Football firsts

Burton Albion wing-back Lucas Akins talks us through his football memories

First game
My mum was a huge Arsenal supporter and I remember a few times we got the coach down to Highbury, picking up a few people in Leeds on the way down from Huddersfield. It was (December) 2002 and we went to Arsenal v Liverpool, which ended 1-1. I think Thierry Henry scored for Arsenal and Danny Murphy scored a penalty. That was my earliest memory of a game.
First hero
Being a big Arsenal supporter, I used to love Ian Wright and also Thierry Henry, who was the man at Arsenal for a long tim...

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