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HALIFAX (home) 19/10/02
Hereford threw away another two points against Halifax in yet another frustrating match for the Bulls. They will be kicking themselves even more since none of the top six teams won; even Chester lost to Woking! Two changes were made to the team that lost to Northwich, with Richard Teesdale
replacing Ian Wright in the back three, and new loan signing from Bournemouth
Chukki Eribenne taking Steve Guinan's place in attack. Scott
Hereford started the brighter
of the two sides, but fell behind after just six minutes. A poor goal kick from
Matt Baker dropped straight to the feet of Ryan Mallon, and the on-loan
midfielder took it around Michael Rose before
Unsurprisingly, Hereford went on
the attack in search of a goal, but were restricted to a succession of crosses
that were cleared by an industrious Halifax defence. A cross from Matt Clarke
was met by the head of the
After half an hour, United were
level. Mick Galloway's attempted cross eluded everyone, but Matt Clarke, on the
opposite side of the pitch, managed to pick up the loose ball. He returned it
to the centre and Jamie Pitman
Halifax opened the second half
slightly the brighter side, with Matt Baker being forced into making a good
save from Ian Fitzpatrick. The same player had another effort ten minutes
later, but this time Baker managed to hold
Gradually Hereford started to
come back into the game, with Paul Parry in particular causing the Shaymen's
defence a few problems. He won a few corners from his menacing low crosses
being deflected behind. On one The rest of the match consisted of Halifax's defence blocking a series of shots, with Paul Stoneman in particular doing well to block two efforts from debutant Eribenne. Although Hereford dominated much of the match, the fact that Butler did have very many saves to make says something positive about the way the Shaymen defended. Eribenne had a lively debut, working well to bring his team-mates into the match. His finishing will improve given time. Teesdale also settled in well, having only played a handful of first-team matches. Overall, Hereford were the slightly better side, but a draw was probably a fair result. Hereford: Baker, Clarke, Rose, Tretton, Teesdale, James (c), Pitman, Williams, Galloway, Eribenne, Parry. Subs (not used): Voice, Griffiths, Purdie, Fox, Smith
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