Hereford United 4 Burgess Hill 1

HEREFORD UNITED earned an FA Cup first round tie with York City thanks to a comfortable 4-1 win over Sussex County League side Burgess Hill in Saturday's fourth qualifying round match at Edgar Street.

Burgess Hill were rocked by man-of-the-match Gavin William's third minute opener, and although they were gifted an equaliser mid-way through the first-half, the visitors posed little threat for much of the second period.

With first choice full-backs Matt Clarke and Paul Sturgess serving one-game bans, Hereford Director of Football Graham Turner recalled Chris Lane to right- back and switched Ian Rodgerson to left-back, enabling Williams to take over on the right side of midfield.

The move quickly paid off when Mark Taylor's free-kick was only partially cleared and John Snape's punt forward was headed down by Robin Elmes for Williams to slot home from six yards.

The Hereford crowd sat back and waited expectantly for the goals to come flooding in, but so did their team and the next period of the match belonged firmly to the Hillians, although their equaliser was handed to them on a plate.

On 21 minutes, Tony James attempted to find goalkeeper Mark Jones with a headed back-pass but instead directed the ball straight to Clinton Moore who lobbed home competently from the edge of the box.

Within three minutes, however, Hereford restored their lead and an excellently worked goal it was, too.

Elmes was fouled on the edge of the area and Taylor slipped the ball to Williams who knocked it on for Paul Fewings to continue to his goal-a-game record.

The former Hull City goal machine now has nine goals in his last nine appearances.

Either side of half-time, Fewings twice went close to extending the lead -- first in the 44th minute when visitors' keeper Richard Waters had to be alert to tip a close-range effort around the post -- and then on 53 minutes Waters produced another good save after a Paul Parry cross was headed down to Fewings' feet by skipper Ian Wright.

The third goal finally arrived on 70 minutes when Elmes released Williams on the right. He worked his way adroitly to the bye-line before delivering a perfect cross to the far post where it was headed in powerfully by Parry.

Ten minutes later, Williams was involved again in the final goal, heading goalwards after Taylor's corner was only partially cleared for substitute Steve Piearce to flick the ball into the net.

The Parry-Williams combination almost brought a fifth in the closing stages, but this time the winger's header flew across goal and was cleared to safety.