Betts still enjoys his football

Rob Betts who spent a short spell at Hereford towards the end of last season is now playing with Racing Club Warwick.

Betts is no longer a full-time player however he is still enjoying his football although he admits that life at Warwick is much different to what he has been used to.

The midfielder spent six years with Coventry City and then had spells with Rochdale,
Kidderminster Harriers and Hereford United but, now 23, Betts accepts the dream of being a professional footballer will remain simply that.

"I've got to start another career now and think of what to do with the rest of
my life," said Betts, who has a wife and two children to look after. "I don't
know anything but football but I've been in touch with the PFA for advice on
different courses at colleges.

"But I don't regret it. I have had the chance that every kid wants and you can't
keep thinking what if. You can only do your best."

In the article in today's Birmingham Post, Betts tells of his youth group at Coventry and reveals that only three of the 14 in the group remain in professional football.

"Football is all about opinions. Sometimes the manager likes you, sometimes he
doesn't and that's where your fate is decided," he said.

He was released by Coventry in the summer of 2003, then joined Rochdale but come to Kiddermister when Ian Britton was in charge. However he only started one game for successor Jan Molby before leaving in March 2004 to play a part in Hereford's push for promotion in the Conference. However Graham Turner released him at the end of the season. Last summer he moved to Warwick and played a few games for them before being recruited by Forest Green. However after a change of manager at the Lawn, Betts returned to Warwick.

"It's just a case of getting my boots on and playing," said Betts. "I'm enjoying
it, I enjoy the banter of the lads more than anything else."

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