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Andrew Watson

24 May 1856 – 8 March 1921 Scotland’s first international Black football player. Young Andrew Born on 18 May 1857, in Georgetown Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana). His father was Peter Miller Watson. Peter was a wealthy sugar plantation owner…

Shankly – My Story

Do you ever start reading a book and accidentally read a couple of words in front of where you are at cos you’re that excited by the content? For all that he built and achieved, Shankly has immortalised himself into…

Storytime: Lilian Bader

Lilian Bader 18 February 1918 – 13 March 2015 Lilian Bailey was one of the first black women to join the British armed forces. Originally born in Liverpool, her father was Barbadian who served in the Royal Navy and her…