Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 142
Hereford Times - 28th January 2016 - Page 142
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140 THE HEREFORD TIMES Thursday, January 28, 2016 herefordtimesoom Sportsdesk phone: 01432 845810 email: sport@herefordtimes.com Hereford FC goalkeeper Martin Horseil has been an ever present since joining the club from Yate Town HEREFORD FC manager Pete Beadle admitted his side weren‘t clinical enough after the Bulls‘ remarkable winning run came to an end at home to Alvechurch. “We have been very fortunate recently that the lads have been very clinical and scoring goals, but it eluded us a little bit and we go into the next game," said Beadle. “it’s been a phenomenal run, but looking it at another way, it‘s 29 games undefeated, so we just have to keep going. “it wasn‘t vintage and we didn‘t create a huge amount, but you credit them with what they did. “But we didn’t get beaten and no one was going to win a trophy on the day.” Beadle felt it was a well-contest- ed game. “it was two good teams who went at it, which was full-blooded and played in the right manner and maybe a draw was efair result in the end. “it was a great start from us, but maybe we could have done with a second goal before half—time just to see how the game would change in the second half. "But we didn't get it and they got the goal early in the second half, which got their tails up. “But it was a good game, with plenty of blood and guts, we just weren’t quite clinical enough in the final third.” Alvechurch assistant manager Beadle laments poor finishing Hereford FC manager Pete Beadle: The Bulls failed to take a number of chances Richard Coiwell was delighted with a point “A draw suits us, but we’ve got a lot of games to play though,” he said. “We’ll just take each game as it comes, we’ll keep working and training hard and the one thing we won’t do is die and roll over. “We know we’re underdogs with their facilities, crowd, finances and the stature of the club, but we won’t roll over and dis.” sIRl'liFO N? sieinnliir' __ imam Ryan Green wheels away in delight after opening the scoring for Hereford against Alvechurch. But the away side equalised through Nick Wright in the second half Horsell: Taking spot is just part of game HEREFORD FC goalkeeper Martin Horsell says “it is never nice muscling anoth- er player out“ after replac- ing ever-present Harvey Rivers. Horsell. who joined Her- eford from Yate Town. has played every game after hooking up with the Bulls at the beginning of last month. Up until that point, Riv- ers had featured in every match for Hereford. “I came here to battle out a position, it's never nice muscling another player out, but that’s football," said Horsell. ”I hear he's gone on to play in the league above [for Swindon Supermarine], which is good experience for him. “He’s young. he’s driven and is very good in training and I think he will do well. “The gaffer [Pete Beadle] has spoken to me and said he’s looking for a bit of ex- perience and hopefully I’ve provided that. “He has filled every posi- tion twice, even three-fold, and he definitely wanted cover as a goalkeeper.” Horsell says he is enjoying By Paul Rogers 01432 845870 prouihereiordtimescom Twitter @HTnewsroom his time at Hereford. “It’s been a change from playing in the league above. but when you look at the fan base, the stadium and the quality of players we’ve got in the changing room, it’s all highly professional and it‘s a nice environment to be around,” he said. Recently, Ryan Green and Nathan Summers have been the first-choice centre- back partnership meaning Jamie Willets, another ever- present player since joining Hereford, has missed out. Hereford drew 1-1 against Alvechurch last Saturday in the Midland Football League Premier Division. It was the first time the Bulls had not won a game in 27 matches. “They definitely came with a game plan to sit back and make it difficult to break down. but I felt we had more chances — they only really had one shot,” added Horsell. “We could have taken our chances and won the game, but fair play to them, they put the work rate in and you could tell that they won the battle.” Hereford got off to a dream start after only six minutes when Ryan Green power- fully headed home Dylan Bonella’s corner. But, despite chances to extend their lead, Hereford only had a one—goal advan- tage going into the half- time break. Mustapha Bundu headed straight at Alvechurch goalkeeper Matt Sergeant, while John Mills’ shot lacked power. Mills was then through on goal after 49 minutes, but af- ter rounding Sergeant, the prolific marksman could only find the side-netting. Bundu then showed neat footwork to get into a good scoring position, but his lob just went over. That miss proved to be cru- cial because Alvechurch equalised after 55 minutes. After breaking down the left-hand side following a Hereford corner, Nick Wright drove the ball past an on-rushing Horsell. The goal galvanised Alve- church and they worked Photo: James Maggs hard to keep Hereford at bay. However, it was the home side who came closest to scoring the winner when Bundu’s shot'came back off a post with 10 minutes left. A total of seven minutes of stoppage play was played, no doubt caused by a num- ber of players squaring up to each other following a heavy challenge by Her- eford captain Joel Edwards on Alvechurch substitute Mike Wardle. MATCH FACTS Hereford: Horsell, Oates, Edwards, Bonella, Green, Summers, Bundu, Birch, Mills, Haysham (Tumelty 51), Symons. Subs not used: Willets, Sta- ley, Grant, Pilling. Alvechurch: Sergeant, Field, Foster, Bellis, Par- sons, Paskin, Winwood (Smith 85), Williams, Na- dat, Cresswell (Wardle 75), Wright (March 64) Subs not used: Deards, Ev- ans. Referee: Malcolm Stew- ard; Yellow cards: Hereford — Edwards, 90, foul; Alve- church — March, 67, foul. Attendance: 4,026. |
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