"\u003Cp\u003EBarry Douglas is one of the most experienced players in the Leeds United squad, having made his breakthrough in Scottish football back in 2008.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere we find out more about him, from the first pair of boots he bought to his favourite career moment.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022padding-left: 30px;\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was the first football match you attended?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CIt was Rangers against\u00A0Dunfermline at Ibrox.\u00A0 It was the nine in a row year and I was just a kid.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022padding-left: 30px;\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDid you have a football hero/icon when you were younger?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI\u2019d say Roberto Carlos and Paul Gascoigne.\u00A0 Roberto Carlos was definitely my idol growing up.\u00A0 The free-kick against France, I remember watching and practising trying to do it and hitting the corner flag every time!\u00A0 I grew up in the south side of Glasgow, so grew up with Rangers and Celtic, with my family predominantly Rangers fans.\u00A0 Gazza and Brian Laudrup were the superstars back then.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E""\u003Cp style=\u0022padding-left: 30px;\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow old were you when you started playing football?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI must have been about six or seven when I first started.\u00A0 I played at school and my first team was Renfrew Vicks when I was eight maximum.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00A0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan you remember the first pair of boots you went to buy?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CYes, the first pair of boots I had were red, white and blue Diadoras.\u00A0 They were horrendous! But looking back now I loved them, they were my pride and joy.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00A0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat boots do you currently wear?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI\u2019ve worn Nike consistently for five or six years now and I\u2019ve just changed to the Mercurial model.\u00A0 I\u2019m stiking with them and hopefully they will bring me luck.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00A0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u0027s the best goal you\u2019ve scored?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CThere have been a few, but the best one technically was when I was younger for my school.\u00A0 I\u2019d seen a goal on TV where the player flicked the ball over the wall for the other player to do an overhead kick, so I wanted to try it.\u00A0 It just so happens this one time we tried it, it came off.\u00A0 That was definitely the best one.\u00A0\u00A0One of my most proudest was actually when I scored against Leeds because my granddad was there, he\u2019s 84 and travelled down to see me play and it just happened he was at the game and it\u2019s a moment I\u2019ll be able to cherish forever.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00A0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s the best moment for you in your career?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CI\u2019ve got a few.\u00A0 Promotion with Wolves is right up there and winning the league in Poland and the cup successes as well.\u0022\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022padding-left: 30px;\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho is the best player you\u2019ve played with?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CAs a defensive midfielder and an array of passing Kalvin Phillips is probably the best I\u2019ve played with.\u00A0 Similarly Reuben Neves, with his vision and passing, both can make passes look so simple that others can\u2019t play.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https://dc6vmiz8c91pk.cloudfront.net/media/117/42495548951880/kalvin_phillips_article.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Kalvin Phillips\u0022 /\u003E\uFEFF\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00A0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho is the best player you\u2019ve come up against?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CIndividually Ricardo Quaresma, he was a nightmare! Both feet, inside, outside, it didn\u2019t matter what you did, it was near impossible to mark him.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022padding-left: 30px;\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u00A0\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhich player in the current Leeds team do you think has the most banter and why?\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201CYou know what, I\u2019m going to give you a dark horse.\u00A0 Who I think is one of the funniest in the squad is Illan Meslier, just because of his one liners! He\u2019s a great character, he\u2019s so bubbly and everyone took to him straight away.\u00A0 He\u2019s a great personality to be around and you don\u2019t expect it, having past experience of playing abroad it can be intimidating, but there is no shyness whatsoever.\u201D\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https://dc6vmiz8c91pk.cloudfront.net/media/117/62822537545561/illan_meslier_article.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022Illan Meslier\u0022 /\u003E\uFEFF\u003C/p\u003E"