Crystal Palace 0 vs West Ham 3. West Ham's new boys Clyde Best and Ade Coker waiting to kick off the game, 30th October 1971.
Benjamin Odeje will make history by becoming the first African to play soccer for England, 15-year-old Benjy, from Nigeria, has been picked for...
English League Division One match at Upton Park. West Ham United 1 v Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. West Ham's Clyde Best, 23rd October 1971.
English footballers Roy Brown and Tony Collins of Watford F.C., training at the Watford ground, UK, 15th August 1957.
Soccer player Benjamin Odeje of Charlton Athletic FC, 16th April 1971. He was the first black footballer to represent England at any level.
Sport/Football, circa 1896, Arthur Wharton, a goalkeeper of some note, who played for Preston North End and Rotherham United
Sport/Football, 29th May 1981, The victorious Liverpool team parade the European Cup on Merseyside after they had beaten Real Madrid 1-0 in Paris,...
Sport, Football, League Division One, Highbury, London, England, 26th October 1968, Arsenal v West Ham United, West Ham United's John Charles is...
Football, 1984 European Championships Qualifier, Wembley, 15th December 1982, England 9 v Luxembourg 0, England's Luther Blissett celebrates as he...
Sport, Football, Friendly International, Wembley, London, 29th November 1978, England 1 v Czechoslovakia 0, Nottingham Forest's Viv Anderson becomes...
John Barnes poses in the home team dug out for an official photograph shortly after signing for Liverpool from Watford at Anfield on June 09, 1987 in...
The players of Middlesbrough Football Club. From the back row, and from left to right are : H Stepherdson , W Harris, R Barnard, Rolando Ugolini, R...
Stoke City Football Club player, Roy Brown , 23rd September 1947. Brown was the first black player in the history of the team.
The West Ham team, winners of the Evening Standard’s London 5-a-Side Football Championships, with their trophy at the Empire Pool, Wembley, 8th April...
From left, Watford strikers John Barnes and Luther Blissett celebrate after Blissett scored Watford's third goal in the League Division One match...
British footballer Brendon Batson in action with the ball as a defender for West Bromwich Albion during play in a League Division One match in...
Liverpool players John Barnes celebrates in the dressing room with the First Division Trophy after winning the 1989/90 First Division Championship...
Nottingham Forest defender Viv Anderson in action with the ball during play in a League Cup match between Nottingham Forest and Watford in England...
England winger Laurie Cunningham and defender Trevor Cherry in their Admiral sports wear, look on during a training session ahead of the 1980 Euro...
Fulham player Les Barrett looks over his right shoulder as West Ham United's John Charles watches the ball during a match at Upton Park, London,...
English footballer John Charles pictured as a youth player with West Ham United, London, circa 1961. Charles went on to become the first Black player...
England's first ever Black international player, fifteen year-old centre forward, Benjamin Odeje, in action during a schoolboy international against...
England's first ever Black international player, fifteen year-old centre forward, Benjamin Odeje , competing for the ball during a schoolboy...