League Two

football firsts

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 December 2019

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 night. I was already ...

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