1985–86 Hereford United F.C. season

Hereford United
1985–86 season
ChairmanPeter Hill
ManagerJohn Newman
StadiumEdgar Street
Division Four10th
Milk CupSecond round
FA CupSecond round
Welsh CupSemi-final
Freight Rover TrophySouthern Area final
Top goalscorerLeague: Ollie Kearns (13)
All: Ollie Kearns (21)
Highest home attendance7,608 v Bristol City, Freight Rover Trophy, 6 May 1986
Lowest home attendance755 v BSC Shotton, Welsh Cup, 8 January 1986
Average home league attendance2,755
Biggest win10–1 v BSC Shotton (H), Welsh Cup, 8 January 1986
Biggest defeat0–4 v Mansfield Town (A), Division Four, 17 August 1985
0–4 v Cambridge United (A), Division Four, 11 January 1986

The 1985–86 season was the 57th season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their 14th in the Football League. The club competed in Division Four, as well as the Milk Cup, FA Cup, Welsh Cup and Freight Rover Trophy.

Summary

This was a season of disappointments for Hereford. They were unable to mount a promotion challenge and remained anchored in mid-table for the entire season, hampered by lamentable away form (only three wins and 13 points from 23 matches), although their home record was the second-best in the division after champions Swindon Town.

In the Welsh Cup, Hereford reached the semi-finals but were knocked out by Kidderminster Harriers after conceding an 88th minute goal in the second leg, having clawed back a 4–1 first leg deficit, and they were seven minutes from knocking Arsenal out of the Milk Cup on away goals in the second round before a Charlie Nicholas goal gave the First Division side a 2–1 aggregate win.

The biggest disappointment came in the Southern Area final of the Freight Rover Trophy against Bristol City. Despite winning the first leg 2–0 at Edgar Street, Hereford missed out on the opportunity of playing at Wembley for the first time in the club's history after losing the second leg 3–0, with the decisive goal coming a minute from the end of extra time.[1]

Squad

Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1985-86 season

Pos. Nat. Name League Milk Cup FA Cup Welsh Cup Freight Rover Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK ENG Kevin Rose 46 0 4 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 63 0
DF WAL Wayne Cegielski 29(3) 2 2 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 34(3) 1
DF ENG Ian Dalziel 40(1) 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 53(1) 3
DF ENG Kevin Davies 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0
DF NIR Steve Devine 8(3) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 9(4) 1
DF ENG Mel Pejic 45 1 4 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 62 1
DF ENG Bruce Halliday 30 1 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 41 1
DF ENG Chris Price 41 4 3 1 2 0 5 1 6 0 57 6
DF ENG Ian Rodgerson 14(5) 2 1 0 1 0 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 16(8) 2
MF ENG Gary Beacock 9(4) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0(2) 0 11(6) 2
MF ENG Paul Butler 19(2) 0 2(2) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 23(4) 1
MF ENG Mike Carter 30(1) 9 2 0 2 3 2 0 6 1 42(1) 13
MF ENG John Delve 38 6 3 0 2 0 4 1 4 0 51 7
MF NIR Jimmy Harvey 42 9 4 1 1 0 5 4 6 1 58 14
MF WAL Paul Maddy 32(1) 7 3 0 2 0 4 3 6 1 47(1) 11
FW ENG Danny Corner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0
FW ENG Ollie Kearns 33 13 3 1 2 1 3(1) 5 4(1) 1 45(2) 21
FW ENG Stewart Phillips 18(2) 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 24(2) 8
FW ENG Ian Wells 32(3) 9 2 1 2 0 4 3 5 2 45(3) 15

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League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Northampton Town 46 18 10 18 79 58 +21 64
9 Southend United 46 18 10 18 69 67 +2 64
10 Hereford United 46 18 10 18 74 73 +1 64
11 Stockport County 46 17 13 16 63 71 −8 64
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 9 19 54 61 −7 63
Source:

Results

Fourth Division

Main article: 1985–86 Football League
17 August 1985 1 Mansfield Town 4–0 Hereford United Mansfield
Cassells 43', 62', 75'
Chamberlain 58'		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,405
24 August 1985 2 Hereford United 4–1 Swindon Town Hereford
Delve 14', 90'
Dalziel 72'
Phillips 87'		 Calderwood 64' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 4,049
27 August 1985 3 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Hereford United Crewe
Allatt 67'
Waller 83'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,914
31 August 1985 4 Hereford United 1–0 Cambridge United Hereford
Phillips 29' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,924
7 September 1985 5 Chester City 1–0 Hereford United Chester
Houghton 37' Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 1,914
14 September 1985 6 Hereford United 2–2 Burnley Hereford
Wells 53'
Carter 87'		 Malley 17'
Hird 65' (pen.)		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,411
16 September 1985 7 Stockport County 1–1 Hereford United Stockport
Sword 16' (pen.) Wells 19' Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2,225
21 September 1985 8 Hereford United 2–1 Peterborough United Hereford
Phillips 17'
Harvey 19' (pen.)		 Holmes 53' (pen.) Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,261
28 September 1985 9 Preston North End 2–0 Hereford United Preston
Greenwood 37'
Brazil 78'		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 3,397
2 October 1985 10 Hereford United 4–1 Aldershot Hereford
Kearns 20'
Dalziel 29'
Halliday 47'
Price 78'		 Johnson 58' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,256
5 October 1985 11 Northampton Town 1–3 Hereford United Northampton
Chard 2' Wells 3'
Kearns 20'
Carter 23'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 1,998
12 October 1985 12 Hereford United 4–1 Torquay United Hereford
Dalziel 3'
Maddy 18'
Kearns 31', 36'		 Dawkins 25' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,053
19 October 1985 13 Hartlepool United 2–1 Hereford United Hartlepool
Smith 42'
Shoulder 65'		 Kearns 90' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,490
23 October 1985 14 Hereford United 2–2 Rochdale Hereford
Price 22'
Pejic 36'		 Taylor 79', 81' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,761
26 October 1985 15 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Hereford United Scunthorpe
Whitehead 47'
Cammack 64'		 Wells 54' Stadium: Old Show Ground
Attendance: 1,564
2 November 1985 16 Hereford United 2–0 Colchester United Hereford
Phillips 7', 37' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,081
6 November 1985 17 Hereford United 1–1 Port Vale Hereford
Harvey 80' (pen.) Sproson 88' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,305
9 November 1985 18 Wrexham 0–1 Hereford United Wrexham
Wells 52' Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 2,190
3 December 1985 19 Halifax Town 1–0 Hereford United Halifax
Lowe 56' Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1,015
14 December 1985 20 Hereford United 1–4 Tranmere Rovers Hereford
Delve 23' Williams 37'
Morrissey 69'
Ashcroft 72'
Anderson 89'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,731
22 December 1985 21 Swindon Town 1–0 Hereford United Swindon
Henry 87' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,364
26 December 1985 22 Orient 2–2 Hereford United London
Juryeff 41'
Hales 90'		 Delve 47'
Carter 53'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 2,700
28 December 1985 23 Hereford United 4–1 Crewe Alexandra Hereford
Wells 33'
Devine 70'
Pemberton 74' (o.g.)
Kearns 88'		 Waller 39' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,873
1 January 1986 24 Hereford United 4–1 Exeter City Hereford
Wells 56', 88'
Kearns 58'
Delve 73'		 Harrower 75' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,157
3 January 1986 25 Colchester United 4–1 Hereford United Colchester
Parkinson 43', 82'
T. English 77'
Phillips 79'		 Delve 87' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,214
11 January 1986 26 Cambridge United 4–0 Hereford United Cambridge
Massey 2' (pen.), 47'
Crown 36'
Lockhart 52'		 Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 2,149
18 January 1986 27 Hereford United 4–2 Mansfield Town Hereford
Kearns 13', 51'
Wells 60'
Harvey 63'		 Logan 48'
Kent 64'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,883
25 January 1986 28 Burnley 3–2 Hereford United Burnley
Taylor 5', 55'
Lawrence 72'		 Rodgerson 27'
Carter 33'		 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 3,900
1 February 1986 29 Hereford United 0–2 Chester City Hereford
Bennett 35' (pen.), 81' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,255
4 February 1986 30 Rochdale 1–1 Hereford United Rochdale
Moore 27' Rodgerson 26' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 1,081
1 March 1986 31 Hereford United 1–1 Preston North End Hereford
Harvey 24' (pen.) Brazil 89' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,857
8 March 1986 32 Hereford United 3–0 Northampton Town Hereford
Maddy 13', 60'
Carter 80'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,478
15 March 1986 33 Torquay United 2–1 Hereford United Torquay
Phillips 53'
Pugh 61'		 Harvey 47' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 1,438
19 March 1986 34 Hereford United 2–1 Southend United Hereford
Maddy 52', 85' McDonough 69' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,002
22 March 1986 35 Hereford United 1–1 Scunthorpe United Hereford
Price 74' Graham 29' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,367
26 March 1986 36 Peterborough United 0–0 Hereford United Peterborough
Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 1,560
29 March 1986 37 Exeter City 3–2 Hereford United Exeter
McNichol 33'
Viney 64'
Kellow 75' (pen.)		 Maddy 8'
Harvey 58'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,989
31 March 1986 38 Hereford United 3–2 Orient Hereford
Price 9'
Carter 28'
Harvey 68'		 Dickenson 17'
Foster 90'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,854
5 April 1986 39 Port Vale 1–0 Hereford United Stoke-on-Trent
Jones 23' (pen.) Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3,344
9 April 1986 40 Hereford United 2–2 Hartlepool United Hereford
Kearns 2'
Cegielski 90'		 Hogan 41' (pen.)
Honour 72'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,023
12 April 1986 41 Hereford United 3–1 Wrexham Hereford
Harvey 8'
Carter 45'
Cegielski 65'		 Horne 28' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,588
16 April 1986 42 Hereford United 3–2 Stockport County Hereford
Beacock 21'
Kearns 58', 84'		 Sword 20'
Hodkinson 71'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,003
18 April 1986 43 Southend United 3–1 Hereford United Southend-on-Sea
O'Shea 8'
McDonough 28'
Westley 36'		 Harvey 84' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 1,554
26 April 1986 44 Hereford United 2–1 Halifax Town Hereford
Maddy 79'
Carter 83'		 Kellock 84' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,212
29 April 1986 45 Aldershot 2–0 Hereford United Aldershot
Fadida 6'
McMenemy 76'		 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 1,164
2 May 1986 46 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Hereford United Birkenhead
Hilditch 82' Kearns 28'
Carter 60'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 1,346

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Milk Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Football League Cup
21 August 1985 First round first leg Hereford United 5–1 Bristol City Hereford
Kearns 1'
Price 14'
Harvey 43' (pen.)
Phillips 59', 75'		 Johnson 65' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,449
3 September 1985 First round second leg Bristol City 2–0 Hereford United Bristol
Johnson 6'
Hutchinson 83'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 2,373
25 September 1985 Second round first leg Hereford United 0–0 Arsenal Hereford
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6,049
7 October 1985 Second round second leg Arsenal 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hereford United London
Anderson 25'
Nicholas 113'		 Wells 24' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 15,789

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FA Cup

Main article: 1985–86 FA Cup
16 November 1985 First round Yeovil Town 2–4 Hereford United Yeovil
Smith 18'
McGinlay 67'		 Carter 13', 86', 89'
Kearns 45'		 Stadium: Huish
Attendance: 4,533
7 December 1985 Second round Reading 2–0 Hereford United Reading
Senior 23'
Horrix 70'		 Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 6,096

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Welsh Cup

26 November 1985 Third round Hereford United 2–0 Bangor City Hereford
Kearns 33', 40' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,511
8 January 1986 Fourth round Hereford United 10–1 BSC Shotton Hereford
Harvey 4' (pen.), 70'
Beacock 11'
Delve 31'
Maddy 36'
Price 38'
Wells 49', 89'
Kearns 64', 75'		 Owen 85' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 755
6 March 1986 Fifth round Merthyr Tydfil 1–3 Hereford United Merthyr Tydfil
Doherty 69' Wells 16'
Maddy 46'
Harvey 71'		 Stadium: Penydarren Park
Attendance: 1,087
7 April 1986 Semi-final first leg Kidderminster Harriers 4–1 Hereford United Kidderminster
Casey 5', 46'
Davies 64', 80'		 Butler 41' Stadium: Aggborough
Attendance: 2,368
22 April 1986 Semi-final second leg Hereford United 3–1 Kidderminster Harriers Hereford
Harvey 25' (pen.)
Kearns 36'
Maddy 63'		 Tuohy 88' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,257

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Freight Rover Trophy

Main article: 1985–86 Associate Members' Cup
15 January 1986 Preliminary round Hereford United 2–0 Bristol Rovers Hereford
Wells 29', 51' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 1,770
11 March 1986 Preliminary round Swindon Town 1–1 Hereford United Swindon
Hockaday 89' Maddy 48' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3,692
24 March 1986 Quarter-final Orient 1–2 (a.e.t.) Hereford United London
Cornwell 2' Carter 27'
Harvey 111' (pen.)		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 1,113
2 April 1986 Semi-final Hereford United 0–0 (a.e.t.) Swansea City Hereford
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,725
Note: Hereford won 5–4 on penalties
6 May 1986 Southern Area final first leg Hereford United 2–0 Bristol City Hereford
Kearns 32'
Phillips 44'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7,608
9 May 1986 Southern Area final second leg Bristol City 3–0 (a.e.t.) Hereford United Bristol
Riley 61'
Pejic 64' (o.g.)
Neville 119'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 11,558

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References

  1. ^ Parrott 1998, pp. 89–93
  2. ^ a b c d e Parrott 1998, pp. 250–51
  3. ^ Rothmans 1986-87, pp. 187–188
  4. ^ Parrott 1998, pp. 246–249
  5. ^ Rothmans 1986-87, p. 186
  6. ^ Rothmans 1986-87, pp. 438–442
  7. ^ Rothmans 1986-87, pp. 469–470
  8. ^ Rothmans 1986-87, pp. 448–452
Bibliography
  • Parrott, Ron (1998). Hereford United: The League Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-18-X.
  • Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985-86 (Editor: Peter Dunk). Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-12334-0.
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