Morecambe winger Carlos Mendes Gomes talks us through his football memories

football firsts

First game you watched live? The earliest matches I saw were all local games in Lanzarote that my family members were playing in –I used to go and watch my cousin play. It wasn’t until I was 14 that I saw a professional game. I was part of the Getafe academy and I went to watch the first-team play Granada in the 2012-13 season in a game Granada won 2-0. To see the players arrive in the coach with all the fans cheering them on was unbelievable and made me even keener to become a footballer.First football hero? Ronaldinho. Even though I gre...

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