James Miller

 

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

 

Tales of Two Footballers

Football gets a bad press, but two heartwarming tales from Radio 5 Live last night.

Chris Birchall, who plays for Port Vale, is white and was born in England, but now plays International football for Trinidad and Tobago. His mother had been born in the Islands and lived there until she was nineteen.

He has now become the first white player to play for Trinidad and Tobago for the first time in sixty years. Everything has gone well.

The BBC are following Carlos Queiroz, the Manchester United coach in Mozambique.

Read his thoughts at :-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4311412.stm

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