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Ex-Tranmere and Rotherham defender Ian Sharps talks us through his football memories

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First game you watched live? 
The first game I can remember going to was a Tranmere game, and they were playing against Frank Worthington, so I think it was Halifax.
I must have been about four or five.
It was a night game and it was really cold, I think Tranmere won something like 4-2. I remember Worthington running out on to the pitch and my dad saying how good he used to be. My dad was a big Tranmere fan, I swayed towards Liverpool but Tranmere was cheaper!
First football hero? 
The first Tranmere team I used to watch had Jim Steele and Ian Muir up fr...

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