Career
He is known as the first professional football player to play whilst having a pacemaker. Hemming was a product of Stoke"s youth system and he made his professional debut in the 1983-1984 season which came in a 1–0 defeat away at Tottenham Hotspur on 3 March 1984. He played in the awful 1984-1985 season which saw Stoke relegated to the Second Division with a record low points tally.
He played in 106 games for Stoke before joining Wigan Athletic on loan then permanently to Hereford United in 1989.
He later went on to play for non-league Merthyr Tydfil, Macclesfield Town and Stafford Rangers.