Sandy Herd (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Clark Herd | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1903[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Auchterderran, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 December 1984 (aged 81)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Australia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923–1924 | Hearts of Beath | ||
| 1923–1924 | Dundee | 1 | (0) |
| 1924–1927 | Dunfermline Athletic | 103 | (5) |
| 1927–1937 | Hearts | 264 | (7) |
| 1937–1939 | East Fife | 46 | (3) |
| Total | 414 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 1934 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
| 1935 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrew Clark "Sandy" Herd (4 October 1903 – 1 December 1984) was a Scottish professional footballer.
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In 1936, Herd was awarded a joint testimonial match, alongside Northern Irish centre half Willie Reid. Chelsea provided the opposition and Andy Black scored Hearts' goal in a 1–1 draw in front of 8,500 spectators. By now 34, Herd's career was considered to be drawing to a close and he was allowed to leave for Second Division East Fife at the end of the 1936–37 season.
Herd was to an enjoy an Indian summer with the Methil side though, and in his first season with East Fife they remarkably reached the final of the Scottish Cup. Kilmarnock were their opponents at Hampden Park and the match was drawn 1–1 but Herd suffered an injury which would force him to miss the replay.[6] His replacement John Harvey, loaned from Hearts for the occasion, helped the Fifers to a 4–2 victory, making them the first club from the Second Division to win the trophy. Although he missed the decisive match, Herd had played in every game of East Fife's cup run up to that point, notably scoring twice in their quarter-final defeat of Raith Rovers, and the club successfully petitioned the Scottish FA to allow him to receive a winner's medal.[6]
Herd retired in 1939 and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia later that year. His younger brother Alec maintained the family's representation in the professional footballing ranks, playing for Manchester City and representing Scotland in several unofficial wartime internationals during World War II. Herd's nephew, Alec's son David, would also later represent Scotland.[2]
References
- ^ a b c (Scotland player) Sandy Herd, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
- ^ a b Heart of Midlothian F.C. "Hearts Internationalists: 22.Andrew Herd". Club Programme. 96–97 (11): 25.
- ^ (Hearts player) Andrew Herd, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ "[SFL player] Andy Herd". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ a b "The Flag in the Wind:Features". ElectricScotland.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2007.