Nene Park is probably the second best ground in the Conference after Edgar Street of course. The external appearance is impressive and once inside the away end it appears more like an airport lounge with a bar and catering facilities providing for the away fans alone. Televisions hung from the ceilings were also showing the relevant Conference Ceefax pages. There were even dedicated members of staff selling programmes and answering queries. It just goes to show that a man with a healthy wallet can work wonders. The ground in many ways is better than a lot of third and even second division clubs.

Where the game really counts though, Hereford put on a poor performance and failed to produce much of anything, and the single goal fell to another goal keeping error which has seen the loss of so many points recently.

Mison had a dig from a good 20 yards out and Mark Gayle should have collected it easily enough but instead managed to fumble it leaving Darren Collins to surge forward and finish the job easily. A very soft goal thanks to a simple error.

United did attempt a reply thanks to Andy Milner who is still on-loan from Chester. His quick run down the field and reverse play to Rodgerson allowed for a strong shot on goal. Darren Watts reacted quickly and pushed the shot wide of the net.

Adrian Foster, now known as 'Donkey' Foster failed to collect a second for Rushden with a golden opportunity in the second half. His powerful shot was denied by Gayle, and the ball rebounded back towards Foster. To screams of abuse and laughter though 'Donkey' Foster managed to shot wide of the goal when a simple tap-in would have secured a clear lead.

Only one other real scoring chance presented itself for Hereford in the rest of the match. Richard Walker returned a poorly cleared corner into the box and John Brough rose to meet it, but his shot was easily contained by Darren Watts.

A typically poor piece of defending cost further points and United must deal with these simple aspects if they are to rise from the Conference.