Pioneering black footballers who endured the worst excesses of racism recall their traumatic experiences in a newly-released landmark film.
League Two AFC Wimbledon have produced a moving feature-length film to showcase their black players, staff and fans who followed in the footsteps of the Windrush generation. Released to coincide with Black History Month, the harrowing documentary features some of the first black footballers to play for the Dons and revisits the ignorance and racial intolerance they encountered.
In Black, Yellow and Blue, former Dons winger Barry James weeps as he remembers constant racial abuse from one of his opponents in a CHARITY match. James said: “I did get abuse from players I played against – one in particular I'll never forget because it was in a charity match for Ted Drake, the old Arsenal legend.
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