The scene was set when Hereford made a fantastic start to game. Gavin Mahon played out to Grayson on the wing, who in turn quickly headed down towards the goal and sent in a delightful cross which Ian Foster connected with, driving the ball into the back of the net after just 18 seconds had passed from the starting whistle.

The referee (note referee) however ruled that the ball had gone out of play when Grayson had made his run down the wing and therefore the goal was disallowed, to the outrage of the substantial Hereford support present.

Hereford finally accepted the fact and got on the with job in hand. The play was held in Telford's half for long periods with some excellent passing plays being made to try and find a hole in what appeared to be an eight man defensive structure.

Telford's keeper Derek Dudley was impressive enough when tested though and made one stunning save from a John Brough header which could easily have been in the back of the net had be not tipped it over the bar.

It was Grayson, however, who missed probably the next best chance in the match when Chris Hargreaves sent in a cross from the left which fell straight to unmarked Grayson. He mis-hit the shot though and it was easily collected by Dudley.

Telford also managed to scramble save a shot off the line after Grayson and Hargreaves again combined well just before the interval.

The funniest point of the match was actually during half-time. Telford's ground was not employing segregation and the Hereford support decided to chance ends with the play so as to remain behind the Telford goal. With the Hereford fans outnumbering the Telford fans by at least 2 to 1 the entire support moved off down the ground. Three Police Officers thought otherwise though and attempted to stop the migration, but with 1,200 fans bearing down on them, they stood precious little hope and quickly gave up. Instead they stood back and watched as Hereford took control of the home end driving the majority of home fans into what should have been the away end. Not what football is really about, but very funny nonetheless.

The second half started with Hereford coming under some early pressure but Nicky Ward was denied by Gayle, who wasn't really troubled again during the match.

Hereford had troubles of their own though as Grayson was substituted following a thigh strain and was shortly followed off the field by Ian Foster who it later transpired had suffered a groin problem.

This left the Hereford strike team greatly weakened and Telford were easily able to contain any attacks even if they made none of their own.

Steve Palmer wasn't bright enough to realise that the attacks were weakened though as he felled Chris Hargreaves and was met with the red card for his second bookable offence following a dissent incident earlier in the match.

A poor result which disappointed the strong away following even if they unbeaten run continues.