2003–04 Hereford United F.C. season

Hereford United

2003–04 season
Chairman	Graham Turner
Manager	Graham Turner
Conference National	2nd
FA Cup	First Round
FA Trophy	Third Round
LDV Vans Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Guinan (25) All: Steve Guinan (29)
Highest home attendance	7,240 vs Chester City (24 April 2004)
Lowest home attendance	1,513 vs Exeter City (21 October 2003)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was Hereford United's 7th season in the Conference.

All the members of the squad were signed on free transfers, in keeping with previous squads.

Hereford set or equalled several records this season, most notably equalling the biggest win of 9-0 when they memorably defeated Dagenham & Redbridge live on Sky TV.

Hereford were beaten to the title by 1 point by Chester City, and were defeated in the play-offs amid controversy.

Conference National

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
9 August 2003	Tamworth	A	3 – 1	Guinan 28', Smith 65', 69'	2,250	1st
12 August 2003	Forest Green Rovers	H	5 – 1	Guinan 16', 68', Purdie 45', 54', Carey-Bertram 77'	3,195	1st
16 August 2003	Morecambe	H	3 – 0	Guinan 28', Smith 18', 52'	2,941	1st
23 August 2003	Barnet	A	1 – 1	James 76' (pen)	1,475	2nd
25 August 2003	Aldershot Town	H	4 – 3	Williams 29', Rose 45', James 51' (pen), Brown 90'	4,985	1st
30 August 2003	Stevenage Borough	A	2 – 0	Smith 26', Guinan 65'	2,705	1st
6 September 2003	Farnborough Town	A	5 – 0	Parry 3', Smith 16', Guinan 24', James 55' (pen), Brown 84'	1,334	1st
13 September 2003	Scarborough	H	2 – 1	Rose 28', Parry 78'	4,850	1st
19 September 2003	Burton Albion	A	1 – 4	Parry 73'	2,532	1st
23 September 2003	Telford United	H	2 – 1	Guinan 6', Green 90'	4,190	1st
27 September 2003	Gravesend & Northfleet	H	3 – 3	Guinan 34', Brown 44', Smith 50'	3,731	1st
4 October 2003	Woking	A	1 – 0	Guinan 81'	2,906	1st
7 October 2003	Northwich Victoria	A	5 – 1	Williams 4', Brown 49', Guinan 76', 90', Parry 85'	1,008	1st
13 October 2003	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	1 – 1	Smith 54'	4,325	1st
18 October 2003	Chester City	A	0 – 0		4,481	1st
1 November 2003	Leigh RMI	H	0 – 1		3,231	1st
11 November 2003	Accrington Stanley	A	0 – 2		1,824	4th
15 November 2003	Margate	H	2 – 1	Parry 56', Murphy 78' (o.g.)	2,320	2nd
22 November 2003	Shrewsbury Town	A	1 – 4	Mkandawire 88'	6,585	3rd
25 November 2003	Halifax Town	H	7 – 1	Smith 10', 33', Guinan 52', 55', 70', Purdie 71', Brown 80'	1,875	2nd
29 November 2003	Farnborough Town	H	2 – 0	Smith 68', Pitman 88'	2,630	2nd
13 December 2003	Tamworth	H	0 – 1		2,561	2nd
19 December 2003	Forest Green Rovers	A	7 – 1	Parry 13', 25', 39', Smith 35', 60', Purdie 37', Pitman 79'	1,576	2nd
26 December 2003	Exeter City	H	1 – 1	Purdie 53'	4,010	2nd
1 January 2004	Exeter City	A	1 – 0	Williams 45'	4,943	2nd
3 January 2004	Stevenage Borough	H	1 – 0	Parry 90'	2,875	2nd
17 January 2003	Morecambe	A	2 – 2	Uddin 29', Teesdale 78'	2,003	2nd
3 February 2004	Scarborough	A	3 – 3	Brown 7', Uddin 54', Guinan 70'	1,459	2nd
7 February 2004	Burton Albion	H	1 – 2	James 15' (pen)	3,417	2nd
14 February 2004	Gravesend & Northfleet	A	5 – 2	James 5' (pen), Brown 13', 67', Guinan 22', 89'	1,230	2nd
21 February 2004	Woking	H	0 – 1		2,187	2nd
27 February 2004	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	9 – 0	James 14' (pen), Brown 37', 71', 89', Guinan 45', 48', Williams 76', 88', Beesley 85'	1,617	2nd
2 March 2004	Telford United	A	3 – 0	Tretton 45', Brown 80', 90'	2,554	2nd
6 March 2004	Northwich Victoria	H	1 – 0	Guinan 83'	3,064	2nd
13 March 2004	Accrington Stanley	H	1 – 0	James 74' (pen)	3,230	2nd
20 March 2004	Margate	A	3 – 1	Guinan 32', Willis 45', Purdie 86'	604	2nd
27 March 2004	Shrewsbury Town	H	2 – 1	Purdie 3', Guinan 54'	5,850	2nd
3 April 2004	Halifax Town	A	2 – 1	Guinan 75', Tretton 77'	1,389	2nd
10 April 2004	Barnet	H	2 – 0	Willis 38', James 76' (pen)	4,447	2nd
12 April 2004	Aldershot Town	A	2 – 1	Purdie 3', Carey-Bertram 80'	4,400	2nd
17 April 2004	Leigh RMI	A	5 – 0	James 4' (pen), Guinan 28', 88', Travis 42', Carey-Bertram 83'	836	2nd
24 April 2004	Chester City	H	2 – 1	Brown 20', Beesley 70'	7,240	2nd

Play-offs

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
29 April 2004	Aldershot Town	A	1 – 1	Brown 7'	6,379
3 May 2004	Aldershot Town	H	0 – 0		7,044	AET - Aldershot won 4-2 on penalties

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
25 October 2003	Fourth Qualifying Round Replay	Harrow Borough	A	6 – 1	Guinan 5', 44', 84', Brown 64', Smith 69', Carey-Bertram 90'	655
8 November 2003	First Round	Peterborough United	A	0 – 2		4,479

FA Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
10 January 2004	Third Round	Exeter City	A	2 – 3	Carey-Bertram 83', Purdie 86'	2,740

LDV Vans Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
21 October 2003	First Round	Exeter City	H	2 – 0	Brown 46', Guinan 87'	1,513
4 November 2003	Second Round	Northampton Town	H	1 – 1*	Brown 87'	1,517

(*) Northampton won 4-3 on penalties

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		FA Trophy		LDV Vans		HFA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Matthew Baker	44	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	49	0
2	DF	Ryan Green	40	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	45	1
3	DF	Michael Rose	40	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	46	2
4	MF	Jamie Pitman	41	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	46	2
5	DF	Andrew Tretton	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	2
6	DF	Tony James	43	9	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	48	9
7	MF	Danny Williams	38	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	42	5
8	MF	Ben Smith	28	13	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	32	14
9	FW	Steve Guinan	37	25	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	41	29
10	FW	David Brown	40	15	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	46	19
11	MF	Paul Parry	25	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	9
11	DF	Simon Travis	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1
12	MF	Rob Purdie	37	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	41	9
13	GK	Tony Coton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	GK	Ben Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	DF	Richard Teesdale	12	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	1
16	MF	Robert Sawyers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	Anwar Uddin	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
17	MF	Jordan King	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
18	FW	Danny Carey-Bertram	20	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	24	6
19	MF	Dean Craven	10	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
20	DF	Chris Palmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
20	MF	Robert Betts	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	FW	Nick Harrhy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Andy Wells	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF	Paul Collins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Scott Willis	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	3
23	DF	Tom Smith	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
24	MF	Bertie Cozic	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
25	MF	Danny Moon	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	FW	Mark Beesley	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
26	DF	Tamika Mkandawire	14	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	18	1
35	GK	Chris MacKenzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Andy Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0