Hereford United F.C. season 2002–03
The 2002–2003 season was Hereford United's 6th season in the Conference National which saw them finish 6th.
Following the club's troubled 2001-02 season when they finished 17th, the majority of the first team squad were released, with only six contracted players remaining. Leading goalscorer Gavin Williams was offered a new contract, but chose instead to sign for Yeovil Town who paid Hereford £22,500. Graham Turner built a new squad, drawing largely from the pool of players released from Football League clubs, a consequence of the ITV Digital collapse.
For the first time in their history the club allocated squad numbers to the first team, as did the rest of the clubs in the Conference National.
Pre-season
Date |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result F – A |
Scorers |
Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 July 2002 |
Tranmere Rovers |
H |
0 – 2 |
867 |
|
23 July 2002 |
Swindon Town |
H |
2 – 3 |
Pitman 30', Rose 58' |
778 |
30 July 2002 |
Bromsgrove Rovers |
A |
2 – 1 |
Guinan 15', Grant 77' |
316 |
3 August 2002 |
Bristol City |
H |
0 – 5 |
916 |
|
6 August 2002 |
Aberystwyth Town |
A |
0 – 0 |
??? |
|
8 August 2002 |
Bromyard Town |
A |
12 – 0 |
Tretton 3', 18', Grant 4', 39', 53', Sawyers 21', Purdie 36', |
??? |
10 August 2002 |
Evesham United |
A |
1 – 0 |
Grant 89' |
??? |
Conference National
Date |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result F – A |
Scorers |
Attendance |
League position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 August 2002 |
Farnborough Town |
H |
2 – 1 |
Pitman 28', 88' |
1,910 |
4th |
20 August 2002 |
Forest Green Rovers |
A |
3 – 1 |
Parry 27', Wright 59', Williams 90' |
1,514 |
2nd |
24 August 2002 |
Gravesend & Northfleet |
A |
0 – 3 |
1,130 |
6th |
|
26 August 2002 |
Morecambe |
H |
1 – 2 |
Pitman 50' |
2,106 |
|
31 August 2002 |
Nuneaton Borough |
A |
3 – 0 |
Guinan 53', Pitman 57', Parry 61' |
1,354 |
|
9 September 2002 |
Woking |
A |
2 – 1 |
Boardman 18' (o.g.), Clarke 19' |
2,080 |
|
14 September 2002 |
Chester City |
H |
0 – 0 |
2,289 |
||
17 September 2002 |
Yeovil Town |
H |
0 – 0 |
2,282 |
||
21 September 2002 |
Stevenage Borough |
A |
2 – 0 |
Clarke 13', Rose 33' |
1,685 |
|
24 September 2002 |
Kettering Town |
A |
3 – 2 |
James 18', Diuk 62' (o.g.), Guinan 90' |
1,434 |
|
28 September 2002 |
Scarborough |
H |
0 – 1 |
2,171 |
||
5 October 2002 |
Dagenham & Redbridge |
H |
2 – 1 |
Guinan 55', Williams 58' |
1,761 |
|
8 October 2002 |
Leigh RMI |
A |
2 – 0 |
Clarke 4', Parry 72' |
425 |
|
11 October 2002 |
Burton Albion |
A |
0 – 2 |
2,149 |
||
15 October 2002 |
Northwich Victoria |
H |
1 – 2 |
Parry 42' |
1,400 |
|
19 October 2002 |
Halifax Town |
H |
1 – 1 |
Pitman 27' |
1,699 |
|
2 November 2002 |
Doncaster Rovers |
A |
0 – 2 |
3,486 |
||
9 November 2002 |
Southport |
H |
0 – 2 |
1,646 |
||
23 November 2002 |
Dagenham & Redbridge |
A |
0 – 1 |
1,444 |
||
30 November 2002 |
Barnet |
H |
4 – 0 |
Guinan 4', 32', 65', Smith 25' |
1,471 |
|
14 December 2002 |
Woking |
H |
5 – 0 |
Rose 29', 41', Guinan 73', Smith 81', 89' |
1,565 |
|
20 December 2002 |
Chester City |
A |
1 – 0 |
Guinan 86' |
2,507 |
|
26 December 2002 |
Telford United |
A |
1 – 0 |
Guinan 19' |
2,047 |
|
28 December 2002 |
Forest Green Rovers |
H |
1 – 1 |
Grant 71' |
3,271 |
|
1 January 2003 |
Telford United |
H |
2 – 0 |
Grant 20', Smith 63' |
3,077 |
|
18 January 2003 |
Gravesend & Northfleet |
H |
3 – 0 |
Parry 46, 49, Sawyers 90' |
1,814 |
|
25 January 2003 |
Morecambe |
A |
1 – 3 |
Guinan 70' |
1,437 |
|
4 February 2003 |
Farnborough Town |
A |
2 – 2 |
Pitman 60', Williams 82' |
1,030 |
|
8 February 2003 |
Nuneaton Borough |
H |
2 – 1 |
Grant 48', Lovett 90' |
2,071 |
|
11 February 2003 |
Margate |
A |
2 – 0 |
Rose 31', Parry 90' |
667 |
|
15 February 2003 |
Northwich Victoria |
A |
2 – 2 |
Purdie 11', Grant 61' |
896 |
|
22 February 2003 |
Stevenage Borough |
H |
2 – 2 |
Guinan 51', Wright 90' |
2,322 |
|
1 March 2003 |
Yeovil Town |
A |
0 – 4 |
6,487 |
||
8 March 2003 |
Kettering Town |
H |
2 – 0 |
Smith 40', Clarke 83' |
2,062 |
|
15 March 2003 |
Scarborough |
A |
1 – 2 |
Parry 45' |
1,179 |
|
22 March 2003 |
Barnet |
A |
1 – 2 |
Parry 20' |
1,588 |
|
29 March 2003 |
Margate |
H |
2 – 3 |
Parry 37', Guinan 82' |
1,959 |
|
5 April 2003 |
Burton Albion |
H |
4 – 0 |
Hawley 8', Guinan 22', 31', Correia 70' |
1,780 |
|
12 April 2003 |
Halifax Town |
A |
0 – 1 |
1,299 |
||
19 April 2003 |
Leigh RMI |
H |
0 – 1 |
1,690 |
||
21 April 2003 |
Southport |
A |
2 – 1 |
Williams 53', Correia 87' |
1,103 |
|
26 April 2003 |
Doncaster Rovers |
H |
2 – 4 |
Williams 38', Correia 77' |
2,449 |
6th |
FA Cup
Date |
Round |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result F – A |
Scorers |
Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 October 2002 |
Fourth Qualifying Round |
Arlesey Town |
H |
1 – 0 |
Parry 5' |
1,718 |
16 November 2002 |
First Round |
Wigan Athletic |
H |
0 – 1 |
4,005 |
FA Trophy
Date |
Round |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result F – A |
Scorers |
Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 January 2002 |
Third Round |
Yeovil Town |
H |
1 – 2 |
Smith 19' |
2,425 |
LDV Vans Trophy
Date |
Round |
Opponents |
H / A |
Result F – A |
Scorers |
Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 October 2002 |
First Round (South) |
Northampton Town |
H |
3 – 4 |
Eribenne 6', 31', Parry 82' |
1,087 |
Squad statistics
No. |
Pos. |
Name |
League |
FA Cup |
FA Trophy |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
1 |
GK |
Matthew Baker |
42 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
DF |
Matt Clarke |
34 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
DF |
Michael Rose |
41 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
DF |
Andy Tretton |
36 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
DF |
Ian Wright |
29 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
DF |
Tony James |
39 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
MF |
Jamie Pitman |
38 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
MF |
Ben Smith |
24 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
FW |
Scott Voice |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
FW |
John Grant |
26 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
MF |
Paul Parry |
37 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
MF |
Danny Williams |
36 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
GK |
Ken Griffiths |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
DF |
Richard Teesdale |
15 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
MF |
Rob Sawyers |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
MF |
Rob Purdie |
33 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
FW |
Steve Guinan |
39 |
14 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
FW |
Richard O'Kelly |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
FW |
Andy Martin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
FW |
Neil Gough |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
FW |
Justin Rowe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
FW |
Michael Husbands |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
FW |
James Fox |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
MF |
Mick Galloway |
9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
FW |
Chukki Eribenne |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
DF |
Jay Lovett |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
FW |
Albano Correia |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
FW |
Karl Hawley |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
MF |
Kevin Gwillam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
MF |
Jordan Lambert |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
GK |
Mark Gayle |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |