TWO of the stars of Hereford United's promotion season from the Nationwide Conference in 2005-6 have been told that they have no future with the Bulls.

Midfielder Andy Ferrell and striker Stuart Fleetwood will not be offered contracts with the Edgar Street club for 2007-8.

Also on their way are reserve goalkeeper Glyn Thompson and defender Martyn Giles, whose one season with the Bulls was wrecked by injury, while Danny Thomas, who was an ever-present in the final three months of the season, has not been offered a contract.

The name of 21-year-old Fleetwood among those not to be offered a deal is the one which will probably cause the biggest surprise to United followers.

The young striker made his mark last season by scoring Hereford's first goal back in the Football League as they won 2-0 at Stockport.

A spectacular hat-trick against Championship side Coventry City in the first round of the Carling Cup then seemed set to put the bigger clubs on his trail, especially as a call-up to the Wales under-21 squad followed almost immediately.

After that, however, the goals dried up for the pacy front-runner and he managed only one more - in a 3-1 win at Milton Keynes Dons - before a serious throat virus sidelined him.

He was never the same force again after that and a loan spell at Accrington Stanley failed to help him to rediscover the goal knack.

He returned to Edgar Street but figured only twice more, as a substitute, before the end of the season.

In all, he made 42 starts plus 15 appearances as a substitute, scoring 17 goals for the club.

The departure of Ferrell, many fans' choice as man of the match for his all-action display in the play-off final against Halifax Town at the Walkers' Stadium, will also be a disappointment to a lot of Bulls supporters.

He began the season as a first-choice in central midfield and, although losing his place for a while, seemed back on track with some typically pugnacious displays around Christmas and the New Year.

But an unfortunate sending off at Macclesfield, when he was unable to avoid handling the ball on the goal-line, cost him his place in the side again and, this time, there was no way back.

He made 65 starts and eight substitute appearances for the Bulls, scoring four times, the last a spectacular volley in the 4-0 FA Cup defeat of Port Vale.

Thompson rarely made much of an impact, making only one major appearance, in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat by Shrews-bury Town.

He was, perhaps, unfortunate to miss out through injury on his one opportunity of a run in the side, when Wayne Brown was also side-lined.

Giles, however, can perhaps consider himself a little unfortunate not to get a second season at Edgar Street.

He had established himself in the side when a head injury, sustained in the home game against Darlington, forced him out of contention.

On his return from that problem, he picked up a back injury which ruled him out of the action for the remainder of the season.

Thomas, although scoring on his home debut against Barnet and also finding the net at Hartlepool, was unable consistently to deliver a supply of crosses from the left despite threatening on many occasions.