Revenge of the Bulls - Hereford FC

[TheLuckDuck]

FEBRUARY

We're gonna win the league lads

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Stevenage 0-2 Hereford
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Moulden, Coyle, Armstrong, Thorpe, Pascanu (Norrington-Davies 70) Booty, Coulton, Dreher 70, Kelly, Lavery (Johnson 70), Laycock
A solid win and we were never worried despite the red card

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
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Cull, Coyle, Latibeaudiere, Thorpe, Pascanu, Booty, Coulton (Warren 79), Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery (Johnson 79), Laycock (Harrop 61)
25 shots, 25 on target, only two goals?

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Bradford City 0-2 Hereford
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Cull, Coyle, Latibeaudiere, Thorpe, Pascanu, Booty (Boateng 77), Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly (Johnson 59), Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 63)
A comfortable win away to our nearest challengers, the title is practically ours

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 2-1 Shrewsbury Town
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Moulden, Coyle, Armstrong, Thorpe, Pascanu 49, Booty (Norrington-Davies 49), Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock
Ten men? No problem​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

MARCH

The run in starts now

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Billericay Town 1-3 Hereford
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Moulden, Coyle, Armstrong, Thorpe (Brown 63), Norrington-Davies, Booty, Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 63)
Easily dispatching one of our nearest title rivals away from home makes me happy

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 2-2 Colchester United
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Moulden, Coyle, Armstrong, Thorpe, Norrington-Davies, Booty (Boateng 64), Dreher (Caiger 80), Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 64)
Very frustrating not to win after coming back from behind

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Newport County 1-3 Hereford
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Moulden, Coyle, Armstrong, Thorpe, Norrington-Davies, Booty (Cowie 62), Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 62)
A big away win to our fierce rivals sees us just a win away from promotion

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 5-0 Carlisle United
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Moulden, Coyle, Latibeaudiere (Brown 76), Thorpe, Pascanu, Booty, Coulton (Warren 64), Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Harrop (Laycock 76)
WE'RE GOING UP! What a performance to confirm our promotion to League 1!

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 4-0 Yeovil Town
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Moulden, Coyle, Latibeaudiere, Thorpe (Brown 58), Pascanu, Booty, Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 58)
CHAMPIONS

LEAGUE TABLE
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CHAMPIONS​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

APRIL

This month is pointless

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Oxford United 0-3 Hereford
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Moulden, Coyle, Brown, Thorpe, Pascanu, Booty 76, Coulton (Cowie 65), Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery (Johnson 65), Harrop
We only need 10 men

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 2-0 Cambridge United
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Moulden, Caiger, Brown, Thorpe, Pascanu (Norrington-Davies 68), Coyle, Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 68)
A tale of two penalties, fortunately both for us

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Cheltenham Town 0-1 Hereford
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Moulden, Coyle (Brown 33), Armstrong, Thorpe, Pascanu, Booty, Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery (Harrop 66), Laycock
1 goal will do

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 1-1 Swindon Town
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Moulden, Latibeaudiere, Armstrong, Thorpe, Pascanu (Norrington-Davies 78), Booty 78, Coulton (Warren 66), Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 66)
Gutted

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Lincoln City 4-1 Hereford
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Moulden, Brown, Latibeaudiere, Thorpe, Norrington-Davies, Dreher, Coulton, Adeniran, Kelly, Lavery, Laycock (Harrop 57)
I don't know how this happened

SKY BET LEAGUE 2
Hereford 3-0 Crawley Town
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Moulden, Pascanu, Latibeaudiere (Brown 73), Thorpe, Greenslade, Dreher, Coulton, Thomas (Warren 64), Kelly, Lavery (Harrop 73), Laycock
Even Cassian Thomas played

LEAGUE TABLE
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ALL THE POINTS, ALL THE GOALS, WE'RE GOING UP LADS​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

SUMMER TRANSFERS

No big sales, just incomings

DOUGLAS CHAPMAN - BLACKBURN ROVERS - £200,000
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Top young talent is coming to Hereford, the Tanko money is still paying off

GRANT McGUINNESS - MANCHESTER CITY - FREE TRANSFER
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One for the future

JORDAN HAY - ALDERSHOT - £300,000
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He's amazing, he's 19 and is already our best keeper. Future Premier League talent. I love Aldershot

MICHAEL MOORE - DUNGANNON SWIFTS - £3,800
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A bargain at less than £4,000. 60 first team games for Dungannon, debut at only 16, 4 trophies and last season's supporters player of the year. Lovely

CHARLIE PUMFREY - CHELSEA - FREE TRANSFER
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Another for the future. Now on loan at Chippenham.

JORDAN STOREY - MILLWALL - £73,000
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An absolute steal

JOHN DAVIS - TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - FREE TRANSFER
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More for the future. Now on loan at Barnet.

AARON LEWIS - ROTHERHAM UNITED - £145,000
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He's back! 6 months and only 4 Rotherham games later our goal scoring right back returns

CION ROBERTSON - BOLTON WANDERERS - LOAN
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I almost signed him for £1m. He's great

IAIN BANNAN - ABERDEEN - £250,000
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Solid potential first teamer​

 

[Sam91]

Congrats on promotion mate

 

[TheLuckDuck]

STEADY START FOR BULLS

Hereford have made a steady start to life in League 1 despite their early League Cup exit to MK Dons

An opening day draw at home to Portsmouth was followed by defeat at Walsall, making it three games before the Bulls found their first win at this level with the 1-0 home defeat of Rotherham

This was followed by the League Cup defeat, but this seemed to spur the Bulls on as they went unbeaten in the next three, beating Southend 4-0 at Edgar Street

They came back down to Earth with a bump however, with a 2-1 home defeat to MK Dons in the league leaving them 13th
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[TheLuckDuck]

"STATEMENT OF INTENT"

Bulls boss Matthew Hawkins has labelled his side's unbeaten September a "statement of intent"

The Bulls went 6 games unbeaten this month, adding to their steady August to leave them 2nd in the league

The run included 3 draws and 3 wins, with Hereford dispatching of Leyton Orient, Forest Green and Carlisle with ease

Bulls heroes Laycock and Coulton have continued their good form from last season amid interest sides such as Leicester City and Sheffield United
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[TheLuckDuck]

BULLS STILL IN PLAYOFF HUNT

Today's 2-1 victory away to Coventry City has ensured Hereford remain in the playoff picture despite a relatively poor October

The Bulls have lost 3 of their 5 league games this month, succumbing to one goal defeats against Luton, Doncaster and Oldham

However a 4-0 victory over Barnsley at Oakwell and today's 2-1 win away in the Midlands has gone some way to rectifying the slump, leaving the Bulls 6th in the league

It is hoped the completed expansion of Edgar Street, which now has a capacity of 6,859 will help the Bulls' promotion push through revenue and an improved atmosphere
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[TheLuckDuck]

RAMPANT BULLS INTO THIRD ROUND

FLEETWOOD TOWN 1
Dempsey (21)

HEREFORD 4
Laycock (10), Robertson (15, 90+3), Kelly (22)

Hereford's fantastic front three put on a show today as the promotion chasers put fellow League 1 side Fleetwood Town to the sword

Hereford, backed by almost 500 away fans, put their hosts to the sword with some free flowing attacking play from the youngest team in the Football League

The Bulls, who sit 7th in League 1, will face MK Dons in the next round



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[TheLuckDuck]

ANOTHER UNBEATEN MONTH FOR BULLS!

Another unbeaten month for Hereford as they show they belong in League 1, or maybe even higher

The Bulls played 5 games this December and conceded just 1 goal, that coming in the 1-1 draw away to Portsmouth

The Bulls managed three 1-0 wins this month, these coming against Gillingham and Bradford in the league and MK Dons in the FA Cup

The Bulls also managed a 2-0 win over Walsall in the league, leaving them 6th in League 1
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[TheLuckDuck]

TWO IN ONE OUT

It was two in one out on deadline day at Edgar Street as Hereford attempt to bolster their squad for a promotion push

The one to go was Louie Molden who joined West Brom for £65,000 after 88 games for the club

The first to come in was midfielder Martin Parr who's joined from Crewe Alexandra for £140,000

He was swiftly followed by another midfielder in Gary Donnelly from QPR for £475,000 as the Bulls, who were knocked out of the FA Cup Fourth Round on penalties away to Bournemouth
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[TheLuckDuck]

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

A very happy Valentine's day for the Bulls as they finish February back in the playoff spots

The Bulls managed yet another unbeaten month as they won three and drew one of their four league games

The Bulls managed two away wins, 2-0 away at Fleetwood and 2-1 at Forest Green, as well as one home win as they beat Plymouth 2-0 in front of almost 6,000 at Edgar Street

The only blip came with a 1-1 draw at home to fellow promotion hopefuls Leyton Orient leaving Hereford 6th in the table
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[TheLuckDuck]

UNBEATABLES!

March is over and its yet another unbeaten month for the rampant Hereford as they are now 10 games unbeaten in League 1

They went 5 games without a loss this March, with 4 wins and a solitary draw coming away at Doncaster Rovers

This was sandwiched by victories as the Bulls kicked off the month with back-to-back 3-1 victories over lowly Carlisle and league leaders Luton Town, with Hereford boy Peter Harrop grabbing the winner in both

This was followed by the draw at Doncaster before two more wins with a 2-1 home win against Barnsley and a 3-1 win away at Oldham Athletic
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[jackstringer19]

****, this is some effort. Good luck in the run-in!

 

[TheLuckDuck]

****, this is some effort. Good luck in the run-in!

Cheers mate

 

[TheLuckDuck]

BULLS FORCED TO SETTLE FOR PLAYOFFS

Despite their spectacular run in the second half of the league season Hereford have had to settle for 5th place in Sky Bet League 1

This is due in part to their final four games in which they picked up just 3 points

The month started brightly with 1-0 wins over Coventry City and Ipswich Town, however a stoppage time equaliser for Mansfield Town followed by a disappointing 2-2 draw with Peterborough seems to have knocked the stuffing out of the Bulls as they went on to score blanks in their final two league games

These were a 2-0 defeat to Gillingham and an equally disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Bradford City in front of 6,859 at Edgar Street

Hereford now need to dust themselves down ahead of Ipswich's visit on Wednesday
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[TheLuckDuck]

THE PLAYOFFS

Let's do this

SKY BET LEAGUE 1 PLAYOFF SEMI FINAL FIRST LEG
Hereford 1-1 Ipswich Town
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Hay, Lewis, Armstrong (Brown 85), Thorpe, Moore, Booty, Parr, Dreher (Adeniran 62), Kelly, Robertson, Laycock (Harrop 63)
How we didn't win this I'll never know. Look at the stats. LOOK AT THEM!!!
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SKY BET LEAGUE 1 PLAYOFF SEMI FINAL SECOND LEG
Ipswich Town 3-4 Hereford
Hereford win 5-4 on aggregate
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Hay, Lewis, Armstrong, Thorpe, Moore, Booty (Parr 81), Coulton, Dreher, Kelly (Lavery 62), Robertson, Laycock
******* ****. What a game, both sides were fantastic but we just about the edge in front of 30,000 ****** off farmers

SKY BET LEAGUE 1 PLAYOFF FINAL
Leyton Orient 1-2 Hereford
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Hay, Lewis, Armstrong, Thorpe, Moore, Booty, Parr, Dreher (Donnelly 81), Kelly, Robertson, Laycock (Harrop 85)
Championship here we come.​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

LIMB FROM LIMB

Hereford's fantastic promotion winning side has been torn apart already this transfer window, with 3 key figures leaving the club

First to leave was midfielder Liam Coyle who joined Middlesbrough for £400,000

Coyle, 23, made 64 league appearances for the Bulls after joining on a free transfer from Liverpool and was part of two promotion winning sides

Second to go was another midfielder in American star Jonathan Coulton

The American youth international, born in Stoke-on-Trent, made 68 league appearances for Hereford and scored 5 goals after joining from Crewe Alexandra for £200,000

The 20 year old has joined Premier League side Leicester City for £3m

Last to leave was last season's top scorer Craig Laycock has he left to join Newcastle United for £6m

Having joined from Aldershot for £275,000 and went on to be the top scorer in both of his seasons at the club, scoring 42 goals in 104 games all competitions

Hereford to Newcastle is a well trodden path, with Laycock going on to join ex-Bulls Gabriel Tanko and Rowan Walsh on Tyneside
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[TheLuckDuck]

SUMMER TRANSFERS

We've brought in just under £10m, did we reinvest?

THOMAS McCORMICK - RAITH ROVERS - £9,750
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A good young striker to compete for the starting spot with Peter Harrop, he may have only managed 6 in 25 for Raith in the Scottish Championship last season, but I have faith

DAVID HAMILTON - LIMERICK - £40,000
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More expensive than McCormick but still cheap, the Irish Under 21 international has 21 goals in 37 league games so he should add something to the squad

JESSY DEMINGUET - SM CAEN - FREE TRANSFER
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A huge upgrade on the outgoing Liam Coyle for no money whatsoever, I'm delighted

MARIUS HAUPTMANN - N.E.C - £450,000
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We desperately needed a left winger and couldn't get Robertson back on loan

ENZO VALENTIM - REIMS - £400,000
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See above but swap left winger for right back

JOE ADAMS - FULHAM - LOAN
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We needed a backup right winger​

 

[TheLuckDuck]

AUGUST

I'm scared

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Hereford 2-0 Luton Town
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Hay, Valentim, Storey, Thorpe, Moore, Deminguet (Dreher 64), Parr, Booty (Rivers 73), Lavery, Davis, Harrop
YESSSSS. The ideal fixture to kick off the season and new first team striker Harrop got our first ever Championship goal

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Millwall 3-1 Hereford
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Hay, Valentim, Storey, Thorpe, Moore, Deminguet, Parr, Booty (Donnelly 72), Adams, Davis (Lavery 63), Harrop
Conceding 3 goals in 5 minutes is unacceptable

LEAGUE CUP FIRST ROUND
Luton Town 3-1 Hereford
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Hay, Valentim (Lewis 73), Storey, Thorpe (Chapman 62), Pascanu, Rivers, Donnelly (Parr 73), Dreher, Adams, Davis, McCormick
Well this is disappointing

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Hereford 3-0 Crystal Palace
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Hay, Valentim, Storey, Thorpe, Moore (Pascanu 81), Deminguet, Parr, Booty, Adams, Hauptmann (Davis 60), McCormick (Harrop 69)
Back with a bang! An incredible performance against a side who finished 4th last season with youngster McCormick staking a claim for the first team spot

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Middlesbrough 3-0 Hereford
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Hay, Valentim, Storey, Thorpe, Moore, Deminguet, Parr, Booty (Donnelly 63), Adams, Davis, McCormick (Harrop 63)
24 shots, 10 on target, 68% possession. 0 goals. Great.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Swansea City 2-1 Hereford
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Hay, Valentim, Armstrong, Thorpe, Moore, Deminguet (Dreher 65), Parr, Booty, Kelly, Adams, McCormick
Pffft

LEAGUE TABLE
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At least we got some wins​