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Newcastle Town v Hereford FC friendly live updates

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  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • Newcastle Town 1 Hereford 0
  • 21) Harvey Howell beats the Bulls trialist before slotting the ball past Brandon Hall.
  • Newcastle Town 1 Hereford 1
  • 40) Young trialist finds McLean on the run who is past his man before tucking the ball under the goalkeeper
  • ROLLING MATCH REPORT
  • Playing against his former side Ryan McLean had the opening chance on nine minutes but saw his deflected effort fly just wide.
  • At the other end Newcastle started to taste blood out of the fragile Bulls defence.
  • Ryan Baxter sent alarm bells ringing after strolling through the Bulls' defence before forcing Brandon Hall into a fine save.
  • Hereford looked just as likely to take the lead and Joey Butlin saw his vicious shot saved from close range by Dom Kurasik.
  • Moments later Kurasik denied McLean after playing a fine one-two with Tom Owen-Evans before striking his effort.
  • It was Newcastle who took a 21st minute lead when Harvey Howell beat the Bulls trialist before slotting home past Brandon Hall.
  • Hereford regained their composure and looked for a way back into the tie.
  • They got the equaliser on 41 minutes with McLean latching onto a ball over the top before firing past the goalkeeper.
  • With their first chance of the second half Newcastle almost had a 72nd minute lead but for a double Brandon Hall save.
  • The hosts saw three players beat the off-side trap with Joe Bird seeing his first effort saved and Max Chimines' rebound was also blocked by Hall.
  • The Bulls' trialist goalkeeper was forced into action with three minutes remaining saving the effort of a Newcastle trialist in on goal.
  • TEAM NEWS
  • Hereford: Hall, Hodgkiss, Hancox, Pollock, Trialist, Lloyd, Trialist, Owen-Evans, Trialist, McLean, Butlin
  • Subs: Klukowski, Kouhyar, Forsyth, Trialist x7
  • A new centre-half is playing as trialist today for Hereford.
  • The small and quick trialist who played 80 minutes against Cheltenham on Tuesday starts.
  • Newcastle: Kurasik, Jarman, Morley, Fishrman, Askey, Dennis, Vale, Van Der Laan, Howell, Trialist, Baxter
  • OTHER SCORES
  • Hereford Pegasus 4 Kidderminster Harriers under-23 5
  • Hereford Lads Club 1 Shawbury United 1
  • PRE-SEASON
  • HEREFORD FC have made the trip to Newcastle Town in their sixth pre-season friendly.
  • Bulls manager Josh Gowling is looking for a response after their 8-1 defeat at home to Cheltenham Town in Tuesday night's pre-season defeat.
  • Newcastle Town, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire
  • They play in the Northern Premier League Division One West (step four of non-league)
  • Ryan McLean joined Hereford on loan from Newcastle Town last season when he had used his 'lightning pace' to devastating affect scoring nine goals in 10 games this season.
  • McLean was announced as signing for the Bulls in the summer for an undisclosed fee although there has since been a delay in his registration so it is unclear if he will play today.
  • The Bulls have lost two, drawn two and won one so far this pre-season.
  • Hereford have Newcastle Town, Hednesford and Bath City left to play.

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