SUPPORTERS' association chairman Keith Dodd believes Hereford United will secure a place in the inaugural Nationwide Conference play-offs, writes IAN MORGAN.

The Hereford United Independent Supporters Association chairman has given his wholehearted backing to the Edgar Street outfit ahead of their end-of-season run-in.

Dodd has appealed to the Hereford supporters to get behind the Bulls and help United in their bid to regain much-desired Football League status.

"It's been a very successful season so far and I think that we can make it into the play-offs," he said. "There seems to be an excellent team spirit in the camp and the fans seem to have realised the excellent job that Graham Turner has done in assembling a team of promotion hopefuls - and without paying a transfer fee. Richard O'Kelly has also been a big asset to the club this season and I cannot praise him highly enough."

Life-long Bulls' fan Dodd is upbeat that United will finish in fourth position and predicts that big-spending Chester City may be the club that misses out.

"Saturday's trip to Scarborough will be a very tough game because it's a long trip and a difficult place to get three points. The match against Scarborough earlier in the season was one of the few in which I think the team has underachieved," he said.

He added: "Personally, I would be delighted with a point on Saturday and I think 13 points in total would see us achieve a place in the top five."

FIXTURES STILL TO PLAY

HEREFORD

Scarborough (a); Barnet (a); Margate (h); Burton (h); Halifax (a); Leigh (h); Southport (a); Doncaster (h).

YEOVIL

Margate (a); Scarborough (h); Telford (h); Doncaster (a); Burton (h); Dagenham (a); Chester (h).

DONCASTER

Chester (a); Woking (a); Margate (h); Scarborough (h); Forest Green (a); Yeovil (h); Stevenage (a); Morecambe (h); Hereford (a).

DAGENHAM

Southport (a); Halifax (h); Stevenage (a); Morecambe (a); Leigh (a); Northwich (h); Woking (a); Yeovil (h); Forest Green (a).

MORECAMBE

Barnet (h); Gravesend (a); Nuneaton (h); Dagenham (h); Farnborough (a); Scarborough (h); Doncaster (a); Burton (h).

CHESTER

Doncaster (h); Southport (h); Farnborough (a); Gravesend (a); Woking (h); Farnborough (h); Nuneaton (a); Stevenage (h); Yeovil (a).

HALIFAX

Nuneaton (a); Dagenham (a); Woking (h); Margate (a); Hereford (h); Kettering (a); Forest Green (h); Gravesend (a).

SCARBOROUGH

Hereford (h); Stevenage (h); Yeovil (a); Doncaster (a); Northwich (a); Forest Green (h); Morecambe (a); Nuneaton (h); Margate (a).