{"id":49563,"date":"2016-10-22T21:21:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T21:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=49563"},"modified":"2016-10-22T21:21:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T21:21:27","slug":"focus-on-worlds-first-black-football-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=49563","title":{"rendered":"Focus on world\u2019s first black football star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voice-online.co.uk\/article\/focus-world\u2019s-first-black-football-star\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Focus on world\u2019s first black football star<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voice-online.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Voice<\/a><br \/>\n2016-10-16<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poppy_brady\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Poppy Brady<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:info@tonytalburtconsultancy.net\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Tony Talburt<\/a> decided that a book on Guyanese-born footballer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Watson_(footballer,_born_1856)\" target=\"_blank\">Watson<\/a> was seriously overdue, so he set about researching the background of this exceptional pioneer of the beautiful game<\/em><\/p>\n<p>HE WAS the world\u2019s first black football superstar, but the name <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Watson_(footballer,_born_1856)\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Watson<\/a> is not on every football fan\u2019s lips \u2013 and that is why a book has been written about him to give him the spotlight he deserves.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and education adviser Dr Tony Talburt decided that a book on Guyanese-born footballer Watson was seriously overdue, so he set about researching the background of this exceptional pioneer of the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p>As Dr Talburt so eruditely puts it in his book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=49551\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Andrew Watson \u2013 the World\u2019s First Black Superstar<\/em><\/a>, had Watson been born more than 100 years later in the 1980s, he would most certainly have been considered a sporting celebrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Watson achieved in the 1880s was probably the equivalent of contemporary legends such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lionel_Messi\" target=\"_blank\">Lionel Messi<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FC_Barcelona\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cristiano_Ronaldo\" target=\"_blank\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Real_Madrid_C.F.\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a>, captaining both club and country\u201d said Dr Talburt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn more ways than one, Andrew Watson was truly a remarkable footballer and sporting hero.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voice-online.co.uk\/article\/focus-world\u2019s-first-black-football-star\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Focus on world\u2019s first black football star The Voice 2016-10-16 Poppy Brady Dr Tony Talburt decided that a book on Guyanese-born footballer Watson was seriously overdue, so he set about researching the background of this exceptional pioneer of the beautiful game HE WAS the world\u2019s first black football superstar, but the name Andrew Watson is 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