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July 03, 2008

Nice one, Cyrille

I have just discovered that Cyrille Regis, the West Brom hero from the 1970's and 80's, was awarded an MBE last month.

Cyrille was always one of my footballing heroes. Here you can see Cyrille in action scoring against Norwich in 1982.

Together with Laurie Cunningham and Brendan Batson, he was part of the "Three Degrees" - three quality black footballers in the Albion team who, against considerable prejudice paved the way for black footballers in the English league. To see the Three Degrees in action in possibly the best football match ever... click here

Cyrille became a Christian in 1996, following the death of his close friend Cunningham in a car crash in 1989. He has been awarded the MBE for his services to the voluntary sector and football.

Nice one, Cyrille.

Posted by Keith at July 3, 2008 01:26 PM