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Hereford United F.C.

2013–14 season
Chairman	David Keyte
Manager	Martin Foyle (until 19 March) Peter Beadle (caretaker, from 20 March)
Conference Premier	20th (demoted)
FA Cup	First round
FA Trophy	First round
Highest home attendance	2,545 v Grimsby Town, Conference Premier, 29 March 2014
Lowest home attendance	1,013 v Macclesfield Town, Conference Premier, 25 February 2014
Average home league attendance	1,758
Biggest win	3–0 v Southport (A), Conference Premier, 16 November 2013 4–1 v Southport (H), Conference Premier, 18 January 2014
Biggest defeat	0–7 v Luton Town (A), Conference Premier, 15 February 2014
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The 2013–14 season was the 93rd and penultimate competitive season of Hereford United Football Club and their second consecutive season, as well as their 11th overall, in the Conference Premier, the fifth tier of English football, following their 6th-placed finish in the previous season. The club also completed in both the FA Cup and the FA Trophy.

Season summary

During the summer of 2013, Hereford lost three of their key players from the previous season, including top goalscorer Ryan Bowman. Bowman, along with Marley Watkins and Sam Clucas, were offered contracts but all three signed elsewhere, meaning Hereford were to be awarded a fee for each player at tribunal at a later date.

On 10 January 2014, Hereford were placed under a transfer embargo.

Manager Martin Foyle and his assistant Andy Porter left the club on 19 March 2014, with youth team manager Peter Beadle taking over as caretaker the following day.

Hereford entered the final day of the season in the relegation zone and needed to win at Aldershot Town combined with Chester failing to win at home to Salisbury City in order to stay up. Going into the 86th minute, Chester were winning 2–1 whilst Hereford were drawing 1–1 and looking certain to be relegated. Chester then conceded an equaliser before Michael Rankine scored an 88th-minute winner for Hereford to completely change the outcome in the space of two minutes, and ensuring Hereford avoided relegation.

This season Hereford gave future West Ham and England forward Jarrod Bowen his first appearances in professional football.

On 10 June 2014, the club was expelled from the Football Conference despite their final day survival, meaning they would be demoted to the Southern League Premier Division and Chester reprieved from relegation. The club commenced their campaign in the Southern League the following season, but would go on to be wound-up in court on 19 December 2014.

First-team squad

As of 26 April 2014

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Rhys Evans		(1982-01-27)27 January 1982 (aged 32)	Exeter City	0	0
21	Daniel Lloyd-Weston		(1991-08-17)17 August 1991 (aged 22)	Market Drayton Town	0	0
Defenders
2	Daniel Leadbitter		(1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 22)	Torquay United	0	0
3	Chris Bush		(1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 21)	Gateshead	6	0
5	Rod McDonald		(1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 22)	Nantwich Town	11	2
6	Luke Graham		(1986-04-27)27 April 1986 (aged 27)	Forest Green Rovers	48	2
12	Dominic Collins		(1991-04-15)15 April 1991 (aged 23)	Chester	0	0
14	Joel Edwards		(1991-08-18)18 August 1991 (aged 22)	Westfields	0	0
Midfielders
4	Kingsley James		(1992-02-17)17 February 1992 (aged 22)	Port Vale	21	1
7	Rob Purdie (captain)		(1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 31)	Shrewsbury Town	204	26
16	Frankie Artus		(1988-09-27)27 September 1988 (aged 25)	Grimsby Town	0	0
18	Danny Pilkington		(1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 23)	Kidderminster Harriers	0	0
19	Sam Gwynne		(1987-12-17)17 December 1987 (aged 26)	Brackley Town	81	1
22	Jamie Edge		(1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 20)	Cirencester Town	0	0
33	Billy Murphy		(1995-12-22)22 December 1995 (aged 18)	Youth team	0	0
Forwards
9	Dan Walker		(1990-10-04)4 October 1990 (aged 23)	Luton Town	0	0
10	Chris Sharp		(1986-06-19)19 June 1986 (aged 27)	AFC Telford United	25	4
11	Sam Smith		(1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 23)	Cambridge United	0	0
15	Michael Rankine		(1985-01-15)15 January 1985 (aged 29)	Aldershot Town	0	0
17	Jonathan Brown		(1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 23)	Suphanburi	0	0
30	Cory Williams		(1995-09-26)26 September 1995 (aged 18)	Youth team	0	0
32	Jarrod Bowen		(1996-12-20)20 December 1996 (aged 17)	Youth team	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 June 2013	FW	Dan Walker	Luton Town	Free transfer
19 June 2013	DF	Chris Bush	Gateshead	Free transfer
19 June 2013	MF	Danny Pilkington	Kidderminster Harriers	Free transfer
26 June 2013	GK	Daniel Lloyd-Weston	Market Drayton Town	Free transfer
20 June 2013	DF	Dominic Collins	Chester	Free transfer
3 July 2013	MF	Rob Purdie	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer
26 July 2013	FW	Jonathan Brown	Suphanburi	Free transfer
26 July 2013	DF	Joel Edwards	Westfields	Free transfer
30 July 2013	FW	Michael Rankine	Aldershot Town	Free transfer
31 July 2013	MF	Frankie Artus	Grimsby Town	Free transfer
31 July 2013	MF	Sam Gwynne	Brackley Town	Free transfer
1 August 2013	GK	Rhys Evans	Exeter City	Free transfer
1 August 2013	MF	Kingsley James	Port Vale	Free transfer
1 August 2013	DF	Daniel Leadbitter	Torquay United	Free transfer
19 September 2013	FW	Eric Odhiambo	Denizlispor	Free transfer
18 December 2013	MF	Jamie Edge	Cirencester Town	Free transfer

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
22 April 2013	MF	Simon Clist	Released
22 April 2013	DF	Andy Gallinagh	Released
22 April 2013	GK	Dan Hanford	Released
22 April 2013	MF	Brian Smikle	Released
22 April 2013	DF	Michael Townsend	Released
17 May 2013	DF	Stefan Stam	FC Den Bosch	Free transfer
24 May 2013	FW	Ryan Bowman	York City	£20,000
10 June 2013	MF	Marley Watkins	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Tribunal
21 June 2013	MF	Sam Clucas	Mansfield Town	£20,000
26 June 2013	GK	James Bittner	Released
30 June 2013	DF	Chris Carruthers	Corby Town	Free transfer
30 June 2013	MF	Will Evans	Eastleigh	Free transfer
30 June 2013	MF	Craig Jones	Released
6 July 2013	DF	Joe Heath	Chester	Free transfer
31 July 2013	FW	Marlon Jackson	Bury	Free transfer
17 September 2013	FW	Jake Harris	Released
7 January 2014	FW	Eric Odhiambo	Released
31 January 2014	MF	Josh O'Keefe	Kidderminster Harriers	Undisclosed

1. Fee was set at tribunal and includes a 15% sell on-clause
2. Fee was set at tribunal and includes a 15% sell on-clause
3. Fee was set at tribunal and includes a 15% sell on-clause

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Until	Ref.
12 June 2013	FW	Sam Smith	Cambridge United	End of season
26 August 2013	MF	Michael West	Crewe Alexandra	26 September 2013
29 August 2013	MF	Paul Green	Forest Green Rovers	29 September 2013
13 September 2013	FW	Richard Brodie	Gateshead	16 October 2013
11 October 2013	MF	Kevin Krans	Bristol City	11 November 2013
11 October 2013	FW	Ross Dyer	Mansfield Town	21 November 2013
12 November 2013	MF	Damon Lathrope	Torquay United	3 January 2014
26 November 2013	MF	Micah Evans	Burnley	26 December 2013

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Until	Ref.
12 November 2013	FW	Chris Sharp	Lincoln City	12 December 2013

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Overview

Source: FCHD

Conference Premier

League table

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. Because of this, Chester were reprieved from relegation.
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. Salisbury were subsequently expelled from the Football Conference altogether on 4 July 2014, after which they went into liquidation.

Results summary

Last updated: 26 April 2014.
Source: Football Web Pages

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 3 July 2013, with the season starting on 10 August.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Source: Football Web Pages

FA Cup

Hereford entered the competition in the fourth qualifying round.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Source: FCHD

FA Trophy

Hereford entered the competition in the first round.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Source: FCHD

Attendances

Date	Time	Opponent	Result	Competition	Attendance
10 August 2013	15:00	Braintree Town	1–1	Conference Premier	2,033
24 August 2013	15:00	Tamworth	1–0	Conference Premier	1,864
31 August 2013	15:00	Welling United	2–1	Conference Premier	1,527
13 September 2013	19:45	Aldershot Town	0–2	Conference Premier	1,851
24 September 2013	19:45	Lincoln City	1–0	Conference Premier	1,398
28 September 2013	15:00	Luton Town	0–0	Conference Premier	2,386
12 October 2013	15:00	Dartford	2–2	Conference Premier	1,583
19 October 2013	15:00	Barnet	0–1	Conference Premier	1,632
12 November 2013	19:45	Chester	2–2	Conference Premier	1,512
26 November 2013	19:45	FC Halifax Town	3–2	Conference Premier	1,158
30 November 2013	15:00	Woking	0–3	FA Trophy	1,041
7 December 2013	15:00	Nuneaton Town	0–1	Conference Premier	1,292
21 December 2013	15:00	Cambridge United	1–0	Conference Premier	1,558
28 December 2013	19:30	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Conference Premier	1,848
18 January 2014	15:00	Southport	4–1	Conference Premier	1,569
25 January 2014	15:00	Salisbury City	1–0	Conference Premier	2,016
28 January 2014	19:45	Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	Conference Premier	2,014
25 February 2014	19:45	Macclesfield Town	1–2	Conference Premier	1,013
1 March 2014	15:00	Wrexham	0–2	Conference Premier	1,884
15 March 2014	15:00	Hyde	0–0	Conference Premier	1,378
29 March 2014	15:00	Grimsby Town	0–1	Conference Premier	2,545
5 April 2014	15:00	Woking	0–2	Conference Premier	2,140
12 April 2014	15:07	Gateshead	0–1	Conference Premier	1,783
21 April 2014	15:00	Alfreton Town	3–2	Conference Premier	2,445

Source: Football Web Pages

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 April 2014

Appearance and goals

• The plus (+) symbol denotes an appearance as a substitute, hence 2+1 indicates two appearances in the starting XI and one appearance as a substitute
• Italics indicate player is/was a loan player
• Players with zero appearances were unused substitutes named in at least one matchday squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Conference Premier		FA Cup		FA Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Rhys Evans	22	0	20	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Daniel Leadbitter	41	0	30+8	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Chris Bush	43	3	39+3	3	1	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Kingsley James	23	2	21+2	2	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Rod McDonald	40	2	37	2	2	0	1	0
6	DF	WAL	Luke Graham	43	1	42	1	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Rob Purdie	31	0	21+8	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Dan Walker	46	3	26+17	3	1+1	0	1	0
10	FW	SCO	Chris Sharp	31	2	21+9	2	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Sam Smith	36	4	26+8	4	0+1	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Dominic Collins	37	5	32+2	5	1+1	0	1	0
14	DF	ENG	Joel Edwards	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	ENG	Michael Rankine	34	7	25+6	7	2	0	1	0
16	MF	ENG	Frankie Artus	37	1	31+3	1	2	0	1	0
17	FW	WAL	Jonathan Brown	38	2	21+15	2	1+1	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Danny Pilkington	13	0	4+9	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Sam Gwynne	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	ENG	Daniel Lloyd-Weston	28	0	26+1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	ENG	Jamie Edge	12	0	7+5	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	WAL	Cory Williams	10	0	0+10	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Jarrod Bowen	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
33	MF	IRL	Billy Murphy	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Youth team players
34	GK	WAL	Owen Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	ENG	Kyle Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
8	MF	IRL	Josh O'Keefe	21	4	18	3	2	1	1	0
20	FW	ENG	Jake Harris	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Eric Odhiambo	10	1	2+5	1	2	0	0+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Michael West	8	1	7+1	1	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Micah Evans	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Paul Green	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	FRA	Kevin Krans	4	1	2+1	1	1	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Richard Brodie	8	1	6+2	1	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ENG	Damon Lathrope	9	0	8	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	FW	ENG	Ross Dyer	5	3	5	3	0	0	0	0

Source: Soccerbase

Goals

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Conference Premier	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Total
1	15	FW	Michael Rankine	7	0	0	7
2	12	DF	Dominic Collins	5	0	0	5
3	8	MF	Josh O'Keefe	3	1	0	4
	11	FW	Sam Smith	4	0	0	4
5	3	DF	Chris Bush	3	0	0	3
	9	FW	Dan Walker	3	0	0	3
	36	FW	Ross Dyer	3	0	0	3
8	4	MF	Kingsley James	2	0	0	2
	5	DF	Rod McDonald	2	0	0	2
	10	FW	Chris Sharp	2	0	0	2
	17	FW	Jonathan Brown	2	0	0	2
12	6	DF	Luke Graham	1	0	0	1
	16	MF	Frankie Artus	1	0	0	1
	20	FW	Eric Odhiambo	1	0	0	1
	22	MF	Michael West	1	0	0	1
	23	MF	Kevin Krans	1	0	0	1
	24	FW	Richard Brodie	1	0	0	1
	32	FW	Jarrod Bowen	1	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				44	1	0	45

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