Love of the Game: The Man Who Brought the Rooney Rule to the UK | Inspiring Sports Leadership Story | Perfect for Football Fans and Diversity Advocates
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Ricky Hill grew up beneath the shadow of Wembley Stadium, where he sold programmes at England games as a boy. When he was seven, he was told by a teacher that only two in every hundred boys could possibly make it as a professional footballer. Ricky told her he would be one of the two. Ten years later, this gifted midfielder scored on his debut for Luton Town. Ricky stayed with Luton for 14 years, made 508 appearances and became a club legend. Emerging at a time when racism was rife, he was only the fourth black player to represent England. Later, as a coach, he had to fight to smash down barriers holding back black managers, and devised an equivalent of the NFL's 'Rooney Rule' to help BAME applicants secure senior coaching jobs in English football. While Ricky has won trophies and awards overseas, he has been overlooked in this country. In Love of the Game, he tells the shocking story behind his short spell in charge of Luton, and reveals just how much the football decision-makers in England have ignored him and other black coaches.
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As a youngster I enjoyed watching Ricky Hill.Top top player from back in the day in that 80’s Luton side especially when they had the Astroturf at Kenilworth Road and l’m not even a Luton town fan.As for the book it was a great read, especially in relation to behind the scenes that he had to effectively buy himself out of his contract at Luton to get the move to Le Havre and regards his time as manager of Luton Town where he did not get enough time to turn around the fortunes of the club and inherited a squad which would have needed more than the 4 months that he got to turn it around. Which is shabby treatment for someone who has given the best part of his career to Luton Town.Unfortunately Ricky’s managerial career in this country has stalled and he has only been able to get coaching jobs overseas since then which is a real shame for possibly the best player to ever to play in a Luton shirt and in my opinion should have had more than more than 3 England Caps.I know Hatters fans will love this book as Ricky is still a God in Luton, but this is a book for all footie fans who enjoyed watching Ricky Hill play and to show that sometimes the game does not love us back, despite how much we love it.
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