Balding Stan Lazaridis is in the dock this week - after testing positive for a banned substance.

The former West Ham and Birmingham winger now plies his trade Down Under for A League side Perth Glory.

Lazaridis's hearing began in Sydney on Wednesday and he will tell those sitting in judgement that he had been seeking permission to use the substance to treat hair loss for a year before his positive test.

However, the drug is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list, as it can be used as a masking agent.