Craig Justin Herbert (born 9 November 1975) is an English

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who plays as a defender for

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Career

Herbert began his career as an apprentice with

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

, but was one of five trainees who left

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under a cloud on 23 February 1994. The following month he signed for

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

, the Baggies paying Torquay a fee of £10,000 with another £6,000 due after 20 first team appearances and 15% of any future sell-on fee, even though he had never appeared in the Gulls first team. However, the additional fees never transpired as he played just eight league games for West Brom and was released on a free transfer at the end of the 1996–97 season. In July 1997 he joined

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

, but, due to injury, played just 41 times in total before being released in May 2000. He had a trial with

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

in July 2000. In October 2000 he had a trial with

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

and in January 2001 joined Rugby United. He had a trial with

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

in March 2001 before joining Hayes later the same month, despite being linked with Bromsgrove Rovers. He played for Hayes against

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in the first-ever live televised Conference game. However, he was released by Hayes the following month and rejoined Rugby United where he was appointed club captain for the following season. He remained with Rugby until August 2002 when he joined

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. He then rejoined Rugby and stayed until the end of 2004–05 when he followed manager

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to Solihull Borough. However, in October 2005 he returned again to Rugby Town. Herbert was appointed Rugby's caretaker manager in December 2007 following Billy Jeffrey's resignation and secured two wins and a draw before Rod Brown took over in January 2008. He was again appointed as caretaker manager in September 2008 after Brown left.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert, Craig Living people English men's footballers 1975 births Footballers from Coventry Torquay United F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Rugby Town F.C. players Hayes F.C. players Moor Green F.C. players Solihull Borough F.C. players Barwell F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football defenders