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Exeter City striker Robbie Simpson talks us through his football memories

First game you watched live?
My first live game was Chelsea v Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the early 1990s. I am an Arsenal fan and a load of Chelsea fans took me, so I was in the Chelsea end with my Arsenal shirt on underneath my jacket. I would have been about seven years old and I think it was 3-2 to Chelsea, but that might be an absolute lie! I definitely remember Chelsea winning because they played Blue Is The Colour at the end.
First football hero?
There were two, really – Thierry Henry and Dennis Berg...

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