A Whole New Ball Game

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1058

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A Whole New Ball Game

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Recently a young footballer made sporting history - when Viv Anderson became the first black player to be selected for England. He’s one of several British youngsters of Caribbean ancestry who are making their mark in this sport - although their fathers probably played nothing but cricket. Our reporter visits one First Division club, West Bromwich Albion, which fields no less than three very talented black players.

Researcher Comments

The three West Bromwich Albion players featured are: Brendon Batson, Laurie Cunningham, and Cyrille Regis. Includes an interview with manager, Ron Atkinson and BBC footage of the European Cup November 1978. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Ethnic groups; Football

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1058

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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