Bill Hern took part in a three-way podcast between Accrington, Arizona and, neatly maintaining the alliteration, his home village of Aberford in Yorkshire, for ‘Across the Pitch’. The podcast covered a wide range of players including Gerry Clarke and Romy Boco of Accrington, Brendon Batson (Arsenal), Les Lawrence and Alf Charles (Burnley), Howard Gayle (Blackburn) and, of course, the great Jack Leslie plus a few others.
You can listen here: https://acrossthepitch.libsyn.com/episode-184-footballs-black-pioneers?tdest_id=1001309
And don’t forget that you can buy a copy of the book direct from the publishers: https://www.conkereditions.co.uk/product/footballs-black-pioneers-subscriber-copies-for-pre-order/. As Amazon have currently put their price up, buying from the publisher is a really good option as you will get a free A5 size commemorative poster as well as (hopefully) a signed copy of the book.
