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Never knew this. Would love to hear about his experiences. I would love to think they were good but fear they were like so many others of the times. Anyone remember?Our first Black player in the 1960s a local lad Cliff Marshall from Toxteth a winger -
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For me, there is something fundamentally beautiful about those kits with central hoops. Never seen the Everton one before, ( hoops of blue and amber presumably?) but the old Palace kit c1961 and the Sampdoria kits are things of beauty.
Bad news he got taunted by our own fans - sorry to report that news -Never knew this. Would love to hear about his experiences. I would love to think they were good but fear they were like so many others of the times. Anyone remember?
I suspected that would be the case but hoped for better. I wasn't there obviously but strangely feel ashamed.Bad news he got taunted by our own fans - sorry to report that news -
My older brother told me - embarrassed at the time tbh....I suspected that would be the case but hoped for better. I wasn't there obviously but strangely feel ashamed.
Never knew this. Would love to hear about his experiences. I would love to think they were good but fear they were like so many others of the times. Anyone remember?
My older brother reckons he was only average as a player - but the terraces our own fans FGS.....Only played 7 times for us. Hopped off to Miami, I think.
Thank you for the reply. The collective knowledge here is admirable.Only played 7 times for us. Hopped off to Miami, I think.
I'm sure our crowds weren't on their own for this. Must have been awful for black players then. Still needs some sorting but back then...... ?My older brother reckons he was only average as a player - but the terraces our own fans FGS.....
I'm sure our crowds weren't on their own for this. Must have been awful for black players then. Still needs some sorting but back then...... ?
It was a totally different era, no way would they get away with it now - The Bananas thrown at John Barnes at Goodison was embarrassing , but he just waved it off as banter to cool the hostile atmosphere ....I'm sure our crowds weren't on their own for this. Must have been awful for black players then. Still needs some sorting but back then...... ?