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Name:
  Mike Hanton  

Nickname:

  Hamperdink

Former clubs:

  West Derby

Best player you have played with:

  Dave Dowdall, John Hart, Nigel Raymond (work)

Biggest influence on your playing career:

  Paul Byrne and Phil Pink without whom I wouldn’t have joined Derby or got to away matches as boy!

Who is Mr. Spoons:

  Kenny

Favourite hockey moment:

  Winning the Hancock & Evans cup with work for the first time and any time we beat the MOD. Promotions with Derby.

Funniest hockey moment:

  Oz losing his temper and throwing his stick at the fence and narrowly missing his parents.

Hockey moment to forget:

  That miss at home to Alderley Edge that ultimately cost us the league! That has given the moustachioed one a lifetime of ammunition. 
Losing the cup final to Mossley Hill.
Being Captain for the back end of the season a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away after Mark Jones was kidnapped by aliens.

Favourite post match grub:

  Curry, Chilli and the salt ‘n’ pepper chips from the chippy over the road from the Crown.

Favourite post match tipple:

  Guinness

Funniest player in the changing room:

  Wattsy

Best dressed player:

  Matt O’Hara

Worst dressed player:

  Mike Dinnell

Longest in the shower:

  Mike Dinnell. He’s still in there isn’t he? Although Warren ‘JC’ Gradden runs him close.
Fixtures Live Stats:
TBC