The First Black Footballer
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The First Black Footballer
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Author : Phil Vasili
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
The First Black Footballer written by Phil Vasili and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer, and the first African to play professional cricket in Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found him a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty.
Andrew Watson
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Author : Tony Talburt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Andrew Watson written by Tony Talburt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Athletes, Black categories.
Today, seeing Black footballers playing the game at the very highest level is considered very normal. This, certainly, was not the case one hundred and forty years ago, and this is what makes the story of Andrew Watson so remarkable. It seems hard to imagine that a Guyanese-born Black man could head the Scottish national football team in 1881 in a game against England. Not only was he captain, but he also led them to a 6-1 victory in London - an achievement that still ranks as England's heaviest ever defeat on home soil. If this were all that Watson had been able to accomplish, most people would agree that he should be commended for being the world's first Black person to captain a national football team. But there was so much more. He was the world's first Black football administrator, as well as the first Black player to win three national cup winners' trophies. During the 1870s and 1880s, when Watson played, he was regarded as one of the finest players in Britain. The word 'pioneer' is often used to describe certain players, but this would certainly be a most fitting expression to encapsulate the remarkable achievements of Andrew Watson.This book reflects upon the legend, legacy and pioneering endeavours of a truly great Black British football superstar.
Football S Black Pioneers
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Author : Bill Hern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-31
Football S Black Pioneers written by Bill Hern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-31 with categories.
Andrew Watson
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Author : Tony Talburt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Andrew Watson written by Tony Talburt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Athletes, Black categories.
Today, seeing Black footballers playing the game at the very highest level is considered very normal. This, certainly, was not the case one hundred and forty years ago, and this is what makes the story of Andrew Watson so remarkable. It seems hard to imagine that a Guyanese-born Black man could head the Scottish national football team in 1881 in a game against England. Not only was he captain, but he also led them to a 6-1 victory in London - an achievement that still ranks as England's heaviest ever defeat on home soil.
The First Black Footballer
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Author : Phil Vasili
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
The First Black Footballer written by Phil Vasili and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer, and the first African to play professional cricket in Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues. Those promoting Empire as an expression of white supremacy found him a supreme irritation, and he eventually died in poverty.
61 Minutes In Munich
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Author : Howard Gayle
language : en
Publisher: deCoubertin Books
Release Date : 2016-09-22
61 Minutes In Munich written by Howard Gayle and has been published by deCoubertin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In April 1981, Howard Gayle was summoned from the substitutes’ bench and sent on to play for Liverpool in the second leg of a European Cup semi-final at German champions Bayern Munich. The previous October, by filling the same role at Manchester City, he became the first black footballer in Liverpool’s 89-year history to play at first team level. Gayle’s Liverpool career proved to be short. He would pull on the red shirt only five times in total, scoring once. Yet he is remembered as a trailblazer. In 61 Minutes in Munich, Gayle takes you inside his life: bringing the shutters down on a childhood spent between Toxteth and Norris Green, two contrasting areas of Liverpool. He details life on the streets, the racism, the other forms of abuse, of which he has only told a handful of people before, and his ascent from teenage football hooligan to a player with Europe’s leading club. Gayle explains what it was like to be a black man with a profound sense of insecurity inside a Liverpool dressing room at the most successful point in the club’s history, a place where only the strongest survived. In Munich, Gayle ran Bayern’s defenders ragged and is credited by many as the catalyst for Liverpool’s progression to the final. And yet, by being substituted after 61 minutes on the pitch, he reveals his dismay at never being trusted to keep his cool in the most tense of environments. Gayle takes you to Newcastle, to Birmingham City, to Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers. He takes you back his modest home in the south end of Liverpool where it all began. Part social-history, part-autobiography, 61 Minutes in Munich is an exposition of life in the city of Liverpool during one of the most turbulent periods in its history. Above all it examines how a pioneer like Gayle has been up against it from the moment he was born.
Cyrille Regis My Story
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Author : Cyrille Regis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-08
Cyrille Regis My Story written by Cyrille Regis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08 with Soccer players categories.
The autobiography of Britain's first black football superstar Cyrille Regis' story is a compelling one on many levels, including his migration from the French Caribbean to a racially divided West London in the 1960s; his development as a semi-professional footballer; his subsequent move to a top-flight Football League club--which brought national recognition and glory, yet found him still facing racial hatred; and his eventually receiving an MBE, recognition for his services to football and the community. This fascinating autobiography describes the battles Cyrille faced as a child and teenager before he turned professional and achieved great things as a footballer. As well as detailing the glorious moments in his career, it studies the impact that he and his black teammates had on the sociological outlook of football fans. It concludes with a review of Cyrille Regis' life after he retired as a footballer, and his work in the community.
A Straggling Life Andrew Watson
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Author : Llew Walker
language : en
Publisher: Pitch Publishing
Release Date : 2021-09
A Straggling Life Andrew Watson written by Llew Walker and has been published by Pitch Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The son of a Scottish plantation owner and a free woman of color, Andrew Watson was provided for by his wealthy father. Receiving a first-class education in English public schools, he would later reject university to become a footballer in Glasgow. Schooled by the most advanced practitioners of the game at that time, he became one of the best footballers in Glasgow and captained Scotland's invincible national team. He played for the greatest clubs of the day on both sides of the border and as a 'Scottish professor', brought his talent to England and shared his knowledge with the Southern amateurs, helping the game evolve from a public-school pastime to a national obsession. He played alongside and educated many who would represent the English national team, changing the game forever. But the record of his achievements faded as the game he helped change took over the world, leaving his memory in the shadows. Over 100 years later, he was rediscovered in an old photograph, and after years of research, his achievements were finally recognized.
61 Minutes In Munich The Story Of Liverpool S First Black Footballer
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Author : Howard Gayle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-05-06
61 Minutes In Munich The Story Of Liverpool S First Black Footballer written by Howard Gayle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-06 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Black Lions
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Author : Rodney Hinds
language : en
Publisher: Sportsbooks
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Black Lions written by Rodney Hinds and has been published by Sportsbooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Athletes, Black categories.
It was in 1978, that Viv Anderson became the first black player to be selected for England. It is a measure of how life for black footballers has improved that in 2002 Arsenal could field nine non-white players at Leeds’ Elland Road ground without comment. A tenth, Jermaine Pennant, came on as a substitute.While it would be wrong to claim that racism has been entirely banished from English football, the problem is not as bad as on the European continent.Rodney Hinds, sports editor of The Voice, Britain’s leading black newspaper, examines the attitudes of the football establishment over the years and talks to players who had to suffer abuse from visiting fans and players, and sometimes their own team-mates.