Ian Herring

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ian Herring

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Swindon, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 2001–2004 |clubs1 = Swindon Town |caps1 = 6 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2002–2003 |clubs2 = → Salisbury City (loan) |caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 2003 |clubs3 = → Chippenham Town (loan) |caps3 = |goals3 =

| years4 = 2003–2007 |clubs4 = Chippenham Town |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 2006–2009 |clubs5 = Salisbury City |caps5 = 44 |goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2009–2010 |clubs6 = Northwich Victoria |caps6 = 29 |goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2010–2011 |clubs7 = Forest Green Rovers |caps7 = 13 |goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2011 |clubs8 = → Eastleigh (loan) |caps8 = 5 |goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2011–2012 |clubs9 = Eastleigh |caps9 = 14 |goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2012 |clubs10 = → Chippenham Town (loan) |caps10 = 4 |goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2012–2020 |clubs11 = Hungerford Town |caps11 = |goals11 =

| manageryears1 = 2017–2020

| managerclubs1 = Hungerford Town

| club-update = 15:15, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

}}

Ian Herring (born 14 February 1984) is an English football player and manager, who plays as a midfielder. He was most recently player-manager of Hungerford Town.

Career

Herring made his debut for Swindon Town on 20 April 2002, at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the 1–1 draw coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute replacing Paul McAreavey in the last game of the 2001–02 season.{{cite news

| title = Swindon 1–1 Wycombe

| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/1935608.stm

| publisher = BBC Sport

| date = 20 April 2002

| accessdate = 10 February 2009}}{{cite news

| title = Results/Fixtures: Swindon 1–1 Wycombe

| url = http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=360100

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130202135807/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=360100

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 2 February 2013

| publisher = Soccerbase

| accessdate = 10 February 2009

}}

He joined Salisbury City from Chippenham Town in August 2007 to pursue full-time football.{{cite news

| title = Ian Herring completes Salisbury Move

| url = http://www.chippenhamtownfc.com/News.aspx?id=243

| publisher = Chippenhamtownfc.com

| date = 7 August 2007

| accessdate = 10 February 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} In 2009, he was released by Salisbury City who he spent three-years as a player at the club. In July, Herring joined Conference North team Northwich Victoria. Herring left Northwich at the end of the season.

Herring signed for Conference National side Forest Green Rovers in June 2010.

In February 2011 Swindon Town manager Danny Wilson expressed an interest in taking Herring back to his home club after some impressive performances at the heart of midfield for Forest Green Rovers.

Herring joined Conference South side Eastleigh on loan for a month in February 2011, playing in 5 league matches. The move was then made permanent in March 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/news/showItem.asp?id=1309 |title=Player News – In's and Out's at The New Lawn |publisher=Forest Green Rovers |date=25 March 2011 |accessdate=25 March 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=4236 |title=Herring makes permanent Spitfires switch |publisher=Football Conference |date=25 March 2011 |accessdate=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319231033/http://www.footballconference.co.uk/news/details.php?news_id=4236 |archive-date=19 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} Herring finished the season with 13 league appearances in total.{{Cite web|url=http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/p/player-stats.html |title=Player stats |publisher=Eastleigh FC |date=28 January 2012 |accessdate=28 January 2012}}

On 27 January 2012, following several new signings at Eastleigh, Herring joined previous club Chippenham Town on a month's loan.{{cite web |url=http://eastleighfc.blogspot.com/2012/01/baird-is-hampshires-mancini.html |title=Baird is Hampshire's Mancini |publisher=Eastleigh FC |accessdate=28 January 2012 }}

Herring left Eastleigh at the end of the season and in July 2012 it was announced he had signed for Southern League South & West Division side Hungerford Town.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=86542 |title=Wilkinson knows Harper is a gem |publisher=Non League Daily |date=27 July 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903074406/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php |archive-date=3 September 2012}} In September 2017 he was appointed joint player/manager alongside Jon Boardman.[http://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/galvanised-hungerford-confirm-their-management-duo-39790 Galvanised Hungerford Confirm Their Management Duo] The National League, 15 September 2017 Herring left Hungerford Town in April 2020.[https://www.hungerfordtown.com/news/club-statement-ian-herring-2532499.html Club statement: Ian Herring] Hungerford Town F.C.