The Three Degrees - The Men Who Changed British Football Forever

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.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Rees
• Publisher: Constable
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781472119261
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-1926-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Football, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)