On for the final game of the season. Three sides in with a shout but Doncaster Rovers, two points clear and playing already-relegated whipping boys Chester City are in the driving seat. Hereford must win and Donny not win, else it’s another season in the Conference #cm0102therace
The boys line up for the final match away at Nuneaton Borough. Nuneaton safe with with nothing to play for but no mugs; it’ll be a tough finish to the season with everything at stake. Hereford must win and hope Doncaster don’t in order to have a chance of promotion #cm0102therace
Veteran Steve Bull scores in the 21st to make it 1-0; a minute later over at Belle Vue Gethin Lloyd incredibly puts Chester one up against Donny and we are game on! #cm0102therace
Within minutes we’re up against it; Taylor scores a bullet-header equaliser for Nuneaton from a corner in the 27th, Telford go a goal up in the 31st and in the 34th Sandwith equalises for Doncaster. Bloody hell! #cm0102therace
Disaster for Telford away at Leigh; they ship two in three minutes just before half time to go 2-1 down, and at the break the top three are as you were. The whole season for Hereford is going to come down to the next 45 minutes... #cm0102therace
Second half: over at Belle Vue, Donny came out swinging after Chester’s sucker-punch; winger Francis Tierney went on a mazy run to put them 2-1 up in the 51st - but deadshot striker David Town poked home for Hereford on 58 to make it 2-1 too! #cm0102therace
Young loanee Gary Fisken made it 3-1 on 77 with a poached finish after the Nuneaton keeper parried his header; Hereford looking good for the win but with Doncaster still ahead against Chester it’s to no avail! #cm0102therace
Six minutes later at Belle Vue all turned on its head again! Chester won and quickly took a free-kick out on the wing, crossed it in and winger Roy Day rose to head an equaliser; 2-2 and with seven minutes to go Hereford are top of the league! Football, bloody hell #cm0102therace
Three minutes later in the 86th, hotshot David Town got on the end of a loose ball in the Nuneaton box and fired home for his second and Hereford’s fourth; 4-1 but it counts for nothing if Doncaster can manage to nick their winner in the final few minutes... #cm0102therace
Donny throw the kitchen sink at it - they’re top of the table going into the match, with most goals scored, at home to bottom of the table Chester (who have conceded most goals!) and they want the title. A lot can happen in four minutes... #cm0102therace
The entire season came down to this game. A ropey start for Hereford with some dismal results (15th at the twelve-match mark!) and if even one had ended differently, we’d have had a completely different season. Tho that’s Champ, innit? But I tell you one thing...
#cm0102therace
...young Roy Day is getting a bloody statue put up outside Edgar Street.
Chester hung on. We did it! On goal difference. Nicking into first place with seven minutes of the season after the leaders choked. This is some magic Champ 🏆 #cm0102therace
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