Rasheed Speede

Oct 30, 2024 | bbc.com | Rasheed Speede

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Viv Anderson played for England 30 times between 1978 and 1988BBC Sport assistant editor“In the 1970s it was what you had to go through to survive - I just desperately wanted to be a professional footballer.”The words of the first black man to play for the senior England team - Viv Anderson - have a steely, serious and thought-provoking undertone.