Career
He represented England at Schoolboy at under 15, 18 and Youth level appearing in the 1985 Fédération internationale de football association World Under 20 Championships in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. He signed as a professional for Nottingham Forest from "83 to "88 as a reserve team player but despite making his reserve team debut aged just 14 years old V Oldham Athletic he never went on to make a first team appearance. Heyes made a number of Football League appearances for Scunthorpe United and Wrexham before joining Halifax Town where he played 76 games. Heyes recovered sufficiently enough to become the Nottingham Forest Academy Goalkeeping Coach in 1999 before moving across the River Trent in 2002 to become First Team Goalkeeping Coach and Head of Youth Development at N ottinghamshire County.
In 2010 Heyes was appointed as Head of Youth Development and Academy GK Coach at Derby County Football Club. He still turns out regularly for Nottingham Forest Masters in the Sky Sports Masters series and now runs two successful companies a GK training business called katzkeepers.co.uk and a media company heyesmedia.com.