The 1979–80 season was the 51st season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their eighth in the Football League. The club competed in Division Four, as well as the League Cup and FA Cup.
Summary In October, with Hereford 12th in the table, manager Mike Bailey left to become head coach at Charlton Athletic, and player-coach Bobby Gould also departed to become assistant manager at Chelsea alongside Geoff Hurst. On the playing side, the team had already been weakened by the sale of Steve Emery to First Division Derby County for a club record transfer fee of £100,000.
Frank Lord arrived from South African club Cape Town City to fill the vacant managerial role but was unable to reverse Hereford's declining fortunes. Despite having won their opening three league matches of the season under Bailey, they eventually finished in 21st place and were therefore forced to apply for re-election to the Football League for the first time.
Squad Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1979-80 season Pos.Nat.NameLeagueLeague CupFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKTommy Hughes4602020500DFDanny Bartley1100000110DFPhil Burrows4210020441DFStuart Cornes16(1)2000016(1)2DFSteve Emery61200081DFAndy Feeley2532020293DFPaul Hunt24(2)3000024(2)3DFJohn Layton33(2)0212137(2)2DFJulian Marshall2312020271DFChris Price4201020450DFValmore Thomas1102000130MFAlan Birchenall110000(1)011(1)0MFDave Cunningham28(2)2002030(2)2MFPaul Gilchrist1110000111MFJimmy Harvey (on loan from Arsenal)1100000110MFIan Hendry60100070MFKyle Holmes2(1)000002(1)0MFPeter Spiring32(4)1202036(4)1MFKenny Stephens5(1)000005(1)0MFWinston White30(4)2212034(4)3FWFred Binney1940000194FWBobby Gould3(2)01(1)0004(3)0FWDave Jones19(2)3101021(2)3FWFrank McGrellis39(2)10202143(2)11FWPaul Morris1(1)100001(1)1FWStewart Phillips10(1)20(1)01011(2)2
League table
Results
Fourth Division
League Cup
FA Cup
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