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Hereford United play Woking at Edgar Street tomorrow evening which has given BN an excuse to remember the home game between the two clubs ten seasons ago.
December 14th 2002
Hereford United 5 - 0 Woking
It's not often that Hereford United win two home games in a row, but to score nine goals without reply in the process was phemonemal.
It was Woking who were on the end of a 5-0 capitulation this afternoon after Barnet were given a 4-0 bruising two weeks ago.
The Bulls, without Mick Galloway who has joined Gretna, made one change to the side that won against Barnet so Danny Williams came into midfield, and dominated the opening period. Early efforts rained in from the home side, who eventually took the lead on twenty eight minutes. A Michael Rose free-kick on the Hereford right, twenty yards from the Woking goal-line, was swung in and flew through the Cards' defence before slotting into the net past on-loan goalkeeper Shwan Jalal, the teenager from Tottenham Hotspur.
Matt Baker was forced to make one save from Warren Patmore in the first half, but United had doubled their advantage at the break. Another free-kick, this time twenty five yards out and in a more central position, was hit home from Rose after Stuart Reeks had made a bad challenge.
A double substitution at the break saw Woking come back into the game, but only after one of those replacements, Anthony Allman, had been red-carded for a reckless challenge on Danny Williams. Nevertheless, the 103 Woking fans got behind their team as Matt Baker was forced into a couple of saves, but it was the vast majority of the 1565 crowd, the highest at Edgar Street in the league for two months, who were celebrating on seventy three minutes. A Rob Purdie cross from the right found Steve Guinan on the far post. He nodded the ball goalwards, it rebounded off the bar, hit the goalkeeper and went in! A bizarre goal, but one that Guinan will claim [Ed: the goal has since been credited to Jalal].
That sealed the end for Woking. United surged forward looking for more goals. With nine minutes left, Ben Smith beat the goalkeeper from twelve yards to make it 4-0, and the former Yeovil midfielder doubled his tally for the game in the last minute as he was released in the area. His first shot was saved by Jalal, but he regained possession before rounding the goalkeeper and making it five.
It was Woking who were on the end of a 5-0 capitulation this afternoon after Barnet were given a 4-0 bruising two weeks ago.
The Bulls, without Mick Galloway who has joined Gretna, made one change to the side that won against Barnet so Danny Williams came into midfield, and dominated the opening period. Early efforts rained in from the home side, who eventually took the lead on twenty eight minutes. A Michael Rose free-kick on the Hereford right, twenty yards from the Woking goal-line, was swung in and flew through the Cards' defence before slotting into the net past on-loan goalkeeper Shwan Jalal, the teenager from Tottenham Hotspur.
Matt Baker was forced to make one save from Warren Patmore in the first half, but United had doubled their advantage at the break. Another free-kick, this time twenty five yards out and in a more central position, was hit home from Rose after Stuart Reeks had made a bad challenge.
A double substitution at the break saw Woking come back into the game, but only after one of those replacements, Anthony Allman, had been red-carded for a reckless challenge on Danny Williams. Nevertheless, the 103 Woking fans got behind their team as Matt Baker was forced into a couple of saves, but it was the vast majority of the 1565 crowd, the highest at Edgar Street in the league for two months, who were celebrating on seventy three minutes. A Rob Purdie cross from the right found Steve Guinan on the far post. He nodded the ball goalwards, it rebounded off the bar, hit the goalkeeper and went in! A bizarre goal, but one that Guinan will claim [Ed: the goal has since been credited to Jalal].
That sealed the end for Woking. United surged forward looking for more goals. With nine minutes left, Ben Smith beat the goalkeeper from twelve yards to make it 4-0, and the former Yeovil midfielder doubled his tally for the game in the last minute as he was released in the area. His first shot was saved by Jalal, but he regained possession before rounding the goalkeeper and making it five.
