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Hereford
2015–16 season
Chairman	Jon Hale
Manager	Peter Beadle
Stadium	Edgar Street
Midland Football League Premier Division	1st (promoted)
FA Vase	Runners-up
Midland Football League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: John Mills (40); All: John Mills (49)
Highest home attendance	4,683 v Salisbury, FA Vase, 12 March 2016
Lowest home attendance	1,236 v Alvechurch, Midland Football League Cup, 2 February 2016
Average home league attendance	2,836
Biggest win	8–0 v Heanor Town (H), Midland Football League Premier Division, 21 April 2016
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Morpeth Town (N), FA Vase, 22 May 2016
Home colours	Away colours
	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the first ever season in the existence of Hereford Football Club since forming as a phoenix club after the demise of Hereford United in 2014. The club competed in the Midland Football League Premier Division, the ninth tier of English football, as well as both the FA Vase and the Midland Football League Cup.

Horsell

Green

Willets

Oates

Edwards

Birch

Purdie

Grant

Tumelty

Haysham

Symons

The starting XI of the 2016 FA Vase final

Review[edit]

August[edit]

transfers..

Hereford's first ever competitive fixture came at home against Dunkirk. A league-record 4,062 watched as John Mills score a hat-trick in a 4–1 win. However, the high was short-lived as Hereford would only win one more match in August, a 4–3 away win against Rocester, as they fell to defeats to Stourport Swifts, Highgate United and a 5–4 home defeat against Coleshill Town. The month ended with a 0–0 draw at city rivals Westfields.

September[edit]

Hereford responded to their poor start to the season by addressing their defensive frailties, having shipped x goals in y games. Defender Jamie Willets, who had featured against Hereford in their 2–0 defeat at Stourport the previous month, was signed. Joining him midway through the month was former Hereford United defender Ryan Green, whilst veteran defender Tony James left the club on the same day.

These changes kickstarted an 18-match winning streak and a 21-match unbeaten run

April[edit]

With Hereford having gone so far in the FA Vase, it left them needing to make up a number of league fixtures they had in hand, plus fit in the remaining Midland League Cup fixtures. It resulted in them playing up three times a week throughout the month, a total of 12 matches in 28 days. They won every match and secured the league title in the penultimate fixture of the season, a 4–0 win away at Coventry Sphinx. They also reached the Midland League Cup final, beating Stourport Swifts over two legs 4–0 on aggregate.

May[edit]

On 2 May, Hereford faced Westfields for the fourth time this season, beating them for the third time in succession with a 5–1 win at Edgar Street in the Herefordshire County Challenge Cup final, their second trophy of the season. One week later, they earned their third piece of silverware, defeating Walsall Wood 3–1 at Damson Park to win the Midland League Cup.

A fourth trophy and a perfect season was not to be however, as Hereford were beaten 4–1 by Morpeth Town in the FA Vase final on 22 May. Hereford took the lead inside two minutes after Rob Purdie's long range strike, but by half time, Morpeth had levelled through 45-year-old Chris Swailes. Morpeth took control of the second half by scoring three goals unanswered and, despite bringing on Mills and Bundu, Hereford could not find a way back in the match.

First-team squad[edit]

As of 22 May 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ENG	Martin Horsell
GK	ENG	Harvey Rivers (dual registered with Swindon Supermarine)
DF	ENG	James Bowen (on loan from Cheltenham Town)
DF	ENG	Joel Edwards (captain)
DF	WAL	Ryan Green
DF	ENG	Max Kontic-Coveney
DF	SCO	Jamie Laird
DF	AUS	Jimmy Oates
DF	ENG	Nathan Summers
DF	ENG	Jamie Willets
MF	ENG	Aaron Birch
MF	ENG	Dylan Bonella


Pos.	Nation	Player
MF	GHA	Sirdic Grant
MF	ENG	James Pilling
MF	ENG	Rob Purdie
MF	ENG	Anthony Robbins
MF	ENG	Ross Staley
MF	ENG	Joe Tumelty
FW	SLE	Mustapha Bundu
FW	ENG	Pablo Haysham
FW	ENG	Nathan Hughes (dual registered with Hereford Pegasus)
FW	ENG	John Mills
FW	ENG	Mike Symons

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
2 June 2015	MF	Dylan Bonella	Frome Town	Free transfer	^[1]
	DF	Max Kontic-Coveney	Evesham United
	DF	Tony James	Unattached
	GK	Harvey Rivers	Gloucester City
8 June 2015	DF	Joel Edwards	Unattached		^[2]
8 June 2015	FW	Ben Miller	West Bromwich Albion		^[2]
17 June 2015	MF	Rob Purdie	Tamworth		^[3]
15 July 2015	MF	Josh Emery	Unattached		^[4]
	DF	Will Haines
	DF	Nathan Summers
	MF	Sol Wheatley
24 July 2015	FW	Pablo Haysham	Didcot Town		^[5]
24 July 2015	FW	John Mills	Didcot Town		^[5]
3 August 2015	MF	Aaron Birch	West Bromwich Albion U21		^[6]
	MF	Dean Lee	Unattached
	FW	Nathan Hughes	Unattached
7 August 2015	MF	Sam Gwynne	Westfields		^[7]
	GK	Daniel Lloyd-Weston	Worcester City	Dual-registration
	DF	Jimmy Oates	Manly United	Free transfer
2 September 2015	DF	Jamie Willets	Stourport Swifts		^[8]
14 September 2015	DF	Ryan Green	Merthyr Town		^[9]
19 September 2015	MF	Sirdic Grant	Unattached		^[10]
9 October 2015	MF	Anthony Robbins	Westfields		^[11]
30 October 2015	MF	Joe Tumelty	Frome Town		^[12]
2 November 2015	FW	Mike Symons	Gloucester City		^[13]
10 November 2015	FW	Mustapha Bundu	Unattached		^[14]
3 December 2015	FW	Martin Horsell	Yate Town		^[15]
18 December 2015	DF	Nathan Summers	Frome Town		^[16]
7 January 2016	MF	Ross Staley	Shortwood United		^[17]
22 January 2016	MF	James Pilling	Unattached		^[18]
21 March 2016	MF	Jamie Laird	Yate Town		^[19]

Out[edit]


Date	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
14 September 2015	DF	Tony James	Released	^[20]
9 October 2015	MF	Sam Gwynne	Westfields	^[11]
2 November 2015	FW	Ben Miller	Released	^[21]
2 November 2015	MF	Sol Wheatley	Released	^[21]
20 November 2015	DF	Nathan Summers	Frome Town	^[22]

Loans in[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Ref.
5 August 2015	MF	Adam Page	Cheltenham Town	^[23]
22 February 2016	MF	James Bowen	Cheltenham Town	^[24]

Pre-season[edit]

Win Draw Loss

7 July 2015	Malvern Town	2–3	Hereford	Malvern
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Langland Stadium Attendance: 2,006

11 July 2015	Hereford	1–0	FC United of Manchester	Hereford
15:00 BST	Hughes 25'			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,257

14 July 2015	Hereford	0–6	West Bromwich Albion XI	Hereford
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,807

18 July 2015	Merthyr Town	2–2	Hereford	Merthyr Tydfil
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 530 Paid (630 Actual)

21 July 2015	Wellington	2–4	Hereford	Wellington
19:45 BST				Stadium: Wellington Playing Fields

15 July 2015	Hereford Pegasus	0–2	Hereford	Hereford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Old School Lane

28 July 2015	Brimscombe and Thrupp	2–4	Hereford	Brimscombe and Thrupp
19:45 BST				Stadium: The Meadow Attendance: 370

1 August 2015	Hereford	2–3	Hull City U21	Hereford
15:00 BST	Page Mills	Report	Ter Horst 24' Bowen	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,118

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Midland Football League Premier Division	8 August 2015	30 April 2016	Matchday 1	Winners	42	35	3	4	138	33	+105	083.33
FA Vase	3 October 2015	22 May 2016	Second qualifying round	Runners-up	10	9	0	1	26	9	+17	090.00
Midland Football League Cup	15 September 2015	10 May 2016	First round	Winners	7	7	0	0	17	3	+14	100.00
HFA County Challenge Cup	13 October 2015	2 May 2016	First round	Winners	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	100.00
Total					63	55	3	5	203	46	+157	087.30

Source: FCHD

Midland Football League Premier Division[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hereford	42	35	3	4	138	33	+105	108	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Alvechurch	42	32	5	5	99	30	+69	101
3	Sporting Khalsa	42	25	8	9	90	49	+41	83
4	Shepshed Dynamo	42	24	5	13	86	58	+28	77
5	Coleshill Town	42	23	5	14	108	73	+35	74

Source: Full-time FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	35	3	4	138	33	+105	108	17	2	2	72	16	+56	18	1	2	66	17	+49

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: The Football Association

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	3	9	9	10	12	12	7	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	3	3	6	6	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	37	40	43	46	49	52	55	58	61	62	63	66	66	69	72	75	78	81	84	87	90	93	96	99	102	105	108

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: The Football Association
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

The first month of league fixtures were announced on 16 July 2015, with the season starting on 8 August.^[25]

8 August 2015 1	Hereford	4–1	Dunkirk	Hereford
15:00 BST	Mills Haysham	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,062

11 August 2015 2	Stourport Swifts	2–0	Hereford	Stourport-on-Severn
19:45 BST	Maund Phillips	Report		Stadium: Walshes Meadow Attendance: 1,070

15 August 2015 3	Highgate United	2–1	Hereford	Shirley, West Midlands
15:00 BST			Purdie	Stadium: The Coppice

22 August 2015 4	Rocester	3–4	Hereford	Rocester
15:00 BST			Haysham Mills Hughes Purdie (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsfield United Attendance: 310

25 August 2015 5	Hereford	4–5	Coleshill Town	Hereford
19:45 BST	Mills 12' Haysham 37' Hughes 78' Purdie 87', pen.'	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,717

31 August 2015 6	Westfields	0–0	Hereford	Hereford
15:00 BST				Stadium: allpay.park Attendance: 1,825

5 September 2015 7	Heanor Town	2–7	Hereford	Heanor
15:00 BST		Report	Mills (pen.) (pen.) Page Hughes (o.g.)	Stadium: Town Ground (Heanor) Attendance: 402

12 September 2015 8	Hereford	2–1	Boldmere St. Michaels	Hereford
15:00 BST	Page Haysham	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,578

19 September 2015 9	Hereford	2–1	Shepshed Dynamo	Hereford
15:00 BST	Mills (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,419

22 September 2015 10	Hereford	4–1	Lye Town	Hereford
19:45 BST	Mills	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,006

26 September 2015 11	Boldmere St. Michaels	0–3	Hereford	Boldmere
15:00 BST			Mills Birch	Stadium: Trevor Brown Memorial Ground Attendance: 539

29 September 2015 12	Walsall Wood	0–6	Hereford	Walsall Wood
19:45 BST		Report	Mills Page Bonella Birch	Stadium: Oak Park Attendance: 395

10 October 2015 13	Hereford	1–0	Long Eaton United	Hereford
15:00 BST	Mills 9'	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,021

17 October 2015 14	Brocton	0–4	Hereford	Brocton, Staffordshire
15:00 BST		Report	Moreira Mills 54', pen.' 71', pen.' Page 75'	Stadium: Silkmore Lane Attendance: 338

20 October 2015 15	Hereford	6–0	Continental Star	Hereford
19:45 BST	Mills Haysham Edwards Page			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,015

24 October 2015 16	Hereford	2–0	Quorn	Hereford
15:00 BST	Page 47', 85'	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,665

7 November 2015 17	Hereford	4–0	Rocester	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Mills Haysham Page Tumelty	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,481

10 November 2015 18	Hereford	6–0	Stourport Swifts	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Symons Purdie Bundu	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,231

15 November 2015 19	Bardon Hill	0–2	Hereford	Bardon, Leicestershire
15:00 GMT			Mills Symons	Stadium: Bardon Close

28 November 2015 20	Coleshill Town	1–4	Hereford	Coleshill, Warwickshire
15:00 GMT			(o.g.) Mills Bundu	Stadium: Pack Meadow Attendance: 565

19 December 2015 21	Lye Town	1–2	Hereford	Lye, West Midlands
15:00 GMT			Symons Mills (pen.)	Stadium: The Sports Ground

26 December 2015 22	Hereford	3–0	Westfields	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Mills (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,381

28 December 2015 23	Hereford	6–1	Coventry Sphinx	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Willets Mills Bundu Haysham			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,910

2 January 2016 24	AFC Wulfrunians	1–2	Hereford	Castlecroft
15:00 GMT		Report	Symons 19' Haysham 76'	Stadium: Castlecroft Stadium Attendance: 895

23 January 2016 25	Hereford	1–1	Alvechurch	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Green	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,026

13 February 2016 26	Hereford	1–1	AFC Wulfrunians	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Bundu	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,404

16 February 2016 27	Hereford	4–0	Sporting Khalsa	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Bundu (pen) Haysham	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,399

23 February 2016 28	Hereford	0–2	Highgate United	Hereford
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,311

5 March 2016 29	Loughborough University	0–5	Hereford	Loughborough
15:00 GMT			Haysham Bundu Staley Symons Birch	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium

22 March 2016 30	Hereford	1–0	Loughborough University	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Bundu (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,349

26 March 2016 31	Hereford	7–0	Bardon Hill	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Bundu Purdie Robbins Symons	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,840

31 March 2016 32	Long Eaton United	0–4	Hereford	Long Eaton
19:45 BST			Bundu Mills Haysham	Stadium: Grange Park

2 April 2016 33	Dunkirk	2–3	Hereford	Dunkirk, Nottingham
15:00 BST			Haysham (o.g.) Symons	Stadium: Ron Steel Sports Ground

5 April 2016 34	Hereford	2–1	Walsall Wood	Hereford
19:45 BST	Symons Haysham	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,523

7 April 2016 35	Alvechurch	1–2	Hereford	Alvechurch
19:45 BST			Purdie Haysham	Stadium: Lye Meadow Attendance: 1,645

9 April 2016 36	Hereford	4–1	Brocton	Hereford
15:00 BST	Bundu (pen.) Symons Laird	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,053

13 April 2016 37	Continental Star	1–5	Hereford	Perry Barr
19:45 BST		Report	Mills Bundu Robbins Tumelty	Stadium: The Hub Attendance: 441

16 April 2016 38	Quorn	0–2	Hereford	Quorn, Leicestershire
15:00 BST			Symons Haysham	Stadium: Farley Way Stadium

19 April 2016 39	Sporting Khalsa	0–3	Hereford	Willenhall
19:45 BST			Haysham Symons Purdie (pen.)	Stadium: Noose Lane

21 April 2016 40	Hereford	8–0	Heanor Town	Hereford
15:00 BST	Haysham Tumelty Birch Willets Mills	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,162

25 April 2016 41	Coventry Sphinx	0–4	Hereford	Coventry
19:45 BST			Haysham Tumelty Symons Grant	Stadium: Sphinx Drive

30 April 2016 42	Shepshed Dynamo	1–3	Hereford	Shepshed
15:00 BST		Report	Mills Grant	Stadium: The Dovecote Stadium Attendance: 1,213

FA Vase[edit]

Hereford entered the competition in the second qualifying round.

3 October 2015 Second qualifying round	Bardon Hill	0–1	Hereford	Bardon, Leicestershire
15:00 BST			Mills (pen.)	Stadium: Bardon Close Attendance: 240

31 October 2015 First round	Rocester	0–2	Hereford	Rocester
15:00 GMT			Willets Mills	Stadium: Hillsfield Attendance: 262

21 November 2015 Second round	Hereford	4–1	Haughmond	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Purdie Mills Haysham Symons	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,170

12 December 2015 Third round	Hereford	2–0	Brocton	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Bundu Edwards	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,025

16 January 2016 Fourth round	Hereford	6–0	Leicester Nirvana	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Mills Symons Birch Staley	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,842

6 February 2016 Fifth round	Hartley Wintney	1–4	Hereford	Hartley Wintney
15:00 GMT		Report	Bundu Symons Tumelty	Stadium: The Memorial Playing Fields Attendance: 1,120

20 February 2016 Quarter-finals	Hereford	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Camberley Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Bundu (pen.) Symons Mills	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,329

12 March 2016 Semi-finals First leg	Hereford	1–0	Salisbury	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Bundu			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,683

19 March 2016 Semi-finals Second leg	Salisbury	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Hereford	Salisbury
15:00 GMT			Symons Tumelty	Stadium: Raymond McEnhill Stadium Attendance: 3,450

22 May 2016 Final	Hereford	1–4	Morpeth Town	London
12:15 BST	Purdie 2'	Report	Swailes 34' Carr 47' Taylor 59' Bell 90'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 46,781 Referee: Stuart Attwell (Birmingham FA)

Midland Football League Cup[edit]

15 September 2015 First round	Pershore Town	0–1	Hereford	Pershore
19:45 BST			Hughes	Stadium: Community Stadium Attendance: 567

27 October 2015 Second round	Hereford	4–1	Westfields	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Wheatley Mills Haysham			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,757

2 February 2016 Third round	Hereford	3–1	Alvechurch	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Tumelty Pilling Symons (pen.)			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 1,236

8 March 2016 Quarter-finals	Highgate United	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Hereford	Shirley, West Midlands
19:45 GMT			Mills Staley	Stadium: The Coppice

21 April 2016 Semi-finals First leg	Stourport Swifts	0–1	Hereford	Stourport-on-Severn
19:45 BST			Mills	Stadium: Walshes Meadow

28 April 2016 Semi-finals Second leg	Hereford	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Stourport Swifts	Hereford
19:45 BST	(o.g.) Bundu (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,456

10 May 2016 Final	Walsall Wood	1–3	Hereford	Solihull
19:30 BST		Report	Symons Staley Bundu	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 849

HFA County Challenge Cup[edit]

13 October 2015 First round	Hereford	7–0	Hinton	Hereford
19:45 BST	Hughes Miller Moreira Green McDonald Page Purdie			Stadium: Edgar Street

5 December 2015 Quarter-finals	Hereford	6–0	Bromyard Town	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Haysham (pen.) Bundu Mills Symons			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 610

1 March 2016 Semi-finals	Hereford	4–0	Kington Town	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Purdie Mills Staley	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 679

2 May 2016 Final	Hereford	5–1	Westfields	Hereford
15:00 BST	Purdie (pen.) Symons Pilling Grant Oates (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,188

Attendances[edit]


Date	Time	Opponent	Result	Competition	Attendance
8 August 2015	15:00	Dunkirk	4–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	4,062
25 August 2015	19:45	Coleshill Town	4–5	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,717
12 September 2015	15:00	Boldmere St. Michaels	2–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,578
19 September 2015	15:00	Shepshed Dynamo	2–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,419
22 September 2015	19:45	Lye Town	4–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,006
10 October 2015	15:00	Long Eaton United	1–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	3,021
20 October 2015	19:45	Continental Star	6–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,015
24 October 2015	15:00	Quorn	2–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,665
27 October 2015	19:45	Westfields	4–1	Midland Football League Cup	1,757
7 November 2015	15:00	Rocester	4–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,481
10 November 2015	19:45	Stourport Swifts	6–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,231
21 November 2015	15:00	Haughmond	4–1	FA Vase	2,170
12 December 2015	15:00	Brocton	2–0	FA Vase	2,025
26 December 2015	15:00	Westfields	3–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	4,381
28 December 2015	15:00	Coventry Sphinx	6–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,910
16 January 2016	15:00	Leicester Nirvana	6–0	FA Vase	2,842
23 January 2016	15:00	Alvechurch	1–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	4,026
2 February 2016	19:45	Alvechurch	3–1	Midland Football League Cup	1,236
13 February 2016	15:00	AFC Wulfrunians	1–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,404
16 February 2016	19:45	Sporting Khalsa	4–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,399
20 February 2016	15:00	Camberley Town	3–2	FA Vase	3,329
23 February 2016	19:45	Highgate United	0–2	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,311
12 March 2016	15:00	Salisbury	1–0	FA Vase	4,683
22 March 2016	19:45	Loughborough University	1–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,349
26 March 2016	15:00	Bardon Hill	7–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,840
5 April 2016	19:45	Walsall Wood	2–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	2,523
9 April 2016	15:00	Brocton	4–1	Midland Football League Premier Division	3,053
21 April 2016	15:00	Heanor Town	8–0	Midland Football League Premier Division	4,162
28 April 2016	19:45	Stourport Swifts	3–0	Midland Football League Cup	2,456

Squad statistics[edit]

As of match played 22 May 2016

Appearance and goals[edit]

The plus (+) symbol denotes an appearance as a substitute, hence 2+1 indicates two appearances in the starting XI and one appearance as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Midland League		FA Vase		Midland League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
–	MF	ENG	Aaron Birch	54	5	37+2	4	10	1	2+3	0
–	MF	ENG	Dylan Bonella	41	1	21+7	1	6+1	0	5+1	0
–	DF	ENG	James Bowen	15	0	10+3	0	0	0	2	0
–	FW	SLE	Mustapha Bundu	28	24	14+3	17	6+2	5	2+1	2
–	DF	ENG	Joel Edwards	47	2	34+1	1	9	1	3	0
–	MF	GHA	Sirdic Grant	21	2	9+5	2	1+3	0	2+1	0
–	DF	WAL	Ryan Green	43	1	33	1	8	0	2	0
–	FW	ENG	Pablo Haysham	48	26	34+2	23	10	1	1+1	2
–	GK	ENG	Martin Horsell	30	0	20	0	7	0	3	0
–	FW	ENG	Nathan Hughes	11	5	2+7	4	1	0	1	1
–	DF	ENG	Max Kontic-Coveney	20	0	3+8	0	1+1	0	7	0
–	DF	SCO	Jamie Laird	6	1	3+1	1	0	0	2	0
–	FW	ENG	Ben Miller	9	0	2+3	0	1+1	0	2	0
–	FW	ENG	John Mills	51	49	35+2	40	6+3	6	5	3
–	DF	AUS	Jimmy Oates	40	0	26+2	0	9	0	1+2	0
–	MF	ENG	Adam Page	19	8	16+2	8	0	0	0+1	0
–	MF	ENG	James Pilling	9	1	2+2	0	0+1	0	4	1
–	MF	ENG	Rob Purdie	39	10	28+3	8	6+1	2	1	0
–	GK	ENG	Harvey Rivers	29	0	22	0	3	0	4	0
–	MF	ENG	Anthony Robbins	19	2	2+12	2	0	0	5	0
–	MF	ENG	Ross Staley	14	4	2+3	1	2+2	1	4+1	2
–	DF	ENG	Nathan Summers	32	0	20+1	0	6+1	0	4	0
–	FW	ENG	Mike Symons	34	22	21+3	14	7+1	6	2	2
–	MF	ENG	Joe Tumelty	33	8	13+9	5	4+4	2	3	1
–	DF	ENG	Jamie Willets	43	3	29+1	2	6+2	1	5	0
Youth team players
–	DF	ENG	Lewis Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	FW	ENG	Tom Gameson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	MF	ENG	Matt McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
–	DF	ENG	Jay Richmond	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left during the season but made an appearance
–	MF	ENG	Sam Gwynne	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	ENG	Will Haines	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	WAL	Tony James	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
–	MF	ENG	Dean Lee	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
–	MF	ENG	Carlos Moreira	9	1	3+2	1	0	0	1+3	0
–	MF	ENG	Sol Wheatley	15	1	11+1	0	1	0	1+1	1

Goals[edit]


Rank	Pos.	Player	League	FA Vase	MFL Cup	Total
1	FW	John Mills	40	6	3	49
2	FW	Pablo Haysham	23	1	2	26
3	FW	Mustapha Bundu	17	5	2	24
4	FW	Mike Symons	14	6	2	22
5	MF	Rob Purdie	8	2	0	10
6	MF	Adam Page	8	0	0	8
6	MF	Joe Tumelty	5	2	1	8
8	MF	Aaron Birch	4	1	0	5
8	FW	Nathan Hughes	4	0	1	5
10	MF	Ross Staley	1	1	2	4
11	DF	Jamie Willets	2	1	0	3
12	DF	Joel Edwards	1	1	0	2
	MF	Sirdic Grant	2	0	0	2
	MF	Anthony Robbins	2	0	0	2
15	MF	Dylan Bonella	1	0	0	1
	DF	Ryan Green	1	0	0	1
	DF	Jamie Laird	1	0	0	1
	MF	Carlos Moreira	1	0	0	1
	MF	James Pilling	0	0	1	1
	MF	Sol Wheatley	0	0	1	1
Own goals			3	0	2	5
Total			138	26	17	181

Club awards[edit]

End-of-season awards[edit]

Award	Player
Fan's Player of the Season	Aaron Birch
Fan's Young Player of the Season	Mustapha Bundu
Fan's Goal of the Season	Rob Purdie
Players' Player of the Season	Pablo Haysham
Source: Bulls News

References[edit]

^ "Four Players Agree Terms At Edgar Street". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Beadle Secures Two More Signings". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Purdie Makes It Seven For Beadle". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Beadle Adds Four To Squad". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "NEW SIGNINGS: Beadle Swoops For Strike Pair". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "BREAKING NEWS: Beadle Adds Trio To Squad". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Beadle Signs Up Three More". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "NEW SIGNING: Willets Joins Bulls". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Ryan Green Signs On At Edgar Street". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "NEW SIGNING: International Clearance For Grant". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Hereford FC and Westfields exchange players". Hereford Times. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "NEW SIGNING: Tumelty Joins From Frome". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "BREAKING NEWS: Bulls Add Symons To Squad". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "NEW SIGNING: Bundu Signing Completed". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "BREAKING NEWS: Bulls Add Goalkeeper Horsell". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Summers Returns To Edgar Street". Hereford FC. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Winger Staley Set To Join Bulls". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Pilling Joins The Bulls". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "BREAKING NEWS: Bulls Bring In Laird". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ HerefordFC [@HerefordFC] (14 September 2015). "NEWS: We can also confirm that Tony James has now left the club. We'd like to thank Tony for his efforts and wish him well for the future" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Duo Depart Edgar Street". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Summers Departs Edgar Street". Hereford FC. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "Page Loan Signing Confirmed". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Beadle Adds Robins Youngster". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
^ "Opening Month Fixtures | Hereford FC - The Official website of Hereford FC". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[:2-1] "Four Players Agree Terms At Edgar Street". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:1-2] "Beadle Secures Two More Signings". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[3] "Purdie Makes It Seven For Beadle". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:3-4] "Beadle Adds Four To Squad". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:4-5] "NEW SIGNINGS: Beadle Swoops For Strike Pair". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:7-6] "BREAKING NEWS: Beadle Adds Trio To Squad". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:5-7] "Beadle Signs Up Three More". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[8] "NEW SIGNING: Willets Joins Bulls". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[9] "Ryan Green Signs On At Edgar Street". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[10] "NEW SIGNING: International Clearance For Grant". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:6-11] "Hereford FC and Westfields exchange players". Hereford Times. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[12] "NEW SIGNING: Tumelty Joins From Frome". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[13] "BREAKING NEWS: Bulls Add Symons To Squad". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[14] "NEW SIGNING: Bundu Signing Completed". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[15] "BREAKING NEWS: Bulls Add Goalkeeper Horsell". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[16] "Summers Returns To Edgar Street". Hereford FC. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[17] "Winger Staley Set To Join Bulls". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[18] "Pilling Joins The Bulls". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[19] "BREAKING NEWS: Bulls Bring In Laird". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[20] HerefordFC [@HerefordFC] (14 September 2015). "NEWS: We can also confirm that Tony James has now left the club. We'd like to thank Tony for his efforts and wish him well for the future" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2023 – via Twitter.

[:0-21] "Duo Depart Edgar Street". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[22] "Summers Departs Edgar Street". Hereford FC. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[23] "Page Loan Signing Confirmed". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[24] "Beadle Adds Robins Youngster". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[25] "Opening Month Fixtures | Hereford FC - The Official website of Hereford FC". www.herefordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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