The three degrees

The Resource The three degrees
Label
The three degrees
Statement of responsibility
Paul Rees
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Tells the story of a groundbreaking chapter in the history of British football and the country as a whole, when three black players were fielded for the first time by little publicised West Midlands club, West Bromwich Albion, against a backdrop of divisive and poisonous racial tension. Now in paperback.
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
StDuBDS
Dewey number
  • 796.3340922
  • 796.3'34'0922
  • 796.3'34'0922
  • 796.3340922
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
GV942.7.A1
Literary form
non fiction
Summary expansion
When Cyrille Regis became one of the first black players to be selected for the full England team, he was sent a package in the mail. Inside it was a silver bullet and a note that read: `You'll get one of these through your knees if you step on our Wembley turf.' In the 1978/79 football season Regis' club West Bromwich Albion, an unglamorous and little publicised club from the West Midlands, became the first British football team to field three black players: Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson. They did so against the backdrop of the most divisive and poisonous racial tension in the UK's history - a time when the National Front movement was at its most virulent. This book will tell the story of a defining and groundbreaking chapter in the history of British football and the country as a whole. The story is one about sport but also as much one about social change

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