The story of Clyde Best’s journey from being a little-known Somerset Trojans and Bermuda footballer to one of the few Black players in the English game in the early 1970s, will be told in a feature-length documentary to be launched in 2024 entitled Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story. The necessity of the film was discussed at a …
Clyde Best endured racism as one of the first black players in top tier English football. The Bermudian football legend’s story will be immortalised in a feature length documentary, set to show at the Sundance Festival in 2024. Best told Gary Foster Skelton that he hopes the film will show people that, in football, the ball doesn’t care what color …
A feature-length documentary depicting the life of Bermudian football legend Clyde Best is underway, it was announced today. “Through exclusive interviews and unseen footage, the documentary will touch on topical themes including racism in sports, combating discrimination and systematic change,” a spokesperson said.
Press conference about the planned documentary on Bermudian football legend Clyde Best, which is described as “Transforming the Beautiful Game is firsthand look at overcoming racial adversity through the lens of an iconic Bermudian soccer player: Clyde Best.Best was one of the first Black athletes to play in the English Premier League, recruited from Bermuda in 1968 to play for …
This week, award-winning international film producers announced that a feature-length documentary depicting the life of Bermudian football legend, Clyde Best, is underway. Through exclusive interviews and unseen footage, the documentary will touch on topical themes including racism in sports, combating discrimination and systematic change. While it’s known that Best was one of the first Black players in First Division English …
On July 11, 2021, England’s national football team faced off against Italy during the Euro Cup 2020 final in their first appearance at a major international tournament final since the 1966 World Cup. The match ended in a draw and went to penalties, with England eventually losing 3–2. And though I hadn’t watched a second of the match live, everyone …
01/09/2020 The first black players to play in the First Division in England when he played for West Ham between 1968 and 1976. He was a fan favourite at Upton Park and was also part of the West Ham team that made history in 1972 when they became the first English Football League club to select three black players in …