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With 37 games against the Bulls from which to select a highlighted game there were more than a few options. Maybe the encounter at Edgar Street in April 1986. It was my 8th trip and the previous 7 had not seen us hit the target on a single occasion so when Tommy Sword stuck in the 20th minute of that game it was a blessed relief. Still didn’t stop us losing, (3-2), which made it 6 defeats in the 8 games. Or for a lowlight of a game it could have been the 5 goal pasting we got at EP in the season both teams were relegated to non-league football. It just shows how bad we were. Three days later we conceded 5 again, this time at Morecambe.

By the time it came to set off for Edgar Street the season was 22 games old. That incorporated an exit from the League Cup and the Football League Trophy, (by then the LDV Vans Trophy) at the first time of asking. There had been but two wins in the League and a hugely surprising victory over Swansea in the FA Cup first round. Only Torquay were keeping us off the bottom of the League. It had been truly desperate stuff, and Chris Turner, by then in post for just under a year, had proved to be a sore disappointment. The scene was set for a cup upset, as Hereford, then in the Conference were riding high, and as it turned out were to return to the League at the end of the season. There was hardly much hope, never mind expectation, as the trip was made down the M6 and M5.

But it was a good afternoon. Barely three minutes had gone when Jermaine Easter burst through and slotted it past Hereford keeper, Craig Mawson. It stayed that way until just before the hour mark when Mickael Wolski rifled home from nigh on 30 yards. It was his second and last goal for the Hatters as a brief EP career didn’t last beyond the end of the season. Easter missed the chance to make it three when he failed from the spot after Matt Hamshaw was brought down.

FA Cup progression it was then. It marked the 4th win of the season, and indeed only the 7th for Turner. It was to be his last as within 4 weeks, following a catastrophic and humiliating defeat at the Moss Rose on Boxing Day he was fired. Jim Gannon came in and preserved our league status. What we had witnessed in 2005/06 up to this game had rendered that almost too far fetched to believe!

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Memories of trips to Edgar Street

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THE GAMES

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Where the date is in bold click for highlights of the game

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	Date	Venue	Ground	Competition		F	A	Att:
Tue	26/12/78	h	Edgeley Park	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	4,630
Sat	14/04/79	a	Edgar Street	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	1	3,609
Fri	05/10/79	h	Edgeley Park	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	2	1	3,119
Sat	15/03/80	a	Edgar Street	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	2,424
Fri	10/10/80	h	Edgeley Park	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	0	0	2,303
Wed	06/05/81	a	Edgar Street	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	1,707
Wed	04/11/81	a	Edgar Street	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	0	0	2,350
Mon	15/03/82	h	Edgeley Park	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	1	1	1,357
Mon	01/11/82	h	Edgeley Park	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	2	1	1,736
Wed	02/03/83	a	Edgar Street	Football League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	0	0	1,294
Tue	27/12/83	h	Edgeley Park	Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	1	0	2,287
Mon	23/04/84	a	Edgar Street	Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	3,728
Sat	15/09/84	a	Edgar Street	Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	3,395
Mon	11/03/85	h	Edgeley Park	Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	2	1	1,750
Mon	16/09/85	h	Edgeley Park	Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	1	1	2,255
Wed	16/04/86	a	Edgar Street	Canon League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	2	3	1,978
Mon	03/11/86	h	Edgeley Park	Today League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	1	2	1,338
Sat	11/04/87	a	Edgar Street	Today League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	2	1	2,251
Fri	23/10/87	h	Edgeley Park	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	1,566
Sat	26/03/88	a	Edgar Street	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	1	0	1,695
Sat	15/10/88	h	Edgeley Park	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	1	2	2,035
Sat	25/02/89	a	Edgar Street	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	L	1	2	2,015
Sat	07/10/89	h	Edgeley Park	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	2	1	3,428
Sat	17/03/90	a	Edgar Street	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	2	1	2,458
Sat	29/09/90	a	Edgar Street	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	D	0	0	2,619
Sat	16/03/91	h	Edgeley Park	Barclays League Division 4 (Tier 4)	W	4	2	2,569
Sat	03/12/05	a	Edgar Street	FA Cup (Round 2)	W	2	0	3,620
Sat	05/08/06	h	Edgeley Park	Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	L	0	2	5,297
Sat	03/02/07	a	Edgar Street	Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	W	2	0	3,310
Sat	17/11/07	h	Edgeley Park	Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	L	2	3	5,103
Sat	01/03/08	a	Edgar Street	Coca-Cola Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	W	1	0	3,526
Sat	25/10/08	a	Edgar Street	Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 (Tier 3)	W	1	0	3,210
Sat	31/01/09 (Highlights)	h	Edgeley Park	Coca-Cola Football League – League 1 (Tier 3)	W	4	1	5,586
Sat	30/10/10	h	Edgeley Park	npower Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	L	0	5	4,017
Sat	15/01/11	a	Edgar Street	npower Football League – League 2 (Tier 4)	L	0	3	3,154
Sat	06/10/12	a	Edgar Street	Blue Square Bet Premier (Tier 5)	W	2	1	1,889
Tue	26/02/13	h	Edgeley Park	Blue Square Bet Premier (Tier 5)	L	2	3	2,618

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