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Morecambe defender Steven Old talks us through his football memories

First game you watched live? I was a ball boy at my local team, Manawatu AFC in New Zealand, so that would have been where I watched my first men’s game.
I enjoyed being a ball boy, thought it was grand! It was a town of 50,000 people – not a big town, but it was my local team and football had a half-decent following so you would get a decent crowd.
First football hero?
It was Wynton Rufer – he’s probably New Zealand’s most famous footballer. He played in Germany and put football on the map...

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