United set-up second round tie
Two second-half goals put Hereford United into the second round of the LDV Vans Trophy southern section handed them victory over Exeter City.
David Brown and Steve Guinan struck to hand United a game against Northampton Town in the second round, to be played on Tuesday 4th November.
Bulls
beat Grecians to progress
Hereford
United 2 - 0 Exeter City
A goal at each end
of the second period handed Hereford United a second-round tie
against Northampton Town as they overcame injury-hit Exeter City
at Edgar Street.
Goals from David
Brown and Steve Guinan proved crucial in the LDV Vans Trophy
southern section game as Graham Turner handed Jordan King his
first start for the club.
The first notable
chance in the first period for Hereford was when Guinan broke on
the left channel, skinning a defender before crossing to Danny
Williams. His first-time shot was blocked in front of goal.
At the other end,
Barry McConnell forced United goalkeeper Matt Baker into a
difficult in a half of few opportunities and little
entertainment, although David Brown did hit the post in injury
time from eight yards out.
He made amends
straight after the restart as Paul Parry linked with Guinan on
the left and the ball was squared to Brown, who tucked the ball
home from three yards out.
Exeter, backed by
their following of fifty-five from Devon, almost got back on
level terms on fifty four minutes when they broke on the left
channel, but the dangerous cross was cut out by Tamika
Mkandawire, who sliced the ball over his own crossbar.
Jamie Pitman and
Scott Canham were both cautioned by the referee after Canham
tripped the Hereford midfielder, who retaliated and picked up a
yellow card for his actions.
With twenty minutes
left, Baker was forced to save from Gareth Sheldon but the ball
ran loose to Ryan Green, and Steve Flack slid in with an
ambitious tackle and was booked for his actions. Twelve minutes
later, the United stopper was forced into another save, this time
a hard drive from substitute Leslie Afful after he had beaten
Michael Rose at left-back.
United searched for
a second, with Guinan volleying wide before Paul Parry found Ryan
Green overlapping on the right channel, and the Welshman crossed
the ball into the Exeter danger area. The clearance was not an
accomplished one, and so Guinan collected, brought it into a
central position before firing home from twenty yards to make
sure United were through.
Written by Brian
Goodwin - 21st October 2003.
Hereford
United |
Exeter
City |
Matt Baker |
Martin Rice |
Ryan Green |
Lyndon Duncan (off, 64 minutes) |
Michael Rose |
Alex Jeannin |
Jamie Pitman |
Santos Gaia (off, 90 minutes) |
Tamika Mkandawire |
Moxey |
Richard Teesdale |
Barry McConnell |
Danny Williams (off, 61 minutes) |
Andy Taylor |
Jordan King |
Glen Cronin |
Steve Guinan |
Gareth Sheldon |
David Brown |
Sean Canham |
Paul Parry (captain) |
Steve Flack |
Subs |
Subs |
Tony James |
James Bittner |
Ben Scott |
Chris Todd |
Daniel Carey-Bertram (on, 75 for Brown) |
Leslie Afful (on, 64 minutes) |
Dean Craven (on, 61 minutes) |
Dwane Lee |
Danny Moon |
Lewis Reed (on, 90 minutes) |
Yellow cards |
Yellow cards |
Jamie Pitman (unsporting behaviour, 58
minutes) |
Santos Gaia (unsporting behaviour, 21
minutes) |
- |
Scott Canham
(unsporting behaviour, 58 minutes) |
- |
- |
Red cards |
Red cards |
- |
- |
Scorers |
Scorers |
David Brown (46 minutes) |
- |
Steve Guinan (87
minutes) |
- |
- |
- |
Man of the Match |
Matt Baker |
Attendance |
1,513 |
Referee |
Mr. P. Joslin (Nottinghamshire) |