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Thread: Always loved Hereford Away

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    Always loved Hereford Away


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    I was at that game! I loved going up to Hereford as well. A fairly easy trip, and always a raucous crowd. They also had a microwave in the food stall, so the pasties were hot, and they also sold Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Great stuff.

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    My first "proper" match was at Hereford in 1969 in the "old" Southern League.
    It was a once a year family day out for us but on this occasion instead of getting dragged around the cathedral and market (one of them must have been closed for some reason) we all went to the match.
    John Charles was player manager back then and scored a fantastic header from a corner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
    I was at that game! I loved going up to Hereford as well. A fairly easy trip, and always a raucous crowd. They also had a microwave in the food stall, so the pasties were hot, and they also sold Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Great stuff.
    Me too

    I felt sorry for Hereford though , it was an invasion of the Taff's

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    Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
    I was at that game! I loved going up to Hereford as well. A fairly easy trip, and always a raucous crowd. They also had a microwave in the food stall, so the pasties were hot, and they also sold Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Great stuff.
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    Yes great old style ground. Drive past it quite often on my way from Shropshire to Wales and it looks like it's falling to bits now same as Herfords team. Think they are bottom of the conference south at the moment.

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    was my first away,mid 70's about 20 on our coach and they ran in terror. I was 13

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    Quote Originally Posted by tforturton View Post
    I was at that game! I loved going up to Hereford as well. A fairly easy trip, and always a raucous crowd. They also had a microwave in the food stall, so the pasties were hot, and they also sold Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Great stuff.
    Me too

    I always enjoyed Hereford, it was very lively, the train mob was always well received by the locals

    didn't they used to have a porsche garage on the way to the ground ? ? ? ? or was that somewhere else

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shrewsbury Blue View Post
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    Yes great old style ground. Drive past it quite often on my way from Shropshire to Wales and it looks like it's falling to bits now same as Herfords team. Think they are bottom of the conference south at the moment.
    I still get to Edgar Street now and again (been a couple of times this season). The ground is still OK tbh, although one of the terraces behind the goals is unused and looks a bit dilapidated. Good set of fans who get behind their team, although the ground is a bit too big for them at present. Went to a game last season where a group of their fans burst into the Welsh National Anthem mid-game!

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    Paul phucking Wheeler.

    89, 90 or 91? I was buckled.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordi Culé View Post
    Paul phucking Wheeler.

    89, 90 or 91? I was buckled.
    91 I think

    Mark Jones scored down our end for us

    There were a lot of farmer boys out to do some taffy bashing that day . I hid in a garden centre , pretending I was looking for weedkiller

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    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    91 I think

    Mark Jones scored down our end for us

    There were a lot of farmer boys out to do some taffy bashing that day . I hid in a garden centre , pretending I was looking for weedkiller
    Sunday afternoon kick off (I think)? Five of us in a Ford Escort. All severely under the influence apart from the designated driver who opted to only smoke weed. I was a state from the previous night and the whole day felt a bit like a hallucination. Had no moither in Hereford but when stopping in Abergavenny on the way home got into a row with a Hereford fan in a pub who must’ve been nearly 50 and took exception to our uncouth language. My mate calling him a “cuunt” might’ve topped it.

    Had to leave my pint of Labatts in the pub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordi Culé View Post
    Sunday afternoon kick off (I think)? Five of us in a Ford Escort. All severely under the influence apart from the designated driver who opted to only smoke weed. I was a state from the previous night and the whole day felt a bit like a hallucination. Had no moither in Hereford but when stopping in Abergavenny on the way home got into a row with a Hereford fan in a pub who must’ve been nearly 50 and took exception to our uncouth language. My mate calling him a “cuunt” might’ve topped it.

    Had to leave my pint of Labatts in the pub.
    I got surrounded by a dozen Hereford farmer boys outside the station

    I don't think they were trying to sell me spuds

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    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    I got surrounded by a dozen Hereford farmer boys outside the station

    I don't think they were trying to sell me spuds
    Funny place Hereford. I can imagine they would get their hands on their arses with loads of Taffs acting like proper wannabe Silurian warrior plums on their patch.

    Never had any issues at the matches themselves but used to knock around with a girl from outside Hereford and went into ‘town’ with her on the weekend a few times. It must be all the country air or cider but there’s some right headers looking for it with anyone?

    Thankfully for me, it was pre the Partridge episode involving Peter Baxendale Thomas. If I’d seen that, I’d have repeated it over and over and undoubtedly got myself hospitalised

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    feb 76 both going for promotion the hammered us 4-1 a wall collapsed in the away end. bumped into the late Mair Daniels after the game she laid into me because i didnt show for the bus and she'd held it Ponty, (went with mates in a car)
    both went up that season with Millwall i think
    happy days
    great season Evans/Alston on fire

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordi Culé View Post
    Funny place Hereford. I can imagine they would get their hands on their arses with loads of Taffs acting like proper wannabe Silurian warrior plums on their patch.

    Never had any issues at the matches themselves but used to knock around with a girl from outside Hereford and went into ‘town’ with her on the weekend a few times. It must be all the country air or cider but there’s some right headers looking for it with anyone?

    Thankfully for me, it was pre the Partridge episode involving Peter Baxendale Thomas. If I’d seen that, I’d have repeated it over and over and undoubtedly got myself hospitalised
    They like a scrap

    It's a local town for local farmers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Packerman View Post
    feb 76 both going for promotion the hammered us 4-1 a wall collapsed in the away end. bumped into the late Mair Daniels after the game she laid into me because i didnt show for the bus and she'd held it Ponty, (went with mates in a car)
    both went up that season with Millwall i think
    happy days
    great season Evans/Alston on fire
    36000 at the home fixture

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    Quote Originally Posted by Packerman View Post
    feb 76 both going for promotion the hammered us 4-1 a wall collapsed in the away end. bumped into the late Mair Daniels after the game she laid into me because i didnt show for the bus and she'd held it Ponty, (went with mates in a car)
    both went up that season with Millwall i think
    happy days
    great season Evans/Alston on fire
    We were 0-2 before I got in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shrewsbury Blue View Post
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    Yes great old style ground. Drive past it quite often on my way from Shropshire to Wales and it looks like it's falling to bits now same as Herfords team. Think they are bottom of the conference south at the moment.
    For some reason Hereford and Gloucester are both in the Conference North. Hereford are bottom.

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    Loved the fighting cider they served up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Packerman View Post
    feb 76 both going for promotion the hammered us 4-1 a wall collapsed in the away end. bumped into the late Mair Daniels after the game she laid into me because i didnt show for the bus and she'd held it Ponty, (went with mates in a car)
    both went up that season with Millwall i think
    happy days
    great season Evans/Alston on fire
    My 2nd ever away game.
    1 of my favourite seasons. I went to Swindon on boxing day then Hereford then Shrewsbury lost all 3 of my 1st 3 away I should have saw the signs.
    We got promoted though at Bury on a Tuesday night.
    Jimmy Andrews Barmy Army

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    Quote Originally Posted by insider View Post
    My 2nd ever away game.
    1 of my favourite seasons. I went to Swindon on boxing day then Hereford then Shrewsbury lost all 3 of my 1st 3 away I should have saw the signs.
    We got promoted though at Bury on a Tuesday night.
    Jimmy Andrews Barmy Army
    real jinx, think thats the only games we lost from boxing day on
    yep Bury 0-1 Alston great season

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    My first visit was April '77. Think we drew 2-2 and Robin Friday got sent off. Anyone else remember going to this game?

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    Hello all. Long time browser. Saw this thread as I was reading the post mortem on your game on Tuesday, which I had the misfortune to attend; though West Brom played some good stuff to be fair. So I registered.

    Anyway, as a Hereford fan living in Cardiff (since 1982) I was at the game mentioned and all our other clashes in the 80s and 90s. Some great games, we had a habit of winning at Ninian, some scary moments too, being an away fan on the Grange and having to walk back to town after the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Llanishen Bull View Post
    Hello all. Long time browser. Saw this thread as I was reading the post mortem on your game on Tuesday, which I had the misfortune to attend; though West Brom played some good stuff to be fair. So I registered.

    Anyway, as a Hereford fan living in Cardiff (since 1982) I was at the game mentioned and all our other clashes in the 80s and 90s. Some great games, we had a habit of winning at Ninian, some scary moments too, being an away fan on the Grange and having to walk back to town after the game.
    I remember Steve White scoring for us the last time you were anywhere near the top of the old fourth division?

    I think us winning kept you out of the play offs ? 20 plus years ago ?

    At least 2000 Hereford fans there that day , best following I have seen down here

    Real shame what's happened to your club

    I hope you come back mate

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    The big away following was 1996. We made the play offs despite losing that game. Lost in the play offs, you took Steve White off us (we were a financial basket case). 6 months later White scored both goals in your 2-0 win. We got relegated.

    We might get back one day, for now it would be nice to not have every away game hundreds of miles away oop north, but I'd rather get that by promotion to conf national that relegation back to the southern league.

    Off to Merstham (no, I hadn't heard of it either) tomorrow in the Cup. It's near Redhill and doable on the train from Cardiff. Happy days, hopefully! Good luck against the world's dullest team, Reading.

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