Former All White and EPL defender Ryan Nelsen wrote the foreword. Pine, a radio announcer/commentator, will compere the night.
Disillusioned during his career, Sigmund once abandoned the beautiful game to return to his other passion, club rugby.
He drew scorn from international media for what has been described as the worst two-footed challenge in football when as an All White substitute he tripped and stomped on the feet of UAE goal scorer, Ali Mabkhout, in September 2013.
Speaking from his home in Wellington, Sigmund says Herbert was nowhere to be seen after the incident and the ensuing consoling hug came from his Wellington Phoenix coach, Ernie Merrick.
The rugged defender, who retired from the Phoenix after eight years and a 180-game career, believes he would have been a better player if he had a coach who believed in him the way Merrick did.
He reflects on his final two A-League seasons as probably the finest in his career when Merrick inspired him to be not just a better player but also a level-headed person off the field.
"That's all any player can ask for from any coach whether it's professionally or for fun so it's a lot to do with the coach and the way he wants you to play."
His assessment of Herbert's mentoring skills pales in comparison with Merrick's vibrant cushion of stimulation.
"With Ricki he just put you out there with a ball and you run around."
Merrick had impressed on him the importance of discipline after listening to him following the two-foot stomp.
"He actually cared about me. He told me stop, reeled me back in and was the first guy to put his arm around me when Ricki was nowhere around me."
Sigmund accepts he is a by-product of an English culture that made inroads into New Zealand that influenced Herbert's approach to the game.
"There were some fantastic people who came from England and legends of the game but the game grew a lot when Ricki was in charge.
"We were strong physically but the A-League football changed and Ricki couldn't move with that change."
But Sigmund harbours no regrets.
"I'm sitting here, loving everything I've done and proud of it," he says while watching his 2-year-old daughter, Kate, play.
Selflessly he wants to give something back to New Zealand as a role model, not just the young but old and not just the soccer community but anyone.
"That's why we're touring not just big cities but Napier, Blenheim, Nelson and other smaller areas," says the Blenheim-born footballer.
He wants youngsters to know New Zealand is an ideal platform to launch a professional career in football.
The sport has grown a lot from the days he turned professional. Back at the turn of the century people didn't know who they were and the media seldom ever solicited their opinion.
"The challenge for football is how to keep them [young] in the game and grow them and not lose them to rugby.
"I'm a big rugby fan and I love the game and that won't change for me."
Sigmund has no intentions of playing in the ASB Premiership or any other level that requires him to travel extensively.
"I've not ruled out playing professionally," he says, looking forward to turning out for his old haunt of Cashmere Technical in their last nine games.
"Cashmere coach John Brown was my first coach so I'll have done the full circle and given something back to the roots," he says of Brown who has steered Cashmere to three Mainland Premier League crowns, just as many South Island Championship titles and two Chatham Cup finals at the helm in the past three seasons.
"I've played a couple of Chatham Cup games but not a hell of a lot," says the bloke who came straight out of school to foot it with Christchurch United.
Sigmund isn't doing the bookstore ritual in Napier but intends to open his coaching clinic here to the public.
"Hey, it's not just for footballers but everyone to see and say hello and I'll autograph their books, balls or whatever."
He has fond memories of coming to Bluewater Stadium, Park Island, in 2003 when he used to play for Canterbury United but lived in Auckland.
After the game he had missed his flight and intended to drive to Auckland.
"I think they had a Cliff Richard concert in town or some big name or other so there were no rooms in motels, no rental cars and taxis were hard to catch."
Instead, former Blues player Chris McIvor invited Sigmund to fellow teammate Leon Birnie's 21st birthday bash.
"It was a big party and I had a great time with the Rovers boys.
"Actually I had such a great time that I almost missed my flight again the next day," he says with a laugh.
McIvor, who has had a few ding-dong battles against Sigmund, says the Phoenix hardman stayed at his house that night.
He says adults who buy the $25 tickets to the evening function can take their children to both the clinic and the clubrooms for free.
"The proceeds from the door sales will go towards the Central Football Hardship Fund," says McIvor, adding the fund has been set up to help predominantly juniors who can't play because of financial hardship.
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