Colour Of Football

Häftad, 2019

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Beskrivning

Steve Stacey rose from kicking a ball in the gaslit streets of post-war Bristol to running out in the top flight of English football. Often the only black face in the team he was the first African-American to grace the professional English game.This poignant, funny and at times deeply moving tale, takes you behind the scenes as a professional footballer working up through the ranks while at the same time searching for his roots.The son of a GI from Kemper County, Mississippi, the killing fields of black America and a woman from Bristol, UK he was given the middle name Darrow, after a black rights advocate.His 40-year ancestry search underpins his rise through the football leagues. It’s all here, the dressing room banter, the famous names, the injuries as Steve plied his trade with Bristol City, Wrexham, Ipswich, and Exeter then breaking more boundaries as one of the first black footballers in Australia playing for Floreat Athena in Perth.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-02
Mått:140 x 215 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Förlag:Bristol Books CIC
ISBN:9781909446199

Utforska kategorier

Biografi: sport inom Biografier
Sportbiografier inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Självbiografi: sport inom Biografier

Recensioner i media

Football is not just about the big name stars, who gain fame and fortune around the world. It touches every aspect of life and is a great leveller. People of all backgrounds, races, religions and cultures can come together through football.Steve Stacey is not one of the big stars. But, as the son of a black American GI and a white English woman, he was a pioneer. Professional football is all about the Steve Stacey’s of this world, climbing the ladder from playing in the street, school, through non-league to some of the less glamourous venues of league football. Playing in the rain at Newport, struggling against hamstring strains, and dressing room high-jinx are what the great game is all about.The Professional Footballer’s Association is proud to have helped Steve tell his story. It is one that will resonate with football lovers everywhere and is a great insight into what it was like to be a professional footballer in Steve’s time.Gordon Taylor OBE, Chief Executive, Professional Footballers’ Association

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Gordon Taylor OBESign-on day – Is the press colour blind?Joe and ClarenceAugust 27, 1944EvelynOak Road, HorfieldGaslight FootballSchool DaysFairfieldLocal FootballDotApprentice ProfessionalFootball LifeGoalkeepingBabiesThe PoolsBristol CitySlippery SlopeTransferWrexham DaysTransfer ShockTraining on a MountainHamstringMatch Day TicketsSigning on the Wing of a PlaneTop Flight FootballBack to Bristol CityExeter CityAustralia BeckonsMy Father’s VoiceFinding My FatherBlack Pioneer?