His dad was a legend on the football pitch – but it's in the world of taekwondo that Yiewsley teenager Harry Evans is making his mark.

Terry Evans, who started out with his local non-league side Hillingdon Borough, was last year inducted into the Brentford FC Hall of Fame, having played more than 250 games for them between 1985-1993, leading them to the Division Three title in 1992.

However, his son is making waves in a different sport entirely, having become both a taekwondo European and World champion.

The Stockley Academy student won gold in the U16 category at the World Championships in Rome in July last year, beating Argentinian opponents in both the semis and the final.

Show us yer medals: Harry the champion

The 16 year old had now just returned from Moldova, where he added a European Championship U18 middleweight (U65kg) gold to his tally.

Proud dad Terry said: “He's done very well. He's a real good kid who trains hard, and I'm in awe of him.

“It all started when I took him down to the local leisure centre at the age of five. I wanted him to get him into boxing, but the missus wasn't keen.

“Taekwondo was the compromise, so we put him in to see how he would turn out, and he started really making progress at the age of 12 or 13.”

Proud dad: Terry Evans in his Brentford days

Since quitting football, Evans senior has moved into the world of rugby, becoming a physiotherapist at Premiership side Wasps, who used to rent Adams Park from his former club Wycombe.

While young Harry was never going to follow in his dad's footballing steps, he has certainly picked up the rugby bug from him, although even that takes second billing to taekwondo.

Evans said: “Harry is a bug rugby fan and plays at flanker for High Wycombe. He is better suited to it than football as he's a tough kid.

“He's doing one or the other nearly every day, and when he's not he's down the gym. However, if he has to choose between the two, taekwondo comes first.”

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Evans still keeps a eye on his former club Brentford, and was impressed with their first season in the second tier of English football since his own playing days.

He is also takes an interest on how the Bees' new stats-based model will work out in a game still sometimes stuck in the dark ages compared to the one he works in now.

He added: “I was surprised at the change of manager, but this fellow ( Matthew Benham) has got his ways. He's putting money in and he's got a right to do it his way. We will have to suck it and see, but I can understand where he's coming from.

“Stats are quite big in rugby. They are quite subjective, and you can take out of them what you. It's quite a grey area, and they're not the be all and end all. But if you can utilise that side of it and get it right, you'd be silly not to.”