Leek opened the scoring following a comical display of defending by Hereford. Trevor Matthewson passed back to Chris Mackenzie unnecessarily, Chris Mackenzie wasn't expecting it and lost his footing trying to reach it only to push the ball onto Wayne Biggins who rushed forward to score his first for Leek with a simple tap in.

The entire first half was much the same with error upon error being made, but Graham Turner must have threatened to kill someone if things didn't improve as United came back out and showed what they were capable of.

Less than a minute into the second half a bullet like run half way down the pitch by Murray Fishlock allowed him to knock the ball onto Neil Grayson, who in turn placed the ball beautifully past the Leek keeper to keep things interesting.

Hereford maintained the pressure for most of the closing minutes until a free ball fell to a Leek defender who cleared it to pressure the United goal again. This gave a corner to Leek and another chance for glory as United were definately not at their best for defending set pieces. The corner in the 82^nd minute met with header against the post and a rebound to Hugh McAuley whose powerful shot fizzed past the felled Mackenzie.

With 8 minutes to play and 4 minutes into injury time, Hereford got the result they deserved when Rob Warner sent in a sailing corner which John Brough, having been brought forward to go for broke, connected with sending the ball wide of Ray Newland and denying Leek their 3 points.

Another weak showing for the defence. Something really has to be done here or we are staying in the Conference.