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Hereford United 1 - 1 Telford United

10th February 1998

Graham Turner received a vicious blow today as his son Mark hammered home Telford's opener after 39 minutes. What he would say to dad the next day would have been worth being a fly on the wall for.

The match started well enough, even though Hereford have lost their last three games. The fact that they had failed to score in any of them was causing concern though.

Hereford dominated the majority of play but the killer instinct needed to claim goals was not forthcoming. Even with Telford being one of the bottom clubs in the Conference, Hereford never looked like claiming the match with any degree of confidence.

The opener from Mark Turner merely reinforced the point that the smaller clubs usually cause Hereford problems.

Almost the entire second half of the match was played in Telford's half. The main problem was that as the chances were created, it was James (Mis-Cue) McCue who was usually on the receiving end of them.

His first crystal clear chance came in the 47th minute when he was presented with a clear view of the goal and a stranded keeper. As usual, he missed the target by a mile. The second chance was at least on target but gave Mark Jones more than enough of a chance to make the save.

Mark Turner was also still causing a few problems as he beat the Hereford defence as Ian Duerden sent in an excellent cross but he failed to connect well and Andy Quy made a simple save.

The equaliser was very long in coming and it wasn't until the dying minutes of the game that Hereford earned a corner which Brian McGorry took, sending in a low ball which Trevor Matthewson flicked on to Chris Hargreaves. The next bit happened far to quickly to really take in. I think that Chris Hargreaves got a boot to the ball and was sending it right at the upright when a foot from Neil Grayson appeared from nowhere and hammered the ball against the underside of the bar.

The ball rebounded straight down and just for good measure, Chris Hargreaves reappeared to drive the ball into the back of the net.

Just who the really belongs to will be a mystery but it secured a draw from what has been a dreadful month of football for Hereford.