IPSWICH legend Alan Brazil has opened up about the time he scored five goals in match - while being distracted by a horse racing tip. Brazil, who also played for Manchester United and Tottenham, shared the incredible story and spoke about the sad passing of Gary Shaw and his hopes for the Tractor Boys this season. 4 Alan Brazil once scored five goals in a match for Ipswich 4 Alan Brazil has been working for talkSPORT for 25 years Credit: Rex Brazil told SunSport.
.. I HAD an unusual build up to this game — waiting to hear if I had won £600 on a hot tip I had been given for Newmarket.
It was in the days when betting shops were a fog of cigarette smoke and I remember being desperate for the money so it was an agonising wait for the photograph and steward’s inquiry. Then, when I got to the dressing room I had a really good feeling that I was going to score a hat-trick. I even told team-mate Johnny Wark.
READ MORE IN FOOTBALL STAND AND DELIVER New pics show extension set to take Prem stadium capacity beyond 60,000 It was bizarre I should feel that way because we were up against a fantastic Southampton team who were top of the table with some class players in Kevin Keegan , Micky Channon and Alan Ball. And we were missing the key spine of our side in Paul Mariner, Frans Thijssen and Terry Butcher through injuries. Call it a sixth sense, but to then go out and score my first hat-trick in the opening 19 minutes was pretty incredible.
In fact, I hit three in a five-minute spell b.