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Kevin Nicholson, Exeter City head of coaching, talks us through his football memories

football firsts

First game you watched live? 
The first match I remember is Derby County against Middlesbrough at the Baseball Ground, around 1990. Roy McFarland was the manager and a young Mark Stallard came on in that game, who I ended up playing with at Notts County and I’m still friends with now. I’m sure anyone growing up in that generation would get very nostalgic looking back at grounds like that, and I was lucky enough to play there a couple of times.
First football hero? 
The first heroes that jump to my mind are actually my dad and my grandad, beca...

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