JEFF STELLING
What was the first football match you ever saw live?
That’s a good question – it was a long time ago! I think it was Hartlepool at home to Workington in Division Four, in 1963. We won 3-1 and it was great. I thought it was always like that – then we won none of the next 20 games...
Who was your childhood hero, and did you ever meet them?
It was a centre-forward called Ernie Phythian, who played in the 1960s when Brian Clough was manager. We had struggled for years, but suddenly we found this bloke. He had a strike partner called Jimmy Mulvaney and they terrorised the Fourth
