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A number of black players have already passed away without a minutes silence or applause. So we can safely conclude that this has more attached to it than that. It has already been explained above why his death has had a marker laid against it above the passing of other players over the years...

Okay, I'll give it a go. Regis was a footballer in the top flight of the league. A good player. He was black. There weren't many black players around. He was given a lot of shit about it. He rode the monkey chants, the bananas, and the threatening posture of so many fans. He was called up to...

It is, in a sense, a forced form of observation. Bit like the minutes silence. I'm not overly keen but at a minimum we have someone deserving. That said, especially for younger fans, a feature in the match programme would be of greater effect. Non-Albion related ? Well, a number of present and...

If you cannot see, after all that has been spoken this week, why Cyrille Regis of all former footballers is deserving of a minutes applause then... well, I don't know.