football firsts

First game you watched live?That will have been a Middlesbrough game. I think I’d been to a few before, but the first one I properly remember was against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-finals at Old Trafford in 2002. Me and my Gramps went across on the bus, and Gianluca Festa scored an own goal.We lost but it was a brilliant experience, and it was the first time I’d been to an away game.First football hero?It might seem a bit strange to say as a Middlesbrough fan, but Alan Shearer was scoring goals week in, week out when I was growing up. Everyone in M...