Hereford FC - End Of Season Review

The Hereford side who took on Portsmouth in the FA Cup

Club Historian Ron Parrott has just finished his review of last season and he has given Bulls News access to his full report. Ron takes up the detail:
 
“Like the vast majority of Hereford fans, I was very disappointed with how last season panned out and as much as I liked Josh Gowling, I did feel that the decision to let him go was the correct one.

There has to be progress or improvement year on year but unfortunately this never happened and Josh had to go.

Sixteenth position was an improvement on our favourite seventeenth but all joking aside, one only had to look at the League table to see exactly where the problem lay.

A paltry total of 47 goals in 46 League games was Hereford’s worst return for many a long year and with no player reaching double figures in all competitions, it was not pretty to watch.

Exactly 50 different players turned out for the club during the season at first-team level and this did little to improve stability and at times, smelt of desperation

The full list of appearances is in alphabetic order and is as follows:-

First name	Surname	Starts	Subs	Total apps
Aaron	Amadi-Holloway	33	(7)	40
Levi	Andoh	16	(2)	18
Tyrone	Barnett	32	(13)	45
Nye	Bennett	1	(0)	1
Zac	Bruton	1	(0)	1
Justice	Campbell	2	(3)	5
James	Caton	4	(9)	13
Cam	Davies	1	(2)	3
Mark	Derricott	3	(7)	10
Ricardo	Dinanga	0	(3)	3
Jamie	Egan	7	(1)	8
Jack	Evans	30	(0)	30
Dale	Eve	14	(0)	14
Isaac	Groves	2	(0)	2
Callum	Gwillim	0	(1)	1
Luke	Haines	31	(3)	34
Jethro	Hanson	36	(9)	45
Jared	Hodgkiss	28	(3)	31
Jack	Holmes	20	(10)	30
Dan	Jarvis	8	(7)	15
Charlie	Jenkins	0	(1)	1
Zachary	Johnston	1	(0)	1
Jan	Klukowski	1	(6)	7
Thierry	Latty-Fairweather	18	(6)	24
Sean	Lawton	2	(2)	4
Zak	Lilly	20	(3)	23
Aneurin	Livermore	0	(1)	1
Ryan	Lloyd	34	(2)	36
Ryan	McLean	36	(9)	45
Cameron	Marsh	0	(2)	2
Kody	Maude	1	(0)	1
James	Melhado	3	(0)	3
Tyreece	Onyeka	1	(0)	1
Colin	Oppong	5	(1)	6
Lekan	Osideko	1	(3)	4
Seb	Osment	2	(0)	2
Orrin	Pendley	31	(5)	36
Harry	Pinchard	37	(9)	46
Callum	Rowe	2	(0)	2
Marco	Rus	4	(0)	4
Miles	Storey	35	(9)	44
Harrison	Summers	1	(0)	1
Jordan	Thompson	8	(2)	10
Rory	Thompson	0	(1)	1
Kane	Thompson-Sommers	32	(3)	35
Cian	Tyler	4	(0)	4
Ben	Vine	2	(0)	2
Dino	Visser	23	(0)	23
Bradley	Wade	9	(0)	9
Harvey	Wiles-Richards	1	(0)	1

The goalscorers’ list speaks for itself and the paucity of goals speaks volumes so I present it almost apologetically:-

First name	Surname	Goals
Aaron	Amadi-Holloway	4
Levi	Andoh	1
Tyrone	Barrett	9
James	Caton	2
Jack	Evans	3
Isaac	Groves	1
Luke	Haines	4
Jack	Holmes	2
Dan	Jarvis	1
Charlie	Jenkins	1
Jan	Klukowski	1
Thierry	Latty-Fairweather	1
Ryan	Lloyd	2
Ryan	McLean	8
Orrin	Pendley	6
Harry	Pinchard	2
Marco	Rus	1
Miles	Storey	5
Kane	Thompson-Sommers	2
Own	Goals	1

 
The total of just 57 goals scored in all competitions is probably one of the reasons why Paul Caddis’s axe fell so heavily before the end of the season.

Another reason why Josh Gowling failed was his seeming inability to motivate players and this was evident in the fact that during the whole season, we failed to win a League game after falling behind, yet we contrived to lose four after taking the lead.

Other stats of interest were that we completed three doubles, AFC Fylde, Buxton and Southport but conceded four, Banbury, Darlington, Gloucester City and Kings Lynn Town. 

The only highlights of the season were the FA Cup clash with Portsmouth, winning 3-1 at leaders AFC Fylde and the most surprising one was that despite the poor season, our average home attendance actually increased by about 60.

Sadly, the low spots of the season are too numerous to list and I want to remain positive.
Other points of interest were that we only incurred one sending off during the season and that was Luke Haines in the catastrophic last match of the season at Blyth Spartans.

Aaron Amadi-Holloway was voted our Player-of-the-Season, we had no ever-presents to cite, no hat-tricks scored and a top scorer with just nine goals.

As to the future, I have the greatest faith in Paul Caddis and having met him, I’m certain that motivation will not be a problem.

It’s infectious and spreads to staff, players and fans alike and with season ticket sales soaring, the start of the new season can’t start soon enough!