HEREFORD FC made it four league wins on the bounce on Saturday and despite cup distractions Pete Beadle is targetting six more points before Christmas.

With promotion rivals King's Lynn losing Hereford closed the gap at the top of the Evo-Stik South Premier to nine points with four games in hand.

A hectic week sees Beadle's side play two cup games before Tuesday's trip to Kettering and a visit to Chesham United next Saturday.

"We have to make sure we have got everything right in what is a huge 10 days for the club and make sure we come through unscathed and hopefully we can put in four decent performances, said Beadle.

"It's all about momentum and whatever happens in the cup games is just a freebie. The most important thing is the league and we have a huge month coming up with a lot of travelling.

"The players will have to keep themselves fit and recover to the best of their ability. It would be good to get two more league wins on the board before Christmas.

"We will have to see how we can rotate the squad to keep everybody fresh. We are very fortunate to have the squad we have at the moment and in the next six weeks we need to keep everybody healthy."

On Saturday, Hereford had to battle from behind to beat Basingstoke Town 4-1 at Edgar Street.

Eliot Richards was handed his Hereford debut by manager Pete Beadle, while Billy Murphy also started.

It took the visitors four minutes to take the lead breaking quickly and allowing Don Bayliss to score.

Hereford were level after 15 minutes when Richards' corner found Jack Deaman, who nodded home.

The Bulls went ahead on the half-hour mark after Keyon Reffell finished off a nice move involving Mills and Jimmy Oates.

Mills then gave Hereford some breathing space four minutes before the interval before sealing the win in the 73rd minute.