Hereford FC could be set to mark their historic Wembley visit in unusual fashion – by parading a bull before their FA Vase final against Morpeth Town on 22 May. The Football Association has confirmed it has received a request, while the club’s county FA is also involved in ongoing discussions.

The Hereford Times reported this week that the Herefordshire FA had made an approach to the FA on behalf of the club. Roger Goodwin, the football strategy manager for the county, told the newspaper that after the club and county FA had talked about the idea, there had been “initial discussions” with the FA about the club parading a bull at Wembley, but added that they were “not sure how it can happen”.

An FA spokesperson confirmed: “We are aware of the request and this is being discussed.”

Bull on parade: Hawkesbury Ronaldo tours Edgar Street ahead of Hereford FC’s first ever league game, against Dunkirk in August 2015. Photograph: Hereford FC/YouTube

Hereford FC were formed in the summer of 2015, after Hereford United were wound up in December 2014. The FA Vase final will be the first trip to Wembley for either club, and was sealed with a 3-1 aggregate semi-final victory over another phoenix club, Salisbury FC. Their opponents in the final, Northumbrian club Morpeth Town, are members of the Northern Football League.

The new club, known as the Bulls, are currently second in the Midland League Premier Division – the ninth tier of the English league system. A bull named Hawkesbury Ronaldo, sporting Real Madrid and Manchester United scarves, was paraded at Edgar Street before the club’s first league match, against Dunkirk last August.

Hereford FC have received extraordinary levels of support given their lowly status in the football pyramid, with 6,500 Wembley tickets sold within 48 hours of release, and current gates outstripping those recorded by Hereford United in League One, where they played as recently as 2008-09 – competing with current Premier League leaders Leicester City.