HEREFORD FC will travel to Hampshire on the opening day of the Southern Football League South & West season.

Pete Beadle's men will face AFC Totton on Saturday, August 6.

Hereford United beat the Hampshire side 2-0 in the FA Trophy at the First Qualifying Round stage in November 2014.

The Bulls will host Mangotsfield United three days later (August 9) before another home tie, this time against Bridgwater Town, will take place on August 13.

The August Bank Holiday fixture is a home game to Bishops Cleeve, while Hereford go to the same opponents on Boxing Day.

Another derby, this time at home to Evesham United, will follow on January 2, while the Easter fixtures are Barnstaple Town at home (April 15) and Evesham United away (April 17).

The final game of the season is a home encounter against Winchester City, while the eagerly-anticipated Salisbury games will be on December 3 (home) and March 25 (away).

Bulls strikers John Mills and Pablo Haysham will face their former club Didcot Town on October 22 (home) and March 4 (away).

"It now means that may be we can get someone to look at Totton and Mangotsfield and I'm sure Pablo [Haysham] and John [Mills] will look to see where we've got Didcot and Joe [Tumelty] with Larkhall and Martin [Horsell] with Yate," said Beadle.

"I'm sure we'll be up there when the odds come out, but I don't look at things like that.

"All I know is that there are a lot of good teams in that league.

"You look at the teams that made the play-offs last year, like Taunton and Swindon Supermarine.

"Evesham had a disappointing start last year, but I think they'll be up there and the Bristol clubs will be strong.

"People will have their ideas of who the runners and riders will be, but we've just got to go from game to game." 

HEREFORD FC FIXTURES

Sat, Aug 6: AFC Totton (a)

Tues, Aug 9: Mangotsfield United (h)

Sat, Aug 13: Bridgwater Town (h)

Tues, Aug 16: Shortwood United (h)

Sat, Aug 27: Barnstaple Town (a)

Mon, Aug 29: Bishops Cleeve (h)

Sat, Sep 10: Winchester City (a)

Sat, Sep 17: Paulton Rovers (h)

Sat, Sep 24: Tiverton Town (a)

Tues, Sep 27: Slimbridge (h)

Sat, Oct 1: Larkhall Athletic (h)

Sat, Oct 15: Wimborne Town (a)

Sat, Oct 22: Didcot  Town (h)

Tues, Oct 25: Swindon Supermarine (a)

Sat, Nov 5: Bideford (h)

Sat, Nov 12: North Leigh (a)

Sat, Nov 19: Bridgwater Town (a)

Tues, Nov 22: Shortwood United (h)

Sat, Nov 26: AFC Totton (h)

Tues, Nov 29: Mangotsfield United (a)

Sat, Dec 3: Salisbury (h)

Sat, Dec 10: Wantage Town (a)

Sat, Dec 17: Yate Town (h)

Mon, Dec 26: Bishops Cleeve (a)

Mon, Jan 2: Evesham United (h)

Sat, Jan 7: Paulton Rovers (a)

Sat, Jan 14: Taunton Town (h)

Sat, Jan 21: Yate Town (a)

Sat, Jan 28: Tiverton Town (h)

Sat, Feb 4: Slimbridge (a)

Sat, Feb 11: Wimborne Town (h)

Sat, Feb 18: Larkhall Athletic (a)

Sat, Feb 25: Swindon Supermarine (h)

Sat, Mar 4: Didcot Town (a)

Sat, Mar 11: Bideford (a)

Sat, Mar 18: North Leigh (h)

Sat, Mar 25: Salisbury (a)

Sat, Apr 1: Wantage Town (h)

Sat, Apr 8: Tiverton Town (a)

Sat, Apr 15: Barnstaple Town (h)

Mon, Apr 17: Evesham United (a)

Sat, Apr 22: Winchester City (h)