Derby stories | Terry Dyson, the only Spur to score a hat-trick in the NLD

At 5ft 3in, Terry Dyson may have been small in stature, but he was certainly the man for the big occasion.

Born in Malton, Yorkshire, Terry signed for Spurs during his National Service and joined us in 1954. He went on to play 255 times for us, scoring 55 goals, before departing in 1965.

After finally nailing down a place in Bill Nicholson's side in early 1960, Terry was a key cog in our double-winning machine in 1960/61, where he played in 47 of our 49 matches and scored in the FA Cup Final against Leicester City as we became the first team to clinch the league and FA Cup in the 20th century on 6 May, 1961.

His most famous moment in a white shirt arrived two years later, when he scored twice as we became the first British team to win a European trophy with a 5-1 demolition of Atletico Madrid in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup. His team-mate, striker Bobby Smith, said to Terry afterwards, 'you better retire now, you'll never play better'.

However, with derby week again upon us, we'll turn the clock back to 1961 and another feat Terry is rightly proud of.

Fresh from the double, we faced our north London rivals at the Lane on the third match of the 1961/62 campaign on 26 August, 1961.

In a typically frantic N17-N5 affair, Les Allen - father of Clive - and Terry put us 2-0 up and we were in complete control despite the notable absentees of Dave Mackay and John White. However, Alan Skirton hit back before the break and the visitors turned the game inside out thanks to two headers from Mel Charles on 67 and 72 minutes.

Enter Terry. On 83 minutes, he reacted quickest to fire home from Allen's corner for 3-3 as Arsenal appealed for handball and just two minutes later, the winger latched onto Danny Blanchflower's pass and rattled home the winner off the post to complete his hat-trick.

Terry, now 89, remains the only Spurs player to score a hat-trick in the north London derby.

Speaking to us back in 2015, Terry recalled that famous day. “I feel very proud about that,” he said. “It was at the start of the 1961-62 season. I’d already scored and we led 2-0 but we were then 3-2 down.

"For my second goal, the ball came through a crowd of players, struck my arm and I just smacked it in. The referee didn’t see the handball, gave the goal and Arsenal went mad! Two minutes later I played a little one-two with Danny Blanchflower and made it 4-3. It was a brilliant feeling.

“I was fortunate to score in big games. There was the FA Cup Final in 1961, I missed a sitter earlier in the game but I scored and when I was jogging back to the half-way line I thought to myself, ‘I’ve done something all kids dream about’.

"The best though has to be the Cup Winners' Cup Final in Rotterdam, the fifth goal. I did a one-two with Tony Marchi and I just went on and on and they kept backing away. I couldn’t see the keeper - I just hit it and it flew into the top corner. That was the best goal I scored.

"The big thing for everyone connected with the club was to win the double. That was history.  People always remember the first - Roger Bannister’s mile, Hilary climbing Everest - and people remember us, and they can’t take it away from us.”