The
A49 derby is a
football rivalry between
Hereford F.C. (and before its demise,
Hereford United
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 'Th ...
) and
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...
.
The derby was listed as the nineteenth fiercest rivalry in English football by ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was f ...
'', with the two clubs last facing each other in the league during the
2011–12 season which concluded with Shrewsbury being promoted to
League One
The English Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Sky Bet League One for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League One from 2004 until 2016) is the second-highest division of the English Football Leag ...
and Hereford relegated to the
Conference National. The last meeting to date was an
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
first-round tie the following season at
Edgar Street
Edgar Street is a football stadium in Hereford and was the home of Hereford United Football Club from the club's formation in 1924 until December 2014, when the club was wound up. It is now the home of Hereford FC, a phoenix club formed to rep ...
, with Hereford winning 3–1.
Hereford United were subsequently wound-up at the
High Court in December 2014. With the
phoenix club Hereford F.C. currently competing in the National League North, three divisions below Shrewsbury, the fixture is only likely to be played in the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
.
In November 2015, an
FA Vase second round fixture between the newly formed Hereford F.C. and
Shrewsbury-based
West Midlands (Regional) League
The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has tw ...
club
Haughmond at
Edgar Street
Edgar Street is a football stadium in Hereford and was the home of Hereford United Football Club from the club's formation in 1924 until December 2014, when the club was wound up. It is now the home of Hereford FC, a phoenix club formed to rep ...
was humorously given the title of "The New A49 Derby".
History
Head-to-head record
Results
Crossing the Divide
Graham Turner
Graham John Turner (born 5 October 1947) is an English former footballer who became a manager. His son Mark was also a professional footballer. He is third behind only Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger in terms of most games managed.
After a ...
has managed both clubs on two separate occasions. He began his managerial career at Shrewsbury in 1978, remaining there until 1984. After spells with
Aston Villa and
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...
he was named manager of Hereford in 1995, remaining there until 2009. Another spell at Hereford followed in 2010 before his last managerial appointment to date at Shrewsbury between 2010 and 2014.
Players to have moved directly between the two clubs include:
*
John Brough
John Brough (; rhymes with "huff") (September 17, 1811 – August 29, 1865) was a War Democrat politician from Ohio. He served as the 26th governor of Ohio during the final years of the American Civil War, dying in office of gangrene shortly a ...
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Nick Chadwick
*
Howard Clark
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Scott Cooksey
*
John Dungworth
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Ryan Esson
*
Steve Guinan
*
Johnny Halpin
* David Jenkins
* Lennel John-Lewis
*
Carl Leonard
* Gary Leonard
*
Steve Leslie
*
Jon Narbett
*
Ralph Oliver
*
Marc Pugh
Marc Anthony Pugh (born 2 April 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder. He has played in the English Football League and Premier League for Bury, Shrewsbury Town, Luton Town, Hereford United ...
*
Rob Purdie
Robert James Purdie (born 28 September 1982) is an English retired footballer who last played for Hereford as a midfielder.
Purdie was a versatile Utility player who played primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he could also play in the fu ...
*
Ben Smith
*
Mark Taylor
*
Paul Tester
*
Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas (born Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz; January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) was an American actor, singer, nightclub comedian, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in one of the most successful and long-running sitc ...
*
Andrew Tretton
References
External links
Head to Head details at Soccerbase
{{United Kingdom Football Derbies
England football derbies
Hereford F.C.
Hereford United F.C.
Shrewsbury Town F.C.