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Defoe & Deeney Football Firsts: First Team Debut
Troy and Jermain discuss their debuts as professionals and explain why the first team dressing room could be a scary place. They also remember awful debuts from their teammates.
Hold your nerve and take a deep breath as Jermain and Troy recall their first team debuts in pro football. JD remembers the feeling of not only making his first appearance but grabbing the winner for West Ham; Troy explains why his wasn’t as glorious and why he still had to play the chef on the coach home.
They also discuss why they were scared to go in the first team dressing room as youngsters and reminisce about some of the worst debuts they’ve seen, including the goalkeeper who looked the part in training but had a shocker in his first game.
