‘I knew I had some responsibility’: Clyde Best on being English football’s first black superstar
- Posted on March 12, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘I knew I had some responsibility’: Clyde Best on being English football’s first black superstar

Clyde Best left Bermuda at 17 and joined West Ham, with Bobby Moore among his teammates, but he also faced horrendous abuse, he tells Jacob Steinberg