Here is the 12th of a weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week a different player will reveal their best (and worst) moments. This week it is the turn of Hemsworth Miners Welfare’s highly-rated young defender Harry Viggars.
Hemsworth Miners Welfare defender Harry Viggars
Name: Harry Viggars
Age: 20
Position: Centre-back
Current Club: Hemsworth Miners Welfare
Previous Clubs: Pontefract Collieries
Day Job: Greenskeeper
Best mate in football: Dave Stirland (Hemsworth’s match reporter)
Description of Career Highlight: Signing for Barnsley at the age of 12 and winning promotion last season with Hemsworth.
Lowest Moment in Football: Turning green before passing out after injuring my ankle ligaments at Penistone at the end of last season.
Description of Most Memorable Match: When we promotion at Dronfield Town last season and beating the former winners West Auckland 3-2 in the FA Vase last season.
First semi-professional manager: Brendan Ormsby (Pontefract Collieries)
Description of First Red Card (at semi-professional level): N/A
Harry Viggars (right) is a major part of Hemsworth’s team
Description of First Goal (at semi-professional level): My goal at Bottesford in September 2013. I picked the ball up 25 yards out, went between two defenders and then round the goalkeeper before tapping in (I was a 17 year old striker at the time).
Description of favourite goal (at semi-professional level): I scored a 35 yard chest then volley for the U19’s in one of my first few games away at Altofts. For the first team I haven’t scored that many, but scoring this season in the FA Cup against Runcorn Linnets was a big and important one. I had just signed my contract at Hemsworth a few days before so it was nice to give something back and lead us to a 2-1 victory which brought in vital finance for the club.
What do you want to achieve in football in the future: Going as far as possible with Hemsworth and playing at highest level possible.
Favourite Non League Ground to play at (barring your own club): AFC Emley (where we’ve never won).
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Take a look at our previous Player Profiles
Worsbrough Bridge midfielder Connor Rollinson
Hemsworth Miners Welfare midfielder Lee Swift
Brighouse Town goalkeeper Tom Taylor
Farsley Celtic midfielder Chris Howarth
Then Shaw Lane AFC attacker Joe Thornton
Selby Town utility man Mick Jones
AFC Emley defender Liam Schofield
Garforth Town defender Luke McCrum
Yorkshire Amateur striker Joel Hughes