Play continued promisingly enough until Ian Foster felled Paul Tait in the penalty box, but was lucky that the referee allowed play to continue.

Minutes later, Murray Fishlock wasn't so lucky as he helped Ian Cook to the ground. His move got him booked and gave Northwich the equaliser thanks to the spot kick by Steve Walters.

Within six minutes the play was again reversed as a penalty was awarded to Hereford thanks to Dominic Crouchs clearly impeeding Neil Grayson.

The resulting penalty was taken by Ian Foster instead of the usual Neil Grayson. His shot was on target and of note, but Greygoose dived to his left and pushed the ball out for a corner. This did result in Graham Turner's decree that all future penalties should be taken by Grayson.

Foster did his best to make amends with an excellent cross to Grayson whose powerful header struck the woodwork.

The second half started with the referee being replaced by one of his assistants, Chris Ward, due to a pulled muscle.

Northwich took the lead again midway through the second half when Hereford conceeded a corner. Chris Mackenzie came off his line to collect, but never got close, allowing the Northwich captain, Eddie Bishop to head easily over the line.

Hereford didn't really deserve this draw as their play was not at all flowing and mainly consisted of scrambles in the mid-field.

On one of the rarer occassions when they did threaten goal though, Greygoose made an excellent save from a close range shot by Foster but the rebound allowed John Brough to cross the ball in again. Hereford didn't even have to finish the job though as defender Simpson tried to put the ball out of play, only to turn it past his own keeper.

Altogether a poor performance by United to throw away two points and scavenge a single one.

Andy Milner also made is debut today as a loan signing from Chester but understandably had a very quiet game.