# 1983–84 Hereford United F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was the 54th season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their 12th in the Football League. The club competed in Division Four, as well as the Milk Cup, FA Cup, Welsh Cup and Associate Members' Cup.

## Summary

Hereford made a good start to the season, going top of the division following a 1–0 win at Tranmere Rovers, but only two wins followed in the next 22 matches and they tumbled down the table towards another seemingly inevitable re-election battle.
A 2–1 win over Swindon Town was the catalyst for a complete reversal in form as Hereford went unbeaten in 14 matches, including a sequence of five consecutive wins (their best as a league club at the time) in which 18 goals were scored and only two conceded. They ended the season in 11th place, signing off with a 2–1 win over newly-crowned champions York City.

## Squad

Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1983-84 season
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | Milk Cup | Milk Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Welsh Cup | Welsh Cup | Associate Members' Cup | Associate Members' Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | ENG | Kevin Rose | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| DF | ENG | Ian Bray | 21(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27(2) | 1 |
| DF | ENG | Ian Dalziel | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
| DF | ENG | Keith Hicks | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| DF | ENG | Tony Larkin | 10(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16(1) | 3 |
| DF | ENG | Carl Leonard | 24(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30(1) | 0 |
| DF | ENG | Mel Pejic | 44 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51(1) | 1 |
| DF | ENG | Chris Price | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| DF | ENG | Martin Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 |
| MF | ENG | Gary Beacock | 13(1) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18(1) | 5 |
| MF | SCO | John Black | 8(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 0 |
| MF | ENG | Paul Butler (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| MF | ENG | John Delve | 35(1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 40(2) | 3 |
| MF | ENG | Steve Emery | 32(2) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38(4) | 1 |
| MF | ENG | Carl Francis (on loan from Birmingham City) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | NIR | Jimmy Harvey | 43(1) | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51(1) | 10 |
| MF | SCO | John Hendrie (on loan from Coventry City) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | WAL | Paul Maddy | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| FW | ENG | Ollie Kearns | 39(2) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46(2) | 12 |
| FW | ENG | Stewart Phillips | 46 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 20 |

## League table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Torquay United | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 67 |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 66 |
| 11 | Hereford United | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 63 |
| 12 | Stockport County | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 62 |
| 13 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 60 |

## Results
### Welsh Cup

* After extra time.