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Jan 28, 2005 13:16

Taken from The Guardian:

"The FA has scrapped thousands of copies of a DVD claiming to feature the best post-war England internationals as it did not include a single black player. While the initial list given to video producers Octagon is understood to have included black players, none of them made the final cut as the running time was reduced to ( Read more... )

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purplekelly January 28 2005, 18:07:00 UTC
Yes, I was astounded this morning when I heard about this on TalkSport. Alan Brazil was in disbelief. He said he didn't notice who was what colour, just who was in the side.

A Man from the FA said they will be a new batch with Black players in for any new members. Seems silly to me.

Have you seen the new batch of rubber bands the players are now wearing (First there was the yellow ones for Lance Armstrong's Testicular Cancer charity; then there was the blue one to show they were anti-bullying) Now they are having a twisted band which is half white & half black - Anti Racism. Lord only knows how many more of these things are going to appear! Soon it will be pick your colour than show your support!

Sorry I went off on one. I understand what you are saying. If you think about all the players that have played for England, most are white.

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