It’s not often Peter Taylor will find himself facing a more experienced opponent.

But that is the case at Edgar Street when he comes up against Graham Turner’s Hereford.

The 62-year-old, who is also club chairman, is back in charge of the Bulls after John Trewick’s departure last week.

He had a previous 14-year stint in charge, and a managerial career that began in 1978 at Shrewsbury is now approaching a staggering 1,500 games.

Steve O’Leary played under Turner at Hereford last season and is not surprised to see him back in the dug-out.

“I’m sure he was itching to get involved again,” said the City midfielder. “He stepped down a couple of games from the end last year but it must have been so hard for him just being the chairman after so long as manager.

“He knows his stuff and has done a really good job there in past years. He runs quite a tight ship and is good with the finances.

“Hereford is a really small homely town, so they did well to get out of this division last time. But last year there just wasn’t enough in the dressing room to stay up in League One.

“There was a massive turnover last year and the club tried to spend a bit of money on wages. But it didn’t work so they had to get a few players out and they’ve struggled a bit this year.”

O’Leary played 17 times for the Bulls but spent most of last season on the treatment table. It has been the same depressing story for him since arriving at Valley Parade in August.

A wrongly-diagnosed toe injury knocked him out for six months and he has started only four times.

O’Leary added: “It’s been really frustrating but I’m back to where I want to be fitness-wise.

“Stuart (McCall) gave me a contract, which I was grateful for, and now it’s about impressing the new manager.

“He’s brought a few in but football’s like that. Every manager wants his own ideas and players.

“The ones who are already at the club have to do what they can to show him they want to be part of it.”

With so many contracts up in the summer, that is a strong incentive through the remaining 11 games.

O’Leary, whose only start for Taylor was in the 3-1 win at leaders Rochdale, admitted: “In this day and age, being out of contract isn’t the greatest place to be.

“There are so many people available and with the financial circumstances with clubs now, it’s just getting worse and worse.

“But it means we’re all playing for something.

“It can be a horrible time for a footballer if you’re not going for promotion or not in a relegation fight.

“You’ve just got to be really professional and see out the season. There’s nothing worse than just wishing the games away.

“But with the manager coming in, he wants a big push, and that’s how we’ll finish the season. We all want to put some results together.

“We’ve gone win, loss, win, loss lately but I’m confident tomorrow. Hereford are on a bad run, so we can go there really positive.”