1978–79 Hereford United F.C. season

August 2024 August 2024 Hereford United 1978–79 Mike Bailey Peter Hill Edgar Street Division Four 14th League Cup Second round FA Cup First round Bobby Gould (13) Bobby Gould (13) 6,939 v Newport County, FA Cup, 25 November 1978 2,119 v Hartlepool United, Division Four, 7 March 1979 3,350 6–1 v Crewe Alexandra (H), Division Four, 16 September 1978 1–4 v Newport County (A), Division Four, 11 April 1979 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 season was the 50th season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their seventh in the Football League. Following a second successive relegation the previous season, the club competed in Division Four, as well as the League Cup and FA Cup. Summary Former England international Mike Bailey took charge as Hereford's new manager and guided them to a modest mid-table finish in their first season back in Division Four.Parrott 1998 49–53 Bailey brought his former Wolverhampton Wanderers teammate Bobby Gould to the club as player-coach. Gould top-scored with 13 goals, including two in a 6–1 thrashing of Crewe Alexandra which was Hereford's biggest win as a league club at the time, and one in the following match at Rochdale which contributed to Hereford's first away win in 32 matches. Squad Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1978-79 season Pos.Nat.NameLeagueLeague CupFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKSCOTommy Hughes4404010490GKENGLyndon Knight20000020DFENGPhil Burrows3412010371DFWALStuart Cornes2304010280DFENGSteve Emery43(1)5411048(1)6DFENGAndy Feeley25(1)0000025(1)0DFENGHenry Hill0(1)000000(1)0DFENGPaul Hunt90000090DFENGJohn Layton3812110412DFWALJulian Marshall1402000160DFENGChris Price2904010340DFWALPhil Roberts30200050DFENGSteve Strong1000000100DFENGValmore Thomas11(1)1000011(1)1MFENGMike Bailey13(3)11(1)00014(4)1MFENGFrank Barton41310072MFSCOIan Hendry1500000150MFWALKyle Holmes19(2)3401024(2)3MFENGGerry O'Hara10000010MFENGPeter Spiring24(1)52(1)01027(2)5MFENGKenny Stephens25(3)1100026(3)1MFENGWinston White1530000153FWWALSteve Crompton6(2)10(1)0107(3)1FWENGBobby Gould39(1)13001040(1)13FWENGBilly Holmes12(4)3310015(4)4FWWALDave Jones25(1)8411030(1)9FWSCOFrank McGrellis1130000113FWSCOColin O'Brien (on loan from Bristol City)1(1)000001(1)0FWENGStewart Phillips5(3)000005(3)0FWWALWayne Powell62200082 Parrott 1998 209Rothmans 1979-80 203–204 League table Fourth Division y HER Results Fourth Division 1978–79 Football League 1 19 August 1978 Hereford United 0–0 D Wigan Athletic Edgar Street Hereford 5,674 2 23 August 1978 Bradford City 2–1 L Hereford United Hutchins 12Dolan 39 K. Holmes 60 Valley Parade Bradford 5,376 3 26 August 1978 Torquay United 1–0 L Hereford United Davies 43 Plainmoor Torquay 3,074 4 2 September 1978 Hereford United 1–0 W Darlington Barton 35 pen. Edgar Street Hereford 3,622 5 9 September 1978 Hartlepool United 2–1 L Hereford United Linacre 29Hogan 64 Emery 59 pen. Victoria Park Hartlepool 2,995 6 13 September 1978 Hereford United 0–0 D Reading Edgar Street Hereford 3,526 7 16 September 1978 Hereford United 6–1 W Crewe Alexandra Gould 37 65Jones 54 68Bowles 62 o.g.Spiring 83 Purdie 25 Edgar Street Hereford 3,493 8 23 September 1978 Rochdale 0–2 W Hereford United Gould 14Emery 29 pen. Spotland Rochdale 1,068 9 26 September 1978 York City 1–0 L Hereford United Randall 73 Bootham Crescent York 2,358 10 30 September 1978 Hereford United 1–0 W Port Vale K. Holmes 35 Edgar Street Hereford 3,963 11 7 October 1978 Portsmouth 1–0 L Hereford United Denyer 87 Fratton Park Portsmouth 11,949 12 14 October 1978 Hereford United 0–0 D Bournemouth Edgar Street Hereford 3,752 13 17 October 1978 Huddersfield Town 2–3 W Hereford United Campbell 2 9 Gould 5Jones 66 84 Leeds Road Huddersfield 2,565 14 21 October 1978 Hereford United 1–1 D Aldershot Jones 10 Dungworth 11 Edgar Street Hereford 3,836 15 28 October 1978 Grimsby Town 1–1 D Hereford United Drinkell 78 Spiring 42 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 5,349 16 4 November 1978 Hereford United 2–2 D Halifax Town Jones 16Gould 47 Mountford 9Dunleavy 32 Edgar Street Hereford 3,616 17 11 November 1978 Darlington 2–1 L Hereford United Lyons 32Walsh 70 Emery 44 pen. Feethams Darlington 1,622 18 18 November 1978 Hereford United 3–1 W Torquay United Crompton 2Emery 69 pen.Gould 72 Cooper 17 Edgar Street Hereford 3,476 19 9 December 1978 Hereford United 4–3 W Northampton Town Jones 4W. Holmes 51Burrows 72K. Holmes 77 Hughes 3 o.gFarrington 22Reilly 89 Edgar Street Hereford 2,879 20 16 December 1978 Scunthorpe United 4–2 L Hereford United Kilmore 42 74Pilling 61Earl 80 Jones 69Bailey 88 Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 1,683 21 22 December 1978 Hereford United 0–3 L Newport County Bruton 3Goddard 21Oakes 56 Edgar Street Hereford 2,834 22 26 December 1978 Stockport County 0–2 W Hereford United W. Holmes 27Stephens 86 Edgeley Park Stockport 4,630 23 30 January 1979 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 L Hereford United Laidlaw 80 Belle Vue Doncaster 1,719 24 3 February 1979 Hereford United 1–0 W York City W. Holmes 68 Edgar Street Hereford 3,107 25 6 February 1979 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 D Hereford United Gresty Road Crewe 1,485 26 21 February 1979 Reading 3–0 L Hereford United Hetzke 30Bowman 42Earles 49 Elm Park Reading 5,639 27 24 February 1979 Bournemouth 1–1 D Hereford United K. Brown 43 Gould 88 Dean Court Bournemouth 4,292 28 28 February 1979 Hereford United 1–1 D Barnsley Gould 22 Collins 53 Edgar Street Hereford 3,100 29 3 March 1979 Aldershot 2–0 L Hereford United Needham 20 68 Recreation Ground Aldershot 3,932 30 7 March 1979 Hereford United 1–0 W Hartlepool United Emery 87 Edgar Street Hereford 2,119 31 10 March 1979 Hereford United 0–1 L Grimsby Town Price 38 o.g. Edgar Street Hereford 2,939 32 21 March 1979 Hereford United 2–2 D Rochdale White 26Gould 54 Jones 30 85 Edgar Street Hereford 2,351 33 24 March 1979 Hereford United 3–1 W Bradford City Powell 36 70Layton 63 Cook 89 Edgar Street Hereford 2,925 34 28 March 1979 Wigan Athletic 0–0 D Hereford United Springfield Park Wigan 4,876 35 31 March 1979 Wimbledon 2–0 L Hereford United Cork 36Leslie 79 Plough Lane London 2,636 36 7 April 1979 Hereford United 3–1 W Scunthorpe United McGrellis 8Gould 27 80 Kilmore 88 pen. Edgar Street Hereford 2,859 37 11 April 1979 Newport County 4–1 L Hereford United Goddard 5Moore 18Oakes 77Lowndes 89 McGrellis 63 Somerton Park Newport 3,771 38 14 April 1979 Hereford United 1–0 W Stockport County McGrellis 9 Edgar Street Hereford 3,609 39 16 April 1979 Barnsley 2–1 L Hereford United Bell 44 71 Spiring 31 Oakwell Barnsley 12,260 40 21 April 1979 Hereford United 2–0 W Doncaster Rovers White 37 80 Edgar Street Hereford 3,209 41 25 April 1979 Hereford United 3–0 W Huddersfield Town Spiring 54 86Thomas 64 Edgar Street Hereford 2,635 42 28 April 1979 Northampton Town 2–1 L Hereford United Robertson 31McCaffrey 79 Gould 72 County Ground Northampton 2,001 43 1 May 1979 Port Vale 1–1 D Hereford United Hawkins 89 Gould 30 Vale Park Stoke-on-Trent 2,160 44 5 May 1979 Hereford United 0–0 D Wimbledon Edgar Street Hereford 3,809 45 7 May 1979 Hereford United 0–1 L Portsmouth Barnard 23 Edgar Street Hereford 3,707 46 9 May 1979 Halifax Town 1–0 L Hereford United Johnson 50 The Shay Halifax 1,036 Parrott 1998 204–207Rothmans 1979-80 202 League Cup 1978–79 Football League Cup First round first leg 12 August 1978 Bristol Rovers 2–1 L Hereford United Aitken 33Staniforth 35 Jones 89 Eastville Bristol 5,001 First round second leg 16 August 1978 Hereford United 4–0 W Bristol Rovers W. Holmes 41Layton 71Emery 74Barton 85 Edgar Street Hereford 5,130 Second round 28 August 1978 Northampton Town 0–0 D Hereford United County Ground Northampton 3,991 Second round replay 6 September 1978 Hereford United 0–1 L Northampton Town Reilly 29 Edgar Street Hereford 4,205 Parrott 1998 208Rothmans 1979-80 486–491 FA Cup 1978–79 FA Cup First round 25 November 1978 Hereford United 0–1 L Newport County Goddard 85 pen. Edgar Street Hereford 6,939 Rothmans 1979-80 455 References Bibliography Parrott Ron Hereford United: The League Era - A Complete Record Desert Island Books 1998 1-874287-18-X Rothmans 1979-80 Rothmans Football Yearbook 1979-80 (Editor: Jack Rollin) Queen Anne Press 0354-09083-6 Category:Hereford United F.C. seasons Hereford United F.C.