'I got to find out just how revered my dad was for being one of the pioneers. It made me feel really special.'
Andy Cole was one of the Premier League's greatest ever strikers. He is also among the handful of players to put on both the red and blue shirts of Manchester United and City.
Many of the stories highlighted frequent racism and the dehumanisation suffered during their everyday lives. Although camaraderie in the pits and solidarity with their white counterparts also shone through. "When my Dad came over from Jamaica, he had a short-sleeve shirt on,” Cole says. "It was very, very cold. He was given an address where he could stay for the night but when he got there they wouldn’t let him in.
"I remember he sat down and explained to me in detail what happened to him when he came over back then…" Cole begins to shake his head. "So he’d said to me, ‘They won’t let you play football, you’ll have to be two or three times better than your white counterpart’.
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