The match never looked in doubt even though Hayes had a good chance to open the scoring in the first ten minutes, but United were on a roll and never gave Hayes another look in.

Leadbeater opened the scoring with a low drive following a bit of a scramble which also involved Hargreaves and Grayson. Richard Leadbeater is now to return to Wolves as his loan period is over. He has been a great asset to the club in their time of need.

The second half was more even more eventful with Hayes captain Andy Cox being sent off in the 53rd minute following a foul on Neil Grayson. This did not help Hayes' chances and Hereford took advantage of this as the second goal followed just 5 minutes later.

Jamie Pitman was found in the right place at the right time as Meara blocked a powerful drive by Grayson only for the ball to fall to Pitman, who rightly buried it in the back of the net to bring his scoring total to 5 this season.

Again the pressure continued relentlessly, and the fans commented that it was good to see Hereford getting on with it and going for goals instead of just sitting back on a lead, which has been known to end in a draw or even a loss.

In the closing minutes the decisive goal was finished by Chris Hargreaves who had played well for the whole match. A flurry of moves brought the ball to him as a Grayson cross was headed on to Rob Warner who had a dig, only to have it saved, again with the ball falling to a waiting Hereford man to finish the job.

This match was an inspiration to the fans who have now seen what the team can really do. It was also good to note that this brings the goals for the last three matches to 5 for and 0 against. An excellent performance all round.