FOOTBALL

Viv Anderson

Viv Anderson MBE First Black Footballer to Play for England at International Level

‘I didn’t have a voice’. Viv Anderson, England’s first black player

Patsy Andrew

Breaking Barriers: Patsy Andrew’s, Les Ferdinand & Rebecca Welsh

Nigerian Footballers

Nigerian footballers play football in UK without boots (1949)

Jermaine Defo

Windrush 75: Jermaine Defo, Sol Campbell, Wes Morgan and Hope Powell among those

The FA hosted a celebration event at Wembley Stadium to honour the Windrush generation (Source: Sky Sports)

Chris Bart-Williams

Chris Bart-Williams: Former Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder dies aged 49

Bart-Williams died in the US, where he worked as a coach (Source: Sky Sports)

Bukayo Saka

Arsenal and England winger Bukayo Saka has shown he is a class act yet again by paying for 120 children to undergo surgeries in Kano, the second-largest city in Nigeria

Pele

Pele and 1970: How the greatest player of all time cemented his legend

Andrew Watson

Andrew Watson: The ‘most influential’ black footballer for decades lost to history

Alex Scott MBE

Alexandra Virina Scott MBE (born 14 October 1984) is an English sports presenter, pundit, and former professional footballer who mostly played as a right-back for Arsenal in the FA WSL.

Wrights Clan

The Wright-Phillips clan: Three generations of footballers, family and black excellence

Laurie Cunningham

Laurie Cunningham: An electric trailblazer, Real Madrid’s first British player of modern era

Clive Anthony

Clive Anthony Sullivan MBE was the first black captain for Great Britain in any sport

Jack Lesley

Jack Lesley, 1925, first black player to be selected for England. Worked at West Ham United. Statue of him to be unveiled 7th October 2022 – Plymouth Argyle team. Lyn Davies – relative

Leslie was the only black professional player in England during his time with Plymouth Argyle

Jayde Riviere

Female footballer of Dominican Heritage signs with Manchester United Women Football Club

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