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[:en]English organisation celebrates 2014 as the Arthur Wharton Year[:]
![[:en]English organisation celebrates 2014 as the Arthur Wharton Year[:]](https://www.farenet.org/wp-content/themes/farenet/assets/php/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image1.jpg&h=250&w=250 "[:en]English organisation celebrates 2014 as the Arthur Wharton Year[:]")
[:en]A range of educational resources have been launched by FURD to coincide with the 125th Anniversary of Arthur Wharton signing for a club in 1889, with which he became world’s first black professional player.[:]
[:en]Statue recognising world’s first black player unveiled by English FA[:]
![[:en]Statue recognising world’s first black player unveiled by English FA[:]](https://www.farenet.org/wp-content/themes/farenet/assets/php/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Arthur_wharton_180_180x220.jpg&h=250&w=250 "[:en]Statue recognising world’s first black player unveiled by English FA[:]")
[:en]The Football Association have paid homage to one of football’s greatest pioneers in Arthur Wharton at St. George’s Park.[:]
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RT @furdday: Huddersfield Town Community Foundation win the Arthur Wharton Memorial Tournament, prizes presented by Lord Mayor of Sheffield…
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RT @furdday: Great to have Blades legend Phil Jagielka with Ben Osborn at Arthur Wharton Memorial tournament today at FURD/U-Mix, pictured…
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RT @furdday: Lovely day for the Arthur Wharton Memorial tournament at FURD/U-Mix. Looking forward to meeting up again with Arthur’s great-g…
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[:en]14-19th October, Sheffield Football Unites, Racism Divides (FURD) will organise a week of activities to celebrate the 169th birthday of the world’s first black professional footballer, Arthur Wharton. They will display a Wharton exhibition on the week beginning 14th October at the U-Mix Centre, Sheffield, a screening of films about Arthur on 16th October, a…
[:en]Britain’s first black female football pioneer to be celebrated at London event as part of #FootballPeople weeks[:]
![[:en]Britain’s first black female football pioneer to be celebrated at London event as part of #FootballPeople weeks[:]](https://www.farenet.org/wp-content/themes/farenet/assets/php/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Celebrating-Emma-Clarke-Britain’s-First-Black-Female-Football-Pioneer-5.jpg&h=250&w=250 "[:en]Britain’s first black female football pioneer to be celebrated at London event as part of #FootballPeople weeks[:]")
[:en]The life of Emma Clarke, Britain’s first black female football pioneer, will be celebrated at an event at The Royal Society of Arts on Tuesday October 30th as part of the 2018 #FootballPeople weeks.[:]
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[:en]17-21 October, Ashton-under-Lyne A number of pupils from five local schools in Ashton-under-Lyne are taking part in a number of activities that will see them learning about Arthur Wharton, who is recognised as the world’s first black professional footballer. Working together in workshops they will be making banners to be shown at Curzon Ashton’s home…
[:en]New comic book features Albert ‘Hurry Hurry’ Johanneson, the first Black player to appear in an FA Cup Final[:]
![[:en]New comic book features Albert ‘Hurry Hurry’ Johanneson, the first Black player to appear in an FA Cup Final[:]](https://www.farenet.org/wp-content/themes/farenet/assets/php/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/yaya-albert.jpg&h=250&w=250 "[:en]New comic book features Albert ‘Hurry Hurry’ Johanneson, the first Black player to appear in an FA Cup Final[:]")
[:en]To commemorate Freedom Day 2016, the Trevor Huddleston Memorial Centre, in South Africa, is showcasing the story of Albert Johanneson, the first black footballer to play in an English FA Cup Final[:]
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RT @kickitout: Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Wharton, the first black professional footballer: https://t.co/vA5a…