Sandy Herd (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Sandy Herd
fullname = Andrew Clark Herd
dateofbirth = birth date|1902|6|28
cityofbirth = Torryburn
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=5|in=11
position = Left Half / Fullback
years = 1923-1924
1924-1927
1927-1937
1937-1939
clubs = Dundee
Dunfermline Athletic
Hearts
East Fife
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1935
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 04:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 04:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Andrew "Sandy" Clark Herd (born 28 June, 1902 in Torryburn, Fife) was a Scottish professional footballer.

A miner by trade, Herd started his senior career with Dundee, who he joined from juvenile side Hearts of Beath, in 1923.cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 | format = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | id = (ISBN 0-907033-47-4) ] He joined Dunfermline Athletic a year later, helping them to win the Division Two title in 1925-26. He was signed by Hearts in 1927 in a £250 transfer deal, with Colin Dand moving to Dunfermline as part of the agreement.cite journal| author = Heart of Midlothian F.C. | title = Hearts Internationalists: 22.Andrew Herd| journal = Club Programme | volume = 96-97 | issue = 11 | pages = 25]

Herd spent ten seasons with the Tynecastle club, making 229 first team appearances in the process. Initially selected as a Fullback, he switched to the Left Half position when Andy Anderson joined the club in 1929, and established himself in the latter role. His half-back combination with Alex Massie and John Johnstone proved both durable and successful for Hearts, the trio proving a constant part of the side between 1930 and 1935, and eventually all three would gain selection for the Scottish national team. Herd's one cap was earned against Ireland in 1935, while he also made one appearance for the Scottish Football League representative side, against the (English) Football League in 1934.

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.cite web|url=http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/food/strawberry_jam.htm|title=The Flag in the Wind:Features|publisher=ElectricScotland.com|accessdate=2007-07-06] 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 winners medal.

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.

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External links

* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/herdandrew.html Hearts Appearances] at londonhearts.com
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/andrewclarkherd.html Scotland Appearances] at londonhearts.com
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/images/ianc/pages/Andrew%20Herd.htm Image] at londonhearts.com