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Wrexham are once again flying in the National League, and they head into Saturday’s game on the back of 10 games in a row without a loss in all competitions.
However, Phil Parkinson’s men were held to a goalless draw last weekend by Wealdstone, which provided a rare game for the Welsh club without scoring a goal.
That is something that Wrexham fans are not used to, with their games often being as entertaining as the blockbuster movies that the club owners star in.
No team in the National League has scored more than their 50 goals so far this season, and the likes of Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer will be hoping to get straight back to on Saturday.
Wrexham have won all nine of their home matches this season in the league, and that is the type of confidence that should help them get straight back to winning ways.
Of course, the visitors will be wanting to provide an upset at the weekend, and Aldershot are in a position where they need to start picking up some points.
While it is impossible for them to fall into the relegation zone this weekend, only four points separate them and the bottom four places.
That brings plenty of pressure to the team for their upcoming matches, especially since they have lost their previous two matches.
In the week that the Bulls lost their most famous ex-player, FA Cup legend Ronnie Radford – 50 years on from his iconic match-winning goal against Newcastle – it briefly looked like there might be some left-over magic in the air.
For seven minutes, the sixth-tier outfit led after Miles Storey’s goal against the team 81 places above them in the English football pyramid in League One.
But Pompey hit back, with Reeco Hackett quickly levelling before second-half goals from Colby Bishop and substitute Joe Pigott earned the twice FA Cup winners a safe passage to Monday’s second-round draw
Making their first trip to Edgar Street in 38 years, Pompey were given a good first-half workout by the fired-up hosts.
Although home keeper Dale Eve had to keep out Hackett’s left-foot curler bound for the top corner, Pompey had a first real scare when Bishop’s challenge on Hereford’s former million-pound marksman Tyrone Barnett in the visitors’ penalty box went unpunished.
And there was worse to follow for Pompey when Hereford took the lead on 26 minutes.
Sean Raggett played a loose pass inside to Hackett, who was immediately closed down and robbed by Storey – and the former Pompey player raced away down the inside-left channel before keeping his cool to nutmeg on-loan West Bromwich Albion keeper Josh Griffiths.
Fittingly, just two days on from the announcement of the sad passing of Hereford’s legendary number 11, their modern-day number 11 emulated his predecessor.
There had already been a minute’s silence, which cascaded into applause from the whole ground, followed by chants of ‘there’s only one Ronnie Radford’ when the clock showed 11 minutes.
But this goal was destined not to prove so famous.
Ronan Curtis headed down Connor Ogilvie’s far-post cross for Hackett to bring down and fire home coolly from six yards.
On 63 minutes, Portsmouth took the lead when, from Clark Robertson’s in-swinging right-foot corner from the left, Bishop timed his run to get there first and head his 10th goal of the season.
And Pigott wrapped up victory 10 minutes from time when, again from a corner by skipper Robertson, Bishop won the initial header before Pigott reacted sharpest to sidefoot home
Hereford FC boss Josh Gowling told BBC Sport:
“I’m really disappointed because we should have got something out of it, but goals change games – and the quality of the delivery they have changes games.
“In the first half we were excellent. We were in the ascendancy and they looked nervous.
“We were on top and looked like we could go on and win, but we’ve made one mistake, it has cost us a goal and that’s the difference in levels.
“We’ve given them a leg up and a little lift and you could see their performance raise after that.”
Portsmouth boss Danny Cowley told BBC Sport:
“I was so sad to hear the news about Ronnie Radford. He was such an iconic figure and he had that iconic moment. For a lot of people my age, his famous goal was their first memories of the FA Cup. But what a brilliant night to celebrate his life
A Rotherham outfit fresh off heartbreak in midweek will act as hosts this weekend, in a Championship matchup at the New York Stadium.
This comes as the Millers prepare to face off with a Norwich City side still searching for a consistent run of form.
First, let’s take a look at the recent efforts of the former.
Rotherham are currently in the midst of a concerning stretch of results, which has seen them secure just a solitary point from an available twelve.
This came courtesy of a 2-2 stalemate at Coventry two weeks ago, a result which has since been followed by a pair of successive defeats.
The most recent came this past Wednesday, when a trip to table-topping Burnley saw Matt Taylor’s men put to the sword by three goals to two.
The final scoreline in and of itself, though, did not tell the true story.
As proceedings at Turf Moor rolled into injury time, it was actually Rotherham who looked set to clinch all three points, leading by two goals to one courtesy of strikes from Ben Wiles and Chiedozie Ogbene.
The most remarkable of turnarounds, however, saw Burnley go on to hit back not once, but twice, the 2nd of which came a full ten minutes into time added on, to ultimately condemn the Millers to defeat.
Taylor and co, as a result, have slipped to 14th in the Championship table, now just three points clear of the bottom-three.
Norwich City fans in the stands during the Premier League match at Carrow Road, Norwich. WA41WH Norwich City fans in the stands during the Premier League match at Carrow Road, Norwich. (Alamy Stock Photo)
Safe to say, then, that upcoming opponents Norwich will be confident in their chances of adding to Rotherham’s woes this weekend.
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The Canaries, of course, have endured a hit-and-miss season of their own to date.
Widely viewed as being amongst the favourites for promotion ahead of things getting underway, a lengthy recent stretch of inconsistency has culminated in Dean Smith’s troops falling well off the pace of table-topping Burnley.
Norwich have, though, at least managed to put a stop to an alarming recent slide over the course of the last week.
After falling to four defeats from five between October 8th and 25th, the Canaries have since secured four points from an available six.
Last time out, a meeting with high-flying Queens Park Rangers at Carrow Road gave rise to a solid if unspectacular sharing of the spoils, courtesy of a hard-fought 0-0 stalemate.
And we at 101 are therefore backing Norwich to go one better next time out, to emerge from the New York Stadium with all three points at Rotherham’s expense.