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Blyth Spartans 2 Hereford FC 3 as it happened and live scores

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Blyth Spartans v Hereford FC minute by minute updates

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By Ben Goddard

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  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • Blyth 0 Hereford 1
  • 9) Eliot Richards plays through Tom Owen-Evans who races away from the defenders before slotting past the goalkeeper.
  • Blyth 0 Hereford 2
  • 62) Jimmy Oates heads home from a corner on his return to the side.
  • Blyth 1 Hereford 2
  • 73) Kieran Green runs clear down the middle before his shot skims off the wet surface and past Yates,
  • Blyth 1 Hereford 3
  • 86) George Lloyd runs onto a long ball and beats the off-side trap before lobbing the goalkeeper.
  • Blyth 2 Hereford 3
  • 90+5: Blyth pull a goal back with the last kick as Josh Gowling kicks onto his own bar before Bradley Fewster netted.
  • ROLLING MATCH REPORT
  • Hereford started well and took a ninth minute lead when Eliot Richards' ball was calmly controlled by Tom Owen-Evans before running through and beating the goalkeeper.
  • Blyth responded and Matt Yates was forced into a save at a tight angle and then Dan Maguire's header was blocked off the line by Jordan Cullinane-Liburd.
  • Straight up the other end Richards saw his whipped cross cleared off the line through a mass of bodies.
  • Blyth stalwart Robert Dale was causing a host of problems and he cut inside and beat Yates only to be denied by a last gasp Harvey Smith block.
  • Spartans, protecting a long unbeaten record, proved a real threat and Yates made a save from Maguire before Louis Laing put his free header wide from inside the box,
  • Owen-Evans was instrumental to the Hereford attack and sent a curling effort from the edge of the box just over.
  • Yates was on hand to deny Maguire from a tight angle again as the half-time whistle approached.
  • Right on stroke of half-time the home fans felt their side deserved a penalty after Richards was judged to have fouled Kieran Green.
  • However, referee John Matthews decided the foul was outside the box.
  • Maguire started the second half on the front foot and capitalised on a moment of hesitation to run through on goal, but sent his effort over.
  • Moments later Yates got caught under a cross and Green took advantage, but saw his header cleared off the line.
  • Mike Symons had a great chance to put the Bulls out of sight after 58 minutes.
  • Owen-Evans battled for the ball back on the edge of the box before cutting back to Symons, who fired over.
  • Symons had another chance moments later but sent his shot from a tight angle into the side-netting.
  • On his return Jimmy Oates doubled Hereford's lead heading home from a corner after 62 minutes.
  • Maguire remained a threat and should have pulled a goal back after controlling inside the box but rifled wide on the turn.
  • The equaliser did come after 73 minutes when Green strolled through the middle before firing low across the wet surface and through the hands of Yates.
  • However, just as the hosts pushed for the leveler George Lloyd beat the off-side trap and lobbed the goalkeeper to make it 3-1 with four minutes remaining.
  • Blyth refused to give in and Yates was forced to tip Adam Wrightson's effort over when the substitute was through on goal.
  • In the final moment Josh Gowling suffered a defensive blunder firing the ball against his own bar before Bradley Fewster gratefully tapped home.
  • STATS
  • Hereford: Yates, Thomas (Wharton 45), Greenslade, Cullinane-Liburd (Finn 67), Smith, Gowling, O'Sullivan (Lloyd 61), Owen-Evans, Richards, Oates, Symons
  • Subs: Dielna, Roberts
  • Jimmy Oates returns to the Hereford team and replaces George Lloyd in a defensive looking Bulls side.
  • Blyth Spartans: Jameson, Nicholson, Liddle, Green, Buddle, Laing, Holmes, Oliver, Maguire, Reid, Dale (c)
  • Subs: Fewster, Mullen, Wrightson, Butler, Watson
  • LIVE SCORES
  • RUGBY
  • RFU LEAGUE
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  • FOOTBALL
  • WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL LEAGUE
  • Premier Division
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  • Pegasus Juniors 1 AFC Bridgnorth 2
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  • PRE-MATCH
  • Hereford have made the 280-mile trip to Blyth Spartans this afternoon looking for their first away league victory since August.
  • The Bulls came from behind to take a 1-1 draw against Guiseley on Tuesday night and were unlucky not to the win the tie in the closing moments.
  • However, they face a tough task in the North East against a side who are unbeaten in the league since November.
  • Blyth were last beaten 3-0 at home by FC United of Manchester on November 3.
  • A run of 11 league matches which includes six wins and five draws.
  • Forward Robbie Dale celebrated his 200th career goal for Blyth recently from 626 league appearances.
  • Blyth's top scorer is Sean Reid on 11 goals followed by Dan Maguire on 10 goals.

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