MY TOP MATCHES

Julian Nash has his say

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long in the memory as does Tottenham thrashing unfortunate Arsenal 5-0 at White Hart Lane in 1983.

Being at Wembley for Stuart Pearce’s redemption as England beat Spain on penalties in Euro ’96 was fantastic, too.

Then there are the unusual matchMy mum taking me, my brother and a friend of ours to a big midweek match at Tottenham to see them play Liverpool in the mid-eighties at the height of hooliganism because my dad was working late is something I’ve never forgotten.

Going to a friendly match at Santiago Wanderers in Chile in 2012 to celebrate the anniversary of the two oldest clubs in South America (the opponents were from Argentina) was supposed to be a

Instead, riot police were forced to turn water hoses on the home fans at left then to avoid any more trouble.

Matches in other countries are often memorable. Besides the match in Chile, waiting for fog to lift so an evening - ber 1995 could take place was more and Rangers on the same trip.

A visit to the Bernabeu to see Real Madrid on a stag weekend in April 2005 was memorable for many reasons, not least seeing Zinedine Zidane get red- carded for an act of indiscipline prior to his World Cup shame.

After a match in Poland in which the home side Sosnowiec lost, the team had to stand around pitch-side whilst the leader of their Ultras berated them in front of around 500 fans who had stayed behind.

So, what is the most memorable match I’ve been to? Travelling all the way to Moscow and back in 24 hours to see hard to beat.

However, hopefully I’ll see a more dramatic match one day even if it’s at a Non-League ground with one man and his dog. Well, you never know with football – that’s why we love it so much.