EDGAR Street, home of Hereford United, has special memories for Peter Jackson.

It was there in 1979 that he began his playing career in Bradford City colours.

Thirty two years on, a point from a drab end-of-season struggle under his 'interim' command rubber-stamped City's survival from the spectre of dropping out of the Football League.

City, thankfully, have avoided similar brinkmanship since. The Phil Parkinson reign has been one of an upward curve.

But nothing could be further from the truth for their hosts that day.

Hereford's share of that 1-1 draw in April 2011 also ensured they would survive. But it was only a fleeting escape.

They suffered the drop the following year – and were expelled from the Conference last summer because of financial irregularities with debts of £1.3million.

The tale of their off-field woes is too complicated to explain here. The website 'We want our club back' gives chapter and verse of the frustrations of the fans who have chosen to boycott games in protest.

Earlier this week, Hereford were suspended from "all forms of football activity" by the Football Association. The ban was lifted 24 hours later but the threat still looms large.

While the Premier League bathes in its TV millions, a proud club totters on the precipice.

Such injustice is becoming increasingly common place. That does not make it any more acceptable.

Fit and proper my eye...