Locale West Midlands | Meetings total 28 | |
Teams Hereford UnitedShrewsbury Town Latest meeting 3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) | ||
The A49 derby is a football rivalry between Hereford United and Shrewsbury Town.
The derby was listed as the nineteenth fiercest rivalry in English football by The Daily Telegraph, 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 and Hereford relegated to the Conference National. The last meeting to date was an FA Cup first-round tie the following season at Edgar Street, 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 Southern League South and West, five divisions below Shrewsbury, it is unlikely the derby will be contested in the near future.