-- Reviews by the Famous and well Known
A superb set of questions, ranging from very easy to very hard, fun for everyone!
Anthony Symonds, Hereford United Football Club (Office Staff)
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A wonderful set of questions, perfect for any Bulls fan. Have as much fun with this book as I did with Hereford United Football Club.
Ben Smith, Hereford United Football Club
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A book that every Bulls fan will not be able to put down.
Toumani Diagouraga, Hereford United Football Club
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Anyone who can answer this lot probably needs locking up!
Tony Ford, Hereford United Football Club (Fitness Coach)
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A book that every Hereford United fan will not be able to put down - an addictive read!
Graham Turner, Hereford United Football Club (Chairman and Manager) - Written the Foreword
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The variety of questions ensures that both young and old can enjoy the Hereford United experience, past and present.
Jamie Pitman, Hereford United Football Club (1996-1998 and 2002-2006 and Current Club Physio)
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An excellent companion on those long away trips, whilst sitting in yet another traffic jam.
John Trewick, Hereford United Football Club (First Team Coach)
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This quiz book will occupy the minds of anyone on a long trip and will thoroughly test Hereford United fans, both young and old, on their knowledge of the past happenings at the Club.
Grenville Smith MBE, Hereford United Football Club (Director)
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Once you pick this book up, you will be hooked, I was!
Lee Symonds, Hereford United Football Club (Office Staff)
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(Photo: Josh Gowling reading a copy of 'The Official Hereford United Quiz Book').
Josh Gowling, Hereford United Football Club
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How much do you know about this great club? This excellent book will help you to discover the answer to that question and too many more.
Hugh Brooks, Hereford United Football Club (Director)
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800 questions on The Bulls, ranging from easy to difficult – the whole family will enjoy this book.
Shaun Rogers, Hereford United Football Club (Club Accountant)
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I’m privileged to be asked to write the foreword for this book.
The history of Hereford United is long and varied and I’m sure the questions in this book will bring back plenty of memories.
Having been fortunate enough to see a preview of the book, I know that Hereford United fans of all ages will be entertained for hours on end on questions past and present about Hereford United.
As we continue to write new chapters in the Clubs history it’s always fitting to remember what went before.
I hope you all enjoy this wonderful quiz book as much as I did.
Graham Turner, Hereford United Football Club (Chairman and Manager) - Written the Foreword
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(Photo: Craig Jones reading a copy of 'The Official Hereford United Quiz Book').
Craig Jones, Hereford United Football Club
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(Photo: Andy Williams reading a copy of 'The Official Hereford United Quiz Book').
Andy Williams, Hereford United Football Club
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(Photo: Dean Beckwith reading a copy of 'The Official Hereford United Quiz Book').
Dean Beckwith, Hereford United Football Club
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There’s nothing football fans enjoy more than talking the game. This could be the most enjoyable way to learn about your club … Hereford United.
Joan Fennessy, Hereford United Football Club (Club Secretary and Director)
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-- Newspaper and Website Reviews
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TRIVIA TEST
The Official Hereford United Quiz Book (Chris Cowlin and Kevin Snelgrove), Apex Publishing, hardback.
Not so long ago Hereford United skulked about with teams you had never really heard of, such as Welling and Hednesford, while millions of miles away on Planet Premiership the likes of Leeds United and Leicester City puffed up their feathers live on Sky Sports. It says all you need to know about the extraordinary progress made by the club in recent years that they now meet Leeds and Leicester in league matches and have quiz books produced about them with a cover showing players swigging champagne and bobbing about with silverware.
There are 800 questions about Hereford United in this book, which is a rather startling amount given the source material. Perhaps the secret is to leave one finger marking the answer pages so you can harvest the true trivia gems: I didn’t know, for instance, that the BBC’s first ever live FA Cup match was Hereford v Leyton in 1952, that Bobby Moore’s final game for West Ham was against the Bulls and that Ronnie Radford only scored six league goals for the club. Or indeed that Paul Parry, now with Cardiff City, has a fear of flying. Other snippets gleaned beg for more information than the printed answers supply: why on earth did Don Revie and his entire England squad watch the Bulls’ 2-0 defeat at Luton in 1976?
Serial quizbook writers Chris Cowlin and Kevin Snelgrove have produced an impressively exhaustive volume, which even includes some questions about the current League One season (in the autumn I watched Bradley Hudson-Odoi equalise against Swindon Town; by winter it had become the answer to question 76). But as the club’s fitness coach Tony Ford is quoted as saying on the back cover: “Anyone who can answer this lot probably needs locking up!” He may be referring to sections such as “Match the attendance with the home match” (remember the attendance in a 1-0 defeat to Hayes in April 2002 anybody?)
However, every page is a reminder of those who have pulled on a black and white shirt: John Charles, Bobby Gould, Kevin Sheedy, Terry Paine, Darren Peacock, Steve Bull... Some handy players have passed through our little corner of the football world over the years.
The reason why United have, in 2008-09, a league status that is halfway between the Conference and the Premier League is a man who is the answer to five of the book’s questions: the chairman-manager Graham Turner. His is the short and sweet foreword that talks of the book bringing back plenty of memories.
The book does the club a favour in this respect: there is no place here for most of drudgery that went with supporting the team from 1976-2003: it dwells largely on the happy times – lifting the Welsh Cup, winning 9-0 at Dagenham on live television, taking 10,000 to Leicester for an extra-time thriller in the Conference final against Halifax and, of course, a 2-1 victory over a Newcastle team in muddied red jerseys that would begin the club’s journey in earnest on February 5 1972. Happy memories indeed.
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-- Readers Comments
A true test for any Bulls fan, with so many questions this is sure to keep you entertained for hours!
Veronica Richardson, Hereford Vice Presidents Club (Chair Person)
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A true test for all Whites fans, fun for all the family.
Nicky Munn
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A perfect gift for any Hereford United fan!
Denise Powell
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800 questions on The Whites - what a test for even those people who think they know it all.
Nicky White, Hereford United Independent Supporters Association (Treasurer)
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