Career
He was manager of Wivenhoe Town. Born in Luton, Hazel joined then-Conference club Colchester United as an apprentice, making his first-team debut in an FA Trophy first round replay 3–2 victory at Kingstonian on 14 January 1992, coming on as a substitute for Steve Restarick. Hazel appeared twice in the Football League following Colchester"s non-league double of the Conference title and FA Trophy, playing in two games for the club, the first of which came during a 3–0 home defeat to Darlington on 29 August 1992.
He made his final appearance for the U"s on 1 September 1992 in a 2–0 home defeat by Shrewsbury Town.
On leaving Colchester, Hazel joined Chelmsford City and later Braintree Town. He signed for Wivenhoe Town following those spells and was appointed player-manager in the summer of 1998 becoming the youngest manager in senior football at the time, leading the club to a 17th position finish in his first season in charge, and a 6th placed finish in his second, narrowly missing out on promotion.