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Viv Anderson says much more must be done to progress black representation in football

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Viv Anderson made history as England's first black player 42 years ago – but says he only gets “wheeled out once a year” by the Football Association.

And in the wake of Greg Clarke's resignation, he warns it is “critical” that the next FA chairman is the “right person who will make a difference right now.” On a frosty November night back in 1978, Anderson made his Three Lions debut against Czechoslovakia at Wembley in a lightbulb moment for diversity.

He is disappointed, to put it mildly, that English football is still stuck in a dinosaur age where Jurassic Clarke is brought down by his clumsy use of outdated language.

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