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Football's Black Pioneers: The Stories of the First Black Players to Represent the 92 League Clubs

by Bill Hern and David Gleave - £16.00  Conker Editions Ltd (2020)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781999900854 | ISBN 10: 1999900855

A new perspective on the lives, careers and experiences of groundbreaking black footballers in England.
 
Ninety-two chapters tell the unique stories of the first black footballers to play for each of the English Football League clubs. Four years of original research have not only identified each of these history makers for the first time in a definitive and permanent record. They have also uncovered a wealth of fascinating, often eye-opening personal tales, which now comprise a collection of rich and hugely varied short stories.
 
The stories span the period from Arthur Wharton’s debut for Sheffield United in 1885 right up to the present day, covering over 130 years of social history. They include personal interviews with many of the players – including Viv Anderson MBE, Chris Kamara, Tony Ford MBE, Neville Chamberlain and Roland Butcher – and family members of stars from the more distant past.
 
Football’s Black Pioneers features an incredible variety of emotive human stories and forgotten characters, together with a powerful theme of struggle against now-unthinkable attitudes, and the revelation of countless unexpected historical facts.

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