Cyrille Regis

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Cyrille Regis

Postby westozfalcon » Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:40 pm

Very sad to hear of the death of Cyrille Regis.

I remember Regis from my childhood and admired him as a striker of great pace, skill and power and was thrilled when he played briefly for my team, Aston Villa in the early 1990's.

His era would have been a very challenging one for a black footballer.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42687285
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Re: Cyrille Regis

Postby johntheclaret » Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:44 am

westozfalcon wrote:Very sad to hear of the death of Cyrille Regis.

I remember Regis from my childhood and admired him as a striker of great pace, skill and power and was thrilled when he played briefly for my team, Aston Villa in the early 1990's.

His era would have been a very challenging one for a black footballer.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42687285

Very sad.
Good gutsy player who had to take more racist shit than most could imagine in times. People throwing bananas on the pitchand spitting at him. He was a pioneer for black players in football and went on to play for England.

A baggies hero who was only 59

RIP
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