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Southend United forward Simeon Akinola talks us through his football memories

by
The LeaguePaper Team
11 April 2021

football firsts

First game you watched live?
It wasn’t very high-profile, but the game that sticks out in my head was when I was about seven, and I went to watch my older brother play for the Atletico Madrid academy. I lived there as a kid and he scored five goals in the game, and I can honestly say that match is why I became so determined to make it in the game. One of the first big games I went to in the UK was Tottenham against Leicester in 2015, and Harry Kane scored a hat-trick.
First football hero?
That was Adriano, when he was at Inter Milan. I remember watchin...

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