football firsts

Adam Barrett - The ex-Southend and Gillingham defender talks us through his football memories

First game you watched live?
I don’t remember my very first game, but the standout for me was the 1986 World Cup – when I was about six or seven years old. I was getting up early in the morning because it was in Mexico and the games had happened overnight. I was setting my alarm, putting on my England kit with my brother and watching the tournament every morning.
The game against Argentina was heart-breaking with the Maradona handball but Lineker’s hat-trick ag...

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