The Hereford United Connection

It is always sad when a football club "goes to the wall", and today that fate befell Hereford United. The Bulls' most famous moment pre-dated their 31 years as a Football League side, and it was a Northern Ireland goalkeeper, Iam McFaul, who clasped helplessly as Ronnie Radford's shot for the then Southern League club helped defeat the giants of Newcastle United in the 1972 FA Cup third round.

Founded: 1924
Folded: 2014
Ground: Edgar Street (1924-2014)

Club Honours:
Football League best season: 22nd Division Two (II) 1976/77
Division Three (III) Champions 1975/76
Division Four/Division Three/League Two (IV) Runners-Up 1972/73, Third 2007/08, Play-Off Winners 1995/96
Football Conference Play-Off Winners 2005/06
FA Cup best season: Fourth Round (8 times)
Football League Cup best season: Third Round 1974/75
Welsh Cup Winners 1989/90, Runners-Up 1967/68, 1975/76, 1980/81

League Career:
Birmingham & District League 1928/29-38/39; Southern League 1938/39-1971/72; Football League Division Four (IV) 1972/73; Division Three (III) 1973/74-75/76; Division Two (II) 1976/77; Division Three (III) 1977/78; Division Four (IV) 1978/79-91/92; Division Three (IV) 1992/93-96/97; Football Conference (V) 1997/98-05/06; League Two (IV) 2006/07-07/08; League One (III) 2008/09; League Two 2009/10-11/12; Conference Premier (V) 2012/13-13/14; Southern League 2014/15 (folded mid-season).

Hereford never fielded a "current" full Northern Ireland player, but a number of Ulstermen did appear for the club in their 90-year history.

Player	Hereford Career	League Games/Goals	International Career
Tony Capaldi (loan) Ray Campbell (loan) Robbie Dennison Steve Devine Jim Harvey Michael Ingham Matty Lund (loan) Billy Lunn James McQuilkin Paul Millar (loan) Jimmy Quinn Trevor Wood	01/02 87/88 98/99 85/86-92/93 79/80-86/87 07/08 10/11 WW2 09/10-12/13 90/91 00/01 96/97	12/ 0 4/ 0 19/ 1 272/ 4 278/38 0/ 0 2/ 0 - 76/ 6 5/ 2 2/ 0 10/ 0	22 Full, Under-21* Uncapped 18 Full Uncapped Under-21 3 Full, Under-21 Under-21 Uncapped Under-21 B, Under-23, Under-21 46 Full 1 Full, B

* caps earned while with club.

Links:
FCHD
Wikipedia
Official Website

Matty Lund

Name: Matthew Charles Lund
Born: 21 November 1990, Manchester (ENG)
Height: 5.07 ft
Weight: 9.06 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full (2016-date), 6 Under-21 Caps (2011-2012).

Club Career:
Teams ...... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FLCup Other
Crewe Alexandra ............... Youth
Stoke City ............. Jul-09 Youth .0 (0)/0
Hereford Utd 10/11 ..... Nov-10 .Loan .1 (1)/0 0(1)/0

Oldham Ath.. 11/12 ..... Jul-11 .Loan .2 (1)/0 
Bristol Rvrs 11/12 ..... Jan-12 .Loan .9 (4)/2
Bristol Rvrs 12/13 ..... Jul-12 .Loan 14 (4)/2 1(0)/0 0(1)/0
Southend Utd 12/13 ..... Feb-13 .Loan 10 (2)/1 ............. 1(0)/0 
Rochdale ... 13/14-16/17 Jun-13 .Free 
Burton Alb.. 17/18 ..... Jun-17 
Bradford C.. 17/18 ..... Jan-18 .Loan
Scunthorpe U 18/19- date

Biography:
Following impressive early season form, Lund received his first senior call-up for a November 2014 European qualifier in Romania as a late injury replacement. He remained an occasional squad member until making his debut against Croatia in November 2016.

More to follow.


Wikipedia
Soccerbase


Northern Ireland Cap Details:
15-11-2016 Croatia ..... H L 0-3 FR
still active.

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
09-02-2011 Wales........ A L 0-2 FR
31-05-2011 Faroe Islands A D 0-0 ECQ
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands H W 4-0 ECQ
10-05-2012 FYR Macedonia A L 0-1 ECQ
07-09-2012 FYR Macedonia H L 1-3 ECQ sub
13-11-2012 England...... A L 0-2 FR

Summary: 5(1)/0. Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 4.

Picture courtesy of Roy Cathcart.

Michael Ingham

Regular goalkeeping back-up to Maik Taylor and Roy Carroll for several seasons, Michael Ingham's career has been limited to the lower-leagues...

Name: Michael Gerard Ingham

Born: 9 July 1980, Preston (England)

Height: 6.04 ft

Weight: 13.12 st

Position: Goalkeeper

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Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 3 Full Caps (2005-2007), 4 Under-21 Caps (2001), Under-18 Caps.

Club Honours: (with Cliftonville) Irish FA Charity Shield Winner 1998; Co. Antrim Shield Runner-Up 1998/99; (with Wrexham) FAW Premier Cup Winner 2003/04; (with York) Football Conference Play-Off Winner 2011/12; FA Trophy Winner 2011/12, Runner-Up 2008/09.
Awards: York City Clubman of the Year 2009/10.

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Club Career:

Clubs........... --Seasons-- Fee- -League- -FACup- LgeCup -Other-

Newington YC..................... (Northern Amateur League)

Malachians....................... (Northern Amateur League)

Cliftonville.... 98/99........... .18(0)/0 .5(0)/0 3(0)/0 .9(0)/0

Sunderland...... 99/00-04/05 £30k ..1(1)/0 ....... 2(0)/0

Carlisle United. 99/00.......Loan ..7(0)/0
Cliftonville.... 00/01.......Loan .20(0)/0 ...... ....... .2(0)/0
Stoke City...... 01/02.......Loan ..0(0)/0
Stockport County 02/03.......Loan ..0(0)/0 ....... 1(0)/0
Darlington...... 02/03.......Loan ..3(0)/0
York City....... 02/03.......Loan .17(0)/0
Wrexham......... 03/04.......Loan .11(0)/0
Doncaster Rovers 04/05.......Loan ..1(0)/0 ...... ....... .1(0)/0

Wrexham......... 05/06-06/07 Free .71(0)/0 .4(0)/0 3(0)/0 .2(0)/0

Hereford United. 07/08 ......Free ..0(0)/0 ............... 1(0)/0

York City ...... 08/09-15/16.Free 256(2)/0 12(0)/0 2(0)/0 13(0)/0
Tadcaster Albion 16/17- date.Free (Northern Premier League)

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Biography:

First called into the Northern Ireland squad in 2002, Michael Ingham was set for his debut during the 2004 Caribbean Tour only to be ruled out through injury. He had to wait another year for his first cap against Germany in the Irish FA's 125th Anniversary gala match, thus bringing a windfall to Cliftonville due to an add-on clause in the deal that took him to Sunderland six years earlier.

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Further caps were added to Ingham's collection during the US Tour in 2006 and in a friendly with Wales in February 2007, but he fell out of the international reckoning as he struggled for regular firstteam action in the lower leagues. He was in good form with York City as they reached the 2009/10 Blue Square Premier play-off final and indicated his disappointment at not being considered by Nigel Worthington for an international recall.

In 2012 York finally returned to the Football League, adding the FA Trophy for good measure. Ingham remained in goal as they retained their league status thanks to a late-season push under the stewardship of Nigel Worthington who was a late-season appointment following a poor run of results.

York were eventually relegated from the Football League in 2016. Although Ingham had been offered a new contract with the club he decided to move on. He joined Tadcaster Albion and took a role as goalkeeping coach with the club's owners, i2i Sports.

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More to follow.

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Irish FA Bio

Wikipedia Article

Wrexham Bio

football.co.uk

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:

04-06-2005 Germany H L 1-4 FR sub

21-05-2006 Uruguay N L 0-1 FR

06-02-2007 Wales.. H D 0-0 FR sub
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Summary: 1(2)/0. Goals Conceded: 2. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 2.