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1974–75 Hereford United F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was the 45th 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, FA Cup and Welsh Cup.

Hereford United
1974–75 season
ChairmanFrank Miles
ManagerJohn Sillett
StadiumEdgar Street
Division Three12th
League CupThird round
FA CupSecond round
Welsh CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Dixie McNeil (31)
All: Dixie McNeil (32)
Highest home attendance11,488 v Preston North End, Division Three, 5 October 1974
Lowest home attendance2114 v Barry Town, Welsh Cup, 13 November 1974
Average home league attendance7230
Biggest win5–0 v Chesterfield (H), Division Three, 28 September 1974
Biggest defeat1–6 v Tranmere Rovers (A), Division Three, 29 November 1974

Summary

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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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[2]

Squad

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Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1974-75 season

Pos. Nat. Name League League Cup FA Cup Welsh Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Jim Blyth (on loan from Coventry City) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
GK   SCO Tommy Hughes 39 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 47 0
DF   IRE Tony Byrne 45 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 53 0
DF   ENG Steve Emery 44 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 52 1
DF   ENG John Layton 19 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 24 1
DF   WAL Mick McLaughlin 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
DF   WAL Peter Morgan 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
DF   ENG Tommy Naylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF   ENG Brian Roberts (on loan from Coventry City) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
DF   ENG David Rylands 20 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23 0
DF   ENG Billy Tucker 35 1 1 0 1(1) 1 2 0 39(1) 2
MF   ENG Roy Carter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF   WAL Brian Evans 14(3) 1 3 1 1 0 1(1) 0 19(4) 2
MF   ENG Viv Fear 2(1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0
MF   ENG Harry Gregory 11(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 11(3) 1
MF   ENG Bobby Kellard (on loan from Portsmouth) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
MF   ENG Fred Kemp 12(1) 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 17(1) 2
MF   ENG Colin Lee (on loan from Bristol City) 7(2) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9(2) 0
MF   ENG Terry Paine 40 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 47 5
MF   ENG Brian Preece 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   ENG David Rudge 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
MF   ENG Barry Silkman 6(9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(9) 1
MF   ENG Dudley Tyler 38(3) 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 45(3) 3
MF   WAL Shane Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW   WAL Nick Deacy 13(4) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14(4) 2
FW   ENG John Galley 22 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 6
FW   ENG Dixie McNeil 44 31 4 1 2 0 1 0 51 32
FW   ENG Paul Lee 9(3) 3 0(1) 0 2 0 1 0 12(4) 3
FW   ENG Eric Redrobe 13(2) 3 1(1) 0 0 0 1 0 15(3) 3
FW   ENG John Ritchie 9(2) 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 12(2) 2

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Gillingham 46 17 14 15 65 60 1.083 48
11 Colchester United 46 17 13 16 70 63 1.111 47
12 Hereford United 46 16 14 16 64 66 0.970 46
13 Wrexham 46 15 15 16 65 55 1.182 45 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
14 Bury 46 16 12 18 53 50 1.060 44
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

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Third Division

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Main article: 1974–75 Football League
17 August 1974 1 Hereford United 2–0 Aldershot Hereford
McNeil   43'
Kemp  56'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7885
24 August 1974 2 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Hereford United London
Curtis   60' (pen.)
Bowman   69'		 Stadium: The Valley (stadium)
Attendance: 6387
31 August 1974 3 Hereford United 2–0 Peterborough United Hereford
McNeil   11', 50' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7315
4 September 1974 4 Hereford United 0–1 Watford Hereford
Jenkins   76' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7357
7 September 1974 5 Walsall 3–1 Hereford United Walsall
Buckley   20', 34'
Atthey   84'		 Ritchie   74' Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 3328
14 September 1974 6 Hereford United 0–1 Bournemouth Hereford
Howard   87' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7357
18 September 1974 7 Hereford United 2–0 Crystal Palace Hereford
McNeil   23' (pen.)
Rudge   32'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 8488
21 September 1974 8 Port Vale 3–0 Hereford United Stoke-on-Trent
Williams   66'
Horton   71'
Bailey   85'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 3433
24 September 1974 9 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Hereford United Plymouth
Mariner   12' Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 5519
28 September 1974 10 Hereford United 5–0 Chesterfield Hereford
McNeil   16', 32' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
Evans   70'
Paine   73'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 5961
2 October 1974 11 Watford 1–1 Hereford United Watford
Scullion   33' (pen.) McNeil   75' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5572
5 October 1974 12 Hereford United 2–2 Preston North End Hereford
Rudge   14'
P. Lee   83'		 Holden   74'
Bird   89'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 11,488
12 October 1974 13 Gillingham 2–3 Hereford United Gillingham
Jacks   2'
Feely   60'		 Redrobe   43'
Paine   59'
McNeil   81'		 Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 5457
19 October 1974 14 Hereford United 0–0 Halifax Town Hereford
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6833
23 October 1974 15 Hereford United 3–1 Colchester United Hereford
McNeil   7'
Redrobe   30'
P. Lee   74'		 Thomas   83' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6390
25 October 1974 16 Southend United 0–0 Hereford United Southend-on-Sea
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 5572
2 November 1974 17 Hereford United 1–1 Huddersfield Town Hereford
McNeil   7' Gowling   70' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7474
6 November 1974 18 Colchester United 1–2 Hereford United Colchester
Svarc   69' McNeil   41'
Tyler   49'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5135
9 November 1974 19 Wrexham 2–1 Hereford United Wrexham
Davies   19'
Smallman   43'		 McNeil   70' Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 6157
16 November 1974 20 Hereford United 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Hereford
McNeil   17'
P. Lee   47'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7016
29 November 1974 21 Tranmere Rovers 6–1 Hereford United Birkenhead
Veitch   30'
Crossley   33' (pen.), 59' (pen.)
Coppell   55'
Tynan   68'
Flood   78'		 Tyler   24' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 2560
7 December 1974 22 Hereford United 2–1 Swindon Town Hereford
McNeil   27'
Redrobe   50'		 Eastoe   43' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 8625
21 December 1974 23 Hereford United 6–3 Blackburn Rovers Hereford
McNeil   23', 48' (pen.), 73'
Kemp   28'
Galley   76'
Tyler   85'		 Burgin   47'
Waddington   80' (pen.)
Beamish   82'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7288
26 December 1974 24 Bournemouth 2–1 Hereford United Bournemouth
O'Rourke   42'
Buttle   72'		 Parodi   18' (o.g.) Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 5803
28 December 1974 25 Hereford United 1–1 Bury Hereford
McNeil   10' (pen.) Spence   72' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 8170
4 January 1975 26 Crystal Palace 2–2 Hereford United London
Taylor   10'
Chatterton   77'		 Galley   72'
Layton   82'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,893
11 January 1975 27 Swindon Town 1–0 Hereford United Swindon
Butler   54' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,781
18 January 1975 28 Hereford United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Hereford
Kellard   15'
Galley   50'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6591
1 February 1975 29 Hereford United 1–0 Wrexham Hereford
McNeil   2' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6715
8 February 1975 30 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Hereford United Huddersfield
Fowler   25'
Lawson   78'		 McNeil   28' Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 4893
15 February 1975 31 Hereford United 3–2 Grimsby Town Hereford
McNeil   19' (pen.), 90'
Deacy   82'		 Lewis   36', 45' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 5445
22 February 1975 32 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Hereford United Hove
Piper   8'
Towner   71'		 Galley   14' Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 11,541
1 March 1975 33 Peterborough United 1–1 Hereford United Peterborough
Lee   68' (pen.) Galley   18' Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 7108
4 March 1975 34 Grimsby Town 0–0 Hereford United Cleethorpes
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5008
8 March 1975 35 Hereford United 1–5 Plymouth Argyle Hereford
McNeil   70' Hardcastle   21'
Mariner   50'
Rafferty   85', 90'
Vassallo   90'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 9296
15 March 1975 36 Chesterfield 4–1 Hereford United Chesterfield
Moss   2'
Darling   8'
Shanahan   29' (pen.), 51' (pen.)		 McNeil   77' Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 3826
19 March 1975 37 Aldershot 2–2 Hereford United Aldershot
Morrissey   51', 81' McNeil   18' (pen.)
Deacy   73'		 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2698
22 March 1975 38 Hereford United 2–0 Walsall Hereford
McNeil   63' (pen.)
Silkman   79'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6848
28 March 1975 39 Bury 3–0 Hereford United Bury
Galley   28' (o.g.)
Buchan   33'
Rowland   72'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4330
29 March 1975 40 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Hereford United Blackburn
Hickman   24' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,001
31 March 1975 41 Hereford United 1–0 Port Vale Hereford
Gregory   90' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6976
5 April 1975 42 Hereford United 1–0 Southend United Hereford
Galley   24' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 4807
12 April 1975 43 Preston North End 2–2 Hereford United Preston
Burns   14'
Morley   44' (pen.)		 McNeil   24', 80' (pen.) Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 6528
19 April 1975 44 Hereford United 1–1 Gillingham Hereford
McNeil   51' Richardson   70' (pen.) Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 5643
23 April 1975 45 Hereford United 2–2 Charlton Athletic Hereford
Paine   35'
McNeil   60' (pen.)		 Dunphy   7'
Flanagan   50'		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 6453
26 April 1975 46 Halifax Town 2–2 Hereford United Halifax
McHale   25' (pen.)
Harrold   73'		 Paine   21' (pen.)
Tucker   43'		 Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 6528

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League Cup

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Main article: 1974–75 Football League Cup
21 August 1974 First round Hereford United 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Hereford
McNeil   64' Durban   78' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7263
27 August 1974 First round replay Shrewsbury Town 0–1 Hereford United Shrewsbury
Paine   34' Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 5183
11 September 1974 Second round Exeter City 0–1 Hereford United Exeter
Ritchie   80' Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3608
8 October 1974 Third round Ipswich Town 4–1 Hereford United Ipswich
Johnson   2'
Talbot   15'
Hunter   40'
Whymark   54'		 Evans   56' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 16,284

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FA Cup

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Main article: 1974–75 FA Cup
26 November 1974 First round Hereford United 1–0 Gillingham Hereford
Tucker   39' Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 7362
14 December 1974 Second round Cambridge United 2–0 Hereford United Cambridge
Watson   39', 74' Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 3850

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Welsh Cup

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Main article: 1974–75 Welsh Cup
13 November 1974 Third round Hereford United 1–0 Barry Town Hereford
Emery   7' (pen.) Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2114
14 January 1975 Fourth round Cardiff City 2–0 Hereford United Cardiff
Reece   63'
Showers   81'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3515

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References

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  1. ^ Parrott 1998, p. 24
  2. ^ a b Parrott 1998, pp. 27–30
  3. ^ a b c d Parrott 1998, pp. 184–185
  4. ^ Rothmans 1975-76, pp. 211–212
  5. ^ Parrott 1998, pp. 180–183
  6. ^ Rothmans 1975-76, p. 210
  7. ^ Rothmans 1975-76, p. 491–494
  8. ^ Rothmans 1975-76, pp. 469–470
Bibliography
  • Parrott, Ron (1998). Hereford United: The League Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-18-X.
  • Rothmans Football Yearbook 1975-76 (Editor: Peter Dunk). Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00219-3.
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