Former Burton Albion midfielder John McGrath talks us through his football memories
First match?
My dad took me to the old Lansdowne Road to see Ireland against Spain in a World Cup qualifier when I was 10. It was during qualification for Italia 90 and Ireland won 1-0! That was my first real taste of live football and I remember the train journey up to Dublin from Limerick, where we lived, walking to the ground, my Dad buying me a scarf and the electric atmosphere.
First hero?
It was Diego Maradona just because it was the first kit I ever owned and I wore it day and nig...
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