement with the ball trickling just past the post. Hewson struck wide from long-range as Hereford were limited to long shots before the visitors went close after Boyd turned inside Jackson but saw a right-foot shot hit straight at Gulacsi. Boyd once again fed McLean with a chipped pass and the striker struck into the body of Gulacsi with an early strike. Late on, Chris Whelpdale replaced Lee Frecklington with the winger nearly ending the action with a goal after Mackail-Smith had set him up but his right-foot shot was well stopped by Gulacsi.
After the euphoria of the last two results, Hereford were bought back down to earth by a steady and solid Peterborough team. The Bulls created little in front of goal with the visitors creating the better openings although McLean's goal appeared to be offside. The officials in general were poor, with the one linesman making a number of poor decisions. Hereford will need to re-group and re-focus with a huge week of football coming up starting next Saturday when Leyton Orient visit Edgar Street.
Hereford: Gulacsi, Jackson, Antwi, Rose, Taylor, Gwynne, Hewson, Diagouraga, Myrie-Williams, Guinan, Brandy.
Subs: Veiga, Smith, Done, D'Agostino, Johnson.
Peterborough: Lewis, Martin, Zakauni, Chester, Lee, Mackail-Smith, Coutts, Keates, Frecklington, Boyd, McLean.
Subs: Blanchett, Green, Whelpdale, Torres, Wright.
Turner unhappy with the way Posh scored
In his post match interview with BBC Hereford and Worcester Graham Turner expressed his view that the players hadn't taken enough notice of all the pre-match warnings about Peterborough's front men.
"We got off to a bad start," said the Hereford United manager.
"For all the warnings, I'm sick and tired of telling them not to let anybody get in behind us. That was their big threat and within what three or four minutes they are in behind us for a goal.
"That is one thing I can not understand and can not except from players - when they are warned about the threat and we let it happen with one long straight ball that causes the problem.
"After that we looked lethargic, we're chasing the game, on edge.
"The young players who played so well on Tuesday suddenly found themselves chasing a goal.
"I thought to be fair to Peterborough they dominated the first half in the main but second half we gave it a go. We re-organised a little bit without creating too many chances.
"But the disappointment without a shadow of a doubt was the goal that we conceded. Had we come off with a goal-less goal we would have been quite happy.
"That was criminal, that's driven me mad that goal we conceded."
Next Saturday it's Leyton Orient and Turner admits his side will have to bounce back.
"We've put in good two performances and today we failed. We failed with any of our passing, we never really got hold of the ball."
Ex-Bull Watch
Michael McIndoe set up both goals as Bristol City beat Reading 2-0. Tamika Mkandawire scored the only goal of the game as Leyton Orient beat Hartlepool. Gary Hooper scored the opener for Scunthorpe but they lost 4-2. Ryan Esson kept a clean sheet for Inverness as they beat Hibs. Gareth Sheldon scored the only goal as Tamworth beat Workington.
Results Round Up
Cheltenham's 2-0 loss at Leeds puts them rock bottom and twelve points short of safety. Crewe move above the Bulls after beating Huddersfield 3-1, with Brighton remaining in the drop zone despite beating Millwall 1-0. Leyton Orient also won 1-0 at Hartlepool to be one of the three 'target' sides on 33 points. Swindon are another after coming back from 2-0 down at half time to beat nine man Scunthorpe 4-2, and Northampton are the third after losing 2-0 at home to Walsall.
At the top Leicester survived the dismissal of Jack Hobbs to beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 and edge towards promotion. MK Dons stay second after a 1-1 draw at Tranmere, with Peterboro third four points behind. Oldham are fourth after drawing 2-2 at Yeovil, while Stockport remain close to the play-offs after a 2-1 win at Carlisle. Southend beat Colchester in the Essex derby to leave both in mid table.
In League Two Brentford remain three points clear after a 2-1 win at Rochdale, with Wycombe not playing until Monday. Bury are third with a 2-0 win over Notts County, with Shrewsbury fourth - and one of six clubs within two points of each other - despite losing 3-1 to bottom side Luton. Chester drew 0-0 with Exeter to end a run of six straight defeats.
In the Conference Weymouth fielded ten youth teamers and one loanee after the first team refused to play with no insurance in place and they were thumped by Rushden 9-0 in a game reported to have had over £500,000 staked on it in Rushden's favour.
Bulls Not So Posh
The Bulls lost today's League One encounter by the only goal of the game at Edgar Street today.
Peterboro were quick off the blocks and Aaron Mclean scored the only goal after just three minutes, though the home fans were sure he was offside for George Boyd's pass. 3217 watched the game with 364 visitors. The result sees the Bulls slip a place to 23rd, with the gap to safety up to six points.
Full report later.
Hudson-Odoi on trial at Grays.
Bradley Hudson-Odoi has gone on trial with Grays Athletic according to the OS.
He hasn't featured for the Bulls since November.
The club says he is on trial for a week with a view to a loan for the rest of the season.
Brighton part company with Adams
Brighton and Hove Albion have parted company with manager Micky Adams by 'mutual consent'.
Adams met with chairman Dick Knight yesterday afternoon.
"Nobody would dispute that results have been disappointing and I am very sad, as all Albion fans will be, that things haven't worked out," said Knight.
Dean White and Bob Booker will take charge of the team for their game at Millwall today and against Northampton Town on Tuesday.
Adams is the fourth League One mamager to have parted company with his club since the new year.
January 10 - Jimmy Mullen (Walsall)
January 18 - Martin Ling (Leyton Orient)
February 16 - Russell Slade (Yeovil)
February 21 - Micky Adams (Brighton)
In other news this morning former Hereford United defender Matt Clarke has joined Halesowen from Redditch.
And another former defender, Chris Lane, will make his 350th Conference appearance if he is involved in this afternoon's game for Altrincham game against Woking. He is believed to be the player with the most Conference matches under his belt who is still playing at that level.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Support the Bulls This Afternoon
Hereford United are at home this afternoon and three points from the game against Peterborough United would see them closer to safety in League One.
With the weather set to be dry and relatively spring-like, there is every reason to watch the game at Edgar Street.
For those unable to make the game as is usual with home games there will not be any live commentary from Edgar Street on BBC Hereford and Worcester this afternoon.
However Posh World has a free 30 day offer available at present so this is an option for any Hereford United supporter wishing to listen to the whole game.
Weymouth In Last-Chance Saloon
Weymouth's plan to sell a million shares has failed, and fans are preparing to treat Saturday's match as a 'wake' for the club.
The club issued the following statement earlier this evening:
Weymouth Football Club would like to thank fans for their continued patience and support in what are clearly difficult and trying times for all concerned. The recent share appeal was extremely well supported by fans but the amount raised was not, in itself, sufficient to sustain the club due to its current level of debt.
The club has ring-fenced the monies and they will not be spent until such time that a positive outcome can be found for the club. No shares have yet been issued. The board of Weymouth FC continue to vigorously search for a solution to the severe financial situation that it is facing.
There remains uncertainty over which players will be available for the Terras match against Rushden and Diamonds because players are being allowed to leave the club if they have found themselves employment elsewhere.
The first team squad have not trained all week due to their ongoing lack of finances, with the players only income a £60 a head handout from an unnamed supporter, and rumours amongst the fans suggest that only four first teamers will agree to play in tomorrow's match with youth teamers and a selection of as-yet unannounced loan signings - including three offered by Peterboro - likely to fill out the teamsheet.
Posh dangerous upfront says Turner
In his weekly interview Graham Turner has been telling BBC Hereford and Worcester that he realises Peterborough could be dangerous in attack tomorrow at Edgar Street
"Mackail-Smith and Mclean we know are very sharp and capable of creating chances, capable of scoring chances," said Turner.
"So there will be an extra onus on our two central defenders to make sure they are right on song.
"I felt when we went to their place early season the scoreline didn't do us justice. It was a travesty we lost 2 -0.
"We've got every chance with the confidence sky-high of taking all three points and it would be another big scalp for us."
Turner also spoke about his three defenders who are currently injured. He said none of them would play tomorrow.
"I think Dean Beckwith might start to do some light training next week after his concussion.
"Two to four weeks for Josh Gowling. Karl Broadhurst with his dead leg, probably the following Saturday he will be fit."
Meanwhile the game is NOT all-ticket for Peterborough supporters. Earlier this week Posh said it was, today they say it isn't.
D'Agostino Deal Confirmed by Bulls
Somewhat belatedly Hereford United have, late this afternoon, confirmed that Micheal D'Agostino has been given a one month deal at Edgar Street. He will wear shirt number 24.
For more details please go to our earlier article on the signing.
Peterborough Predictions - Friday Reminder
This is a reminder to everyone who enters the Bulls News Prediction League that you can now submit your prediction for the upcoming Peterborough match tomorrow afternoon.
The deadline is at 2.30pm tomorrow. All entries should be sent to the normal address stating your predicted final score and attendance. Remember to include your username.
Stockport Need £250,000 In Three Months
Stockport have determined that they will need £250,000 by May 18th to avoid the threat of Administration.
Their Supporters Trust owners have come to the figure after a thorough review of their finances and have already implemented a number of cost cutting measures. In a statement David Hoyle, Chairman of the Supporter's Trust said:
"Negotiations are ongoing with creditors and it has taken sometime to reach a figure that we feel would secure the future of this football club. With a target in mind I urge fans to give what they can to help us secure the future of Stockport County Football Club. If we do not raise the money, then there is a serious cloud over our future."
Hoyle has held talks with landlords Cheshire Sport and the Inland Revenue to come up with the figure required, but it is believed their actual debts may be over £1million with £450,000 owed to the taxman. The deadline date set means that they are unlikely to be deducted points this season unless their crisis significantly deepens.