Football firsts

Newport County midfielder Joss Labadie talks us through his football memories

First game you watched live?
My first ever match was at Highbury. it was Arsenal against Coventry and I was only six or seven, so it would have been about 1996. I went with my uncle and it was quite a boring game – it ended 0-0!
It wasn’t a great spectacle, but it was a great experience to go to Highbury as a young lad.
It was shortly after Arsene Wenger took over – I remember that Ian Wright was playing up front and he two-footed the Coventry keeper Steve Ogrizovic! It says ...

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