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Andrew Watson: The 'most influential' black footballer for decades lost to history

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  By Andrew Aloia BBC Sport Last updated on 11 October 2021 11 October 2021 . From the section Football Watson was a trailblazer who helped transform how football was played There are two murals of black footballers facing one another across an alleyway in Glasgow. One helped shape football as we know it, the other is Pele. Andrew Watson captained Scotland to a 6-1 win over England on his debut in 1881. He was a pioneer, the world's first black international, but for more than a century the significance of his achievements went unrecognised. Research conducted over the past three decades has left us with some biographical details: a man descended of slaves and of those who enslaved them, born in Guyana, raised to become an English gentleman and famed as one of Scottish football's first icons. And yet today, 100 years on from his death aged 64, Watson remains something of an enigma, the picture built around him a fractured one. His grainy, faded, sepia image evokes many differen...

Whats your say about these facts(place your comments)

  Debatable issues What makes a person is not only what you do  to the people out there, but  it also includes what you do at home. That is why they say charity begins at home?  It really pays to be educated in some cases because you will be thinking an extra mile than the lesser privileged  ones. Their reasoning might not be beyond yours. Their minds might be a bit shallower. Have your say. Commends at the bottom. Joseph Vhudzijena

Mugabe is in Singapore - sources

October 28 2011 at 12:56am Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has flown secretly to Singapore for medical treatment for the eighth time this year, government sources said, heightening concern over the health of the 87-year-old leader. As he approaches his 32nd year in power, observers say political factions within his Zanu-PF party are jockeying increasingly openly to succeed him as party leader, amid increasing expectations of political instability in the southern African country. The sources, who asked not to be named, said Mugabe and his wife, Grace, flew from Harare on Monday to Johannesburg where they caught a Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore. They said he was expected to return on Sunday. His spokesmen have declined to comment. Western diplomatic sources who have recently seen Mugabe say he appears increasingly fail. While the official version is that Mugabe has been to Singapore for a cataract operation and subsequent check-up...

facing death twice

Its so painful to face your death twice. this is what happened to the late Libyan Leader. The night b4 their death after realizing their defeat by the rebels in that home town.They all knew that whats left was to gamble with their lives and face death, but the exact time and place it was gonna happen wasn't vivid to them. Anyway these were only a few, they killed many and the life of a dictator always ends tragically Saddam, Hitler etc. May their souls rest in peace ?????????????????????????????? ? amen

The dramatic divorce story

Some times when couples are divorcing it’s so difficult to think that these two were married and living happily as a family. It is also quite not easy to divorce l think, but circumstances, purpose and expectations in a marriage will led to these situations. Likewise all man and woman would not expect to be in a relationship where by one   is cheating. This poses a risk of the killer diseases which have taken many people’s lives. If a situation is like that then all the trust will be lost hence leading to a break up in family. Divorces are just not good things to experience or witness. It’s a break up that affects people’s lives. The children and parents. Recently a classic situation happened in Mpumalanga’ city of Nelspruit. A couple has been married for 6 years and living happily with their 2 children. They was trust in the family until an incident occurred that has exposed the husband’s cheating to the wife. The wife stays at home while the...

Blazing Fire

Blazing fire Blazing fire burns up the earth Blazing from all the directions Left right and centre Fire burn Fire burn anything on its path Survival is only when not on its path When burn up, your food is cooked Fire burn   Fire, fire, fire when burning up Its usage is only in two ways For good will in our life, and For bad will in our life. Fire makes us eat cooked food Fire makes us ware nice crafted jewellery Fire makes us drive expensive automobile machines All this after smelting mineral ore with fire Fire burns oil in its refinery processes Fire burns and smelt iron Fire burns cars move, Fire burns aeroplanes fly. Blazing fire, can be the devil’s messenger Destroying life, properties wiping the entire area Like a giant tsunami which carries everything along its path Putting a smile on the devil’s face. They are wars all over, the fire is burning Guns fire, bombs fire, missiles fire it is burning From the air and from the ground carry...

South African National team dilemma

Coach Pitso Musimane you have cost us the glory of going to African Cup of Nations. First you give the players an impression to relax and settle for a draw game banking on another country’s game. Why don’t you prepare your charges for their own victory regardless of the other games outcome? Score your own goals and seal your qualification automatically. Secondly your team selection.   The team was full of derby players not players who have the character to   handle   the  game of this magnitude. This was a must win game, final qualifier, you needed depth even the likes of Benny McCarthy, Siyabonga Nomvete etc  could have  been involved in this kind of a games because of experience and understanding of the importance of the level. You filded these derby players like Andile Jali, Oupa Manyisa and not involve   the likes of Thulane Serero who are rubbing shoulders with the likes of Christiana Ronaldo. Look at Orlando ...

Kids being dumped by their mothers

Recently the issue of women who are dumping their infants is increasing. This week alone l have seen one story in the newspaper of a beautiful child, four months old was left on the rocks by the mother.Following up the story, the mother said she had nothing to feed the babe for the past three days so she felt it the only option to dump him. The following day a woman left her child in Pretoria Central at Sammy Marks Square. The child approximately one year was left with coca cola in her hands, a bag of  clothes on the side and just sitting alone. It may have been happening that the mother was looking from a distance to see who is gonna take the child. The issue again being support. As adults and knowing that the cost of living is getting high, we need to address this issue seriously. The government has to introduce the lessons at school level to teach people about the hardships of  life. Birth control ways and teach children ...

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