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- HIGHLIGHTS
- Gosport Borough 0 Hereford FC 1
- 27) Tom Owen-Evans brings the ball down and plays in John-Lewis who rifles past the goalkeeper.
- Gosport Borough 0 Hereford FC 2
- 65) John-Lewis was brought down inside the box. The striker scored into the bottom right.
- Gosport Borough 1 Hereford FC 2
- 73) Hereford missed the first header into the box and the ball drops to substitute Dan Wooden who slides home.
- Gosport Borough 1 Hereford FC 3
- 76) Owen-Evans gets to the byline cleverly turns and gets brought down.
- Owen-Evans gets up and slides home down the middle from the penalty spot.
- ROLLING MATCH REPORT
- Despite the Bulls having an early spell of pressure it was the hosts who hit early with Bradley Tarbuck cutting inside from the wing and forcing Paul White into an early save.
- Returning from a slight injury striker Lenell John-Lewis responded beating the defence before seeing his effort bobble across the face of goal wide.
- Tom Owen-Evans won the ball on the edge of the box and smashed his effort off the bar from a tight angle on 20 minutes.
- Jamie Grimes was next to go close and sent a low free-kick just wide of the Gosport goal.
- On the 27th minute John-Lewis fired the Bulls into the lead after Tom Owen-Evans brought the ball down and played in the marksman.
- Moments later it could have been two as John-Lewis flicked on a cross to Kyle Finn who could only knock his effort over.
- Kyle Finn was causing the hosts problems winning a free-kick and then seeing his effort deflected just wide on 37 minutes.
- Before the break Hereford applied more pressure and Chris Camwell forced Pat O'Flaherty into a full-length save.
- Yani Klukowski came to the Bulls' rescue after the break blocking a close-range shot which was destined for the net.
- Camwell almost sealed the tie with a curling free-kick which was picked out the top corner by the goalkeeper.
- Straight up the other end substitute Pat Suraci hit the bar with a floating cross after the Bulls were hit on the break.
- At the other end as Hereford looked to command the tie Finn saw his effort sail justo over the bar.
- The second goal came on the 65th minute with John-Lewis fouled inside the box and then dispatching the resulting penalty into the bottom right of the goal.
- Gosport gave themselves a lifeline with 17 minutes remaining pulling a goal back after a ball into the box fell for substitute Dan Wooden to slide home.
- The Bulls kept pushing for more goals and Samir Nabi found Camwell unmarked at the back post whose effort was saved.
- TEAM NEWS
- Hereford: White, Camwell, Grimes, Wright (Digie 84), Hodgkiss, Haines, Lloyd, Klukowski (Nabi 78), John-Lewis (Jones 67), Finn, Owen-Evans
- Subs: Vaughan, Raison, McQuilkin, Pollock
- Gosport Borough: O'Flaherty, Kavanagh, Williams, Woodford, Rose, Tarbuck, Teggarty, Bailey, Charles, Storey, McCreadie
- Subs: Carter, Patterson, Suraci, Wooden, Walker-Harris, Casey, Huggins
- SCORE UPDATES
- Uhlsport Hellenic League
- Premier Division
- Westfields 1 Brimscombe & Thrupp 1
- Division One West
- Hereford Lads Club 1 Bourton Rovers 3
- Hereford Pegasus 3 Shortwood United 1
- Malmesbury Victoria 4 Wellington 5
- Division Two West
- Kington Town 1 Cricklade Town Res 2
- PRE-MATCH
- AFTER over six months the Bulls return to competitive action this afternoon in the second round qualifying against Gosport Borough.
- The Bulls made four permanent signings and one loan signing yesterday ahead of today's game.
- Hereford beat Gosport 5-1 at Edgar Street in March 2018 in their Southern League Premier clash
- Hereford had earlier won the tie at Gosport Borough 4-0.
- Winners of today's tie will get £3,375 losers receive £1,125.
- In the next round (Third Round Qualifying) winners get £5,625 Losers receive £1,875.
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