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| Nickname(s) | The Bulls | ||
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| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Dissolved | 2014 | ||
| Ground | Edgar Street | ||
| Capacity | 4,913 | ||
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Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The Bulls' after the Hereford cattle breed. They contested A49 derby games with Shrewsbury Town.
Founded in 1924, the club entered the Birmingham Combination and switched to the Birmingham & District League four years later. They entered the Southern League after World War II, winning the North-West Division in 1958–59 and Division One in 1964–65. Hereford achieved national prominence in 1972 when they knocked top-flight Newcastle United out of the FA Cup and were elected into the Football League later that year.[1] Promoted out of the Fourth Division in 1972–73, they won the Third Division title in 1975–76, though lasted just one season in the Second Division and were relegated again the following year.
Hereford spent 19 seasons in the fourth tier before losing their Football League status with a last-place finish in 1997. They remained in the Conference for nine seasons under the stewardship of Graham Turner, finishing second three consecutive times before winning promotion after winning the 2006 play-off final. Promoted out of League Two in 2007–08, they were relegated the following season and were again relegated into non-League football in 2012. On 19 December 2014, the club was wound up in the High Court with debts around £1.3million.
Following the demise of United, a new 'phoenix club' was set up, Hereford.[2][3] The new club incorporates the words 'Forever United' into its crest design, as well as the iconic Hereford Bull, and gained promotion to the National League North in 2018.
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- ^ Bull, Organic (23 December 2014). "Bulls News: New Hereford FC Twitter Account Gains 1700 Followers In 24 Hours!". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ Bull, Organic (23 December 2014). "Bulls News: Hale Group Meet Trust Chairman". Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.