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 Well before West Bromwich Albion unveiled their 'three Degrees', Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson in the mid-70s, West Ham United had pioneered the black revolution in English football earlier in the decade. On April 1, 1972 manager Ron Greenwood made Football League history when he picked Clyde Best, Ade Coker and Clive Charles to play against Spurs the first three black players to feature together in the same team. The Nigerian international Coker scored in Hammers' 2-0 victory that day. The first black player to appear for West Ham in the first team was Canning Town-born and bred John Charles (Clive's elder brother), who made his debut against Blackburn Rovers at Upton Park on May 4, 1963. 'Charlo' captained the youngsters to victory in the FA Youth Cup final that same month. Here is a full record of every black (or mixed race) player to have played in the West Ham United first team since Charlo's trailblazing days . . . John Charles Clyde Best MBE Ade Coker Clive Charles Dale Banton George Parris Bobby Barnes Everard LaRonde Keith MacPherson Paul Ince Justin Fashanu Leroy Rosenior Matthew Rush Chris Hughton Simon Clarke Franz Carr Mike Small Mitchell Thomas Alex Bunbury Dale Gordon Rio Ferdinand Manny Omoyinmi Mark Watson Rigobert Song Andy Impey Samassi Abou Trevor Sinclair Bernard Lama Shaka Hislop (pictured above) Marc-Vivien Foé Paulo Wanchope Ian Wright Gavin Holligan Adam Newton Gary Charles Fredi Kanouté Christian Bassila Jermain Defoe Kaba Diawara Titi Camara David James Edouard Cissé Les Ferdinand Glen Johnson Rufus Brevett Youssef Sofiane Anton Ferdinand Hayden Mullins Brian Deane Marlon Harewood Nigel Reo-Coker Jobi McAnuff Bobby Zamora Sebastien Carole Chris Powell Darren Powell Shaun Newton Danny Gabbidon David Bellion Hogan Ephraim Kyel Reid Carlton Cole John Pantsil Tyrone Mears Nigel Quashie Luis Boa Morte Kieron Dyer Nolberto Solano Henri Camara Julien Faubert Herita Ilunga Savio Nsereko Junior Stanislas Zavon Hines Frank Nouble The following were named as substitutes for the first team but never played: Chris Whyte Mohammed Berthe Ezomo Iriekpen Terrell Forbes Stevland Angus Moses Ashikodi Bondz N'Gala Jordan Spence Recommended websites: SHOW RACISM THE RED CARD www.srtc.org LET¹S KICK RACISM OUT OF FOOTBALL www.kickitout.org |
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