football firsts

FormerStevenage defender Mark Roberts talks us through his football memories...

First game you watched live?
Standing in the Stretford End at Old Trafford, the year Leeds pipped Man United to the title in 1991-92.
We lost at home to Nottingham Forest and it was the game that basically cost us the title, so it wasn’t great in that respect. But that was when I fell in love with the game.
My dad bought us season tickets in the family stand the following year, so it was a bit more sedate after that. It was an incredible time to be a Man United fan.
First football hero?
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