TRIBUTES have been paid to former long-standing Hereford United chairman Peter Hill, aged 80.

Hill was director from the club the early 1970s and had a long stint of chairman from around 1977 until 1998.

He was also former club president at Hereford Pegasus and helped the club to establish their first social club.

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Former Hereford United manager Colin Addison worked with Hill and described him as a 'great friend and football man'.

"He was a great friend who was a great football man," said Addison.

"I got on very well with him and it was sad to hear his news. He was a great guy who loved his football.

"He always had a story, always had a joke. He loved a bit of fun with the players.

"He would come into the dressing room and have a chat with the players.

"He was a great man who did a lot for the football club that's for sure.

"It is a very sad loss to Hereford."

Hill was also part of Hereford Operatic Society and played a part in the creation of the Nell Gwynne theatre out of the swimming pool, now replaced by the Courtyard.