{"product_id":"the-three-degrees-9781472119261","title":"The Three Degrees","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Cyrille Regis became one of the first black players to be selected for the full England team, he was sent a package in the mail. Inside it was a silver bullet and a note that read: You'll get one of these through your knees if you step on our Wembley turf.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1978\/79 football season Regis'' club West Bromwich Albion, an unglamorous and little publicised club from the West Midlands, became the first British football team to field three black players: Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham and Brendon Batson. They did so against the backdrop of the most divisive and poisonous racial tension in the UK's history  a time when the National Front movement was at its most virulent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will tell the story of a defining and groundbreaking chapter in the history of British football and the country as a whole. The story is one about sport but also as much one about social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739365945687,"sku":"9781472119261","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472119261.jpg?v=1720052034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-three-degrees-9781472119261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}