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Football firsts

Leon Best former Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn and Charlton striker talks us through his football memories

First match?
The first game I can actually remember was a Nottingham Forest match, with Pierre van Hooijdonk playing at the time, it’s terrible but I can’t really be certain who it was against. He scored a free-kick anyway, which was quite common for him. I remember watching and seeing the fans jump around, it was just crazy. I actually met van Hooijdonk later, he was buying a bike in my local area - St Ann’s, Nottingham - he was really nice and gave me an autogra...

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