IT'S A HAZARDOUS EXPERIENCE AT THE DENTIST

If you were aware of football in 1982 you will have remembered Tottenham Hotspur winning the FA Cup against QPR in front of 92,000 at Wembley. Micky Hazard was part of the Spurs team that drew in the first game 1-1 and won with a Glen Hoddle penalty in the replay 5 days later. It was Spurs' centenary year, Terry Venables was manager and Ardiles and Villa were in the team. In 1984 Hazard played in the UEFA Cup Final as well, eventually notching up 170 games for the club. He also played for Chelsea, Portsmouth and Swindon.

Wind forward to the present FA Cup Round due this weekend and Hazard is manager of Hadley FC, from Arkley (Barnet) who play in the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division, a team that has only recently been able to upgrade their ground at Brickfield Lane, spending £400,000 on improvements. Prior to this they were ground sharing with Potter's Bar FC.

9th Tier Hadley, founded in 1882, have had a rapid rise since the turn of the century, have won the Hertfordshire Charity Shield in the year that Hazard was appointed, found their highest league position and this is their best FA Cup run. So Micky is making a difference.

Having played three rounds already the club has earned £6425 and this round will give them another £4500, should they win over 7th Tier Southern League Premier side Kings Langley.

Previously the team has beaten Brantham Utd 0-1 away in the Extra Qualifying Round, then Hertford Town 0-1 away in the Prelim Rd and London Colney 1-0 in the First Round.

Hazard who donated his FA Cup medal to the Tottenham club dentist who has a Spurs' shrine at his practice, is unpaid as Hadley's manager, though he cannot make every game because he is committed to Spurs in hospitality at home games!