Football Firsts with Neil Redfearn

Neil Redfearn – The former Barnsley midfielder talks us through his football memories

First game you watched live? Leeds against Arsenal in 1973. My dad played professionally for 15 years, and he was more of a Bradford City man really. But Don Revie’s Leeds were the best side in Europe at the time and I think he took us there as a sort of education. I remember going up the steps of the West Stand and seeing the pitch for the first time - it was like an oasis. As for the game itself, what I remember best is that there was a ball played down the line to Alan Sunderland, and Norman Hunter c...

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