Hereford United F.C. season 2007-08

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Hereford United
Season 2007–08
Manager Flag of England Graham Turner
Chairman Flag of England Graham Turner
League League Two
Final league position 3rd
FA Cup Fourth Round
Carling Cup Second Round
Johnstone's Paint Trophy First Round
Top goalscorer League:
Theo Robinson (13)
All:
Theo Robinson (16)
Highest home attendance 6,855 vs Cardiff City (27 January 2008)
Lowest home attendance 1,859 vs Yeovil Town (9 October 2007)

The 2007–2008 season was Hereford United's 27th season in the Football League and ended in the club winning promotion to League One, the third tier of English football, for the first time in 30 years.

It was Hereford's second season back in the Football League after nine seasons spent in the Conference. The previous season had seen Hereford finish 16th after a poor run of form in the final stages of the season. On the strength of this they were predicted to battle against relegation this season by most media sources. Only one member of the 2007-08 squad was purchased for a transfer fee, Ben Smith who was signed from Weymouth for £20,000 in January 2007.

On 26 April 2008 they secured 3rd place and promotion to League One.

Contents

[edit] League Two

Date Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance League

position
11 August 2007 Rotherham United H 0 – 0 3,566 16th
18 August 2007 Barnet A 2 – 1 Benjamin 42' (pen), Robinson 66' 1,790 5th
25 August 2007 Rochdale H 1 – 1 Robinson 27' 2,732 9th
1 September 2007 Wrexham A 2 – 0 Taylor 53', Benjamin 74' 4,004 5th
8 September 2007 Macclesfield Town H 0 – 1 2,725 7th
15 September 2007 Morecambe A 3 – 0 Benjamin 80', Ainsworth 84', Webb 90' 2,949 5th
22 September 2007 Bradford City H 4 – 2 Diagouraga 15', Guinan 18', Benjamin 52' (pen), Robinson 84' 3,275 2nd
29 September 2007 Grimsby Town A 1 – 2 Benjamin 55' 3,699 3rd
2 October 2007 Notts County A 3 – 2 Smith 13', Guinan 26', 70' 3,576 3rd
6 October 2007 Brentford H 2 – 0 Webb 31', 34, 2,942 2nd
12 October 2007 Chester City A 1 – 1 Diagouraga 77' 3,430 2nd
20 October 2007 MK Dons H 0 – 1 3,936 6th
27 October 2007 Peterborough United A 1 – 1 Easton 72' 5,008 6th
3 November 2007 Darlington H 5 – 1 Rose 4', Robinson 22', Smith 47', Benjamin 58', Easton 90' 3,516 3rd
6 November 2007 Mansfield Town H 2 – 1 Robinson 25', Benjamin 49' 2,272 2nd
17 November 2007 Stockport County A 3 – 2 Ainsworth 37', 54', 70' 5,103 2nd
24 November 2007 Accrington Stanley H 0 – 0 2,804 4th
4 December 2007 Wycombe Wanderers A 2 – 2 Robinson 86', Johnson 89' 4,801 4th
8 December 2007 Lincoln City H 3 – 1 Robinson 10' (pen), McClenahan 44', Smith 84' 2,528 4th
15 December 2007 Bury A 1 – 0 Robinson 90' 2,099 2nd
22 December 2007 Morecambe H 0 – 3 3,058 4th
26 December 2007 Macclesfield Town A 1 – 0 Robinson 57' 2,393 2nd
29 December 2007 Bradford City A 3 – 1 Robinson 17', Beckwith 39', Benjamin 45' 13,640 2nd
1 January 2008 Notts County H 0 – 0 3,945 2nd
13 January 2008 Shrewsbury Town H 3 – 1 Benjamin 41' (pen), Beckwith 73', Johnson 79' 4,707 2nd
21 January 2008 Chesterfield A 0 – 4 3,274 4th
30 January 2008 Barnet H 1 – 2 Benjamin 64' 2,271 5th
2 February 2008 Rotherham United A 1 – 0 Hooper 40' 4,746 5th
9 February 2008 Dagenham & Redbridge H 4 – 1 MacDonald 9', 68', Hooper 21', Johnson 45' (pen) 2,594 3rd
12 February 2008 Rochdale A 4 – 2 MacDonald 14', 21', 31', Hooper 73' 2,884 3rd
16 February 2008 Chesterfield H 2 – 0 MacDonald 8', Hooper 45' 3,503 2nd
23 February 2008 Shrewsbury Town A 2 – 1 Johnson 27', Hooper 67' (*) 7,402 2nd
26 February 2008 Dagenham & Redbridge A 0 – 1 1,929 3rd
1 March 2008 Stockport County H 0 – 1 3,526 4th
8 March 2008 Accrington Stanley A 2 – 0 Hooper 43', Roberts 52' (o.g.) 1,262 4th
11 March 2008 Mansfield Town A 1 – 0 Easton 8' 1,606 3rd
15 March 2008 Wycombe Wanderers H 1 – 0 Martin 72' (o.g.) 3,126 3rd
22 March 2008 Bury H 0 – 0 3,420 3rd
24 March 2008 Lincoln City A 1 – 2 Hooper 62' 3,614 3rd
5 April 2008 Chester City H 2 – 2 Smith 25', Hooper 35' 3,210 3rd
12 April 2008 Darlington A 1 – 0 Hooper 69' 4,331 3rd
15 April 2008 MK Dons A 0 – 0 11,428 3rd
19 April 2008 Peterborough United H 0 – 1 5,279 3rd
22 April 2008 Wrexham H 2 – 0 Hooper 42', Robinson 60' 3,739 3rd
26 April 2008 Brentford A 3 – 0 Hooper 18', Robinson 36', Johnson 90' 6,246 3rd
3 May 2008 Grimsby Town H 2 – 0 Smith 36', Robinson 42' 6,020 3rd

(*) Gary Hooper got the final touch to the first goal although all major news sources credit the goal to Simon Johnson.

[edit] FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
9 November 2007 First Round Leeds United H 0 – 0 5,924
20 November 2007 First Round Replay Leeds United A 1 – 0 Ainsworth 3' 11,315
1 December 2007 Second Round Hartlepool United H 2 – 0 McCombe 45', Robinson 85' 3,801
5 January 2008 Third Round Tranmere Rovers A 2 – 2 Smith 65', Benjamin 76' 6,909
16 January 2008 Third Round Replay Tranmere Rovers H 1 – 0 Johnson 72' 6,471
27 January 2008 Fourth Round Cardiff City H 1 – 2 Robinson 77' 6,855

[edit] Carling Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
14 August 2007 First Round Yeovil Town H 4 – 1 Ainsworth 8', 24', 41', Easton 35' 2,085
28 August 2007 Second Round Birmingham City A 1 – 2 Robinson 74' 10,185

[edit] Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

 Scorers Attendance
9 October 2007 Second Round Yeovil Town H 0 – 0 (Yeovil won 4-2 on penalties) 1,859

(Hereford received a bye to the Second Round)

[edit] Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Carling Cup JP Trophy HFA Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Flag of England Wayne Brown 44 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 1 0
2 DF Flag of Australia Trent McClenahan 39 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 46 1 1 0
4 DF Flag of England Richard Rose 31 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 39 1 1 0
5 DF Flag of England John McCombe 27 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 33 1 3 0
6 DF Flag of England Karl Broadhurst 23 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 29 1 5 0
7 MF Flag of England Lionel Ainsworth 15 4 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 21 8 0 0
7 MF Flag of England Jack MacLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0
8 MF Flag of England Ben Smith 44 5 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 53 6 4 0
9 FW Flag of England Steve Guinan 28 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 33 5 2 1
10 MF Flag of England Kris Taylor 31 1 6 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 42 3 2 0
11 MF Flag of England Clint Easton 39 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 45 4 3 0
12 FW Flag of Jamaica Trevor Benjamin 34 10 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 43 11 0 0
14 GK Flag of England Chris Weale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Michael Ingham 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
15 MF Flag of England Sam Gwynne 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 22 0 1 0
16 DF Flag of England Robbie Threlfall 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 1 0
17 MF Flag of England Jordan Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF Flag of England Lee Collins 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22 0 0 0
19 FW Flag of England Marcus Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3 6 0 0
20 MF Flag of France Toumani Diagouraga 41 2 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 51 2 5 0
21 MF Flag of England Luke Webb 14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 3 1 0
22 FW Flag of England Theo Robinson 43 13 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 53 18 5 0
23 FW Flag of England Simon Johnson 33 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 39 6 3 0
24 FW Flag of the Netherlands Sherjill MacDonald 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0
25 MF Flag of England Sammy Igoe 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
26 MF Flag of Ireland Stephen Gleeson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
27 MF Flag of England Craig Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
28 DF Flag of England Dean Beckwith 38 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 46 2 5 0
29 FW Flag of England Gary Hooper 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 11 0 0
33 GK Flag of Scotland Ryan Esson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
  MF Flag of Scotland Ryan Flynn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Flag of England Gareth Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0
  MF Flag of England Ryan Burge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0
  MF Flag of England Kieran Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
  MF Flag of England Adam Bendall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
  DF Flag of England Joel Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
  MF Flag of England Morgan Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
  MF Flag of England Sam Harrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
  FW Flag of England Matthew Walsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee
2007-06-11 FW Flag of England Steve Guinan Cheltenham Town Free
2007-07-04 DF Flag of England Karl Broadhurst Bournemouth Free
2007-07-04 DF Flag of England John McCombe Huddersfield Town Free
2007-07-04 MF Flag of England Kris Taylor Walsall Free
2007-07-19 MF Flag of England Clint Easton Gillingham Free
2007-08-01 FW Flag of Jamaica Trevor Benjamin Peterborough United Free
2007-08-08 FW Flag of England Simon Johnson Darlington Free
2007-08-17 GK Flag of Northern Ireland Michael Ingham Wrexham Free
2007-12-01 MF Flag of England Craig Jones Academy
2008-01-18 MF Flag of England Jack MacLeod Carshalton Athletic Free
2008-03-17 GK Flag of Scotland Ryan Esson Shrewsbury Town Free

[edit] Out

Date Pos. Name Next Club Fee
2007-05-14 MF Flag of England Andy Ferrell Kidderminster Harriers Released
2007-05-14 FW Flag of Wales Stuart Fleetwood Forest Green Rovers Released
2007-05-14 DF Flag of Wales Martyn Giles Released
2007-05-14 MF Flag of England Danny Thomas Macclesfield Town Released
2007-05-14 GK Flag of England Glyn Thompson Newport County Released
2007-05-29 MF Flag of England Phil Gulliver Rushden & Diamonds Undisclosed
2007-06-06 MF Flag of Malawi Tamika Mkandawire Leyton Orient Free
2007-06-22 MF Flag of England Rob Purdie Darlington Free
2007-06-27 FW Flag of England Tim Sills Torquay United Undisclosed
2007-07-02 FW Flag of England Alan Connell Brentford Free
2007-07-04 DF Flag of England Simon Travis Nuneaton Borough Released
2007-07-05 FW Flag of England Andy Williams Bristol Rovers Undisclosed
2008-01-05 MF Flag of England Lionel Ainsworth Watford Undisclosed


[edit] Loan in

Date From Date To Position Name From
2007-08-08 2007-08-13 GK Flag of England Chris Weale Bristol City
2007-08-10 End of season MF Flag of France Toumani Diagouraga Watford
2007-08-10 End of season FW Flag of England Theo Robinson Watford
2007-10-30 End of season DF Flag of England Robbie Threlfall Liverpool
2007-11-16 End of season DF Flag of England Lee Collins Wolverhampton Wanderers
2008-01-28 2008-04-30 FW Flag of England Gary Hooper Southend United
2008-02-08 2008-02-10 FW Flag of the Netherlands Sherjill MacDonald West Bromwich Albion
2008-02-21 2008-03-24 MF Flag of Ireland Stephen Gleeson Wolverhampton Wanderers
2008-03-27 2008-04-27 MF Flag of England Sammy Igoe Bristol Rovers

[edit] Loan out

Date From Date To Position Name To
2007-11-22 2008-01-05 MF Flag of England Lionel Ainsworth Watford
2008-02-25 2008-03-25 FW Flag of England Marcus Palmer Gloucester City
2008-03-27 2008-04-27 MF Flag of England Jordan Fitzpatrick Bromsgrove Rovers
2008-03-27 2008-04-27 MF Flag of England Craig Jones Bromsgrove Rovers