Our Black History Month series of podcasts with These Football Times concluded with this episode featuring special guest Dave Busby. Dave was the first Black player at Brighton and Barrow. Dave talked frankly about his, not altogether positive, recollections of Brian Clough whose path he crossed at Derby and Brighton, along with many other entertaining stories of his time in football.
https://audioboom.com/posts/8392022-football-s-black-pioneers-episode-5-dave-busby
Dave is still fondly remembered at Brighton (and he clearly has some good memories of his time there) and featured in a post on the supporters’ forum commemorating the 50th anniversary of his debut for their first team in October 1973:
https://bhasc.com/wp/2023/10/20/albions-first-black-player-50-years-ago/
Earlier episodes of the podcast series are still available including a great interview with Roland Butcher (first Black player at Stevenage). Best known as a cricketer, our chat with Roland ranged freely across both sports. In another episode we were joined by Brenton Phillips. Brenton’s name may be less well known but, a child of Windrush generation parents, he spoke fascinatingly about his experiences as player, manager and chief executive within the game.
