2007–08 Hereford United F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Hereford United's 27th season in the Football League and ended in the club winning promotion to League One, the third tier of English football, for the first time in 30 years.

It was Hereford's second season back in the Football League after nine seasons spent in the Conference. The previous season had seen Hereford finish 16th after a poor run of form in the final stages of the season. On the strength of this they were predicted to battle against relegation this season by most media sources. Only one member of the 2007-08 squad was purchased for a transfer fee, Ben Smith who was signed from Weymouth for £20,000 in January 2007.

On 26 April 2008 they secured 3rd place and promotion to League One.

League Two

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
11 August 2007	Rotherham United	H	0 – 0		3,566	16th
18 August 2007	Barnet	A	2 – 1	Benjamin 42' (pen), Robinson 66'	1,790	5th
25 August 2007	Rochdale	H	1 – 1	Robinson 27'	2,732	9th
1 September 2007	Wrexham	A	2 – 0	Taylor 53', Benjamin 74'	4,004	5th
8 September 2007	Macclesfield Town	H	0 – 1		2,725	7th
15 September 2007	Morecambe	A	3 – 0	Benjamin 80', Ainsworth 84', Webb 90'	2,949	5th
22 September 2007	Bradford City	H	4 – 2	Diagouraga 15', Guinan 18', Benjamin 52' (pen), Robinson 84'	3,275	2nd
29 September 2007	Grimsby Town	A	1 – 2	Benjamin 55'	3,699	3rd
2 October 2007	Notts County	A	3 – 2	Smith 13', Guinan 26', 70'	3,576	3rd
6 October 2007	Brentford	H	2 – 0	Webb 31', 34,	2,942	2nd
12 October 2007	Chester City	A	1 – 1	Diagouraga 77'	3,430	2nd
20 October 2007	MK Dons	H	0 – 1		3,936	6th
27 October 2007	Peterborough United	A	1 – 1	Easton 72'	5,008	6th
3 November 2007	Darlington	H	5 – 1	Rose 4', Robinson 22', Smith 47', Benjamin 58', Easton 90'	3,516	3rd
6 November 2007	Mansfield Town	H	2 – 1	Robinson 25', Benjamin 49'	2,272	2nd
17 November 2007	Stockport County	A	3 – 2	Ainsworth 37', 54', 70'	5,103	2nd
24 November 2007	Accrington Stanley	H	0 – 0		2,804	4th
4 December 2007	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2 – 2	Robinson 86', Johnson 89'	4,801	4th
8 December 2007	Lincoln City	H	3 – 1	Robinson 10' (pen), McClenahan 44', Smith 84'	2,528	4th
15 December 2007	Bury	A	1 – 0	Robinson 90'	2,099	2nd
22 December 2007	Morecambe	H	0 – 3		3,058	4th
26 December 2007	Macclesfield Town	A	1 – 0	Robinson 57'	2,393	2nd
29 December 2007	Bradford City	A	3 – 1	Robinson 17', Beckwith 39', Benjamin 45'	13,640	2nd
1 January 2008	Notts County	H	0 – 0		3,945	2nd
13 January 2008	Shrewsbury Town	H	3 – 1	Benjamin 41' (pen), Beckwith 73', Johnson 79'	4,707	2nd
21 January 2008	Chesterfield	A	0 – 4		3,274	4th
30 January 2008	Barnet	H	1 – 2	Benjamin 64'	2,271	5th
2 February 2008	Rotherham United	A	1 – 0	Hooper 40'	4,746	5th
9 February 2008	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	4 – 1	MacDonald 9', 68', Hooper 21', Johnson 45' (pen)	2,594	3rd
12 February 2008	Rochdale	A	4 – 2	MacDonald 14', 21', 31', Hooper 73'	2,884	3rd
16 February 2008	Chesterfield	H	2 – 0	MacDonald 8', Hooper 45'	3,503	2nd
23 February 2008	Shrewsbury Town	A	2 – 1	McDonald 27', Hooper 67' (*)	7,402	2nd
26 February 2008	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	0 – 1		1,929	3rd
1 March 2008	Stockport County	H	0 – 1		3,526	4th
8 March 2008	Accrington Stanley	A	2 – 0	Hooper 43', Roberts 52' (o.g.)	1,262	4th
11 March 2008	Mansfield Town	A	1 – 0	Easton 8'	1,606	3rd
15 March 2008	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1 – 0	Martin 72' (o.g.)	3,126	3rd
22 March 2008	Bury	H	0 – 0		3,420	3rd
24 March 2008	Lincoln City	A	1 – 2	Hooper 62'	3,614	3rd
5 April 2008	Chester City	H	2 – 2	Smith 25', Hooper 35'	3,210	3rd
12 April 2008	Darlington	A	1 – 0	Hooper 69'	4,331	3rd
15 April 2008	MK Dons	A	0 – 0		11,428	3rd
19 April 2008	Peterborough United	H	0 – 1		5,279	3rd
22 April 2008	Wrexham	H	2 – 0	Hooper 42', Robinson 60'	3,739	3rd
26 April 2008	Brentford	A	3 – 0	Hooper 18', Robinson 36', Johnson 90'	6,246	3rd
3 May 2008	Grimsby Town	H	2 – 0	Smith 36', Robinson 42'	6,020	3rd

(*) Gary Hooper got the final touch to the first goal although all major news sources credit the goal to Simon Johnson.

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
9 November 2007	First Round	Leeds United	H	0 – 0		5,924
20 November 2007	First Round Replay	Leeds United	A	1 – 0	Ainsworth 3'	11,315
1 December 2007	Second Round	Hartlepool United	H	2 – 0	McCombe 45', Robinson 85'	3,801
5 January 2008	Third Round	Tranmere Rovers	A	2 – 2	Smith 65', Benjamin 76'	6,909
16 January 2008	Third Round Replay	Tranmere Rovers	H	1 – 0	Johnson 72'	6,471
27 January 2008	Fourth Round	Cardiff City	H	1 – 2	Robinson 77'	6,855

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 2007	First Round	Yeovil Town	H	4 – 1	Ainsworth 8', 24', 41', Easton 35'	2,085
28 August 2007	Second Round	Birmingham City	A	1 – 2	Robinson 74'	10,185

Football League Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
9 October 2007	Second Round	Yeovil Town	H	0 – 0	(Yeovil won 4-2 on penalties)	1,859

(Hereford received a bye to the Second Round)

Herefordshire Senior Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
5 February 2008	Quarter Final	Ledbury Town	H	8 – 0	Palmer 40', 53', 71', 73', 87', Taylor 42', Burge 56', 60'	221
4 March 2008	Semi Final	Bromyard Town	H	5 – 0	Broadhurst 5', Robinson 17', 56', MacLeod 52', Thomas 90'	109
1 April 2008	Final	Westfields	N	3 – 0	Guinan 14', 46', Taylor 35'	281

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		HFA Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Wayne Brown	44	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	1	0
2	DF	Trent McClenahan	39	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	46	1	1	0
4	DF	Richard Rose	31	1	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	39	1	1	0
5	DF	John McCombe	27	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	33	1	3	0
6	DF	Karl Broadhurst	23	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	29	1	5	0
7	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	15	4	2	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	21	8	0	0
7	MF	Jack MacLeod	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
8	MF	Ben Smith	44	5	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	53	6	4	0
9	FW	Steve Guinan	28	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	33	5	2	1
10	MF	Kris Taylor	31	1	6	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	42	3	2	0
11	MF	Clint Easton	39	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	45	4	3	0
12	FW	Trevor Benjamin	34	10	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	43	11	0	0
14	GK	Chris Weale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	GK	Michael Ingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
15	MF	Sam Gwynne	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	22	0	1	0
16	DF	Robbie Threlfall	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15	0	1	0
17	MF	Jordan Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	DF	Lee Collins	16	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22	0	0	0
19	FW	Marcus Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	5	0	0
20	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	41	2	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	51	2	5	0
21	MF	Luke Webb	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	3	1	0
22	FW	Theo Robinson	43	13	6	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	53	18	5	0
23	FW	Simon Johnson	33	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	39	6	3	0
24	FW	Sherjill MacDonald	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	0
25	MF	Sammy Igoe	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
26	MF	Stephen Gleeson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
27	MF	Craig Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
28	DF	Dean Beckwith	38	2	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	46	2	5	0
29	FW	Gary Hooper	19	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	11	0	0
33	GK	Ryan Esson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	Ryan Flynn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Gareth Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
	MF	Ryan Burge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0
	MF	Kieran Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	Adam Bendall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	Joel Edwards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	Morgan Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	Sam Harrison	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	Matthew Walsh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee
2007-06-11	FW	Steve Guinan	Cheltenham Town	Free
2007-07-04	DF	Karl Broadhurst	Bournemouth	Free
2007-07-04	DF	John McCombe	Huddersfield Town	Free
2007-07-04	MF	Kris Taylor	Walsall	Free
2007-07-19	MF	Clint Easton	Gillingham	Free
2007-08-01	FW	Trevor Benjamin	Peterborough United	Free
2007-08-08	FW	Simon Johnson	Darlington	Free
2007-08-17	GK	Michael Ingham	Wrexham	Free
2007-12-01	MF	Craig Jones	Academy
2008-01-18	MF	Jack MacLeod	Carshalton Athletic	Free
2008-03-17	GK	Ryan Esson	Shrewsbury Town	Free

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Next Club	Fee
2007-05-14	MF	Andy Ferrell	Kidderminster Harriers	Released
2007-05-14	FW	Stuart Fleetwood	Forest Green Rovers	Released
2007-05-14	DF	Martyn Giles	Newport County	Released
2007-05-14	MF	Danny Thomas	Macclesfield Town	Released
2007-05-14	GK	Glyn Thompson	Newport County	Released
2007-05-29	MF	Phil Gulliver	Rushden & Diamonds	Undisclosed
2007-06-06	MF	Tamika Mkandawire	Leyton Orient	Free
2007-06-22	MF	Rob Purdie	Darlington	Free
2007-06-27	FW	Tim Sills	Torquay United	Undisclosed
2007-07-02	FW	Alan Connell	Brentford	Free
2007-07-04	DF	Simon Travis	Nuneaton Borough	Released
2007-07-05	FW	Andy Williams	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed
2008-01-05	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Watford	Undisclosed

Loan in

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	From
2007-08-08	2007-08-13	GK	Chris Weale	Bristol City
2007-08-10	End of season	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	Watford
2007-08-10	End of season	FW	Theo Robinson	Watford
2007-10-30	End of season	DF	Robbie Threlfall	Liverpool
2007-11-16	End of season	DF	Lee Collins	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2008-01-28	2008-04-30	FW	Gary Hooper	Southend United
2008-02-08	2008-02-10	FW	Sherjill MacDonald	West Bromwich Albion
2008-02-21	2008-03-24	MF	Stephen Gleeson	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2008-03-27	2008-04-27	MF	Sammy Igoe	Bristol Rovers

Loan out

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	To
2007-11-22	2008-01-05	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Watford
2008-02-25	2008-03-25	FW	Marcus Palmer	Gloucester City
2008-03-27	2008-04-27	MF	Jordan Fitzpatrick	Bromsgrove Rovers
2008-03-27	2008-04-27	MF	Craig Jones	Bromsgrove Rovers

References

Hereford United Football Club

General	History Players Managers Season statistics Club records Edgar Street

Matches	A49 derby Hereford United v Newcastle United (1972) Conference Play-off Final (2006)

Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

2007–08 in English football

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FA competitions

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Premier League
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Football Conference

Lower leagues

European competitions

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Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Reading Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester City Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Grimsby Town Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Non-League	AFC Wimbledon Aldershot Town Gateshead Newport County Torquay United York City

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