[4] In the mid-70s, Heard attended Malet Lambert High School and played for Hull City Schoolboys and Humberside Boys.

[5] A product of the youth system at Everton, left-footer Heard made eleven appearances for the club, debuting against Wolverhampton Wanderers in February 1979 and playing in the Merseyside derby.

Smith was not allowed to go to the final, but Pat made sure that the young boy was on the team bus as it paraded the trophy through Birmingham.

[6] Heard left Villa in January 1983 for Sheffield Wednesday, priced at £60,000;[14] his new club's hopes of promotion from the Second Division had been dented by a recent slump in form.

[25] Having been a first-teamer for two seasons at Hull, Heard left to play for Rotherham United, winning the Fourth Division title.

[27] In 1992, Heard returned briefly to Hull switching with Hall Road Rangers,[6] before continuing his career with the Brunei M-League Team, under Mick Lyons, in the Malaysian League.

After several years, he embarked on a variety of careers including as a publican in both Hull and Chesterfield, a summariser for Free Radio Birmingham, a stage hypnotist.