Marc Pugh is set to face his old team Shrewsbury Town this Saturday

Hereford United are hoping to continue their climb up the League Two table after earning back-to-back wins for the first time this season.

Saturday's 1-0 home win over Torquay United followed last Tuesday night's 2-0 victory against Lincoln City.

And winger Marc Pugh told BBC Hereford and Worcester: "It's important now we build on those wins and try and push up the table and get into the top half."

Hereford's two wins have lifted them to 18th - 12 points clear of trouble.

All three goals in the Bulls' last two games have been scored by Gavin McCallum - and Pugh admits that his goals have been a real boost.

"Gav's got three in two," said Pugh. "He's come back into the team and done really well.

"But, at the end of the day, it was a good team performance.

"We have now kept two clean sheets, and we're scoring goals and I thought we thoroughly deserved the win.

We should have had the game wrapped up by half-time. The gaffer said we should have had two or three Hereford wide man Marc Pugh

"We had one cleared off the line, we've had various chances and we've put good balls in the box.

"We've been working on getting players into the box over the past couple of weeks and it's paid off for us.

"We should have had the game wrapped up by half-time.

"The gaffer said we should have had two or three. And they put us under a bit of pressure in the second half.

"Torquay throw everything at us. They had one great chance at the back stick but, other than that, they didn't have too many chances. We defended really well."

Hereford can now take their renewed confidence into this Saturday's derby at Pugh's old club Shrewsbury (13 February, 1500 GMT), who stand 12 places and 13 points better off.

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