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Legends lined up to rock supporters!

31 Aug 2015 By David Watters

Three legends of the game are set to rock fans at two sportsmen's evenings at Bognor Regis Town before the end of the Ryman Premier campaign.

Officials at Nyewood Lane announced over the Bank Holiday weekend that former Newcastle Town striker Micky Quinn and Spurs legends Ossie Ardiles and Micky Hazard have been booked to entertain supporters at Seasons, the club's purpose-built function and events venue.

Quinn, now 53 and an outspoken and popular presenter on national station TalkSPORT, pictured, is first up on Friday 6 November when he'll regale supporters with tales from his playing days.

After a career that also saw him score 228 goals in 515 appearances in the Football League for the likes of Wigan Athletic, Stockport County, Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle and Watford before a spell at PAOK Thessaloniki, he'll hardly need to be backed up on stage by TV comic Stuart Masters.

Bognor Regis Town

FA Cup, UEFA Cup and World Cup winner Ardiles, 63, and fellow midfielder Hazard, who spent five years at Chelsea and also turned out for Portsmouth and Swindon but is best remembered for his time at Tottenham Hotspur, are set to follow in the second half of the campaign when they take to the stage at Seasons on Friday 26 February.

Both nights were announced after Liverpool's Danish legend Jan Molby, famously regarded an honoury Scouser after a picking up the city's accent during 12 trophy-laden years at Anfield, appeared at Seasons.

Rocks secretary and spokesman Simon Cook said: "These events follow a recent event with Jan Molby where over 150 were entertained superbly in Seasons. Several more evenings are in the pipeline, with the supporters club vowing to donate all profits back to the club to support this season’s playing budget."

Tickets for an 'An Evening with Micky Quinn' are priced at £40 or £350 for a table of ten. The Ardiles and Hazard night is expected to be similarly priced.

The events will include a pie, mash and mushy peas supper from the award-winning the Turners Pies range, recently voted the best pie at the UK Pie Awards.

For more information email: brtfcsuppoertersclub@talktalk.net.

Image courtesy of www.talksport.com

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