 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Hazell bẹrẹ iṣẹ rẹ gẹgẹbi oṣere ọdọ pẹlu Aston Villa ṣaaju ki o to mu ṣiṣẹ fun Tranmere Rovers, Torquay United, Kidderminster Harriers ati Chesterfield, nibi ti o ti gba ami ẹẹkan lodi si Swansea City. Lakoko ti o wa ni Tranmere o dun ninu awọn : 2000 Football League Cup Final, ó sì gba góòlù kan nínú ìfẹsẹwọnsẹ náà nínú ìṣẹgun 2 sí 1 lórí Portsmouth ní March 2000. 