Sunday, October 12, 2003

Green wants to impress

Ryan Green, Hereford United's replacement for Matt Clarke, is hoping that Welsh manager, Mark Hughes, will be watching his performance on Sky tomorrow evening.

Green, who has fitted in at Edgar Street so well, moved to Hereford on a free from Sheffield Wednesday last summer. He was the youngest ever player to win a full cap for Wales at seventeen but after Dave Jones released him from Wolves his career went downhill.

In today's Non-League Paper, Green says: "I played against Malta and Tunisia when I was seventeen and although I don't think the pressure got to me, I had a few injuries which seemed to set me back.

"Now Graham Turner has taken a chance on me so I am very grateful for the opportunity to show what I can do.

"This is definitely last chance saloon for me. I was nearly out of a job in the summer and it has made me appreciate football a lot more. Maybe when I was younger I used to go out a bit too much, but now I am back with my family in Cardiff and fully focused.

" I think I will have to get back into Division One to get picked for Wales again, but I am only 23 and haven't ruled it out. Hopefully we can win promotion this season and take it from there."