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Hereford United F.C.
2011–12 season
Owner	Hereford United Supporters' Trust
Chairman	Peter James
Manager	Sam James
Stadium	Edgar Street
League Two	1st
FA Cup	Semi-Final
League Cup	1st Round
Football League Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Yoann Arquin (31); All: Yoann Arquin (35)
Biggest win	6–0 v Bristol Rovers (A), League Two, 3 January 2012
Biggest defeat	3–2 v Northampton Town (A), League Two, 20 December 2011
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012-13 →

The 2011–12 Hereford United season was the club's 91st season, 3rd consecutive year in League Two and 31st overall in the Football League. The season covers the period from 1st July 2011 to 30th June 2012.

Season summary

Sam James was appointed Hereford United manager on 1st July 2011, replacing previous boss Jamie Pitman. The club's 2010–11 Player of the Season and top goalscorer, Stuart Fleetwood, was sold to Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. Experienced defender Stefan Stam, on loan from Yeovil Town in the previous campaign, moved to Edgar Street permanently upon his release and was made club captain.

The Bulls enjoyed an exceptional league season, smashing the League Two points record, remaining unbeaten at home, and losing just three times all season. Particular highlights included a 6–0 away win at Bristol Rovers in January, a 5–0 thumping of rivals Shrewsbury Town in March, and the 1–0 win at Plymouth Argyle which sealed Hereford's promotion to League One. Summer signing Yoann Arquin was the league's standout player, with a combined total of 56 goals and assists across all competitions, and Hereford were helped by the performances of everpresent goalkeeper Adam Bartlett, much-improved defender János Kovács, creative midfielders Joe Colbeck, Nicky Featherstone and James McQuilkin, and striker Sean Canham.

A remarkable FA Cup run saw Hereford overcome Premier League side Fulham to reach the FA Cup 5th Round for the first time in their history. Rob Purdie etched his name into FA Cup folklore with the only goal in the quarter-final against Liverpool, which booked Hereford's miraculous FA Cup semi-final spot; the Bulls narrowly lost to eventual winners Manchester United. Hereford enjoyed Wembley glory through Delroy Facey, who returned from a three-month injury to find an 120th minute winner in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final against Charlton.

Management team

Manager	Assistant Manager	Goalkeeping Coach	Coach	Physiotherapist	Head of Youth Development
Sam James	Russell Hoult	Dan Connor	Richard Sneekes	Ian Rodgerson	John Layton

League table

Pos.	Team	Pl.	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification, or relegation
1	Hereford United	46	36	7	3	105	29	76	115	Champions, promoted to League One
2	Rotherham United	46	23	17	6	81	47	34	86	Promoted to League One
3	Oxford United	46	24	14	8	73	49	24	86	Promoted to League One
4	Bristol Rovers	46	22	14	10	68	52	16	80	Qualified for Play-Offs
5	Shrewsbury Town	46	21	16	9	61	45	16	79	Promoted to League One via Play-Offs
6	Bradford City	46	21	13	12	61	46	15	76	Qualified for Play-Offs
7	Southend United	46	20	13	13	67	48	19	73	Qualified for Play-Offs
8	Port Vale	46	19	15	12	66	55	11	72
9	Crawley Town	46	19	15	12	64	59	5	72
10	Cheltenham Town	46	19	14	13	61	52	9	71
11	Northampton Town	46	17	15	14	56	54	2	66
12	Swindon Town	46	18	11	17	62	56	6	65
13	Burton Albion	46	13	19	14	52	55	–3	58
14	Accrington Stanley	46	13	14	19	41	56	–15	53
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	19	16	39	50	–11	52
16	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	12	15	19	49	61	–12	51
17	Aldershot Town	46	11	16	19	41	55	–14	49
18	Gillingham	46	11	15	20	52	63	–11	48
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	11	13	22	56	73	–17	46
20	Macclesfield Town	46	9	14	23	41	75	–34	41
21	Morecambe	46	5	23	18	43	69	–26	38
22	Torquay United	46	6	16	24	40	66	–26	34
23	Barnet	46	6	16	24	36	66	–30	34	Relegation to the Conference Premier
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	7	12	27	39	73	–34	33	Relegation to the Conference Premier

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 30 June 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Adam Bartlett	62	0	46	0	8	0	1	0	7	0
2	DF	WAL	Ryan Green	21	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Heath	30	0	20	0	4	0	1	0	5	0
4	MF	ENG	Harry Pell	25	6	16	3	4	1	0	0	5	2
5	DF	ENG	Michael Townsend	40	1	33	1	6	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	ENG	Rob Purdie	30	5	19	2	4	2	1	0	6	1
7	MF	AUS	Kasey Wehrman	35	6	28	5	6	1	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Nicky Featherstone	41	8	32	6	8	2	0	0	1	0
9	FW	FRA	Yoann Arquin	38	35	31	31	6	4	0	0	1	0
10	FW	GRN	Delroy Facey	32	24	26	16	2	2	0	0	4	6
11	MF	ENG	Kenny Lunt	41	2	31	2	6	0	1	0	3	0
12	DF	SCO	Chris Robertson	37	0	29	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	ENG	Chris McCready	42	1	32	1	4	0	0	0	6	0
14	MF	NIR	James McQuilkin	39	8	33	7	5	1	0	0	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Tyler Weir	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
16	MF	ENG	Danny Williams	18	1	9	1	2	0	1	0	6	0
17	MF	ENG	Joe Colbeck	43	6	34	6	5	0	1	0	3	0
18	MF	AUS	Jacob Burns	17	7	12	6	3	1	0	0	2	0
19	DF	ENG	Paul Scott	40	1	31	1	4	0	1	0	4	0
20	DF	FRA	Benoit Dalibard	8	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
21	DF	KOR	Byun Sung-hwan	15	2	13	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
22	DF	HUN	János Kovács	48	0	36	0	7	0	1	0	4	0
23	FW	ENG	Sean Canham	26	19	16	11	4	1	1	0	5	7
24	DF	NED	Stefan Stam	40	1	33	0	6	1	0	0	1	0
25	DF	ENG	Anwar Uddin	27	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
26	FW	ENG	Sam Winnall	21	3	14	2	2	1	0	0	5	0
27	DF	ENG	Nick Fenton	12	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	MF	ENG	Tom John	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF	ENG	Nathan Perkins	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
39	GK	ENG	Russell Hoult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who spent some of the season on loan at Hereford:
18	MF	ENG	Simon Clist	18	2	12	1	1	0	1	0	4	1
21	FW	ENG	Tom Barkhuizen	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	GK	WAL	David Cornell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	ENG	Will Evans	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Players who spent some of the season at Hereford and were loaned out:
33	GK	ENG	Rhett Heister	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW	9	Yoann Arquin	31	4	0	35
2	FW	10	Delroy Facey	16	2	6	24
3	FW	23	Sean Canham	11	1	7	18
4	MF	8	Nicky Featherstone	6	2	0	8
=	MF	14	James McQuilkin	7	1	0	8
6	MF	18	Jacob Burns	6	1	0	7
7	MF	4	Harry Pell	3	1	2	6
=	MF	7	Kasey Wehrman	5	1	0	6
=	MF	17	Joe Colbeck	6	0	0	6
10	MF	6	Rob Purdie	2	2	1	5
11	FW	26	Sam Winnall	2	1	0	3
12	MF	11	Kenny Lunt	2	0	0	2
=	MF	15	Tyler Weir	0	1	1	2
=	DF	21	Byun Sung-hwan	1	1	0	2
=	MF	18	Simon Clist	1	0	1	2
16	DF	5	Michael Townsend	1	0	0	1
=	DF	13	Chris McCready	1	0	0	1
=	MF	16	Danny Williams	1	0	0	1
=	DF	19	Paul Scott	1	0	0	1
=	DF	24	Stefan Stam	0	1	0	1
=	FW	21	Tom Barkhuizen	1	0	0	1
=	DF	34	Will Evans	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	0	0	0	0
			TOTALS	105	19	18	142

Top assists

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW	9	Yoann Arquin	18	3	0	21
2	FW	10	Delroy Facey	11	0	2	13
=	MF	14	James McQuilkin	10	3	0	13
4	FW	23	Sean Canham	6	3	2	11
5	MF	8	Nicky Featherstone	8	2	0	10
6	MF	11	Kenny Lunt	6	0	2	8
7	MF	17	Joe Colbeck	6	1	0	7
8	MF	6	Rob Purdie	3	0	3	6
=	MF	7	Kasey Wehrman	5	1	0	6
=	MF	18	Simon Clist	2	1	3	6
11	DF	25	Anwar Uddin	2	0	2	4
=	FW	26	Sam Winnall	4	0	0	4
13	MF	18	Jacob Burns	2	0	1	3
=	DF	19	Paul Scott	3	0	0	3
15	MF	4	Harry Pell	1	1	0	2
=	DF	5	Michael Townsend	2	0	0	2
17	DF	2	Ryan Green	1	0	0	1
=	DF	3	Joe Heath	0	0	1	1
=	DF	20	Benoit Dalibard	1	0	0	1
=	DF	22	János Kovács	1	0	0	1
=	DF	24	Stefan Stam	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	93	15	16	124

Clean Sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	GK		1	Adam Bartlett	24	4	0	3	31
				TOTALS	24	4	0	3	31

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
5		DF	Michael Townsend	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	János Kovács	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		DF	Nick Fenton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Results

League Two

6 August 2011 1	Hereford United	1–1	Oxford United	Edgar Street
15:00	Arquin 67'		Constable 54'

13 August 2011 2	Macclesfield Town	1–2	Hereford United	Moss Rose
15:00	Wedgbury 89'		McQuilkin 16' Facey 48'

20 August 2011 3	Hereford United	2–0	Rotherham United	Edgar Street
15:00	Facey 21' Arquin 29'

27 August 2011 4	Shrewsbury Town	0–2	Hereford United	New Meadow
15:00	Cansdell-Sherriff 68'		Arquin 32' 54'

3 September 2011 5	Hereford United	3–2	Dagenham & Redbridge	Edgar Street
15:00	Wehrman 30' Arquin 33' Facey 53' (pen)		Elito 4' Nurse 57'

6 September 2011 6	Port Vale	1–1	Hereford United	Vale Park
19:45	McCombe 54'		Pell 64'

10 September 2011 7	Hereford United	6–2	AFC Wimbledon	Edgar Street
15:00	Townsend 5' Arquin 25' 87' (pen) Facey 50' Evans 78' Williams 83'		Djilali 21' Yussuff 58'

17 September 2011 8	Gillingham	1–1	Hereford United	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Kedwell 83'		Arquin 55'

24 September 2011 9	Hereford United	4–2	Torquay United	Edgar Street
15:00	Arquin 25' 29' 59' Featherstone 69'		Saah 14' Scott 53'

1 October 2011 10	Morecambe	0–4	Hereford United	Globe Arena
15:00			Arquin 13' 64' Facey 80' Lunt 90+2'

8 October 2011 11	Hereford United	3–0	Southend United	Edgar Street
15:00	Arquin 61' 86' Featherstone 66'

11 October 2011 12	Swindon Town	1–2	Hereford United	County Ground
19:45	Kerrouche 12'		Facey 16' Canham 61'

15 October 2011 13	Hereford United	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Edgar Street
15:00	Colbeck 41' (pen) Featherstone 45+2'

22 October 2011 14	Burton Albion	1–0	Hereford United	Pirelli Stadium
15:00	Bolder 33'

29 October 2011 15	Hereford United	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Edgar Street
15:00	Featherstone 40' McCready 65'		Hourihane 4'

1 November 2011 16	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Hereford United	Gresty Road
19:45	Connerton 90+2'		Canham 47' McQuilkin 50'

12 November 2011 17	Hereford United	5–0	Accrington Stanley	Edgar Street
15:00	Lunt 4' Colbeck 43' (pen) Arquin 45+2' Clist 62' Canham 90+2'

19 November 2011 18	Hereford United	1–0	Aldershot Town	Edgar Street
15:00	Facey 53'

23 November 2011 19	Barnet	1–2	Hereford United	Underhill Stadium
19:45	McFadzean 45+2'		Colbeck 17' Arquin 44'

3 December 2011 20	Hereford United	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Edgar Street
15:00	Arquin 54' Featherstone 67' Facey 87'		Gain 57' (pen)

10 December 2011 21	Bradford City	0–2	Hereford United	Valley Parade
15:00			Facey 60' (pen) Featherstone 85'

17 December 2011 22	Hereford United	4–0	Crawley Town	Edgar Street
15:00	Wehrman 33' Arquin 51' 68' McQuilkin 59'

20 December 2011 23	Northampton Town	3–2	Hereford United	Sixfields Stadium
19:45	Akinfenwa 4' 6' Purcell 73'		Canham 54' Facey 69'

26 December 2011 24	Hereford United	1–0	Port Vale	Edgar Street
15:00	Arquin 85'

28 December 2011 25	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–0	Hereford United	Victoria Road
19:45

31 December 2011 26	Hereford United	4–0	Burton Albion	Edgar Street
15:00	Canham 6' Wehrman 49' McQuilkin 65' Barkhuizen 71'

3 January 2012 27	Bristol Rovers	0–6	Hereford United	Memorial Stadium
19:45			Winnall 9' Purdie 17' 30' McQuilkin 19' Pell 66' Colbeck 82'

14 January 2012 28	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Hereford United	Whaddon Road
15:00			Wehrman 69'

28 January 2012 29	Hereford United	0–0	Barnet	Edgar Street
15:00

4 February 2012 30	Hereford United	3–2	Morecambe	Edgar Street
15:00	Arquin 45+1' 59' Scott 81'		Ferdinand 45' 57'

18 February 2012 31	Torquay United	1–2	Hereford United	Plainmoor
15:00	Morris 45'		Burns 4' Arquin 30'

21 February 2012 32	Aldershot Town	0–1	Hereford United	Recreation Ground
19:45			Colbeck 42'

28 February 2012 33	Accrington Stanley	0–0	Hereford United	Crown Ground
19:45

6 March 2012 34	Hereford United	1–0	Macclesfield Town	Edgar Street
19:45	McQuilkin 6'

13 March 2012 35	Oxford United	0–2	Hereford United	Kassam Stadium
19:45			Arquin 67' 86'

17 March 2012 36	Hereford United	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgar Street
15:00	Facey 79' Canham 88'

20 March 2012 37	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Hereford United	Home Park
19:45			Canham 27'

24 March 2012 38	Hereford United	3–0	Northampton Town	Edgar Street
15:00	Burns 23' Arquin 61' 83'

27 March 2012 39	Hereford United	5–0	Shrewsbury Town	Edgar Street
19:45	Canham 23' 31' McQuilkin 54' Facey 62' Pell 74'

7 April 2012 40	Rotherham United	0–1	Hereford United	Don Valley Stadium
15:00			Arquin 43'

10 April 2012 41	Hereford United	4–1	Gillingham	Edgar Street
19:45	Facey 45+3' 58' Byun 49' (pen) Winnall 84'		Richards 45+1'

17 April 2012 42	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Hereford United	Kingsmeadow
19:45	Jolley 87'

21 April 2012 43	Crawley Town	1–3	Hereford United	Broadfield Stadium
15:00	Simpson 88'		Burns 7' Arquin 23' 28'

24 April 2012 44	Hereford United	4–2	Bradford City	Edgar Street
19:45	Facey 5' 44' Canham 8' 66'		Roberts 14' (pen) Dixon 40'

28 April 2012 45	Hereford United	4–1	Swindon Town	Edgar Street
15:00	Wehrman 53' Burns 60' 83' Colbeck 78'		De Vita 50'

5 May 2012 46	Southend United	1–1	Hereford United	Roots Hall
15:00	Clarke 18'		Burns 55'

FA Cup

5 November 2011 R1	Plymouth Argyle	0–5	Hereford United	Home Park
12:45			Featherstone 9' 35' Canham 53' Pell 90' Winnall 90+3'

27 November 2011 R2	Hereford United	3–0	Yeovil Town	Edgar Street
16:00	Facey 28' 35' (pen) Stam 60'

8 January 2012 R3	Hereford United	1–1	Southampton	Edgar Street
16:00	Arquin 58'		Connolly 29'

18 January 2012 R3 Replay	Southampton	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Hereford United	St. Mary's Stadium
19:45	Lambert 26'		Arquin 28' 96'

21 January 2012 R4	Fulham	0–2	Hereford United	Craven Cottage
17:45			Wehrman 45+1' Weir 87'

R5	Watford	2–4	Hereford United	Vicarage Road
12:45	Iwelumo 5' Yeates 83'		Byun 9' (pen) McQuilkin 25' Purdie 44' Arquin 89'

3 March 2012 QF	Hereford United	1–0	Liverpool	Edgar Street
12:45	Purdie 73'

14 April 2012 SF	Manchester United	2–1	Hereford United	Wembley Stadium
15:00	Berbatov 6' Rooney 35'		Burns 4'

League Cup

9 August 2011 R1	Hereford United	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Nottingham Forest	Edgar Street
20:00			Derbyshire 110'

FL Trophy

23 August 2011 R1	Stevenage	0–1	Hereford United	Broadhall Way
19:45			Canham 45'

4 October 2011 R2	Notts County	1–6	Hereford United	Meadow Lane
19:45	Hawley 45+1'		Clist 7' Purdie 15' Canham 23' 39' Facey 30' 52' (pen)

8 November 2011 R3	Hereford United	3–1	MK Dons	Edgar Street
19:45	Facey 16' (pen) 27' 38'		Bowditch 18'

6 December 2011 QF	Hereford United	3–0	Sheffield United	Edgar Street
19:45	Canham 17' 66' (pen) Pell 35'

16 January 2012 SF 1st Leg	Hereford United	3–1	Hartlepool United	Edgar Street
19:45	Canham 8' (pen) Pell 43' Weir 65'		Murray 40'

7 February 2012 SF 2nd Leg	Hartlepool United	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Hereford United	Victoria Park
19:45	Brown 37'		Canham 69'

1 April 2012 F	Charlton Athletic	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Hereford United	Wembley Stadium
13:30			Facey 120+1'

Transfers

Summer

Players transferred in
No.	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee
12	DF	Chris Robertson	Torquay United	£35,000
13	DF	Chris McCready	Morecambe	£15,000
25	DF	Anwar Uddin	Barnet	£15,000
9	FW	Yoann Arquin	Red Star	€100
3	DF	Joe Heath	Exeter City	Free
4	MF	Harry Pell	Bristol Rovers	Free
7	MF	Kasey Wehrman	Newcastle Jets	Free
10	FW	Delroy Facey	Lincoln City	Free
16	MF	Danny Williams	AFC Telford United	Free
19	DF	Paul Scott	Morecambe	Free
20	DF	Benoit Dalibard	Guingamp	Free
24	DF	Stefan Stam	Yeovil Town	Free
26	FW	Sam Winnall	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free
Players transferred out
No.	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
7	FW	Stuart Fleetwood	Luton Town	Undisclosed
3	DF	Ryan Valentine	AFC Telford United	Free
6	DF	Richard Rose	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free
11	FW	Sam Malsom	Weymouth	Free
15	MF	Sam Gwynne	Neath	Free
19	MF	Aidan Thomas	Westfields	Free
19	DF	Kyle McCarthy	UWIC	Free
30	FW	Adrian Patulea	Farul	Free
8	MF	Dan Stratford	West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer coaching staff	Retired
12	GK	Dan Connor	Hereford United coaching staff	Retired
Players loaned in
No.	Pos.	Name	From	Date to
28	GK	David Cornell	Swansea City	19 September 2011
34	DF	Will Evans	Swindon Town	29 November 2011
18	MF	Simon Clist	Oxford United	3 January 2012
21	FW	Thomas Barkhuizen	Blackpool	3 January 2012
Players loaned out
No.	Pos.	Name	To	Date to
33	GK	Rhett Heister	Crewe Alexandra	31 June 2012

Winter

Players transferred in
No.	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee
18	MF	Jacob Burns	Perth Glory	Free
21	DF	Byun Sung-Hwan	Newcastle Jets	Free
27	DF	Nick Fenton	Morecambe	Free