2009–10 Hereford United F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Hereford United's 29th season in the Football League and the club competed in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Having been promoted from this division in 2007–08, Hereford spent the previous season in Football League One and were relegated in 24th place.

Hereford United

2009–10 season
Chairman	Graham Turner
Manager	John Trewick Graham Turner
League Two	16th
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	Semi-Final (South)
Top goalscorer	League: Marc Pugh (13) All: Marc Pugh (13)
Highest home attendance	3,280 vs Cheltenham Town (15 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance	897 vs Aldershot Town (6 October 2009)

John Trewick managed his first full season at the club, having taken charge of the club for the final two matches of the 2008–09 season. Former manager Graham Turner remained as Chairman and Director of Football. Trewick built an almost entirely new squad, with just four players – Matt Done, Sam Gwynne, Craig Jones and Richard Rose – retained from the previous season.

The club spent the majority of the season in the bottom half of the table, and Trewick was sacked mid-season. Turner became caretaker manager until the end of the season and guided the club to a final position of 16th. Progress was made in all three cup competitions, with a run to the last eight of the Football League Trophy ending in a 4–1 home defeat to MK Dons.

This season saw a number of changes off the field. A new home and away strip was launched as the club announced a three-year deal with shirt suppliers Admiral,[1] the away colours changing from yellow to orange. The club's shirt sponsor changed from Sun Valley to parent company Cargill.[2] At the end of the season, Turner announced that the majority shareholding of the club was for sale, and on 4 June 2010 it was announced that he had left the club, bringing 15 years of service to an end, and that David Keyte had taken over as chairman with Tim Russon as vice-chairman.

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
9 July 2009	Pegasus Juniors	A	3 – 0	Morris 36', Gwynne 55', Tolley 65'	c. 300
13 July 2009	Bristol City	H	1 – 2	Morris 29'	823
21 July 2009	Kidderminster Harriers	A	2 – 3	Pandiani 81', Ameobi 85'	625
25 July 2009	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0 – 0		797
28 July 2009	Bristol Rovers	H	1 – 2	Pipe 70' (o.g.)	651
1 August 2009	Walsall	H	0 – 1		590

League Two

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
8 August 2009	Morecambe	A	2 – 2	Pugh 39', 90'	2,119	10th
15 August 2009	Cheltenham Town	H	1 – 1	Godsmark 76'	3,280	16th
18 August 2009	Bury	H	1 – 3	Constantine 15'	2,321	19th
22 August 2009	Crewe Alexandra	A	0 – 1		3,731	22nd
29 August 2009	Port Vale	H	2 – 2	Pugh 36', Plummer 80' (pen)	2,434	20th
5 September 2009	Aldershot Town	A	2 – 2	Plummer 4' (pen), 78'	3,094	21st
12 September 2009	Grimsby Town	A	0 – 1		3,173	23rd
19 September 2009	Accrington Stanley	H	2 – 0	King 6', Valentine 67'	2,013	20th
26 September 2009	Rochdale	A	1 – 4	Pugh 23'	2,620	21st
29 September 2009	Bournemouth	H	2 – 1	Pugh 50', 77'	2,104	18th
3 October 2009	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	1 – 1	Walker 80'	2,253	20th
10 October 2009	Rotherham United	A	1 – 1	McCallum 90'	3,452	20th
17 October 2009	Chesterfield	H	1 – 0	Valentine 58' (pen)	2,574	18th
24 October 2009	Bradford City	A	0 – 1		11,107	19th
31 October 2009	Darlington	H	2 – 1	Lowe 41', D. Jones 47'	2,238	17th
14 November 2009	Barnet	A	0 – 0		1,965	16th
21 November 2009	Burton Albion	A	2 – 3	Constantine 61', 76'	2,796	18th
24 November 2009	Shrewsbury Town	H	2 – 1	Valentine 5' (pen), McCallum 30'	2,913	16th
1 December 2009	Northampton Town	A	3 – 1	D. Jones 16', Manset 57', King 74'	3,524	14th
5 December 2009	Notts County	H	0 – 2		2,727	17th
12 December 2009	Macclesfield Town	H	1 – 3	Constantine 90'	1,406	17th
26 December 2009	Torquay United	A	0 – 1		3,792	19th
19 January 2010	Crewe Alexandra	H	1 – 1	Constantine 42'	1,367	19th
23 January 2010	Bury	A	0 – 1		2,797	20th
30 January 2010	Port Vale	A	0 – 2		4,686	21st
2 February 2010	Lincoln City	H	2 – 0	McCallum 29', 55'	1,429	18th
6 February 2010	Torquay United	H	1 – 0	McCallum 22'	2,123	18th
13 February 2010	Shrewsbury Town	A	1 – 3	Constantine 5'	6,098	18th
16 February 2010	Aldershot Town	H	2 – 0	McCallum 27', Blackburn 35' (o.g.)	1,576	16th
20 February 2010	Burton Albion	H	3 – 4	Pugh 28', Lunt 55', McQuilkin 59'	2,253	17th
23 February 2010	Northampton Town	H	0 – 2		1,266	18th
27 February 2010	Notts County	A	0 – 5		6,036	18th
2 March 2010	Cheltenham Town	A	1 – 0	Green 25'	3,273	17th
6 March 2010	Macclesfield Town	H	0 – 2		1,919	18th
12 March 2010	Lincoln City	A	1 – 3	Pugh 42'	6,012	18th
16 March 2010	Morecambe	H	0 – 1		1,208	20th
20 March 2010	Bradford City	H	2 – 0	Manset 33', Jervis 81'	1,926	19th
27 March 2010	Chesterfield	A	2 – 1	Jervis 48' (pen), Pugh 63'	3,593	17th
3 April 2010	Barnet	H	2 – 1	McQuilkin 29', Breen 69' (o.g.)	2,146	17th
5 April 2010	Darlington	A	1 – 0	Pugh 74'	2,131	16th
10 April 2010	Grimsby Town	H	0 – 1		2,143	16th
13 April 2010	Bournemouth	A	1 – 2	Pugh 90'	6,128	18th
17 April 2010	Accrington Stanley	A	2 – 1	McCallum 35', 90'	1,420	17th
24 April 2010	Rochdale	H	2 – 1	King 52', Valentine 61'	1,975	15th
1 May 2010	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1 – 2	Pugh 62'	2,663	17th
8 May 2010	Rotherham United	H	3 – 0	Manset 4', D. Jones 21', Pugh 90'	3,005	16th

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
7 November 2009	First Round	Sutton United	H	2 – 0	Manset 6', Valentine 86' (pen)	1,713
28 November 2009	Second Round	Colchester United	H	0 – 1		2,225

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 2009	First Round	Charlton Athletic	H	1 – 0 AET	Godsmark 98'	2,017
25 August 2009	Second Round	Portsmouth	A	1 – 4	Plummer (pen) 62'	6,645

Football League Trophy

Hereford United will enter the Football League Trophy at the First Round stage. The First Round match will be played during the week commencing 31 August 2009.

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 September 2009	First Round (South)	Bristol Rovers	H	0 – 0 (4 – 2 on pens)		970
6 October 2009	Second Round (South)	Aldershot Town	H	2 – 2 (4 – 3 on pens)	Walker 42', Manset 89'	897
10 November 2009	Quarter Final (South)	Leyton Orient	A	1 – 1 (3 – 2 on pens)	Constantine 25'	1,282
15 December 2009	Semi Final (South)	Milton Keynes Dons	H	1 – 4	Constantine 63'	1,367

Herefordshire Senior Cup

The format of the Herefordshire Senior Cup was changed from a knockout competition to a one-off final: the winners of the County Challenge Cup play Hereford United in a pre-season match.[3]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
4 November 2008	Final	Wellington	A	8 – 0	Constantine 8' (pen), 37', Pugh 35', Ameobi 62', 84', Morris 66', 67', Lunt 89'	c. 250

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		HFA Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Adam Bartlett	46	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	55	0	0	0
2	DF	Ryan Green	31	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	37	1	2	1
3	DF	Ryan Valentine	40	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	45	5	12	2
4	DF	Richard Rose	25	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	31	0	1	0
5	DF	Keith Lowe	19	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	26	1	0	0
6	MF	Kenny Lunt	42	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	1	51	2	3	0
7	MF	Marc Pugh	40	13	2	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	48	14	1	0
8	MF	Glen Southam	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	2	0
8	MF	Jordon Mutch	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
8	FW	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	FW	Lewis Young	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
9	FW	Lee Morris	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	14	2	0	0
10	FW	Leon Constantine	35	6	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	2	41	10	0	0
11	MF	Jamie Tolley	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	14	0	2	0
12	MF	Edrissa Sonko	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
14	MF	James McQuilkin	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	2	1	1
15	MF	Sam Gwynne	26	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	30	0	5	0
16	MF	Jonny Godsmark	8	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	13	2	1	0
16	DF	Paul Downing	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1
17	DF	Darren Dennehy	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	2	0
17	DF	Dan Preston	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
18	DF	Joel Edwards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Craig Jones	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
20	DF	Darren Jones	41	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	48	3	6	0
21	MF	Tyler Weir	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
22	FW	Mathieu Manset	28	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	32	5	3	1
23	MF	Matt Done	19	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
26	FW	Craig King	26	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	3	0	0
27	DF	Danny Blanchett	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
27	FW	Jake Jervis	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	0
28	MF	Mark Marshall	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
28	MF	Astrit Ajdarević	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	FW	James Walker	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	2	0	0
29	MF	Nathaniel Wedderburn	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	GK	Chris Adamson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
31	MF	Gavin McCallum	28	8	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	8	2	0
33	FW	Tristan Plummer	5	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	4	1	0
34	FW	Marlon Jackson	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
–	MF	Marc Manga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
–	FW	Tomi Ameobi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Contract
2009-05-22	DF	Keith Lowe	Kidderminster Harriers	Free	One year[4]
2009-05-29	DF	Ryan Valentine	Darlington	Free	One year[5]
2009-06-05	DF	Ryan Green	Bristol Rovers	Free	One year[6]
2009-06-09	DF	Darren Jones	Forest Green Rovers	Free	Unknown[7]
2009-06-22	GK	Adam Bartlett	Kidderminster Harriers	Free	Unknown[8]
2009-06-22	MF	Glen Southam	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	Unknown[8]
2009-06-23	MF	Kenny Lunt	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	Unknown[9]
2009-06-23	MF	Jamie Tolley	Macclesfield Town	Free	Unknown[9]
2009-06-29	FW	Leon Constantine	Northampton Town	Free	One year[10]
2009-06-30	MF	Marc Pugh	Shrewsbury Town	Free	One year[11]
2009-07-25	FW	Lee Morris	Burton Albion	Free	One year[12]
2009-09-20	MF	Edrissa Sonko	Tranmere Rovers	Free	One year

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	Next Club	Fee
2009-06-17	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	Peterborough United	Undisclosed*[13]

(*) fee believed to be in the region of £200,000.[13]

Loan in

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	From
2009-07-09	2010-01-09	DF	Darren Dennehy	Cardiff City
2009-08-06	2009-01-06	MF	Jonny Godsmark	Newcastle United
2009-08-21	2009-09-21	FW	Tristan Plummer	Bristol City
2009-08-21	2009-09-21	FW	Marlon Jackson	Bristol City
2009-09-17	2009-10-17	MF	Mark Marshall	Swindon Town
2009-09-17	2009-10-17	DF	Danny Blanchett	Peterborough United
2009-09-17	2009-10-17	FW	Craig King	Leicester City

References

1. New Shirt Suppliers Announced Archived 2 August 2012 at Archive.today Hereford United official website, 18 March 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
2. Early Signings Would Be Advantage Archived 2 August 2012 at Archive.today Hereford United official website, 8 May 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
3. Preview: Wellington host Bulls in HFA Final Archived 19 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hereford United official website, 16 July 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
4. Lowe First Signing of Summer Archived 2 August 2012 at Archive.today Hereford United official website, 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
5. Valentine Joins Bulls Archived 31 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hereford United official website, 29 May 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
6. Ryan Green Returns Archived 10 September 2012 at Archive.today Hereford United official website, 5 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
7. Bulls Sign Jones From Rovers Archived 6 September 2012 at Archive.today Hereford United official website, 9 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
8. Two More Added to Squad Hereford United official website, 22 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
9. Two Players Join Bulls Archived 26 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hereford United official website, 23 June 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
10. Trewick Brings Constantine to Bulls Archived 7 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hereford United official website, 29 June 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
11. Pugh Signs One Year Deal Archived 7 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Hereford United official website, 30 June 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
12. Morris Signs One Year Deal Archived 1 August 2012 at Archive.today Hereford United official website, 25 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
13. Posh sign midfielder Diagouraga BBC Sport, 17 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.