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What is your favourite shared sporting memory?
I’d love to know about something you have participated in, watched live, watched on the TV or even listened to on the radio (Test Match Special anyone?!) either with your child or maybe with your own dad.
It's only fair to put my own on. I've been fortunate to have some really amazing men in my life who I have shared experiences with.
With my granddad I remembering watching England beat Germany 5-1 on TV.
I remember my dad coming to watch me play football, me scoring and our team winning.
I also have fantastic memories of playing pool and watching football and rugby with my mum's partner.
And now, I am getting to coach my stepson as he plays hockey for our local club. He's only recently started playing but he is getting the same experiences I can remember having when I first started playing in a team.
I've never been the sportiest, but I love sport and think it's a brilliant bonding experience. I've got season tickets to my local football team with my stepson and my daughter and it gives us a lovely connection and gives them something to share an interest in despite being 8 years apart in age.
As a child, my dad wasn't around but my uncle introduced me to football and we used to go and watch AFC Bournemouth regularly, something I'm now lucky to share with my children. I remember my pride seeing my stepson as a flagbearer on the pitch before we beat Manchester United in the Premier League for the first time back in 2015, but nothing beats that feeling of the three of us celebrating a goal together.
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