December 2008 - Ben Herd

Ben Herd: Football is emotional but hitting a team-mate is inexcusable

Ben Herd / 31 December 2008 / Leave a comment

In his final column of 2008, the Shrewsbury defender discusses festive five-a-sides, incidents of violence on and off the pitch and the return of the FA Cup......Read more »

"All I want for Christmas is for my team-mates to receive some decent clothes", says Ben Herd.

Ben Herd / 24 December 2008 / Leave a comment

Shrewsbury's right-back on playing squash and swimming to keep fit, refusing to give Christmas dinner a miss, Kelvin Langmead's bizarre choice of clothing and never taking racing tips from "Groundo" again....Read more »

I hate watching from the bench, especially when you've got to put up with the physio's poor banter, says Ben Herd.

Ben Herd / 18 December 2008 / Leave a comment

The Shrewsbury right-back is spending a spell on the sidelines at the moment but takes time out to talk about Paul Ince's dismissal, standing up on a chair and singing to his team-mates and getting "skinned" by Dennis Romedahl at...Read more »

Dressing room bust-ups occur because we care and want to achieve the same goals, says Ben Herd

Ben Herd / 10 December 2008 / Leave a comment

Shrewsbury's affable right-back Ben Herd on testerone-filled dressing rooms, Nemanja Vidic and dressing up as the 118 118 characters with fellow betting.betfair.com columnist Gavin Mahon....Read more »

Ben Herd: No time for losers

Ben Herd / 03 December 2008 / Leave a comment

The Shrewsbury right-back urges us to ignore the words of kindly teachers, offers some harsh truths about what it to takes to make it in the game and calls for a mid-winter break....Read more »