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Karl
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - Sep 22 2004 : 07:59:47 AM
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Interesting facts on black players in England -
As this comprehensive table shows, 48 black players have appeared for England through the match against Poland on 8 September 2004. The first black player at senior level, Viv Anderson, was the 936th player to appear for England since their first match in 1872. The most recent black player to make his England debut, Shaun Wright-Phillips, was the 1133rd player to appear for England. Thus, since the "colour barrier" was broken 26 years ago, in late 1978, roughly one in every four players making an England debut has been black.
Perhaps race will be irrelevant one day, but that day has not yet arrived. While racism remains a problem in English football, these numbers indicate great strides forward have been taken at the level of national team selection. We have not made a count, but we doubt any other European national side, with the possible exception of France, comes close to England in number of black players. - PY
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Karl |
Edited by - Karl on Sep 22 2004 08:01:13 AM
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