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Wellington v Hereford FC minute by minute updates and scores

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  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • Hereford 0 Wellington 0
  • PENALTY
  • 40) Finn is about to shoot and is tripped as he jinked his way in. Lenell John-Lewis steps up but his effort is well saved onto the post by Kieron Blackburn.
  • Hereford 0 Wellington 1
  • 48) Paul Jones got between the two centre halves and fires through the goalkeeper to open the scoring following a Brandon Hackett through ball.
  • Hereford 1 Wellington 1
  • 74) Another quick moved opens up Wellington and from the left a trialist works his way in and fires home with a looping effort off the crossbar.
  • ROLLING MATCH REPORT
  • Hereford had the majority of the possession in the opening 15 minutes but failed too make their dominance count.
  • Summer signing Dan Jones lasted just 16 minutes of his debut when he hobbled off injured and was replaced.
  • Yani Klukowski then dragged a free-kick wide for the Bulls from a dangerous position.
  • Wellington also had their share of openings with the replacement trialist cutting out a low Paul Jones sizzling cross.
  • The best chance on the 29th minute when the small in stature trialist shot from outside the box just wide with the goalkeeper beaten.
  • Klukowski tested the palms of goalkeeper Kieron Blackburn again on 35 minutes with a low shot.
  • Five minutes before the break Hereford were awarded a penalty after Finn was tripped as he jinked his way into the box.
  • Lenell John-Lewis saw his effort well saved onto the post by loanee goalkeeper Kieron Blackburn.
  • Finn had the goalkeeper beaten moments later, but his rifled shot skimmed the top of the netting.
  • Three minutes into the second half Wellington took an unlikely lead with Brandon Hackett finding Paul Jones who fired past the goalkeeper.
  • The very young second half Bulls side which contained mainly trialists kept at the task.
  • The almost had a 72nd minute equaliser when a neat ball resulted in a cross across the face of goal, but a trialist's diving header was wide.
  • Two minutes later the Bulls were level when a trialist controlled before sending a looping shot in off the bar.
  • Blackburn kept Welly level with another low save to deny a shot on the turn from a trialist.
  • On the break Matty James almost sealed the tie for Wellington after cutting inside he beat his man before firing wide from close range.
  • STATS
  • Hereford: White, Hodgkiss, Grimes, Raison, Jones, Finn, Trialist, Klukowski, Trialist, John-Lewis, Brown
  • Subs: 7x Trialist, Whitlock, Powell, Owen-Evans
  • Wellington: K Blackburn, M Mullenger, J Robinson, J Davies, M James, L Fletcher, L Griffiths, R Huntbach, P Jones, B Hackett, S Pearson
  • After scoring Hereford's first ever goal Sam Pearson is the skipper this afternoon for Wellington
  • SCORE UPDATE
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  • PRE-MATCH
  • HEREFORD FC play their first match of pre-season tonight when they travel to Wellington.
  • The game has sold-out with 150 fans due to watch the game while social distancing.
  • Hereford's opponents tonight, Wellington, have already been in pre-season action.
  • They lost 4-2 to non-league step five side Worcester City on Saturday.

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