| Club: | Hereford United |
| Season: | 1978–79 |
| Manager: | Mike Bailey |
| Chairman: | Peter Hill |
| Stadium: | Edgar Street |
| League: | Division Four |
| League Result: | 14th |
| Cup1: | League Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| Cup2: | FA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | First round |
| League Topscorer: | Bobby Gould (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Bobby Gould (13) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6939 v Newport County, FA Cup first round, 25 November 1978 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2119 v Hartlepool United, Division Three, 7 March 1979 |
| Average Attendance: | 3350 |
| Largest Win: | 6–1 v Crewe Alexandra (H), Division Four, 16 September 1978 |
| Largest Loss: | 1–4 v Newport County (A), Division Four, 11 April 1979 |
| Prevseason: | 1977–78 |
| Nextseason: | 1979–80 |
The 1978–79 season was the 49th season of competitive football played by Hereford United Football Club and their seventh in the Football League. Following a second successive relegation the previous season, the club competed in Division Four, as well as the League Cup and FA Cup.
Former England international Mike Bailey took charge as Hereford's new manager and guided them to a modest mid-table finish in their first season back in Division Four.
Bailey brought his former Wolverhampton Wanderers teammate Bobby Gould to the club as player-coach. Gould top-scored with 13 goals, including two in a 6–1 thrashing of Crewe Alexandra which was Hereford's biggest win as a league club at the time, and one in the following match at Rochdale which contributed to Hereford's first away win in 32 matches.
Players who made one appearance or more for Hereford United F.C. during the 1977-78 season
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| GK | Tommy Hughes | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| GK | Lyndon Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| DF | Phil Burrows | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| DF | Stuart Cornes | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| DF | Steve Emery | 43(1) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48(1) | 6 | |
| DF | Andy Feeley | 25(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(1) | 0 | |
| DF | Henry Hill | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | |
| DF | Paul Hunt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| DF | John Layton | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| DF | Julian Marshall | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| DF | Chris Price | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| DF | Phil Roberts | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| DF | Steve Strong | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| DF | Valmore Thomas | 11(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(1) | 1 | |
| MF | Mike Bailey | 13(3) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14(4) | 1 | |
| MF | Frank Barton | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| MF | Ian Hendry | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| MF | Kyle Holmes | 19(2) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24(2) | 3 | |
| MF | Gerry O'Hara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MF | Peter Spiring | 24(1) | 5 | 2(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27(2) | 5 | |
| MF | Kenny Stephens | 25(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26(3) | 1 | |
| MF | Winston White | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| FW | Steve Crompton | 6(2) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(3) | 1 | |
| FW | Bobby Gould | 39(1) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40(1) | 13 | |
| FW | Billy Holmes | 12(4) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15(4) | 4 | |
| FW | Dave Jones | 25(1) | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30(1) | 9 | |
| FW | Frank McGrellis | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| FW | Colin O'Brien (on loan from Bristol City) | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | |
| FW | Stewart Phillips | 5(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 0 | |
| FW | Wayne Powell | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
See main article: 1978–79 Football League.
See main article: article and 1978–79 Football League Cup.
See main article: article and 1978–79 FA Cup.