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Football firsts

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The LeaguePaper Team
22 April 2018

Ex-Southend and Swansea midfielder Mark Gower talks us through his football memories

FIRST HERO: Gazza

First game?
It would have been a Spurs match, but I can’t remember which one. I’ve got a brother who’s three years older than me and, as soon as he started going to watch Spurs, I pleaded with my mum to let him take me to matches with him. So, I’d tag along with him and his mates. I used to go on my own without parents probably a bit earlier than most kids, but I had my brother looking after me. This would have been around 1988 or ‘89 because I remember ...

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