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Herne Bay manager Steve Lovell believes new midfielder Scott Heard was sold on his vision for the club. Heard left Isthmian Premier outfit Folkestone in search of regular first-team football last week, having enjoyed nine years at Cheriton Road across two spells. Undoubtedly, the availability of ex-Whitstable man Heard would have interested plenty of Isthmian League clubs in Kent but it was Lovell who got his signature. “I spoke to him about the club, the way we play and the way we want to go,” Lovell explained. “I think that sold it to him. “It’s great he looked at it from a football perspect…