GRAHAM Turner has expressed concern over Hereford United's failure to attract fresh faces to Edgar Street this season.

The Bulls head into tomorrow's match at Grimsby Town as one of four teams leading the way in League Two with 14 points.

But the club is still drawing fewer of its own fans than when promotion was secured from the Conference in 2006.

During that campaign, which saw Hereford win the play-off final, the club averaged crowds of 2,793.

And although the average from the first four home games of this campaign is 3,074, the 3,275 that turned out for the 4-2 victory against Bradford last Saturday was swelled by a large contingent of away fans on the terraces of Edgar Street.

Chief Turner said: "The one big issue on Saturday was the attendance.

"It is becoming a concern that we were getting bigger attendances in the Conference.

"We had returned to Edgar Street on the back of a 3-0 victory at Morecambe, we were nicely placed in the league and had a big attractive club visiting - one that was in the Premiership not so long ago - and we could barely muster around 2,700 of our own supporters.

"It could be argued that performances and results at home have not been that good but the same 2,700 are coming week in and week out.

"We are not attracting fresh support through the gate and that is disappointing.

"We were getting better gates in the Conference and it's difficult to understand why."