Buy this book on-line HINDS, RODNEY: : BLACK LIONS: A history of black players in English footballUK.CHELTENHAM,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SPORTSBOOKS LIMITED,2006. ISBN 1899807381.
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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.
This is the story of how black players made their way in Englishh football after Andrew Watson and Arthur Wharton,the pioneers from the 19thC.
Hinds talked to players such as Viv Anderson, Luther Blissett, John Barnes, John Fashanu and Garth Crooks and Hope Powell,the manager of the England women's team,to learn about their experiences within football and celebrates the growing influence black players are having on the English game.He also records the pitfalls and problems that black players have suffered; outlines the ccontinuing aims of Kick it Out,the organisation dedicated to erasing racism from the British game,and looks to the future.
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.
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