2013–14 Hereford United F.C. season

Hereford United
2013–14 season
ChairmanDavid Keyte
ManagerMartin Foyle
(until 19 March)
Peter Beadle
(from 20 March)
GroundEdgar Street
Conference Premier20th (51 Points)
FA CupFirst Round
FA TrophyFirst Round
Player of the YearDaniel Lloyd-Weston
Top goalscorerLeague: Michael Rankine (7)
All: Michael Rankine (7)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 2,545 vs Grimsby Town (29 March 2014)
All: League: 2,545 vs Grimsby Town (29 March 2014)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,013 vs Macclesfield Town (25 February 2014)
All: 1,013 vs Macclesfield Town (25 February 2014)
Average home league attendance1,757

Conference Premier
Main article: 2013–14 Football Conference § Conference Premier

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Southport 46 14 11 21 53 71 −18 53
19 Aldershot Town 46 16 13 17 69 62 +7 51[lower-alpha 1]
20 Hereford United (R) 46 13 12 21 44 63 −19 51[lower-alpha 2] Demoted to the 2014-15 Southern League Premier Division
21 Chester 46 12 15 19 49 70 −21 51[lower-alpha 2]
22 Dartford 46 12 8 26 49 74 −25 44[lower-alpha 3]
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2014. Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Aldershot Town deducted ten points for entering administration
  2. On 10 June 2014, Hereford United were expelled from the Conference due to financial irregularities. They were later accepted into the Southern League.[1] Because of this, Chester were reprieved from relegation.[2]
  3. On 13 June 2014, Salisbury City were demoted to the Conference South due to financial irregularities. Because of this, Dartford were reprieved from relegation.[3] Salisbury were subsequently expelled from the Football Conference altogether on 4 July 2014, after which they went into liquidation.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 13 12 21 44 63  −19 51 9 6 8 24 24  0 4 6 13 20 39  −19

Last updated: 27 April 2014.
Source: 2013-14 Football Conference#League table

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 27 April 2014
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeagueFA CupFA Trophy
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Rhys Evans 22020+002+000+00
2 DF Daniel Leadbitter 41030+802+001+00
3 DF Chris Bush 43339+331+000+00
4 MF Kingsley James 23221+220+000+00
5 DF Rod McDonald 40237+022+001+00
6 DF Luke Graham 43142+011+000+00
7 MF Rob Purdie 31021+802+000+00
9 FW Dan Walker 46326+1731+101+00
10 FW Chris Sharp 31221+920+100+00
11 FW Sam Smith 36426+840+101+00
12 DF Dominic Collins 37532+251+101+00
14 DF Joel Edwards 500+400+001+00
15 FW Michael Rankine 34725+672+001+00
16 MF Frankie Artus 37131+312+001+00
17 MF Jonathan Brown 37221+1421+100+00
18 MF Danny Pilkington 1304+900+000+00
19 MF Sam Gwynne 504+100+000+00
21 GK Daniel Lloyd-Weston 29026+100+101+00
22 MF Jamie Edge 1207+500+000+00
30 FW Cory Williams 1000+1000+000+00
32 FW Jarrod Bowen 818+010+000+00
33 MF Billy Murphy 404+000+000+00
Players played for Hereford this season who have now left the club:
22 MF Michael West 817+110+000+00
23 DF Paul Green 707+000+000+00
20 FW Jake Harris 100+100+000+00
24 FW Richard Brodie 816+210+000+00
23 FW Kevin Krans 412+111+000+00
36 FW Ross Dyer 545+040+000+00
24 MF Damon Lathrope 908+000+000+10
20 FW Eric Odhiambo 1012+512+000+10
23 MF Micah Evans 706+000+001+00
8 MF Josh O'Keefe 21418+032+011+00

Top scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Total
1FW15Michael Rankine7007
2DF12Dominic Collins5005
3FW36Ross Dyer4004
=FW11Sam Smith4004
=MF8Josh O'Keefe3104
6DF3Chris Bush3003
=FW9Dan Walker3003
8FW10Chris Sharp2002
=MF17Jon Brown2002
=DF5Rod McDonald2002
=MF4Kingsley James2002
12DF6Luke Graham1001
=MF22Michael West1001
=FW24Richard Brodie1001
=FW23Kevin Krans1001
=MF16Frankie Artus1001
=FW20Eric Odhiambo1001
=FW32Jarrod Bowen1001
Own goals 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 44 1 0 45

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Total
3DFChris Bush90000090
6DFLuke Graham60000060
12DFDominic Collins50000050
2DFDaniel Leadbitter40100050
5DFRod McDonald40000040
15FWMichael Rankine40000040
11FWSam Smith31000031
23DFPaul Green30000030
16MFFrankie Artus30000030
7MFRob Purdie20100030
17MFJonathan Brown20000020
24MFDamon Lathrope20000020
4MFKingsley James20000020
33MFBilly Murphy20000020
32FWJarrod Bowen20000020
8MFJosh O'Keefe10001020
18MFDanny Pilkington10000010
9FWDan Walker10000010
24FWRichard Brodie10000010
22MFJamie Edge10000010
TOTALS 58 1 2 0 1 0 61 1

Results

Pre-season friendlies
13 July 2013 Leominster Town XI0 – 4Hereford UnitedBriarwood Stadium
13:00
16 July 2013 Hereford United0 – 1Bristol RoversEdgar Street
19:30 Clarkson  74'
20 July 2013 Hereford United1 – 2West Bromwich Albion XIEdgar Street
13:00 O'Keefe  28' Jones  38'
Atkinson  65'		 Attendance: 667
27 July 2013 Hereford United0 – 1Torquay UnitedEdgar Street
13:00 Downes  72' Attendance: 556
3 August 2013 Hereford United0 – 2Cardiff City XIEdgar Street
15:00 Harris  27'
Maynard  32'		 Attendance: 771

Conference Premier
10 August 2013 1Hereford United1 – 1Braintree TownEdgar Street
15:00 Walker  79' Smith  8' (og.) Attendance: 2,033
13 August 2013 2Chester0 – 2Hereford UnitedDeva Stadium
19:45 Graham  45'
Smith  50'		 Attendance: 2,900
17 August 2013 3Hyde2 – 2Hereford UnitedEwen Fields
15:00 Collins  21'
Tomsett  42'		 Bush  15'
Rankine  70'		 Attendance: 509
24 August 2013 4Hereford United1 – 0TamworthEdgar Street
15:00 Smith  51' Attendance: 1,864
26 August 2013 5Alfreton Town2 – 1Hereford UnitedNorth Street (stadium)
15:00 Akinde  12'
Law  90'		 Sharp  45' Attendance: 740
31 August 2013 6Hereford United2 – 1Welling UnitedEdgar Street
15:00 Sharp  49'
Rankine  84'		 Lafayette  90+4' Attendance: 1,527
7 September 2013 7Gateshead2 – 1Hereford UnitedGateshead International Stadium
15:00 Walker  32', 42' West  74' Attendance: 931
13 September 2013 8Hereford United0 – 2Aldershot TownEdgar Street
19:45 Williams  14', 66' Attendance: 1851
17 September 2013 9Nuneaton Town2 – 1Hereford UnitedLiberty Way
19:45 York  23'
Moult  61'		 McDonald  53' Attendance: 1085
21 September 2013 10Halifax Town1 – 1Hereford UnitedThe Shay
15:00 Smith  31' (og.) Brodie  8' Attendance: 1362
24 September 2013 11Hereford United1 – 0Lincoln CityEdgar Street
19:45 Bush  85' Attendance: 1398
28 September 2013 12Hereford United0 – 0Luton TownEdgar Street
15:00 Attendance: 2386
5 October 2013 13Cambridge United1 – 0Hereford UnitedAbbey Stadium
15:00 Appiah  7' Attendance: 3381
8 October 2013 14Macclesfield Town1 – 0Hereford UnitedMoss Rose
19:45 Jennings  62' Attendance: 1329
12 October 2013 15Hereford United2 – 2DartfordEdgar Street
15:00 Krans  49'
Dyer  60'		 Noble  11'
Ibemere  85'		 Attendance: 1583
19 October 2013 16Hereford United0 – 1BarnetEdgar Street
15:00 Abdulla  36' Attendance: 1632
31 October 2013 17Salisbury City4 – 1Hereford UnitedThe Raymond McEnhill Stadium
19:45 Kamdjo  10'
Fitchett  28', 89'
Wright  90+4'		 Smith  59' Attendance: 1112
12 November 2013 18Hereford United2 – 2ChesterEdgar Street
19:45 Dyer  17', 38' Lindfield  18'
Seddon  21'		 Attendance: 1512
16 November 2013 19Southport0 – 3Hereford UnitedHaig Avenue
15:00 Smith  23'
Rankine  69'
Dyer  89'		 Attendance: 876
23 November 2013 20Lincoln City1 – 1Hereford UnitedSincil Bank
15:00 Tomlinson  47' Artus  89' Attendance: 1874
26 November 2013 21Hereford United3 – 2Halifax TownEdgar Street
19:45 O'Keefe  37'
Collins  73'
Odhiambo  77'		 Wilson  20' (pen)
Ironside  62'		 Attendance: 1158
7 December 2013 22Hereford United0 – 1Nuneaton TownEdgar Street
15:00 Moult  40' (pen) Attendance: 1292
21 December 2013 23Hereford United1 – 0Cambridge UnitedEdgar Street
15:00 Rankine  24' Attendance: 1558
26 December 2013 24Kidderminster Harriers2 – 1Hereford UnitedAggborough
15:00 Gash  9'
Jackman  29'		 O'Keefe  49' Attendance: 3420
28 December 2013 25Hereford United1 – 0Forest Green RoversEdgar Street
19:30 Brown  26' Attendance: 1848
9 January 2014 26Forest Green Rovers1 – 1Hereford UnitedThe New Lawn
19:30 Kelly  53' Bush  76' Attendance: 1077
18 January 2014 27Hereford United4 – 1SouthportEdgar Street
15:00 Brown  31'
Rankine  53', 89'
Walker  55'		 Akrigg  60' Attendance: 1569
25 January 2014 28Hereford United1 – 0Salisbury CityEdgar Street
15:00 Collins  52' Attendance: 2016
28 January 2014 29Hereford United1 – 1Kidderminster HarriersEdgar Street
19:45 O'Keefe  61' Gowling  65' Attendance: 2014
3 February 2014 30Woking3 – 0Hereford UnitedKingfield Stadium
19:45 Marriott  24'
Murtagh  26'
Payne  88'		 Attendance: 1131
15 February 2014 31Luton Town7 – 0Hereford UnitedKenilworth Road
15:00 Gray  12', 68', 82'
Benson  49'
Howells  56' (pen)
Ruddock 60'
Lawless  90+3'		 Attendance: 7111
22 February 2014 32Dartford2 – 0Hereford UnitedPrinces Park
15:00 Wall  12'
Noble  71'		 Attendance: 1137
25 February 2014 33Hereford United1 – 2Macclesfield TownEdgar Street
19:45 Collins  78' Pilkington  29'
Boden  48'		 Attendance: 1013
1 March 2014 34Hereford United0 – 2WrexhamEdgar Street
15:00 Hunt  10'
Ogleby  42'		 Attendance: 1884
8 March 2014 35Braintree Town1 – 1Hereford UnitedCressing Road
15:00 Holman  34' Walker  36' Attendance: 805
11 March 2014 36Grimsby Town1 – 1Hereford UnitedBlundell Park
19:45 Hannah  17', pen' McDonald  22' Attendance: 3007
15 March 2014 37Hereford United0 – 0HydeEdgar Street
15:00 Attendance: 1378
18 March 2014 38Wrexham2 – 0Hereford UnitedRacecourse Ground
19:45 Graham  1' (og.)
Carrington  63'		 Attendance: 2056
22 March 2014 39Barnet2 – 0Hereford UnitedThe Hive Stadium
15:00 Marsh-Brown  14', 23' Attendance: 1497
29 March 2014 40Hereford United0 – 1Grimsby TownEdgar Street
15:00 Rodman  62' Attendance: 2545
5 April 2014 41Hereford United0 – 2WokingEdgar Street
15:00 Rendell  20'
Newton  35'		 Attendance: 2140
8 April 2014 42Welling United0 – 1Hereford UnitedPark View Road
19:45 James  61' Attendance: 480
12 April 2014 43Hereford United0 – 1GatesheadEdgar Street
15:00 Marwood  36' Attendance: 1783
18 April 2014 44Tamworth1 – 0Hereford UnitedThe Lamb Ground
19:45 Kerry  62' Attendance: 1154
21 April 2014 45Hereford United3 – 2Alfreton TownEdgar Street
15:00 James  29'
Collins  61'
Bowen  71'		 Akinde  7'
Harrad  87'		 Attendance: 2445
26 April 2014 46Aldershot Town1 – 2Hereford UnitedRecreation Ground (Aldershot)
17:30 Oyeleke  76' Smith  28'
Rankine  88'		 Attendance: 3593

FA Cup
26 October 2013 Fourth Qualifying RoundAFC Hornchurch0 – 1Hereford UnitedHornchurch Stadium
15:00 O'Keefe  90+2' Attendance: 713
10 November 2013 First RoundBurton Albion2 – 0Hereford UnitedPirelli Stadium
15:00 McGurk  37'
Palmer  84'		 Attendance: 2069

FA Trophy
30 November 2013 First RoundHereford United0 – 3WokingEdgar Street
15:00 Rendell  10', 37'
Marriott  33'		 Attendance: 1041

Herefordshire Senior Cup
30 July 2013 FinalWestfields1 – 1
(6 – 5 p)		Hereford Unitedallpay.park
19:30 Polan  30' Harris  35' Attendance: 515

Transfers
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
5 June 2013 FW Dan Walker Luton Town Free [4]
19 June 2013 DF Chris Bush Gateshead Free [5]
19 June 2013 MF Danny Pilkington Kidderminster Harriers Free [5]
19 June 2013 DF Dominic Collins Chester Free [6]
25 June 2013 GK Daniel Lloyd-Weston Market Drayton Town Free [7] r
2 July 2013 MF Rob Purdie Shrewsbury Town Free [8]
25 July 2013 DF Joel Edwards Westfields Free [9]
25 July 2013 MF Jonathan Brown Rayong United Free [9]
30 July 2013 FW Michael Rankine Aldershot Town Free [10]
31 July 2013 MF Frankie Artus Grimsby Town Free [11]
31 July 2013 DF Daniel Leadbitter Torquay United Free [11]
31 July 2013 MF Kingsley James Port Vale Free [11]
31 July 2013 GK Rhys Evans Exeter City Free [11]
31 July 2013 MF Sam Gwynne Westfields Free [11]
8 August 2013 FW Jake Harris Newport County Free [12]
21 September 2013 FW Eric Odhiambo Denizlispor Free [13]
18 December 2013 MF Jamie Edge Cirencester Town Free [14]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
17 September 2013 FW Jake Harris Weston Super Mare Free [15]
7 January 2014 FW Eric Odhiambo Sligo Rovers Free [16]
31 January 2014 MF Josh O'Keefe Kidderminster Harriers Undisclosed [17]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
12 June 2013 FW Sam Smith Cambridge United End of season [18]
26 August 2013 MF Michael West Crewe Alexandra 26 September 2013 [19]
29 August 2013 DF Paul Green Forest Green Rovers 29 September 2013 [20]
13 September 2013 FW Richard Brodie Gateshead 13 October 2013 [21]
11 October 2013 FW Ross Dyer Mansfield Town 21 November 2013 [22]
11 October 2013 FW Kevin Krans Bristol City 11 November 2013 [22]
12 November 2013 MF Damon Lathrope Torquay United 3 January 2014 [23]
26 November 2013 MF Micah Evans Burnley 9 January 2014 [24]
Players loaned out
8 August 2013 FW Jake Harris Paulton Rovers 8 November 2013 [25]
20 August 2013 GK Kyle Moore Taunton Town 20 September 2013 [26]
12 November 2013 FW Chris Sharp Lincoln City 19 December 2013 [27]
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.

References
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