United presented the fans with three well taken goals to hopefully lift spirits and attendances which are flagging badly at the moment.

Neil Grayson was definitely the man of the match for me as me continued to torment Stalybridge throughout the game by either pushing them back or making excellent feeding plays to present others with striking opportunites.

The first goal came after 32 minutes after Neil Grayson had had his own shot blocked by Statham. He came back immediately with a cross to Andy Milner on the far post who slotted the ball neatly into the net to collect his first goal for Hereford.

Hereford were pressured very little during the entire match and Mark Gayle was only really tested once in the 90 minutes when Roberts Trees broke past the defence and hit a powerful drive to the outside of Gayle forcing him to make the save.

Celtic's pressure never lasted long though and Hereford quickly replied with another assault on their goal. Neil Grayson again played his part by moving through most of the defence and edging the ball onto Ian Foster who collected it and drove it between Statham legs for an insult of a goal.

The second half was much the same as the first. Stalybridge were forced to continue with the very deep defence of their goal as both Milner and Grayson were denied before Hargreaves hit his shot straight at Statham.

The overpowering attacks by Hereford kept coming, but did not produce anything further until the closing minutes of the match when Grayson again had his attack stopped, if only temporaryily, as Statham closed him down and off the ball. Grayson regained the edge though and passed through to Andy Milner who was also being pressured to continued the play through to Jamie Pitman whose first touch shot fizzed past Statham into the back of the net.

Altogether a much better performance than some of the previous matches and one of those that we simply have to win to stand any chance of getting back to the League this season.