2005–06 Hereford United F.C. season

The 2005–06 season of Hereford United F.C. was the 9th season in the Conference.

Hereford United

2005–06 season
Chairman	Graham Turner
Manager	Graham Turner
Conference National	2nd (promoted via play-off)
FA Cup	Second Round
FA Trophy	Third Round
League Trophy	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Williams (12) All: Andy Williams (13)
Highest home attendance	6,278 (11 May vs Morecambe)
Lowest home attendance	1,355 (22 November vs Port Vale)

All the members of the squad were signed on free transfers, in keeping with previous squads.

Hereford finished second in the league for the third season running and, unlike the previous seasons, progressed to the play-off final. A 3–2 extra-time victory over Halifax Town secured promotion back to the Football League after a nine-year spell in non-league football.

This season saw the emergence of Andy Williams, a product of the youth system at Hereford.

Conference National

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
13 August 2005	Scarborough	H	4 – 0	Beckwith 64', Ipoua 69', Green 85', Carey-Bertram 90'	3,105
16 August 2005	Cambridge United	A	1 – 2	Ipoua 62'	2,924
20 August 2005	Crawley Town	A	2 – 0	Ipoua 58', Mkandawire 83'	1,842
27 August 2005	Grays Athletic	H	0 – 2		2,997
29 August 2005	Tamworth	A	1 – 0	Jeannin 20'	1,744
3 September 2005	Altrincham	H	0 – 0		2,318
10 September 2005	Stevenage Borough	A	0 – 0		2,404
17 September 2005	Morecambe	H	1 – 0	Ferrell 41'	2,422
20 September 2005	Gravesend & Northfleet	H	1 – 1	Stanley 53'	2,396
24 September 2005	Halifax Town	A	1 – 2	Carey-Bertram 8'	1,559
27 September 2005	Aldershot Town	A	1 – 0	Carey-Bertram 2'	2,656
1 October 2005	Canvey Island	H	1 – 1	Bailey 15'	2,500
7 October 2005	Accrington Stanley	A	1 – 2	Carey-Bertram 46'	1,603
15 October 2005	Burton Albion	H	2 – 0	Carey-Bertram 23', James 84' (pen)	2,493
29 October 2005	Kidderminster Harriers	A	1 – 1	Pitman 7'	3,241
12 November 2005	Woking	H	4 – 0	Williams 29', Purdie 56', 70', Ipoua 72'	2,498
19 November 2005	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1 – 0	Williams 12'	1,294
26 November 2005	Exeter City	H	0 – 2		3,754
10 December 2005	York City	H	1 – 0	Stansfield 69'	1,950
26 December 2005	Forest Green Rovers	A	2 – 2	Mkandawire 58', Jeannin 79'	1,957
30 December 2005	Exeter City	A	2 – 1	Ipoua 30', Jeannin 43'	4,433
2 January 2006	Forest Green Rovers	H	1 – 1	Stansfield 29'	3,507
7 January 2006	Scarborough	A	1 – 0	Stansfield 11'	1,582
21 January 2006	Crawley Town	H	2 – 1	Williams 7', Ipoua 88'	2,782
28 January 2006	Grays Athletic	A	2 – 2	Mkandawire 71', Beckwith 82'	1,528
31 January 2006	Cambridge United	H	3 – 0	Stansfield 34', Williams 43', 50'	2,142
11 February 2006	Halifax Town	H	1 – 0	Stansfield 78'	2,555
18 February 2006	Canvey Island	A	1 – 1	Fleetwood 15'	784
21 February 2006	Aldershot Town	H	2 – 1	Williams 3', Fleetwood 29'	2,205
27 February 2006	Stevenage Borough	H	2 – 0	Williams 45', Fleetwood 51'	2,394
7 March 2006	Gravesend & Northfleet	A	2 – 1	King 74', Williams 80'	618
11 March 2006	Accrington Stanley	H	2 – 2	Fleetwood 78', Nicolau 90'	4,497
14 March 2006	Southport	A	2 – 1	Mkandawire 10', Ferrell 43'	1,057
18 March 2006	Burton Albion	A	1 – 0	Williams 40'	2,512
25 March 2006	Kidderminster Harriers	H	0 – 1		4,223
1 April 2006	Woking	A	1 – 1	Mkandawire 90'	1,929
4 April 2006	Morecambe	A	2 – 2	Carey-Bertram 49', 78'	1,699
8 April 2006	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	1 – 1	Purdie 77' (pen)	2,561
15 April 2006	Altrincham	A	1 – 0	Fleetwood 64'	1,251
17 April 2006	Tamworth	H	1 – 0	Carey-Bertram 58'	2,809
22 April 2006	Southport	H	1 – 1	Stansfield 76'	2,547
29 April 2006	York City	A	3 – 1	Williams 13', Purdie 35', Ipoua 90'	2,755

Play-offs

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
7 May 2006	Morecambe	A	1 – 1	Purdie 54' (pen)	5,208
11 May 2006	Morecambe	H	3 – 2	Mkandawire 6', Williams 13', Ipoua 107'	6,278	AET - Hereford win 4-3 on aggregate
20 May 2006	Halifax Town	N	3 – 2	Williams 34', Ipoua 80', Green 108'	15,499	AET - played at Walkers Stadium

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
22 October 2005	Fourth Qualifying Round	Alfreton Town	H	0 – 0		1,768
25 October 2005	Fourth Qualifying Round Replay	Alfreton Town	A	1 – 1*	Stanley 53'	740
4 November 2005	First Round	Cambridge City	A	1 – 0	Brady 78'	1,116
3 December 2005	Second Round	Stockport County	H	0 – 2		3,620

(*) - Hereford won 4-3 on penalties

FA Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
17 December 2005	First Round	Bognor Regis Town	A	7 – 1	Williams 5', Stansfield 13', Purdie 63' (pen), 77', Ipoua 73', Stanley 75', Pitman 84'	627
14 January 2006	Second Round	Halifax Town	A	1 – 0	Stansfield 4'	4,073
4 February 2006	Third Round	Grays Athletic	H	0 – 1		1,609

LDV Vans Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 October 2005	First Round	Mansfield Town	A	1 – 0	Bailey 12'	1,393
22 November 2005	Second Round	Port Vale	H	2 – 1	Carey-Bertram 14', Mkandawire 102'	1,355
20 December 2005	Area Quarter-Final	Scunthorpe United	H	2 – 0	Stansfield 17', Mkandawire 44'	1,452
24 January 2006	Area Semi-Final	Macclesfield Town	A	0 – 2		1,315

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		FA Trophy		JP Trophy		HFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Craig Mawson	9	0	4	0	3	0	4	0	3	0	23	0
2	DF	Ryan Green	30	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	39	2
3	DF	Simon Travis	21	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	27	1
4	MF	Stacy Coldicott	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF	Tamika Mkandawire	42	6	4	0	3	0	4	2	2	1	55	9
6	DF	Tony James	23	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	32	1
7	MF	Jon Brady	20	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	29	2
7	FW	Stuart Fleetwood	20	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	22	8
8	MF	Jamie Pitman	24	1	4	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	35	2
9	FW	Adam Stansfield	26	6	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	2	35	11
10	FW	Guy Ipoua	22	9	4	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	32	10
11	MF	Andy Ferrell	34	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	44	2
12	FW	Graham Evans	7	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	15	0
12	MF	Nicky Nicolau	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
14	GK	Wayne Brown	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	0
15	MF	Craig Stanley	41	1	3	1	2	1	2	0	3	0	51	3
16	FW	Andy Williams	34	12	4	0	3	1	3	0	3	2	47	15
17	MF	Sam Gwynne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
18	FW	Danny Carey-Bertram	32	8	3	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	41	10
19	DF	Darren Blewitt	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
20	DF	Alex Jeannin	40	3	4	0	3	0	4	0	3	1	54	4
21	MF	Rob Purdie	43	5	4	0	3	2	4	0	3	1	57	8
22	FW	Matthew Bailey	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	2
22	MF	Daryl Taylor	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
23	DF	Matthew Halliday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Robbie King	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
25	MF	John Trewick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Dean Beckwith	35	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	43	2
35	GK	Karl Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	Darren Knurek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	Andy Bagnall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Adam Worton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	Kane Kahaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Transfers

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