Chris Hargreaves also had one of his best games this season. Coming close in the 4^th minute. Just six minutes later his cross to Jamie Pitman was scramble saved.

James McCue then joined the assualt, but managed to balloon an excellant cross from Murray Fishlock clear over the bar from inside the 6 yard box. Two minutes later he had a headed shot saved on the line.

The game continued with almost continuous pressure on the Morecambe goal as McGorry, Hargreaves, Leadbetter, Fishlock and Matthewson all had shots saved or pushed out for corners.

The break finally came in the 40^th minute when Jamie Pitman converted a flick on by McCure from a Murray Fishlock cross.

The rush of the first half also saw Brian McGorry drive a shot just wide of the post with a couple of minutes left before the break.

After the break, little changed except the pace although Morecambe did gain control for a period at the beginning of the second half but failed to exploit it. Again, play quickly changed ends leaving Pitman, Mahon, Leadbetter and Hargreaves all having shots on goal within 10 minutes.

Morecambe came back again from the 70^th minute. Two minutes of play revealed three strange decisions by the referee and his assistant, one of which resulted in Pitman being booked for decent.

Andy Milner looked like becoming yet another former Hereford United player to seek revenge as his shot was blocked by Pitman only for him to put the rebound wide.

Rob Warner was brought on to replace Richard Leadbetter and quickly made his presence known as his shot just rose above the bar in the 81^st minute.

Morecambe did not give in though and in the closing minutes Andy Milner drove home a low shot, only to have it disallowed for being offside.

Hereford then just maintained possession until the final whistle and Hargreaves put yet another one just wide.

A justly deserved three points which closes the gap on the next few teams above.