2012–13 Hereford United F.C. season

Hereford United
2012–13 season
Chairman David Keyte
Manager Martin Foyle
Ground Edgar Street
Conference National 6th
FA Cup 2nd Round Replay
FA Trophy 2nd Round
Top goalscorer League: Ryan Bowman (15)
All: Ryan Bowman (19)
Highest home attendance League: 2,902 vs Kidderminster Harriers (26 December 2012)
All: 5,026 vs Cheltenham Town (11 December 2012)
Lowest home attendance League: 662 vs Dartford (26 March 2013)
All: 662 vs Dartford (26 March 2013)
Average home league attendance 1752
Home colours
Away colours

League data

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Mansfield Town (C) (P) 46 30 5 11 92 52+40 95 Promotion to 2013–14 League Two
2 Kidderminster Harriers (Q) 46 28 9 9 82 40+42 93 Qualification to Conference National Playoffs
3 Newport County (P) (Q) 46 25 10 11 85 60+25 85
4 Grimsby Town (Q) 46 23 14 9 70 38+32 83
5 Wrexham (Q) 46 22 14 10 74 45+29 80
6 Hereford United 46 19 13 14 73 63+10 70
7 Luton Town 46 18 13 15 70 62+8 67
8 Dartford 46 19 9 18 67 63+4 66
9 Braintree Town 46 19 9 18 63 729 66
10 Forest Green Rovers 46 18 11 17 63 49+14 65
11 Macclesfield Town 46 17 12 17 65 705 63
12 Woking 46 18 8 20 73 818 62
13 Alfreton Town 46 16 12 18 69 745 60
14 Cambridge United 46 15 14 17 68 691 59
15 Nuneaton Town 46 14 15 17 55 638 57
16 Lincoln City 46 15 11 20 66 737 56
17 Gateshead 46 13 16 17 58 613 55
18 Hyde 46 16 7 23 63 7512 55
19 Tamworth 46 15 10 21 55 6914 55
20 Southport 46 14 12 20 72 8614 54
21 Stockport County (R) 46 13 11 22 57 8023 50 Relegation to 2013–14 Conference North/South
22 Barrow (R) 46 11 13 22 45 8338 46
23 Ebbsfleet United (R) 46 8 15 23 55 8934 39
24 AFC Telford United (R) 46 6 17 23 52 7927 35

Updated to games played on 20 April 2013.
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 20 April 2013
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague FA Cup FA Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England James Bittner 39 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF England Andy Gallinagh 32 0 26+1 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England Joe Heath 25 0 12+8 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF England Joe Connor 13 0 11+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England Michael Townsend 8 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Wales Luke Graham 48 2 42+1 2 2+1 0 2+0 0
7 MF England Marley Watkins 36 5 34+0 5 0+1 0 0+1 0
8 DF England Chris Carruthers 21 1 18+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England Marlon Jackson 25 7 12+13 7 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Scotland Chris Sharp 25 4 25+0 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England Simon Clist 19 0 13+3 0 0+2 0 1+0 0
12 GK Wales Dan Hanford 13 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 DF Netherlands Stefan Stam 43 3 35+2 3 4+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF England Kingsley James 21 1 21+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England Sam Clucas 47 9 41+0 8 4+0 1 2+0 0
19 FW England Ryan Bowman 43 19 30+9 15 4+0 4 0+0 0
20 MF England Craig Jones 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF England Josh O'Keefe 38 14 30+3 12 3+0 1 1+1 1
22 MF England Brian Smikle 30 1 6+18 1 2+2 0 1+1 0
26 DF England Rod McDonald 11 2 5+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF England Chris Bush 6 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players played for Hereford this season who have now left the club:
4 MF England Harry Pell 29 1 22+1 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
10 FW England Sean Canham 10 3 8+2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF France Benoit Dalibard 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Wales Byron Anthony 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW England Phil Marsh 12 1 4+3 1 1+2 0 2+0 0
16 MF Northern Ireland James McQuilkin 13 1 4+5 1 2+0 0 1+1 0
17 MF England Will Evans 21 2 10+6 1 4+0 1 1+0 0
20 MF England Ashley Sammons 9 1 5+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF England Simon Hackney 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 FW England Tom Nichols 9 1 4+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England Tristan Plummer 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Wales Chris Todd 7 1 5+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW England Kyle Perry 12 0 2+6 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
27 DF New Zealand James Musa 15 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF England Andrew Corbett 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Total
1 FW England 19 Ryan Bowman 15 4 0 19
2 MF England 21 Josh O'Keefe 12 1 1 14
3 MF England 18 Sam Clucas 8 1 0 9
4 FW England 9 Marlon Jackson 7 0 0 7
5 MF England 7 Marley Watkins 5 0 0 5
6 FW Scotland 10 Chris Sharp 4 0 0 4
7 DF Netherlands 14 Stefan Stam 3 0 0 3
= FW England 10 Sean Canham 3 0 0 3
9 DF Wales 6 Luke Graham 2 0 0 2
= DF England 26Rod McDonald 2 0 0 2
= MF England 17 Will Evans 1 1 0 2
12 DF England 8 Chris Carruthers 1 0 0 1
= MF England 15Kingsley James 1 0 0 1
= MF Northern Ireland 16 James McQuilkin 1 0 0 1
= MF England 22 Brian Smikle 1 0 0 1
= MF England 4 Harry Pell 1 0 0 1
= DF Wales 23 Chris Todd 1 0 0 1
= MF England 20 Ashley Sammons 1 0 0 1
= FW England 21 Tom Nichols 1 0 0 1
= FW England 15 Phil Marsh 1 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 73 7 1 81

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
4 England MF Harry Pell 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
21 England MF Josh O'Keefe 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
7 England MF Marley Watkins 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
6 England DF Joe Heath 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1 England GK James Bittner 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
19 England FW Ryan Bowman 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
14 Netherlands DF Stefan Stam 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
15 England MF Kingsley James 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
18 England MF Sam Clucas 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
8 England DF Chris Carruthers 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
27New Zealand DF James Musa 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 England DF Rod McDonald 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Scotland FW Chris Sharp 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 England MF Will Evans 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
9 England FW Marlon Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
15 Wales DF Byron Anthony 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 England DFAndy Gallinagh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 England MF Simon Clist 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 Northern Ireland MFJames McQuilkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 England FWKyle Perry 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 England FW Tom Nichols 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 England MF Ashley Sammons 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Wales DF Chris Todd 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Wales GK Dan Hanford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 England DF Joe Connor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 64 2 7 0 3 0 74 2

Results

Pre-season friendlies

Conference National

FA Cup

FA Trophy

Herefordshire Senior Cup

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
20 June 2012 DF England Luke Graham England Forest Green Rovers Free [1]
20 June 2012 GK England James Bittner England Forest Green Rovers Free [1]
20 July 2012 DF England Chris Carruthers England Gateshead Free [2]
20 July 2012 DF England Andy Gallinagh England Bath City Free [2]
20 July 2012 FW England Marlon Jackson England Bristol City Free [2]
25 July 2012 FW England Ryan Bowman England Darlington Free [3]
27 July 2012 MF England Marley Watkins England Bath City Tribunal [4]
10 August 2012 MF England Ashley Sammons England Birmingham City Free [5]
25 August 2012 MF England Brian Smikle England Cheltenham Town Free [6]
31 August 2012 FW England Tristan Plummer Portugal Portimonense Free [7]
13 September 2012 DF Wales Byron Anthony England Bristol Rovers Free [8]
24 September 2012 MF England Josh O'Keefe England Southport Free [9]
6 December 2012 MF England Simon Hackney England Halifax Town Free [10]
1 January 2013 FW England Chris Sharp England Telford United £3000 [11]
28 January 2013 DF England Rod McDonald England Nantwich Town Free [12]
21 March 2013 MF England Craig Jones England Westfields Free [13]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
4 September 2012 DF France Benoit Dalibard Free [14]
17 September 2012 FW England Tristan Plummer Free [15]
26 September 2012 DF Wales Byron Anthony Wales Newport County Free [16]
8 October 2012 MF England Ashley Sammons England Worcester City Free [17]
1 January 2013 FW England Sean Canham Australia Hume City Free [18]
28 January 2013 MF England Harry Pell England A.F.C Wimbledon Undisclosed [19]
22 March 2013 MF Northern Ireland James McQuilkin Free

[20]

Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
9 August 2012 FW England Tom Nichols England Exeter City 16 September 2012 [21]

[22]

5 October 2012 FW England Phil Marsh England Forest Green Rovers 1 January 2012 [23]

[24]

8 October 2012 DF Wales Chris Todd England Forest Green Rovers 10 November 2012 [25]
12 October 2012 FW England Kyle Perry England Nuneaton Town 12 January 2013 [26]

[27] [28]

1 January 2013 DF England Andrew Corbett England Burton Albion 1 February 2013 [29]
4 January 2013 DF New Zealand James Musa England Fulham 26 March 2013 [30] [31]

[32]

28 January 2013 MF England Kingsley James England Port Vale End of season [33]
1 March 2013 DF England Joe Connor England Stockport County 1 April 2013 [34]
28 March 2013 DF England Chris Bush England Gateshead End of season [35]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
5 October 2012 FW England Sean Canham England Bath City 1 January 2013 [36]
31 January 2013 MF England Will Evans Wales Newport County End of season [37]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hereford United sign Forest Green pair James Bittner and Luke Graham". BBC Football. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hereford United sign Carruthers, Gallinagh and Jackson". BBC Football. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. "Bowman wants to improve". Non-League 365.
  4. "Watkins becomes a Bull". Hereford United. 27 July 2012.
  5. "Hereford United sign Ashley Sammons and Tom Nichols". BBC Football.
  6. "Hereford United bring in winger Brian Smikle". Hereford United. 15 August 2012.
  7. "Hereford complete deal for forward Tristan Plummer". BBC Football. 31 August 2012.
  8. "Hereford United:Byron Anthony signs non-contract deal". BBC Football. 13 September 2012.
  9. "Hereford United sign ex-Walsall midfielder Josh O'Keefe". BBC Football. 24 September 2012.
  10. "Hackney joins Bulls". Hereford United. 6 December 2012.
  11. "Hereford United:AFC Telford striker Chris Sharp signs for Bulls". BBC Football. 1 January 2013.
  12. "Bulls Sign McDonald". Hereford United. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  13. "Bulls Complete Jones Signing". Hereford United. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  14. "Hereford United release homesick Benoit Dalibard". BBC Football.
  15. "Plummer leaves Edgar Street". Hereford United. 17 September 2012.
  16. "Hereford United let suspended defender Byron Anthony go". BBC Football. 26 September 2012.
  17. "Bulls release Sammons". Hereford United. 8 October 2012.
  18. "Hereford United:AFC Telford striker Chris Sharp signs for Bulls". BBC Football. 1 January 2013.
  19. "Pell becomes a Womble". Hereford United. 28 January 2013.
  20. "Bulls release McQuilkin". Hereford United. 22 March 2013.
  21. "Bulls sign striker Nichols". Hereford United.
  22. "Hereford United extend Tom Nichols loan deal". BBC Football.
  23. "Hereford United sign Forest Green Rovers striker Phil Marsh on loan". BBC Football.
  24. "Hereford keep loan strikers". This is Somerset.
  25. "Hereford United sign Forest Green defender Chris Todd on loan". BBC Football.
  26. "Hereford clinch Perry services". Blue Square Bet Premier.
  27. "Hereford United extend Kyle Perry loan from Nuneaton". BBC Football.
  28. "Perry extends Bulls loan stay". Blue Square Bet Premier.
  29. "Hereford United recruit Andy Corbett from Burton Albion". BBC Football.
  30. "Musa joins Bulls". Fulham. 4 January 2013.
  31. "Musa extends loan". Hereford United. 30 January 2013.
  32. "Musa stay extended". Hereford United. 1 March 2013.
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  34. "Bulls bring in Connor". Hereford United. 1 March 2013.
  35. "Bush joins Bulls on loan". Hereford United. 28 March 2013.
  36. "Canham joins Bath on loan". Hereford United F.C.
  37. "Evans joins County on loan". Hereford United F.C.