2006–07 Hereford United F.C. season

The 2006–2007 season was Hereford United's 26th season in the Football League.

Hereford United

2006–07 season
Chairman	Graham Turner
Manager	Graham Turner
League Two	16th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Connell (9) All: Alan Connell (10)
Highest home attendance	5,201 vs Bristol Rovers (26 December 2006)
Lowest home attendance	2,007 vs Shrewsbury Town (17 October 2006)

This was Hereford's first season in the Football League since 1996–97, after they were promoted from the Conference the previous season. All the members of the squad were signed on free transfers, in keeping with previous squads.

In the early part of 2007 Hereford were hovering in mid-table, and a notable 4-1 away win at eventual play-off semi-finalists Lincoln City lifted them to 8th position. But a poor run of form followed, with only 8 points won from the 13 remaining matches, meant that the club dropped as low as 17th, before eventually finishing 16th.

Two former players, Ben Smith and Steve Guinan, returned to the club in the January transfer window.

League Two

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
5 August 2006	Stockport County	A	2 – 0	Fleetwood 36', Mkandawire 59'	5,297	4th
8 August 2006	Lincoln City	H	1 – 2	Purdie 77' (pen)	4,405	11th
12 August 2006	Chester City	H	2 – 0	Fleetwood 71', Rose 73'	3,834	6th
19 August 2006	Barnet	A	0 – 3		1,945	13th
26 August 2006	Hartlepool United	H	3 – 1	Sills 33', Purdie 51' (pen), Williams 73'	3,156	8th
2 September 2006	Rochdale	A	1 – 1	Purdie 90' (pen)	2,146	7th
9 September 2006	Mansfield Town	A	1 – 4	Connell 68'	3,242	11th
12 September 2006	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1 – 2	Williams 51'	2,585	12th
16 September 2006	Bury	H	1 – 0	Williams 80'	2,885	11th
24 September 2006	Wrexham	A	0 – 1		4,705	12th
27 September 2006	Bristol Rovers	A	1 – 2	Purdie 18' (pen)	4,975	15th
30 September 2006	Macclesfield Town	H	1 – 0	Connell 80'	2,705	13th
8 October 2006	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 2	Purdie 26' (pen)	4,147	15th
14 October 2006	Darlington	H	1 – 1	Mkandawire 71'	2,838	15th
21 October 2006	MK Dons	A	3 – 1	Connell 8', Purdie 22' (pen), Fleetwood 90'	5,609	12th
28 October 2006	Accrington Stanley	H	1 – 0	Connell 85',	3,391	8th
4 November 2006	Swindon Town	A	2 – 1	Williams 36', 81'	6,910	8th
18 November 2006	Walsall	H	0 – 1		4,462	10th
25 November 2006	Boston United	A	1 – 1	Williams 68'	1,731	9th
5 December 2006	Peterborough United	H	0 – 0		2,309	10th
9 December 2006	Torquay United	H	1 – 1	Jeannin 33'	3,078	12th
16 December 2006	Shrewsbury Town	A	0 – 3		4,177	14th
22 December 2006	Notts County	A	1 – 0	Sills 81'	4,106	10th
26 December 2006	Bristol Rovers	H	0 – 0		5,201	10th
30 December 2006	Wrexham	H	2 – 0	Connell 37', 88'	3,444	8th
1 January 2007	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0 – 0		4,851	8th
13 January 2007	Mansfield Town	H	1 – 3	Sheldon 90'	3,048	12th
20 January 2007	Macclesfield Town	A	0 – 3		2,494	14th
27 January 2007	Notts County	H	3 – 2	McClenahan 9', Guinan 27', 68'	3,280	10th
30 January 2007	Bury	A	2 – 2	Adams 63' (o.g.), Williams 78'	1,775	9th
3 February 2007	Stockport County	H	0 – 2		3,310	11th
17 February 2007	Barnet	H	2 – 0	Smith 48', Thomas 90'	2,608	11th
20 February 2007	Lincoln City	A	4 – 1	Connell 3', Guinan 36', 46', 54'	4,695	9th
24 February 2007	Rochdale	H	0 – 0		3,090	9th
27 February 2007	Chester City	A	1 – 1	Connell 82'	1,842	9th
3 March 2007	Hartlepool United	A	2 – 3	Thomas 46', Guinan 56'	5,535	10th
10 March 2007	Grimsby Town	H	0 – 1		2,914	12th
17 March 2007	Darlington	A	0 – 1		3,165	14th
24 March 2007	Accrington Stanley	A	0 – 2		1,848	17th
31 March 2007	MK Dons	H	0 – 0		2,715	16th
7 April 2007	Swindon Town	H	0 – 0		4,740	17th
9 April 2007	Walsall	A	0 – 1		5,658	17th
14 April 2007	Boston United	H	3 – 0	Guinan 56', Greaves 71' (o.g.), Connell 90'	2,176	15th
21 April 2007	Peterborough United	A	0 – 3		3,759	16th
28 April 2007	Shrewsbury Town	H	0 – 1		4,359	16th
5 May 2007	Torquay United	A	0 – 0		2,942	16th

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 November 2006	First Round	Shrewsbury Town	A	0 – 0		5,574
21 November 2006	First Round Replay	Shrewsbury Town	H	2 – 0	Connell 85', Webb 88'	4,224
2 December 2006	Second Round	Port Vale	H	4 – 0	Webb 41', Purdie 49' (pen), 51', Ferrell 83'	4,076
5 January 2007	Third Round	Bristol Rovers	A	0 – 1		8,978

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
22 August 2006	First Round	Coventry City	H	3 – 1	Fleetwood 1', 57', 64'	3,404
19 September 2006	Second Round	Leicester City	H	1 – 3	Purdie 56' (pen)	4,073

Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
17 October 2006	First Round	Shrewsbury Town	H	1 – 2	Connell 79'	2,007

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		HFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Wayne Brown	39	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	44	0
2	DF	Simon Travis	36	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	43	0
3	MF	Neil MacKenzie	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3	MF	Danny Thomas	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
4	DF	Richard Rose	33	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	41	1
5	DF	Tamika Mkandawire	39	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	47	2
6	MF	Rob Purdie	44	6	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	52	9
7	MF	Jon Wallis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
8	MF	Andy Ferrell	21	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	28	2
9	FW	Tim Sills	36	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	4	3	47	5
10	FW	Stuart Fleetwood	27	3	2	0	2	3	1	0	3	3	35	9
11	MF	Gareth Sheldon	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	1
12	FW	Alan Connell	44	9	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	51	11
14	GK	Glyn Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	0
15	MF	Sam Gwynne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1
16	FW	Andy Williams	41	7	4	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	50	8
17	DF	Martyn Giles	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
18	DF	Trent McClenahan	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	30	1
19	MF	Simon Osborn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW	Marcus Palmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	6
20	DF	Alex Jeannin	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	19	1
21	MF	Luke Webb	21	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	27	3
22	MF	Jordan Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	1
23	DF	Phil Gulliver	26	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	34	2
24	FW	Steve Guinan	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	7
25	MF	Ben Smith	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1
28	DF	Dean Beckwith	32	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	40	0
30	GK	Paul Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	GK	Karl Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
31	MF	John Eustace	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
31	MF	Steve Jennings	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
33	GK	Scott Tynan	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	MF	Craig Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1

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