Hereford United up for sale

Chairman Graham Turner and vice-chairman Joan Fennessy have put their shares in Hereford United up for sale.   Turner came to the club in the 1995-6 season, becoming chairman a couple of years later.  In many respects the club is in good shape.  It has made a profit six years in a row.  A grant of £750,000 from the Football Foundation will help to upgrade facilities at the Blackfriars Street end with a 1,600-seater stand.   The downside for

Chairman Graham Turner and vice-chairman Joan Fennessy have put their shares in Hereford United up for sale.   Turner came to the club in the 1995-6 season, becoming chairman a couple of years later.  In many respects the club is in good shape.  It has made a profit six years in a row.  A grant of £750,000 from the Football Foundation will help to upgrade facilities at the Blackfriars Street end with a 1,600-seater stand.   The downside for any prospective purchaser is the limits to the largely rural catchment area of the club.   Nevertheless, Hereford has been able to sustain a League 2 club when many larger towns have failed.