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02/11/2014

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, The Three Degrees

How three black players revolutionised English football in the 1970s.

How three black West Bromwich Albion players revolutionised English football in the 1970s.

In the late 1970s, three black West Bromwich Albion players revolutionised English football. Laurie Cunningham, Brendon Batson and Cyrille Regis had to face racist abuse, but won many fans thanks to their attacking flair. The three footballers even earned the affectionate nickname The Three Degrees, after a famous pop group of the time. The programme is a Whistledown Production and was first broadcast in 2012.

PHOTO: Cyrille Regis (BBC)

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