York City 1 Hereford United 0
Jan 26th:
Carlisle 0 Hereford United 1
Feb 6th:
Hereford United, unbeaten at home in 11 league and cup matches, will be without the injured Stewart Phillips and Mark A. Jones (injured) and Steve Devine (flu) for tonight's game against Walsall.
HEREFORD United 0 Walsall 0
The Bulls ground out a goal less draw on a icy surface which was better suited to Torville And Dean. Recently signed from Gillingham, Peter Heritage came on as a sub.
Feb 20th:
Hereford United 1 Bangor City 1 (Welsh Cup Quarter final first leg)
Feb 26th
Bangor City 0 Hereford United 0 (Bulls won 5-4 on penalties)
April 4th:
A controversial penalty gave Wrexham a 1-1 draw against Hereford United in the Welsh Cup semi-final first leg at the Racecourse Ground last night. West Kirby referee Rob Nixon turned down Hereford protests after Wrexham captain Jon Bowden went down.
May 4th 1991:
HEREFORD United 1 Hartlepool 3
Jon Narbett scores a penalty for the Bulls.
Hereford Lineup: George Wood, Mark Jones, Steve Devine, Mel Pejic, Russell Bradley, Richard Jones, Simon Brain, Jon Narbett, Peter Heritage, Stewart Phillips and Paul Tester
Sub: Shane Jones
Attendance: 2387
May 16th:
Colin Addison resigns as manager of Hereford United.
June 5th:
Michael Barrington Roberts appointed as a director of Hereford United
June 21st:
Halesowen will play Hereford United in a pre-season friendly.
July 23rd:
Former Oxford keeper Alan Judge has joined Hereford United.
Aug 1st:
GREG Downs joins Hereford United as player coach. It will be the second time he has teamed up with manager John Sillet.
Aug 10th:
Pre-season friendly against Fulham
Aug 24th
HEREFORD United 4 Scarborough 1
Jon Narbitt scored three of the Bulls' four goals including two penalties.
Bulls have a 100% record after two wins in two games.
2600 watched the game.
Sept 12th:
Hereford United manager John Sillet expected to sign Coventry defender David Titterton.
Sept 14th:
HEREFORD United 2 Burnley 0
There was a terrific start to the game between two in form teams. Hereford came close in the very first minute, only to be denied by Andy Marriott, but Burnley were just about the better of the two sides.
However just nine minutes into the game Burnley were down to ten men when John Francis was sent off in near farcical circumstances. There was an incident off the ball that left Francis down injured and whilst he was receiving treatment he was told by referee Peter Jones that he was going to be sent off.
Jones later confirmed that he'd been sent off for elbowing Hereford's Mel Pejic but after the game both Francis and Pejic confirmed it hadn't happened.
Three minutes later a Simon Brain shot was saved by Marriott but the rebound fell kindly for Steve Lowndes who made no mistake.
Eli almost put Burnley level just after half-time but on 56 minutes Hereford doubled their lead. Mark Monington carelessly lost possession of the ball just outside his own box. That enabled Brain to cross the ball for Peter Heritage to score.
The Bulls then settled for that in what then became a tedious second half although Burnley should have had the clearest of penalties right at the end of the game only for Jones to incredibly award a free kick for handball outside the box.
The result lifted Hereford into second place, amongst a cluster of four clubs on 13 points with Rotherham United now in first place.
Hereford United: Tony Elliott, Chris Fry, Greg Downs, Andy Theodosiou, Steve Devine, Steve Lowndes, Derek Hall, Mel Pejic, Simon Brain, Peter Heritage, Jon Narbett. Subs not used: David Titterton, Henry Caffrey.
Burnley: Andy Marriott, David Hamilton (Joe Jakub 15), Steve Harper, Steve Davis, John Pender, Mark Monington, Roger Eli, Mark Yates, John Francis, Mike Conroy, Andy Farrell. Sub not used: Ian Bray.
Referee: Peter Jones (Loughborough).
Attendance: 4,400.
Sept 17th:
John Sillett, who had previously taken the Bulls to the Division Three title in 1976, returned as an FA Cup winning manager to the Edgar Street hotseat. Alongside player-coach Greg Downs, the pair had early success when, on September 17th 1991, their Bulls beat York 2-1 to top the table for the first time in seven years.
Goals from Simon Brain and Peter Heritage in front of a healthy crowd of 3,540 earned the points to take the top spot from Barnet on goal difference with York's goal that night only the second conceded all season.
Sept 21st:
Walsall 3 Hereford 0
Walsall captain Kevin MacDonald was sent off in the second half.
Sept 28th:
Hereford United 3 Lincoln 0
Peter Heritage scored for the Bulls in just 14 seconds on a pitch which was close to being water-logged. The Bulls were 3-0 ahead by half-time.
Oct 5th:
Scunthorpe United 1 Hereford United 1
The Bulls are joint second in the League.
Nov 2nd:
Maidstone United 3 Hereford United 2
The Maidstone keeper Ian Hesford scored the winner with a goal-kick which, with a strong wind behind it, went over the Hereford keeper Elliot's head.
Ollie Morah joined the Bulls.
Nov 26th:
Atherstone's FA Cup dream was cruelly shattered with a 3.0 defeat at Hereford United. Tolley was dismissed along with Hereford skipper Andy Theodosiou in a 23rd minute flashpoint.
Dec 7th:
HEREFORD United travelled to Aylesbury United for a second round FA Cup game which the Bulls won 3-2.
Relive the game with YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5lzGdf4g00
"I know it sounds awful, but it just hit me half-way through my stag night that I'd rather be going to the match with the lads than marrying Nicola." - Kevin McCall Hereford fan, cancelling his wedding to watch FA Cup game v Aylesbury.
Dec 26th:
Steve McIntyre, who recently joined the Bulls from Ayr United, made his first appearance for the Bulls against Wrexham at Edgar Street. In front of 3542, the Bulls won 3-1.
Dec 28th:
Hereford United 2 Barnet 2
1992:
Jan 4th 1992:
Hereford United 0 Woking 0 (FA Cup 3rd Round)
After the game Woking manager Geoff Chappelle noted that Hereford didn't have a shot on target.
"Coming to a non-league club and playing like that takes some believing. When we go down there we will be going there to attack."
In his post match comments Hereford manager John Sillett said he was happy with the draw.
"Woking are a good side, very well organised. They got a lot of men forward and we had a lot of men back. It was a very disciplined performance.
"Going forward we lacked the flair we normally have."
Jan 14th:
Woking's dream is ended Hereford United 2 Woking 1 (aet) Their Cup dream died in brave fashion on Tuesday night as John Sillett's Hereford side claimed an undeserved victory. The reward for his outplayed side is a lucrative tie at Nottingham Forest.
Jan 21st: Hereford 0 Walsall 1
Autoglass Trophy victory over Hereford United earned Walsall a plum draw at Stoke City next month
Jan 25th:
Notts Forest 2 Hereford 0
Forest scraped into the last 16 of the FA Cup with a subdued showing against Hereford. Goals from Stuart Pearce and Teddy Sheringham earned Brian Clough's team their victory.
Mar 31st:
BURNLEY 2 Hereford United 0 (report from Burnley source)
It was pretty routine stuff. We were still clearly a better team than Hereford, and a couple of goals in the first half sealed the win. Monington tapped one in from a scramble, and then Conroy produced a fine volley. Job done. No fuss.
April 7th:
Gareth Davies made his debut for Hereford in a 1-1 draw at Scarborough. Simon Brain scored for the Bulls.
April 21st:
GREG Downs appointed as manager at Hereford United. He takes over from John Sillett.
April 25th:
Steve McIntyre last game for the Bulls was against Scunthorpe which was lost 2-1. The defender moved to Stranraer.
He later recalled that the players union had been paying his wages at Edgar Street and didn't want to be unemployed.
"I wanted to be surrounded by people I knew," he told the Ayrshire Post in 2011. "Then I got the call from Sanny McAnespie to play at Stranraer and that’s where I finished my senior days."
July 1st:
Stephen Mclntyre is back north of the border. Stephen, 25, has just completed a season with Hereford United, playing 27 first team games.
July 6th:
Colin Addison, 52-year-old former Derby County and Hereford United manager, has been appointed manager of top Kuwait soccer club Al Arabi.
July 22nd:
Hereford 0 Albion 1 West Brom rattled up their second friendly win, thanks to Bob Taylor's 12th minute goal at Hereford United. Ossie Ardiles' side moved smartly in the opening stages and it was no surprise when Taylor out-jumped Andy Theodosiou.
Aug 15th:
Scotland midfielder lan Wilson is wanted by former Coventry City player Greg Downs, now manager at Hereford. and they had talks yesterday.
Sept 7th
HEREFORD finished their Third Division game against Northampton with seven players yesterday, after the Sheffield referee, Brian Coddington, sent off Andy Theodosiou, Greg Downs, David Titterton and Richard Jones in the last 20 minutes. The match ended 1-1 with both goals being scored in the last eighteen minutes, Hereford's by Simon Brain.
Hereford United: Judge, Anderson, Downs, Jones, Devine, Theodosiou, Hall, Wade, Brain, Nicholson, Titterton
Relive this game with YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPFQ_VojUkU&feature=related
Northamptonshire police have reported the Hereford midfielder, David Titterton, to the match referee, Brian Coddington, for inciting visiting supporters to invade the pitch during the game at Northampton. Titterton was one of four Hereford players sent off.
October 31st:
Hereford United 3 Halifax 0
Nov 10th: Coventry boss Bobby Gould has arranged a friendly at Hereford - United next Monday against a side managed by former Sky Blues defender Greg Downs.
Nov 28th: Hereford United 3 Colchester United 1
Dec 92:
YEOVIL Town and Hereford United have remained bitter rivals for many years. These reports on two FA Cup games between the two clubs in December 1992 come from the Independent.
Yeovil Town 0 Hereford United 0 (December 5th)
THE football folk of Somerset turned out in their thousands hoping to see Yeovil Town add to their lengthy list of Football League victims in yesterday's FA Cup second-round tie, but they had to settle for a scoreless stalemate as Third Division Hereford earned a replay at Edgar Street on Wednesday week.
The visitors proved to be made of sterner stuff than Torquay United, who succumbed 5-2 to Yeovil on their own ground in the last round. Hereford denied the home side a record 16th success against League opposition. Many observers had expected Hereford to lose at Sutton United in the last round, but they won at the first attempt; and they also knocked out Woking, the previous term's giant-killers, last season. They have clearly learned how to cope with the demands of facing semi-professional opponents away from home.
It was a scrappy encounter, punctuated by occasional outbursts of crowd disorder behind one goal. The match was halted for a couple of minutes early in the first half as a pair of police horses cantered across the pitch in an attempt to keep order.
There was little of the Cup's traditional romance apparent, on or off the field, despite a ground-record crowd of 8,085 at Huish Park, Yeovil's home for the last three years. Unlike their old sloping pitch in the town centre, Huish Park, although spick and span, is a soulless stadium, sited in the midst of a bleak industrial estate.
These teams were once rivals in the Southern League, and when Hereford last met Yeovil in search of league points, in 1971, their goalkeeper was one David Icke. Alan Judge, yesterday's visiting custodian, showed a few eccentricities of his own (especially when leaving his line to kick clear), but he also displayed his worth with several fine saves, the first in the 11th minute when he dived to push aside a fierce shot from Paul Wilson, Yeovil's youth team coach.
Wilson did not wait long for his next chance; from the ensuing corner his shot was deflected over by Colin Anderson. At the other end, Hereford's first-half attacks usually involved the pace of Chris Fry on the right wing or the guile of Anderson on the other flank.
Hereford enjoyed their best spell in the last 10 minutes of the first half. Tony Cousins and the nimble Owen Pickard both went close in the second period - Pickard with a near-post header from a Fry cross and Cousins with a half-hit shot which nearly deceived Coles.
For Yeovil, Andy Wallace and Mickey Spencer sent shots just wide late in the first half, and Spencer missed the game's best chance in the 66th minute. Mark Hughes, a lively substitute, headed on a left- wing cross from Paul Batty and Spencer belted the ball high over the bar from just five yards.
Yeovil never came close again, but won a replay at Walsall last season so, according to their injured player-manager, Steve Rutter, they will travel to Hereford in hope.
Hereford United: A Judge; C Fry (M Nicholson, 72), G Downs, G Davies, A Theodosiou, D Titterton, D Hall, S Brain (S Devine, 90), O Pickard, C Anderson, T Cousins. Player-manager: G Downs.
And the replay at Edgar Street on December 16th:
Hereford United 1 Yeovil Town 2
A bruising 'cider derby' brought a deserved and dramatic victory for Yeovil in this FA Cup second- round replay at Edgar Street last night, Neil Coates's 89th-minute goal completing Hereford's misery after the dismissal of player-manager Greg Downs for a professional foul.
The prize for the side lying ninth in the Vauxhall Conference is a lucrative tie against Arsenal, eighth in the Premier League, at their new 9,000-capacity Huish Park Stadium. Yeovil also claimed a competition record for a non-League club, making Third Division Hereford their 16th Football League victims.
The celebrations were wild and prolonged, yet moments earlier Hereford, who had fought back to equalise and survived a penalty after Downs's departure, were pressing frantically for the goal that would have precluded extra time. Instead, Yeovil swept away down the right and the ball was cut back to Coates, the substitute scoring from 10 yards.
A jubilant Steve Rutter, the injured Yeovil player-manager, was particularly pleased for Coates. 'Our fans give me stick for picking him because he goes out with my wife's sister,' he explained. 'They call him my brother-in-law.'
Yeovil's 18th-minute lead stemmed from Hereford's bizarre tactical ploy of leaving the right-back position unfilled. Steve Harrower's cross picked out Paul Sanderson, who scored with a glancing header.
Tony Cousins, on loan from Liverpool, rattled Yeovil's bar shortly before half-time, but Yeovil continued to look dangerous on the break, as Downs discovered to his cost in the 53rd minute. Mickey Spencer was racing clear when the former Wembley winner with Coventry scythed him down. The referee clearly construed that Downs was the last line of defence, and produced the red card.
In the 70th minute, Richard Jones fouled Phil Ferns to concede a penalty. Alan Judge saved Paul Batty's spot-kick, and visions of Arsenal loomed suddenly larger for Hereford seven minutes later.
Owen Pickard beat the Yeovil keeper, David Coles, to a through ball to level the scores. But in the aftermath of the goal, 'the brother- in-law' had come on almost unnoticed. As songs of Somerset filled the air, there was no question of Coates's exit being quite so understated.
Hereford United: Judge; Titterton, Downs, Devine, Theodosiou, Cousins, Hall, Jones, Pickard, Brain (Fry, 51), Nicholson. Substitute not used: Anderson.
FINALLY quote of the year:
"We couldn't find any other bugger silly enough," David Vaughan, a Hereford director, after the board, in 1992, had refused to accept the resignation of Peter Hill as chairman.
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