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. The club also competed in the
FA Cup
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and
Football League Trophy
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. The season covers the period from 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012.
Season summary
Hereford
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began the league season with just one win in their first twelve matches, including heavy home defeats to
Morecambe
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Macclesfield Town
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Brentford
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in the first round earned a visit to
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Aston Villa
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; the Bulls resisted 80 minutes of pressure before succumbing to a 2–0 defeat.
Stuart Fleetwood
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Fleetwood was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.2010–11 season, was sold to
Conference
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Luton Town
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on 1 September 2011.
Three consecutive victories in October, which featured veteran defender Andy Todd in his short spell with the Bulls, proved to be Hereford's best run of form in an otherwise lacklustre campaign.
Blackpool
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loanee Tom Barkhuizen was the Bulls' top goalscorer, having extended his loan spell at
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from its initial planned finish in January through to the end of the campaign.
Despite a 3–2 home victory over
Torquay United
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in the final game of the season, results elsewhere confirmed Hereford's 23rd-placed finish and relegation to the Conference on 5 May 2012. The Whites would not return to the
Football League
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before the club's liquidation in December 2014.
Players
:''As of 5 May 2012''
First-team squad
Out on loan
League table
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players who played for Hereford this season who have since left the club:''