retired_holden

Going back for more?

You're a masochistic bugger aren't you?

KUTGW!!

retired_brittni10

Heh as always, got a bit of a taste for the relegation battle now

retired_michelle147

I'm trying to think of something to get a good thread going. The only thing I can think of is embracing the scottish game and reporting on that.

retired_blondielovespink

Masochism is an admirable trait.

GL!

retired_steffani

kutgw buddy ironic though that Nuneaton could hold the key to your survial

retired_brittni10

I acted quickly to boost the squad(of only 17 players at first :eek bringing in two strikers on loan from conference clubs. They didn't really add anything though and when Northwich decided to sack their manager I swooped quickly to bring him in as a player/coach - his experience would be vital. I also added a 19 year old Scottish AM RC who had been found by my lone scout after being ditched by Coventry.

Strangely I got another influx of players coming through the youth set-up shortly after taking over, not quite to the degree of with Nuneaton though, just 7 this time. Must be something to do with the squad sizes and the imminent transfer deadline coming up...

My first game in charge started well, we raced into a 4-2 lead at Kettering after an hour(including a hat-trick from a 21 year old striker with bags of pace), but it wasn't to be as our fragile defence - already depleted by injuries capitulated and we conceded two late goals. So it ended 4-4, a vital point against a fellow struggler.

My home debut saw us grind out a 0-0 against 8th place Scarborough, another point and a cleansheet. We were however still bottom of the table we needed to start winning and soon.

We didn't got one we got two, the very next game gave us a 2-1 win over Forest Green, the pacey striker netting twice to move us up a place to 21st in the table. Not bad 5 points from a possible 9 things were looking up. We also beat Leigh RMI 2-0 in the next home game, the pacey striker getting another double but unfortunately getting sent off for headbutting someone and getting a 4 match suspension for it ...would we miss him? I thought so, afterall he had scored all our goals but two so far :eek:

We suffered our first defeat against Stevenage at home, falling 1-0, we were sunk right back into the mire but were now just points from scraping our way out of it.

A 2-2 draw away to Champions elect saw us move out of the relegation zone on goal difference and plunged Northwich rightback into it after they had had some decent form. It was going to go to the last game of the season. We were at home to Nuneaton and Northwich had Telford. We'd come this far and we couldn't throw it away could we?

You'd have thought not yea? well nearly, we fell quickly 2-0 behind and were struggling to come to terms with Nuneatons aggressive style, it just wasn't happening. We pulled one back late on so it finished 2-1 but we now had to count on other results.....

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> Hereford United - 04.05.022001/2 Fixtures23.3.02 Kettering A Conference 4:4 1076 30.3.02 Scarborough H Conference 0:0 2039 6.4.02 Forest Green A Conference 2:1 1336 8.4.02 Leigh RMI H Conference 2:0 1993 13.4.02 Stevenage H Conference 0:1 1681 27.4.02 Doncaster A Conference 2:2 2997 4.5.02 Nuneaton Borough H Conference 1:2 2118 </pre>

So 9 points from a possibly 21 would it be enough? Only time will tell....

retired_lindathelu

the wait is killing me!!!

retired_steffani

Same here i've just bought my "Save Hereford T-Shirt"

retired_brittni10

....Telford 2 Northwich 0...

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> English Conference - 2001/2 TablePos Team Pld Won Drn Lst For Ag Won Drn Lst For Ag Pts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1st C Doncaster 42 13 5 3 35 17 10 3 8 31 20 77 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2nd Dag & Red 42 10 8 3 26 15 11 6 4 27 14 77 3rd Gravesend 42 11 3 7 34 30 13 2 6 36 21 77 4th Farnborough 42 10 7 4 23 15 10 6 5 23 14 73 5th Morecambe 42 11 2 8 34 28 10 5 6 33 19 70 6th Southport 42 7 6 8 24 26 11 6 4 17 9 66 7th Chester 42 11 3 7 27 26 9 2 10 22 20 65 8th Margate 42 6 8 7 17 19 11 3 7 31 19 62 9th Telford 42 7 5 9 23 25 9 8 4 24 19 61 10th Barnet 42 10 5 6 29 17 5 7 9 21 23 57 11th Stevenage 42 6 3 12 13 22 10 6 5 23 19 57 12th Scarborough 42 5 10 6 17 17 8 7 6 24 27 56 13th Woking 42 6 3 12 11 21 9 5 7 24 17 53 14th Kettering 42 6 6 9 17 26 7 6 8 20 22 51 15th Nuneaton Borough 42 5 7 9 18 27 7 7 7 16 18 50 16th Yeovil 42 5 6 10 11 28 8 5 8 19 20 50 17th Leigh RMI 42 4 9 8 13 20 7 6 8 23 23 48 18th Forest Green 42 6 5 10 23 32 7 3 11 18 28 47 19th Hereford 42 4 3 14 9 23 6 10 5 26 20 43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20th R Northwich Vics 42 4 9 8 20 27 6 4 11 21 31 43 21st R Halifax 42 3 5 13 11 28 7 7 7 24 25 42 22nd R Burton Albion 42 4 4 13 18 36 5 8 8 22 25 39 </pre>

We did it, but only just

I'm currently trying to assemble a squad for next season. We have some decent players joining from higher leagues so I'm quietly confident of achieving my goals.

ps - Thanks for all the support guys

retired_sandra

Nice work Wag. And if I were manager of Dagenham or Gravesend I'd be a bit sick losing out on goal difference.