1974–75 Hereford United F.C. season

May 2024 May 2024 Hereford United 1974–75 John Sillett Frank Miles Edgar Street Division Three 12th League Cup Third round FA Cup Second round Welsh Cup Fourth round Dixie McNeil (31) Dixie McNeil (32) 11,488 v Preston North End, Division Three, 5 October 1974 2,114 v Barry Town, Welsh Cup, 13 November 1974 7,230 5–0 v Chesterfield (H), Division Three, 28 September 1974 1–6 v Tranmere Rovers (A), Division Three, 29 November 1974 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 season was the 46th season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their third in the Football League. The club competed in Division Three, as well as the League Cup, Welsh Cup and FA Cup. Summary Hereford began the season with a new manager at the helm, Colin Addison having left the club by mutual consent to be replaced by Bristol City coach John Sillett.Parrott 1998 24 A number of new signings also arrived, including former England international Terry Paine from Southampton as player-coach, and forward Dixie McNeil from Lincoln City.Parrott 1998 27-30 Results showed an overall improvement on the previous season as Hereford finished comfortably in mid-table, with McNeil bagging 31 league goals, making him top scorer across all four divisions. He became the first Hereford player to score a league hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Chesterfield and followed up with another in a 6–3 win over eventual champions Blackburn Rovers. Squad Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1974-75 season Pos.Nat.NameLeagueLeague CupFA CupWelsh CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKSCOJim Blyth (on loan from Coventry City)7000000070GKSCOTommy Hughes390402020470DFIRETony Byrne450402020530DFENGSteve Emery440402021521DFENGJohn Layton191301010241DFWALMick McLaughlin9000000090DFWALPeter Morgan160400010210DFENGTommy Naylor2000000020DFENGBrian Roberts (on loan from Coventry City)5000000050DFENGDavid Rylands200002010230DFENGBilly Tucker351101(1)12039(1)2MFENGRoy Carter1000000010MFWALBrian Evans14(3)131101(1)019(4)2MFENGViv Fear2(1)01000003(1)0MFENGHarry Gregory11(2)100000(1)011(3)1MFENGBobby Kellard (on loan from Portsmouth)3100000031MFENGFred Kemp12(1)220102017(1)2MFENGColin Lee (on loan from Bristol City)7(2)00020009(2)0MFENGTerry Paine404412010475MFENGBrian Preece2000000020MFENGDavid Rudge162300000192MFENGBarry Silkman6(9)10000006(9)1MFENGDudley Tyler38(3)330202045(3)3MFWALShane Walker3000000030FWWALNick Deacy13(4)200001014(4)2FWENGJohn Galley226000010236FWENGDixie McNeil44314120105132FWENGPaul Lee9(3)30(1)0201012(4)3FWENGEric Redrobe13(2)31(1)0001015(3)3FWENGJohn Ritchie9(2)131000012(2)2 Parrott 1998 184-185Rothmans 1975-76 211–212 League table Third Division y HER Results Third Division 1974–75 Football League 1 17 August 1974 Hereford United 2–0 W Aldershot McNeil 43Kemp 56 Edgar Street Hereford 7,885 2 24 August 1974 Charlton Athletic 2–0 L Hereford United Curtis 60 pen.Bowman 69 The Valley (stadium) London 6,387 3 31 August 1974 Hereford United 2–0 W Peterborough United McNeil 11 50 Edgar Street Hereford 7,315 4 4 September 1974 Hereford United 0–1 L Watford Jenkins 76 Edgar Street Hereford 7,357 5 7 September 1974 Walsall 3–1 L Hereford United Buckley 20 34Atthey 84 Ritchie 74 Fellows Park Walsall 3,328 6 14 September 1974 Hereford United 0–1 L Bournemouth Howard 87 Edgar Street Hereford 7,357 7 18 September 1974 Hereford United 2–0 W Crystal Palace McNeil 23 pen.Rudge 32 Edgar Street Hereford 8,488 8 21 September 1974 Port Vale 3–0 L Hereford United Williams 66Horton 71Bailey 85 Vale Park Stoke-on-Trent 3,433 9 24 September 1974 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 L Hereford United Mariner 12 Home Park Plymouth 5,519 10 28 September 1974 Hereford United 5–0 W Chesterfield McNeil 16 32 pen. 80 pen.Evans 70Paine 73 Edgar Street Hereford 5,961 11 2 October 1974 Watford 1–1 D Hereford United Scullion 33 pen. McNeil 75 Vicarage Road Watford 5,572 12 5 October 1974 Hereford United 2–2 D Preston North End Rudge 14P. Lee 83 Holden 74Bird 89 Edgar Street Hereford 11,488 13 12 October 1974 Gillingham 2–3 W Hereford United Jacks 2Feely 60 Redrobe 43Paine 59McNeil 81 Priestfield Gillingham 5,457 14 19 October 1974 Hereford United 0–0 D Halifax Town Edgar Street Hereford 6,833 15 23 October 1974 Hereford United 3–1 W Colchester United McNeil 7Redrobe 30P. Lee 74 Thomas 83 Edgar Street Hereford 6,390 16 25 October 1974 Southend United 0–0 D Hereford United Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 5,572 17 2 November 1974 Hereford United 1–1 D Huddersfield Town McNeil 7 Gowling 70 Edgar Street Hereford 7,474 18 6 November 1974 Colchester United 1–2 W Hereford United Svarc 69 McNeil 41Tyler 49 Layer Road Colchester 5,135 19 9 November 1974 Wrexham 2–1 L Hereford United Davies 19Smallman 43 McNeil 70 Racecourse Ground Wrexham 6,157 20 16 November 1974 Hereford United 2–0 W Brighton & Hove Albion McNeil 17P. Lee 47 Edgar Street Hereford 7,016 21 29 November 1974 Tranmere Rovers 6–1 L Hereford United Veitch 30Crossley 33 pen. 59 pen.Coppell 55Tynan 68Flood 78 Tyler 24 Prenton Park Birkenhead 2,560 22 7 December 1974 Hereford United 2–1 W Swindon Town McNeil 27Redrobe 50 Eastoe 43 Edgar Street Hereford 8,625 23 21 December 1974 Hereford United 6–3 W Blackburn Rovers McNeil 23 48 pen. 73Kemp 28Galley 76Tyler 85 Burgin 47Waddington 80 pen.Beamish 82 Edgar Street Hereford 7,288 24 26 December 1974 Bournemouth 2–1 L Hereford United O'Rourke 42Buttle 72 Parodi 18 o.g. Dean Court Bournemouth 5,803 25 28 December 1974 Hereford United 1–1 D Bury McNeil 10 pen. Spence 72 Edgar Street Hereford 8,170 26 4 January 1975 Crystal Palace 2–2 D Hereford United Taylor 10Chatterton 77 Galley 72Layton 82 Selhurst Park London 16,893 27 11 January 1975 Swindon Town 1–0 L Hereford United Butler 54 County Ground Swindon 11,781 28 18 January 1975 Hereford United 2–0 W Tranmere Rovers Kellard 15Galley 50 Edgar Street Hereford 6,591 29 1 February 1975 Hereford United 1–0 W Wrexham McNeil 2 Edgar Street Hereford 6,715 30 8 February 1975 Huddersfield Town 2–1 L Hereford United Fowler 25Lawson 78 McNeil 28 Leeds Road Huddersfield 4,893 31 15 February 1975 Hereford United 3–2 W Grimsby Town McNeil 19 pen. 90Deacy 82 Lewis 36 45 Edgar Street Hereford 5,445 32 22 February 1975 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 L Hereford United Piper 8Towner 71 Galley 14 Goldstone Ground Hove 11,541 33 1 March 1975 Peterborough United 1–1 D Hereford United Lee 68 pen. Galley 18 London Road Peterborough 7,108 34 4 March 1975 Grimsby Town 0–0 D Hereford United Blundell Park Cleethorpes 5,008 35 8 March 1975 Hereford United 1–5 L Plymouth Argyle McNeil 70 Hardcastle 21Mariner 50Rafferty 85 90Vassallo 90 Edgar Street Hereford 9,296 36 15 March 1975 Chesterfield 4–1 L Hereford United Moss 2Darling 8Shanahan 29 pen. 51 pen. McNeil 77 Saltergate Chesterfield 3,826 37 19 March 1975 Aldershot 2–2 D Hereford United Morrissey 51 81 McNeil 18 pen.Deacy 73 Recreation Ground Aldershot 2,698 38 22 March 1975 Hereford United 2–0 W Walsall McNeil 63 pen.Silkman 79 Edgar Street Hereford 6,848 39 28 March 1975 Bury 3–0 L Hereford United Galley 28 o.g.Buchan 33Rowland 72 Gigg Lane Bury 4,330 40 29 March 1975 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 L Hereford United Hickman 24 Ewood Park Blackburn 13,001 41 31 March 1975 Hereford United 1–0 W Port Vale Gregory 90 Edgar Street Hereford 6,976 42 5 April 1975 Hereford United 1–0 W Southend United Galley 24 Edgar Street Hereford 4,807 43 12 April 1975 Preston North End 2–2 D Hereford United Burns 14Morley 44 pen. McNeil 24 80 pen. Deepdale Preston 6,528 44 19 April 1975 Hereford United 1–1 D Gillingham McNeil 51 Richardson 70 pen. Edgar Street Hereford 5,643 45 23 April 1975 Hereford United 2–2 D Charlton Athletic Paine 35McNeil 60 pen. Dunphy 7Flanagan 50 Edgar Street Hereford 6,453 46 26 April 1975 Halifax Town 2–2 D Hereford United McHale 25 pen.Harrold 73 Paine 21 pen.Tucker 43 The Shay Halifax 6,528 Parrott 1998 180–183Rothmans 1975-76 210 League Cup 1974–75 Football League Cup First round 21 August 1974 Hereford United 1–1 D Shrewsbury Town McNeil 64 Durban 78 Edgar Street Hereford 7,263 First round replay 27 August 1974 Shrewsbury Town 0–1 W Hereford United Paine 34 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 5,183 Second round 11 September 1974 Exeter City 0–1 W Hereford United Ritchie 80 St James Park Exeter 3,608 Third round 8 October 1974 Ipswich Town 4–1 L Hereford United Johnson 2Talbot 15Hunter 40Whymark 54 Evans 56 Portman Road Ipswich 16,284 Rothmans 1975-76 491–494 Welsh Cup 1974–75 Welsh Cup Third round 13 November 1974 Hereford United 1–0 W Barry Town Emery 7 pen. Edgar Street Hereford 2,114 Fourth round 14 January 1975 Cardiff City 2–0 L Hereford United Reece 63Showers 81 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,515 FA Cup 1974–75 FA Cup First round 26 November 1974 Hereford United 1–0 W Gillingham Tucker 39 Edgar Street Hereford 7,362 Second round 14 December 1974 Cambridge United 2–0 L Hereford United Watson 39 74 Abbey Stadium Cambridge 3,850 Rothmans 1975-76 469-470 References Bibliography Parrott Ron Hereford United: The League Era - A Complete Record Desert Island Books 1998 1-874287-18-X Rothmans 1975-76 Rothmans Football Yearbook 1975-76 (Editor: Peter Dunk) Queen Anne Press 0-362-00219-3 Category:Hereford United F.C. seasons Hereford United F.C.