Ex-Southend and Gillingham midfi elder Kevin Maher talks us through his football memories

First game you watched live?
It was West Ham against Liverpool when I was six or seven years old – so the early-tomid 1980s. I was a Liverpool fan and managed to sit right at the front of the stand.
I don’t remember the score but I remember Steve Nicol, who was playing, coming over the barrier where I was and rubbing my head. I think that was the game that made me a real Liverpool fan.
First football hero?
It has to be Kenny Dalglish. Being a Liverpool fan at that time...