Bulls and Whites are comfortably beaten

HEREFORD FC’s run of six home matches without defeat came crashing to a halt as they meekly exited the FA Trophy to holders Brackley at Edgar Street.

The Bulls were always second best with their consolation coming from Josh Gowling late on.

Hereford threatened in the early stages when Kyle Finn’s 25-yard drive clipped the bar.

James Roberts also went close before Brackley took the lead with a gift penalty. Shaun Jeffers was running away from goal when he was brought down by Bulls skipper Jordan Cullinane-Liburd. There were no complaints about the spot-kick award and Shane Byrne blasted the shot past Matt Yates.

Goalkeeper Yates saved well from Adam Walker, but the away side’s goalkeeper Danny Lewis also had to be alert to turn away a powerful drive from Eliot Richards.

Brackley, who had been denied on the stroke of half-time when referee Richard Hulme blew for the interval just before the ball went into the net, did extend their lead within 90 seconds of the re-start.

Lee Ndlovu slammed the ball home from a right-wing cross and some more lax defending allowed Jeffers, pictured, the space to shoot home the third on 65 minutes.

Gowling headed home an injury-time corner, but by then it was too late for Hereford.

Salisbury are also out of the FA Trophy following their 4-1 reverse away to Carshalton Athletic.

The Whites raced into a fourthminute lead courtesy of Aaron Dawson, but that was as good as it got for the visitors.

Tommy Bradford broke through to level after 18 minutes, and the home side were in front when Mike Dixon deftly lifted the ball over the goalkeeper eight minutes before the half-time break.

Carshalton grabbed a crucial third goal in first-half injury-time when a corner went in off Elliott Wheeler for an own goal, and the scoring was completed when Paris Hamilton-Downs buried a 76thminute spot-kick.