Ronnie Radford talks to the Guardian

Ronnie Radford has told the Guardian how he became famous.

Radford equalised for Hereford United in the 2-1 third-round win against Newcastle in February 1972

I was a self-employed joiner at the time and was back at work on the Monday. There was not a lot of time to celebrate the win anyway because our fourth-round match against West Ham was on the Wednesday; we were behind schedule because the original tie at Newcastle had been postponed due to bad weather and went to a replay after a 2-2 draw at St James' Park. We drew 0-0 with West Ham at Edgar Street but lost the replay 3-1. Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick.

Hereford got promoted at the end of that season and then again in 1973. I decided to leave at that stage because the club had gone professional and that was something I didn't want to be part of. I loved my job and didn't want to give that up. I would be on £25 a week at Hereford and that wasn't enough to live on. It was better to be part-time.

I became player-manager at Worcester City and took them to second in the Southern League. I didn't enjoy management so I left and played for Bath before retiring in 1975. I carried on as a joiner and did so until two years ago when I packed that in too.

I'm now 64 and living in Wakefield where I spend most of my time with my three grandchildren. I do keep in touch with Hereford; I went to see them play at Elland Road when they beat Leeds 1-0 in the first round of this year's FA Cup.

It means a lot to be remembered for that goal against Newcastle. I went to get a hearing aid last week because I'm going slightly deaf and the guy who fitted it was a Sheffield Wednesday fan. He asked me my name and when I said it was Ronald Radford he told me that was also the name of a famous footballer. I told him I was that footballer and he went red in the face and couldn't stop smiling. I found that bewildering. I've never wanted to be famous; I still don't feel famous now.

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