http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:00:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6892 Racism: on the pitch but off the agenda By Jon Burnett 24 November 2011, 5:00pm What should we make of recent allegations of racism in football? UNTIL recently, the narrative on racism in English football resembled something of a self-congratulatory redemption story. The forms of racist abuse that were explicit in the 1980s – fans throwing [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/racism-on-the-pitch-but-off-the-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/stan-collymore/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/stan-collymore/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:00:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2035 Stan Collymore is remembered as being one of Footballs bad boys. He has now retired from professional football. He was an extremely successful Striker. Born January 22, 1971 in Stone in Staffordshire. He joined Walsall in 1989 but the club later canceled his Y.T.S contract. In July 1989 Wolves agreed to complete his trainee term [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/06/stan-collymore/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 20:47:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/ John Barnes was an exciting Black footballer playing for Liverpool in the 1980′s and 90′s. Three years after his spectacular solo goal for England against Brazil at Rio’s Maracana Stadium the exciting Jamaican-born winger was signed from Watford for 900,000 pounds by Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish in 1987 as part of his team reshaping following [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/05/fohn-barnes-footballer/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/cyrille-regis-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/cyrille-regis-footballer/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:25:24 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1752 Cyrille Regis, Is a famous black British footballer, he was one of the earliest black players in the modern leagues. The striker, whose trademark was scoring highly spectacular goals, began his playing career at West Brom with star players like Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson, Derek Statham, Len Cantello and Tony ‘Bomber’ Brown. Regis broke into [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/cyrille-regis-footballer/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/clyde-best-mbe-footballer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/clyde-best-mbe-footballer/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:18:50 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1613 Clyde Best was one of the first black footballers to succeed in the English Football League and paved the way for a whole generation to make their way into the professional game. Clyde Best made 186 appearances for West Ham United in a six year spell at Upton Park and bagged a respectable 47 goals. [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/02/clyde-best-mbe-footballer/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/who-was-your-favourite-footballer-and-why/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/who-was-your-favourite-footballer-and-why/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:59:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=765 We all have our favourites for one reason or another, maybe your favourite player was the first black player to play for your local team, or perhaps he was a prolific goalscorer with amazing skills.  Who was your Favourite footballer and why?]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/who-was-your-favourite-footballer-and-why/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:58:33 +0000 User Contibuted Article http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=487 Walter Tull was born at 16 Allendale Street, Folkstone in April 1888. His father was a joiner from St Thomas Parish in Barbados and came to Britain in 1876. He married a local girl from Folkestone in 1880 and together they had six children. In 1897, Walter and his siblings were orphaned when first his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-walter-tull-campaign-more-information-about-walter-tull-and-news-about-the-campaign/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/discrimination-in-the-british-armed-forces-1914/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/discrimination-in-the-british-armed-forces-1914/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:38:39 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=174 Walter Tull was the first black outfield footballer in Britain. Born in Folkestone in 1888 he was of mixed parentage.......>>]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/discrimination-in-the-british-armed-forces-1914/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1998/03/task-force-to-boot-out-racism-in-soccer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1998/03/task-force-to-boot-out-racism-in-soccer/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:04:10 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1569 I tried Several times to use the Independents embed code but it simply would not work. Below is the link to the article. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/task-force-to-boot-out-racism-in-soccer-1153068.html]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/1998/03/task-force-to-boot-out-racism-in-soccer/feed/ 0