Cyrille Regis, MBE, enjoyed a long career in football. During his playing years, he made well over 750 club and international appearances, scoring more than 200 goals, including 159 in 614 League appearances. Cyrille won the FA Cup with Coventry in 1987 and represented England five times at senior international level. In this fascinating new book, author Tony Matthews tells the story of Cyrilles long and successful career through 50 important games - although he admits that he could easily have chosen 100! This book covers Cyrilles life in full, from his early days in the Caribbean, through his school years, playing at non-League level before entering the world of professional football and gaining England recognition. It also tells how Cyrille came close to an early death in a car crash in Spain and how he went on to become a soccer coach and a players agent, receiving an MBE in 2008. With forewords by Cyrilles former manager, Ron Atkinson, and professional footballers, Darren Moore and Derek Statham, as well as a host of other tributes, this is a book no football fan will want to miss.
The autobiography of Britain's first black football superstar Cyrille Regis' story is a compelling one on many levels, including his migration from the French Caribbean to a racially divided West London in the 1960s; his development as a ...
Known as 'Smokin Joe', Cyrille Regis spent seven wonderful years with West Bromwich Albion.
In The Manager Ron Atkinson delves into the highs and lows of an extraordinary career that took him from non-league football to Old Trafford's theatre of dreams in the space of seven years.
He takes us on an incredible journey: From a young man with chronic phobias to a hardened bouncer working in private security Through conversion to Christ and on to pioneering a church from scratch that has grown to be the largest in the ...
In memory of Cyrille Regis MBE 1958–2018 Cover photos, clockwise from top left: Albion fan at the 1935 FA Cup final. (Getty Images) Albion fans outside Wembley, 1970. (Trinity Mirror) San Jose Earthquakes v WBA, 2011.
The fine Irish player Patsy Fagan, UK snooker champion in 1977, had a particular problem with the cue rest. He would move his cue back and forth dozens of times on the rest, to the extent that he became unable to make himself hit the ...
Football's Black Pioneers: The Stories of the First Black Players to Represent the 92 League Clubs
How was it possible? How had I let things come to this?’ This is not the story of a celebrity sportsman. It’s not the story of a life covered in glory with its attendant cavalcade of famous friends, easy wins and glamorous encounters.
... Cyrille Regis – footballer Claudine and Patrick Reid MBE – community workers and founders.
It all started with them; now they will be forgotten no more. This book is their tribute!