Stuart Herd from Stoke-on-Trent, but raised in Sherringham, was an Associate Schoolboy with Norwich City at the start of the 1990s.Impressing for the East Norfolk Under-15s, Norfolk County Under-15s and Under-18s and the England Under-15s and Under-18s, he was invited to play for Norwich's Under-15s and Under-16s. In the 1989/90 season, he made 21 appearances as a left sided winger for the Norwich City youth side which also featured Jason Minett, Lee Power, Glyn Roberts , Chris Sutton and Robert Ullathorne. According to the Interlink Express Ultimate Book of Non-League Players" Stuart "transferred to Torquay United in 1992 and made 7 league appearances for the Devon side. Work commitments then restricted him after being released but he joined Shepshed Dynamo towards the start of the 1996/97 season. Stuart switched to Unibond (Northern) League side Matlock Town in December 1996." He also played for Wroxham before joining Shepshed Dynamo.

Stuart returned to Norfolk towards the end of 1998 and signed for Anglian Combination outfit Thorpe Village and scored regularly in his first games for them. Stuart has since joined Holt United.