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Sporting Witness: Clyde Best: A black footballing pioneer

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Clyde Best: A black footballing pioneer

18/06/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Clyde Best: A black footballing pioneer

The Bermuda-born West Ham striker recalls the rampant racism in 1970s English football

The Bermuda-born West Ham Utd striker recalls coming to England as a teenager in the 1960s and overcoming the rampant racism in English football.

Bermuda-born Clyde Best came to England as a teenager in 1968 and went on to play for West Ham United alongside the likes of Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst. Best made a name for himself as a talented goal-scorer in more than 200 appearances for the Hammers, but he faced constant racist abuse from fans, and on occasion, from opposition players. Now in his 60s, Clyde Best has been telling Mike Lanchin about how he stood up to the racists in English soccer.

Photo: Clyde Best on the ball, 4th March 1972. Credit: Mirror Group Newspapers/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

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