THE goals keep coming in Hereford United's pre-season programme after a 7-0 win against Bromyard Town at Delahay Meadow on Saturday took their tally to 30 in five games.

But United didn't have things all their own way against the West Midlands Leaguers who battled away and showed tremendous commitment throughout.

"We had to work hard for our goals out there," said Hereford boss Graham Turner. "But we've now had two games, here and at Ludlow, where we scored a lot of goals and we couldn't have put on a better training session for that."

The only slight worry after Saturday's game concerned Danny Bertram, who had signed a season's contract with the Bulls the day before. Bertram came on at half-time in place of Ben Smith but was seen holding his thigh after making his first run and went off five minutes later to be replaced by Steve Guinan.

At least this unscheduled arrival gave Guinan around 40 minutes' match action in his bid to regain fitness and last season's top scorer made the most of his chance with two late goals.

Despite conceding seven goals, Bromyard's goalkeeper Adie Hipkins can also look back on his game with some pride after a succession of fine saves prevented Hereford from coming anywhere near the 13 goals they had notched at Ludlow 48 hours previously.

Hipkins' heroics began as early as the second minute when he came rapidly off his line to save at the feet of Rob Purdie as the Bulls striker looked set to score after deftly controlling a Paul Parry cross.

But after 11 minutes, Hipkins was powerless to prevent Purdie from clipping home another Parry cross and the former Leicester man was on the mark again seven minutes later from a Danny Williams centre.

Jon Hayward fired weakly at Matt Baker and John Warman sliced woefully wide as Bromyard threatened in the minutes before the interval but the start of the second period rapidly bacame the Hipkins show.

The home keeper fielded a Michael Rose free-kick and saved well from Guinan before another fine block from Parry after 61 minutes fell for Jordan King to chip home. A minute later, Williams latched on to a superb 60-yard pas from Rose to deliver a far-post cross which Parry slid home.

Nathan Edwards' neat volley after good work by Richard Teesdale, Guinan and Williams made it three goals in four minutes.

Hipkins produced two more saves from Parry before a slip by Richard Charles let in Guinan for his first and the former Nottingham Forest man rounded things off with a near post header from a Williams free-kick a minute from time.

Around 400 fans turned out for the game which also provided a personal highlight for referee Alan Jenkins.

"As someone who has followed Hereford United since I was a boy it has always been my ambition to referee a game involving the club and now I've achieved that," said the Kingsthorne official.

Hereford: Baker (Ding 46 min), Edwards, Craven (Sawyers 46 min), King, Tretton (Teesdale 46 min), James, Williams, Smith (Bertram 46 min (Guinan 51 min)), Purdie (Moon 72 min), Rose, Parry.

Bromyard: Adie Hipkins, Charles, Adie Crowther (Martin 70 min), Hayward, Williams, Woodward, Andy Crowther (Lane 79 min), Russell (Ludlow 88 min), Taffe (Hughes 72 min), Warman (Andy Hipkins 57 min (Bayliss 86 min)), Allen.