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Thu 01 Oct 2020 12:00 Tottenham Hotspur
The crusade will cover the club’s past, provide and long-term through the creation of opportunities within the black community, with a key in education and training. Ledley King and Chris Powell will participate in a roundtable to motivate the next generation of black football: Jose Mourinho will organize a virtual press convention with academics from the Black Media Collective in Sport (BCOMS) initiative The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation will offer school sessions for young people other people founded on key figures of the club and the story of other black people at the Dele will appear in an upcoming ITV documentary celebrating Walter Tull’s legacy.
Throughout October, the Club celebrates African American History Month, the annual birthday component of African American history and heritage in the UK, as a component of our commitment to selling equality and diversity to all.
Our crusade will read about the club’s past, provide and, in the long run, create opportunities within the black community, with an education and training.
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation will offer educational sessions to young people from the club’s local Black History Month network.
The sessions will cover the history of the club’s black players and key black personalities in the history of the region, with the participation of players from the top men’s and women’s teams.
There are few more vital figures in the club’s black history than Walter Tull, the first black outfielder to appear in the Football League, making 10 appearances for the Spurs between 1909-11 and also britain’s first British-born black combat officer. Army, which awarded the British War Medal and Victoria for the most part.
Walter will be the subject of an ITV documentary, Alison Hammond: Back To School, which will air on ITV at 9pm on Tuesday, October 6.
The show will see Alison Hammond take notice of black characters throughout the ages with a trip to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to meet Dele and club historian John Fennelly, giving an insight into Tull’s life and career.
During filming, there was a poignant stopover at the surviving club of Walter’s great-nephew, Ed Finlayson, who will be interviewed exclusively for Black History Month club channels.
The club is proud of its forged track record in creating opportunities for black coaches in the game to the level.
Chris Hughton, Chris Ramsey, Les Ferdinand and the late Ugo Ehiogu are among several examples of outstanding black coaches who have shaped their Spurs jobs.
This culture continues to this day with Ledley King appointed first-team assistant and Chris Powell appointed head coaches (under 17 to under 23) during the summer. Former Academy players Troy Archibald-Henville, Sam Cox, Chris Riley and Anton Blackwood also play training roles. inside the club.
We will organize a roundtable on Black History Month, moderated by Leon Mann, with Ledley and Chris, among others, talking about their training trips.
The consultation will be present by other young people in the Passion four Coaching program of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, which will inspire a generation of long-term black coaches.
For the year in a row, the Club will offer exclusivity for Black Collective of Media in Sport (BCOMS) students.
BCOMS aims to be the first port of call for black sports media professionals and newcomers talented to expand their careers, creating greater diversity in sports media.
This year’s students will have the opportunity to held a virtual press convention with our head coach, José Mourinho.
Daniel Levy, president of Tottenham Hotspur, said: “Equality and diversity are at the heart of everything we do as a club.
“We are proud of our rich history of black players and the progression of black coaches and staff within the Spurs family circle – it’s in our DNA and it will be.
“It is that we celebrate Black History Month as a way not only to reflect on what has been achieved, but also to try to create new opportunities and continue to push the barriers of our black network in education, the media and the game itself.
The club’s Premier League home game against West Ham United on Sunday, October 18 will be committed to Black History Month, with a special edition of the show of the day and the content featured on our screen prior to the N17 Live match.