Comments on: First Black Footballers To Play For Premier League Clubs

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:01:41 +0000

Roly Gregoire was not the first black footballer to play for Sunderland AFC. Not by a million miles. The first was a Canadian, whose name I forget, but I believe it was in the early 1900’s.
Perhaps someone will know.

By: Ron Davis

Ron Davis — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:44:23 +0000

Here’s an interesting point some may or may not know, Q. Who the first THREE BLACK BROTHERS to play TOGETHER in the same (at the time ) top flight team?

A. The Wallace Brothers. Team. Southampton.

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:11:41 +0000

Thanks to reader Cleo Sharp for recommending to check out the book entitled “Colouring Over The White Line,” which focuses on black footballers. You can read a chapter of the book for free at http://www.vasili.co.uk/colouring.htm

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:40:54 +0000

Thanks Lancs Blue. I wasn’t aware of Stan Horne, so I’ve updated the article to reflect Horne’s debut at Manchester City and his early career at Aston Villa.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: lancs blue

lancs blue — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:13:54 +0000

Stan Horne was the first black Manchester City player that I saw, he was signed from Aston Villa and made his League debut on Sept 25th 1965 – and he also made a few first team appearances for Villa so he could well be the first for both clubs.

http://sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=18743

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:18:40 +0000

The Daily Mail just published a fascinating article about Chelsea’s first black player, Paul Canoville, at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1189328/REVEALED-The-shocking-revelations-Chelseas-black-player-Paul-Canoville.html

Definitely recommended reading.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:17:02 +0000

Lonnie, good question about the discrimination. To be honest, I don't have the answer to that one.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: DoublePivot

DoublePivot — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:01 +0000

Tull played few games for us and was dropped and eventually sold because of the uproar over a black player. So we did the right thing and then chickened out. He is a very interesting person and I believe there is a movie being made about his life.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:14:49 +0000

West Ham were the first English club to field 3 black players in the same game: Ade Coker, Clyde Best and Clive Charles, vs Tottenham, April 1973.

By: ChrissMari

ChrissMari — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:04:04 +0000

while it's an interesting idea, the amount of unknowns and possibly should have seen it been scrapped.