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There are 92 professional football clubs in the UK and around 25% of the players within those teams are black. Despite the fact that the number of black players has continued to rise there are still only two black managers; Chris Powell of Charlton Athletic and Chris Hughton of Birmingham City. To say this is […]
Continue ReadingLiverpool black football player Nathan Eccleston is under investigation by his club for questioning the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Continue ReadingIn the Sun online today, England striker Carlton Cole was caught up in a shameful race row after the 1-1 draw against Ghana, when he wrote on twitter that the Ghana fans were illegal immigrants, revealing not only his colonial mentality but a shameful mentality that many black and ethnic minority populations who are born […]
Continue ReadingA group of professional black footballers were left shocked when they were told by a manager of Pizza Hut in Bournemouth to pay up front because of the way they looked.
Continue ReadingLeicester City defender Wayne Brown incited a race row between teammates after boasting that he voted for the British National Party (BNP) in the General election.
Continue ReadingViv Anderson, England’s first ever black international football player has called for tougher fines by the FA on racism after saying that the current fine is “nonsense.”
Continue ReadingBradford City captain Zesh Rehman has launched his own football foundation hoping to attract more young Asians into the game.
Continue ReadingIt has been reported that Sven-Goran Eriksson the former England manager and now newly appointed manager for Ivory Coast for the World Cup, will be paid up to £2 million in a country where over half the population earns less than £3 a day.
Continue ReadingMacclesfield football manager and one of the pioneers for black managers in football Keith Alexander sadly passed away at the age of 53 after fighting a long term illness.
Continue ReadingIn June this year the greatest footballing spectacle in the world will take place in South Africa. For the first time in World Cup history an African country will be host to the World Cup.
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