# 2006–07 Hereford United F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was the 86th competitive season of Hereford United Football Club and 26th season overall in the Football League. It was Hereford's first season in the Football League since the 1996–97 season. The club competed in League Two following their promotion from the Conference via the play-offs in the previous season, as well as the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
In the early part of 2007 Hereford were hovering in mid-table, and a notable 4–1 away win at eventual play-off semi-finalists Lincoln City lifted them to 8th position. However, from the end of February, the club went on a very poor run of form with only 8 points earned from the 13 remaining matches, only one of which was a win, meant that the club dropped as low as 17th, before eventually finishing 16th.
Two former players, Ben Smith and Steve Guinan, returned to the club in the January transfer window.

## First-team squad

    As of 5 May 2007
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Wayne Brown |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Travis |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Danny Thomas |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Richard Rose |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tamika Mkandawire (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Rob Purdie |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Andy Ferrell |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Tim Sills |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Stuart Fleetwood |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Alan Connell |
| 14 | GK | ENG | Glyn Thompson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Sam Gwynne |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Andy Williams |
| 17 | DF | WAL | Martyn Giles |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Trent McClenahan |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Marcus Palmer |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Luke Webb |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jordan Fitzpatrick |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Phil Gulliver |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Ben Smith |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Dean Beckwith |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Steve Jennings (on loan from Tranmere Rovers) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 9 June 2006 | GK | 1 | Wayne Brown | Chester City | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2006 | FW | 11 | Gareth Sheldon | Kidderminster Harriers | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2006 | DF | 4 | Richard Rose | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2006 | FW | 9 | Tim Sills | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2006 | GK | 14 | Glyn Thompson | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 29 June 2006 | MF | 7 | Jon Wallis | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2006 | FW | 12 | Alan Connell | Torquay United | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2006 | DF | 17 | Martyn Giles | Carmarthen Town | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2006 | DF | 18 | Trent McClenahan | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2006 | DF | 23 | Phil Gulliver | Rushden & Diamonds | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2006 | MF | 21 | Luke Webb | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2006 | MF | 22 | Jordan Fitzpatrick | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 4 September 2006 | FW | 19 | Marcus Palmer | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 25 January 2007 | MF | 25 | Ben Smith | Weymouth | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2007 | MF | 3 | Danny Thomas | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 25 May 2006 | DF | 6 | Tony James | Weymouth | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2006 | FW | 10 | Guy Ipoua | Released | Free transfer |
| 25 May 2006 | MF | 8 | Jamie Pitman | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 31 May 2006 | DF | 2 | Ryan Green | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 12 June 2006 | FW | 9 | Adam Stansfield | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 13 June 2006 | FW | 18 | Danny Carey-Bertram | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 23 June 2006 | MF | 15 | Craig Stanley | Released | Free transfer |
| 27 February 2007 | FW | 11 | Gareth Sheldon | Released | Free transfer |
| 27 March 2007 | MF | 7 | Jon Wallis | Dover Athletic | Free transfer |
| 30 April 2007 | DF | 20 | Alex Jeannin | Released | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Pos. | No. | Player | From club |
| 8 August 2006 | | GK | 33 | Scott Tynan | Rushden & Diamonds |
| 13 October 2006 | 15 December 2006 | MF | 31 | John Eustace | Stoke City |
| 26 October 2006 | 18 December 2006 | MF | 3 | Neil MacKenzie | Scunthorpe United |
| 18 January 2007 | End of season | MF | 31 | Steve Jennings | Tranmere Rovers |
| 25 January 2007 | 21 April 2007 | FW | 24 | Steve Guinan | Cheltenham Town |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club |
| 28 October 2006 | 28 December 2006 | MF | 7 | Jon Wallis | Dover Athletic |
| 31 January 2007 | 28 February 2007 | FW | 10 | Stuart Fleetwood | Accrington Stanley |
| 20 February 2007 | 20 March 2007 | MF | 7 | Jon Wallis | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 22 March 2007 | 22 April 2007 | MF | 8 | Andy Ferrell | Kidderminster Harriers |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| League Two | 5 August 20006 | 5 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 030.43 |
| FA Cup | 11 November 2006 | 5 January 2007 | First round | Third round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 050.00 |
| League Cup | 22 August 2006 | 19 September 2006 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Football League Trophy | 17 October 2006 | 17 October 2006 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 032.08 |
Source: Competitions

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Barnet | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 59 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 57 | 73 | −16 | 59 |
| 16 | Hereford United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 55 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 54 |
| 18 | Chester City | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 53 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 55 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Source: Football Web Pages

### FA Cup

The club entered the competition in the first round and were drawn away to fierce rivals Shrewsbury Town, knocking them out via a replay. They were drawn at home against Port Vale in the second round, playing a league above Hereford in League One, with Hereford producing an upset to win 4–0. Upon reaching the third round, they were drawn away to divisional rivals Bristol Rovers, where a first half Richard Walker penalty was enough to knock Hereford out of the competition.
Win  Draw  Loss

### League Cup

The club entered the competition in the first round and were drawn at home to Coventry City, playing two leagues above Hereford in the Championship. Stuart Fleetwood scored a hat-trick with Hereford producing a major upset to win 3–1. In the second round they were once again drawn at home to a Championship club, Leicester City, but were defeated 1–3 to exit the competition.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Football League Trophy

The club entered the competition in the first round and were drawn at home to fierce rivals Shrewsbury Town, like they would be in the first round of the FA Cup a month later.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 5 May 2007

### 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
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Wayne Brown | 44 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Simon Travis | 41 | 0 | 34+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Danny Thomas | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Richard Rose | 39 | 1 | 29+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Tamika Mkandawire | 46 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Rob Purdie | 51 | 9 | 43+1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Andy Ferrell | 27 | 1 | 15+6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Tim Sills | 43 | 2 | 22+14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | WAL | Stuart Fleetwood | 32 | 6 | 21+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Alan Connell | 50 | 10 | 33+11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | ENG | Glyn Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Andy Williams | 48 | 8 | 30+11 | 7 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | WAL | Martyn Giles | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Trent McClenahan | 30 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Marcus Palmer | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Luke Webb | 25 | 2 | 13+8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Jordan Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Phil Gulliver | 31 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Ben Smith | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Dean Beckwith | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Steve Jennings | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season but made an appearance ||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | ENG | Neil MacKenzie | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jon Wallis | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Gareth Sheldon | 10 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Simon Osborn | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Alex Jeannin | 15 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Steve Guinan | 16 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Paul Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | John Eustace | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Scott Tynan | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |