It was pretty common in the late 1970's and early 1980's for black players in the English leagues to be jeered and to cop monkey calls. The first really big name black players like Viv Anderson, Laurie Cunningham and Luther Blisset took it all and acheived success despite the absence of any legislation or affirmative action type system to give them any favours. Here at the Kick Project, we obviously place great importance on racial equality in football and I greatly admire these players for overcoming the odds purely on the strength of character and talent. They all did a great service not just for football but for society in general. Yet, discrimination still exists and it manifests in many forms throughout society in England, and elsewhere. Gordon Taylor, boss of the English Professional Footballers' Association has called for a program to encourage black managers in the EPL. While its true that there is a shortage of black managers at the top levels, I'm no...
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