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2007–08 Hereford United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Hereford United
season	2007–08
manager	Graham Turner
chairman	Graham Turner
league	League Two
league result	3rd (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
cup3	Football League Trophy
cup3 result	First round (Southern)
league topscorer	Theo Robinson (13)
season topscorer	Theo Robinson (16)
highest attendance	6,855 v Cardiff City, FA Cup, 27 January 2008
lowest attendance	1,859 v Yeovil Town, League Cup, 9 October 2007
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prevseason	2006–07
nextseason	2008–09
average attendance	3,421	largest win=5–1 v Darlington (H), League Two, 3 November 2007	largest loss=0–4 v Chesterfield (A), League Two, 21 January 2008

The 2007–08 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.

First-team squad

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Transferred from	Fee
12 June 2007	FW	9	ENG Steve Guinan	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer
4 July 2007	DF	6	ENG Karl Broadhurst	Bournemouth
DF	5	ENG John McCombe	Huddersfield Town
MF	10	ENG Kris Taylor	Walsall
19 July 2007	MF	11	ENG Clint Easton	Gillingham
2 August 2007	FW	12	JAM Trevor Benjamin	Peterborough United
MF	7	ENG Lionel Ainsworth	Derby County
8 August 2007	FW	23	ENG Simon Johnson	Darlington
17 August 2007	GK	14	NIR Michael Ingham	Wrexham
31 August 2007	MF	27	ENG Craig Jones	Academy
DF	—	ATG Marvin McCoy	Watford
18 January 2008	MF	7	ENG Jack Macleod	Carshalton Athletic
17 March 2008	GK	33	SCO Ryan Esson	Shrewsbury Town

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Fee
14 May 2007	MF	8	ENG Andy Ferrell	Kidderminster Harriers	Released
FW	10	WAL Stuart Fleetwood	Forest Green Rovers
DF	17	WAL Martyn Giles	Newport County
MF	3	ENG Danny Thomas	Macclesfield Town
GK	14	ENG Glyn Thompson	Newport County
29 May 2007	MF	23	ENG Phil Gulliver	Rushden & Diamonds	Undisclosed
6 June 2007	MF	5	ENG Tamika Mkandawire	Leyton Orient	Free transfer
25 June 2007	MF	6	ENG Rob Purdie	Darlington
27 June 2007	FW	9	ENG Tim Sills	Torquay United	Undisclosed
2 July 2007	FW	12	ENG Alan Connell	Brentford	Free transfer
4 July 2007	DF	2	ENG Simon Travis	Nuneaton Borough
5 July 2007	FW	16	ENG Andy Williams	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed
5 January 2008	MF	7	ENG Lionel Ainsworth	Watford

Loans in

Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club
8 August 2007	13 August 2007	GK	14	ENG Chris Weale	Bristol City
10 August 2007	End of season	MF	20	FRA Toumani Diagouraga	Watford
FW	22	JAM Theo Robinson
30 October 2007	DF	16	ENG Robbie Threlfall	Liverpool
16 November 2007	DF	18	ENG Lee Collins	Wolverhampton Wanderers
28 January 2008	30 April 2008	FW	29	ENG Gary Hooper	Southend United
8 February 2008	10 February 2008	FW	24	NED Sherjill MacDonald	West Bromwich Albion
21 February 2008	24 March 2008	MF	26	IRE Stephen Gleeson	Wolverhampton Wanderers
27 March 2008	27 April 2008	MF	25	ENG Sammy Igoe	Bristol Rovers

Loans out

Start date	End date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club
22 November 2007	5 January 2008	MF	7	ENG Lionel Ainsworth	Watford
25 February 2008	25 March 2008	FW	19	ENG Marcus Palmer	Gloucester City
27 March 2008	27 April 2008	MF	17	ENG Jordan Fitzpatrick	Bromsgrove Rovers
MF	27	ENG Craig Jones

Competitions

Overall record

League Two

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by round

|color_1-3 = green1 |color_4-7 = yellow1 |color_23–24 = red1

Matches

Puncheon
Devera
Hendon
Burton
Hatch
Smith
Benjamin
Robinson
Gwynne
Guinan
Robinson
McClenahan
Diagouraga
Brown
Dagnall
Perkins
Murray
Hope
Done
Broadhurst
Taylor
Benjamin
Rose
Diagouraga
Regan
Green
Broadhurst
Benjamin
Ainsworth
Webb
Diagouraga
Guinan ,
Benjamin
Beckwith
Robinson
Ndumbu-Nsungu
Heckingbottom
Boshell
Newey
Bennett
Diagouraga
Benjamin
Silk
Sam
Smith
Guinan
Webb
Beckwith
Connell
Mackie
Thorpe
Heywood
Mousinho
O'Connor
Butler
Yeo
Diagouraga
Guinan
Wright
Mackail-Smith
Howe
Webb
Broadhurst
Easton
Robinson
Rose
Robinson
Smith
Benjamin
Easton
Colbeck
Foster
Robinson
Benjamin
McCombe
Buxton
Dawson
Boulding
Elding
Brown
Ainsworth
Webb
Roberts
Oakes
Holt
Robinson
Johnson
Robinson ,
McClenahan
Smith
Croft
Frecklington
Kerr
Hurst
Robinson ,
Smith
Bentley
Blinkhorn
Hunter
Artell
McIntyre
Robinson
Beckwith
Heckingbottom
Clarke
Wetherall
Robinson
Beckwith
Smith
Benjamin
Diagouraga
Parkinson
Benjamin
Beckwith
Johnson ,
Taylor
Briggs
Herd
Lowry
Lester
Moloney ,
Benjamin
Adomah
Nicolau
Brogan
Hooper
Easton
MacDonald
Hooper
Johnson
Strevens
Saunders
Ramsden
Howe
MacDonald
Hooper
MacDonald
Hooper
Winter
Hall
Constable
Johnson
Beckwith
Hooper
Foster
McCombe
McCombe
Dickinson ,
Thomas
Hooper
Easton
Roberts
Johnson
Mullins
Baptiste
Easton
Beckwith
Martin
Johnson
Lennon
Oakes
Futcher
Baker
N'Guessan
Kerr
Hone
Hooper
Smith
Easton
Smith
Hooper
Rose
Sandwith
Ellison ,
Foster
Valentine
Hooper
Hooper
Keates
Williams
Hooper
Robinson
Murtagh
Williams
Hooper
Robinson
Johnson
Smith
Robinson
Hegarty

FA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 31 October 2007, with Hereford being drawn at home to League One club Leeds United, playing at that level for the first time in their history. The match was moved to Friday night in order to be broadcast on terrestrial television, with Hereford earning a replay after a 0–0 draw. In the replay, a third minute goal from Lionel Ainsworth was enough to send Hereford through 1–0 and knock Leeds out. In the second round, Hereford were again drawn at home against a League One club, Hartlepool United. No replay was needed this time to defeat their higher graded opponents with Hereford winning 2–0. A third consecutive League One club was drawn in the third round, and a third consecutive scalp obtained by Hereford as they knocked Tranmere Rovers out, beating them 1–0 in a replay after a 2–2 draw at Prenton Park. In the fourth round, Hereford were drawn at home against Championship club, and eventual runners-up, Cardiff City. Hereford's cup run came to an end as they were beaten 2–1.

Douglas
Parker
Hughes
Heath
Ainsworth
McCombe
Beckwith
Diagouraga
Robinson
McCunnie
Jennings ,
Taylor
Smith
Benjamin
Johnson
Kay
Robinson ,
Parry
McNaughton
Thompson

League Cup

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Cup

Ainsworth
Easton
Johnson
Owusu
Peltier
O'Connor
McSheffrey
Robinson ,
Broadhurst

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2007–08 Football League Trophy

Taylor
Lynch
Benjamin
Beckwith
Robinson
Webb
Stewart
Larrieu
Barry
Owusu
Betsy
Jones

Herefordshire Senior Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 February 2008	Quarter Final	Ledbury Town	H	8 – 0	Palmer 40', 53', 71', 73', 87', Taylor 42', Burge 56', 60'	221
4 March 2008	Semi Final	Bromyard Town	H	5 – 0	Broadhurst 5', Robinson 17', 56', MacLeod 52', Thomas 90'	109
1 April 2008	Final	Westfields	N	3 – 0	Guinan 14', 46', Taylor 35'	281

Squad statistics

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
Players with zero appearances are not included
Statistics from the HFA Senior Floodlit Cup are not included

|- !colspan="14" style="text-align:center" | Players who left during the season but made an appearance |}

References

(2007-07-01). "Transfers - June 2007". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-07-04). "Hereford complete triple capture". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-07-20). "Easton completes Hereford switch". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-08-02). "Benjamin signs deal with Hereford". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-08-03). "Hereford recruit winger Ainsworth". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-08-08). "Bulls swoop for striker Johnson". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-08-17). "Hereford pounce for keeper Ingham". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-09-01). "Transfers - August 2007". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-08-31). "Hereford sign ex-Watford defender". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-02-01). "Transfers - January 2008". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-03-17). "Back-up goalkeeper signs on".
(2007-05-17). "Five players released by Hereford". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-05-31). "Transfers - May 2007". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-06-06). "O's swoop for Bulls' Mkandawire". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-06-25). "Quakers bring in Bulls midfielder". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-06-28). "Torquay capture Hereford's Sills". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-07-02). "Brentford sign Connell and Pead". [[BBC Sport]].
"Pirates land duo".
(2007-08-09). "Hereford complete Weale loan deal". [[BBC Sport]].
"Robins recall Weale".
(2007-08-10). "Bulls capture young Watford pair". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-10-31). "Hereford sign Liverpool teenager". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-11-14). "Hereford recruit Wolves defender". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-01-28). "Hereford recruit Southend striker". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-02-13). "Transfers - February 2008". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-02-21). "Hereford bring in Gleeson on loan". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-03-27). "Igoe joins Bulls' promotion chase". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-11-23). "Watford sign Bulls hero Ainsworth". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-10-31). "FA Cup first round draw". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-11-09). "Hereford 0-0 Leeds". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-11-20). "Leeds 0-1 Hereford". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-11-27). "FA Cup second round draw". [[BBC Sport]].
(2007-12-11). "FA Cup third round draw". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-01-16). "Hereford 1-0 Tranmere". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-01-05). "Tranmere 2-2 Hereford". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-01-16). "FA Cup fourth round draw". [[BBC Sport]].
(2008-01-27). "Hereford 1-2 Cardiff". [[BBC Sport]].

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