| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports 18:15 - May 25 with 1399 views | RangersandProud |
Since when did he become one of the 1st black players to play in England???? [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| of course my f**k ups look bad when you remember then! |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 18:23 - May 25 with 1387 views | smegma |
Are you saying he wasn't ? |  | | |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 18:56 - May 25 with 1336 views | Hayesender |
One of the first black players to play FOR England, not in.
Who was Englands first black player?
Laurie Cunningham or Viv Anderson? |  |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:02 - May 25 with 1330 views | SomersetHoops |
When he played - he was in an early group of black players who played for the full England team. Viv Anderson was the first with a full England cap in 1978 and LB was not far behind. The first black player in England for a club side was back in about 1910. One player was selected to play for England in the early 20th century, but when the authorities realised he was black his selection was withdrawn.
I think what Luther probably said / meant he was one of the first black players to play FOR England |  |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:29 - May 25 with 1291 views | smegma |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 18:56 - May 25 by Hayesender |
One of the first black players to play FOR England, not in.
Who was Englands first black player?
Laurie Cunningham or Viv Anderson? |
Laurie Cunningham was the first to represent England at any level (U21) then Viv Anderson was the first to play in the first team. LB was still one of the first to play in English football in the modern era having started about 75 I think. Before that I remember Clyde Best/Ade Coker at West Ham and we had Derek Richardson. | | | |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:39 - May 25 with 1277 views | rongould |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:29 - May 25 by smegma |
Laurie Cunningham was the first to represent England at any level (U21) then Viv Anderson was the first to play in the first team. LB was still one of the first to play in English football in the modern era having started about 75 I think. Before that I remember Clyde Best/Ade Coker at West Ham and we had Derek Richardson. |
Clyde Best's dad Tom played for us back in the 1950's
He had played for Cardiff just after the war.
There were a few black players around. I remember Charlie Williams playing for a Yorkshire team. Donny or Barnsley, I think
There were a couple of others Albert Johannsen at Leeds was notable |  | | |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 20:04 - May 25 with 1255 views | RangersandProud |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:39 - May 25 by rongould |
Clyde Best's dad Tom played for us back in the 1950's
He had played for Cardiff just after the war.
There were a few black players around. I remember Charlie Williams playing for a Yorkshire team. Donny or Barnsley, I think
There were a couple of others Albert Johannsen at Leeds was notable |
there you go, he was neither.
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| of course my f**k ups look bad when you remember then! |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:11 - May 25 with 1208 views | Gilligan |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 20:04 - May 25 by RangersandProud |
there you go, he was neither.
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I had friend who was convinced Paul Reaney of Leeds was the first.
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:14 - May 25 with 1199 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 20:04 - May 25 by RangersandProud |
there you go, he was neither.
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i know they dig up some proper shit on SSN, but did you expect them to exhume someone for your HD pleasure? |  |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:15 - May 25 with 1193 views | Hayesender |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:39 - May 25 by rongould |
Clyde Best's dad Tom played for us back in the 1950's
He had played for Cardiff just after the war.
There were a few black players around. I remember Charlie Williams playing for a Yorkshire team. Donny or Barnsley, I think
There were a couple of others Albert Johannsen at Leeds was notable |
Charlie Williams?
Why does that name ring a bell? | |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:19 - May 25 with 1189 views | Pacal_Votan |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:15 - May 25 by Hayesender |
Charlie Williams?
Why does that name ring a bell? |
He was the hunchback of Notre Dame. | |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:35 - May 25 with 1157 views | smegma |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 21:15 - May 25 by Hayesender |
Charlie Williams?
Why does that name ring a bell? |
He used to be on the Comedians tv prog in the 70swith the likes of Bernard Manning. | | | |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 23:22 - May 25 with 1104 views | MrSheen |
Gil Scott-Heron's dad played for Celtic in the 50s. According to the official history, his nickname was the "Black Pearl". According to a bloke I used to work with who went to the games, it was the "White Darky". |  | | |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 01:06 - May 26 with 1068 views | nadera78 |
Interesting that it took until 1978 for England to pick a black player when Rugby League, a much smaller sport of course, had been picking black players for much longer. I think it was George Bennet in the 1930's, whilst Clive Sullivan captained Great Britain in the early 1970's and Ellery Hanley coached GB in the 90's.
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 11:18 - May 26 with 960 views | MoonshineSteve |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 19:29 - May 25 by smegma |
Laurie Cunningham was the first to represent England at any level (U21) then Viv Anderson was the first to play in the first team. LB was still one of the first to play in English football in the modern era having started about 75 I think. Before that I remember Clyde Best/Ade Coker at West Ham and we had Derek Richardson. |
John Charles (the West Ham one, not the Welsh one) won five England youth caps and was the first black player to represent England at any level. |  |
| I am still Steve but no longer in Dagenham. |
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| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 12:32 - May 26 with 914 views | MrSheen |
| Luther Blissett on Sky Sports on 01:06 - May 26 by nadera78 |
Interesting that it took until 1978 for England to pick a black player when Rugby League, a much smaller sport of course, had been picking black players for much longer. I think it was George Bennet in the 1930's, whilst Clive Sullivan captained Great Britain in the early 1970's and Ellery Hanley coached GB in the 90's.
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Clive Sullivan was the first black British captain in any sport. Mind you, the England cricket team had the Nawab of Pataudi and Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, GCSI, GBE, years before. | | | |
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