The 1986–87 season was the 58th season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their 15th in the Football League. The club competed in Division Four, as well as the Littlewoods Cup, FA Cup, Welsh Cup and Freight Rover Trophy.
Summary The Football League introduced play-offs to determine promotion places for the first time, as well as automatic demotion and promotion between Division Four and the top tier of non-league. Hereford were nearly beneficiary and victim of the new structure, at one point nudging close to the play-off zone and later slipping perilously close to relegation.
Results in the first half of the season were indifferent at best, but showed an upturn after Christmas, peaking with a 6–0 thrashing of Burnley at Turf Moor which was Hereford's biggest ever win in a Football League match. Although they were in 8th place at the end of January, Hereford then lost eight matches in a row - the worst sequence of defeats in their history - and had slipped to 20th near the end of March. Their form stabilised thereafter, although safety was not confirmed until a 2–0 win over Swansea City at the beginning of May.
Squad Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1986-87 season Pos.Nat.NameLeagueLittlewoods CupFA CupWelsh CupFreight Rover TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKKevin Rose46020201040550DFWayne Cegielski17(1)00000001018(1)0DFIan Dalziel27(1)02020102034(1)0DFSteve Devine40(1)11020104048(1)1DFBruce Halliday31(1)52020104040(1)5DFMel Pejic31020200030380DFIan Rodgerson44120201040531DFLee Rogers (on loan from Bristol City)13000000000130DFGary Stevens10000000000100MFPaul Butler16(10)10010000017(10)1MFMike Carter26(2)22020101032(2)2MFJohn Delve23(1)21000103028(1)2MFJimmy Harvey34521101040426MFChris Leadbitter5(1)0000000005(1)0MFSteve Spooner4211212110415114FWOllie Kearns4016212110224720FWStewart Phillips3911210010304512FWPhil Stant7(2)100000(1)0239(3)4FWIan Wells15(1)10(1)020103018(2)1
League table
Results
Fourth Division
Littlewoods Cup
FA Cup
Welsh Cup
Freight Rover Trophy
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