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It was not an encounter Leroy Rosenior had expected. He had not seen the man for more than 30 years, not since they had met on the pitch as opponents when Rosenior was making his way at Fulham. And there he was, standing in the corridor of the television studio, proffering his hand to be shaken.
“When he saw me, the colour drained from his face,” recalls Rosenior. “He was clearly very nervous at seeing me. I didn’t know I was going to meet him, if I’d known, boy, he’d have got a verbal volley. But I was a bit nonplussed so I was polite. And he seemed lost for words.”
Which was unlike the last time the pair had met. Back then, the young centre-forward had been on the receiving end of a relentless barrage of racist abuse delivered by this man, then a seasoned centre-back. It was foul stuff. Ugly, personal; and very deliberate, its purpose to undermine and humiliate, to needle out a violent response. But none came. Rosenior, embarking on the steepest of learning curves, kept his counsel. Which meant the volume of abuse grew into a snarling crescendo of racist bile. Yet at the conclusion of the game, the man had held out his hand and, with a laugh, said: “No hard feelings. It’s only banter.”
More of the interview 》》》》http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...uy-south-london-called-leroy-course-chairmen/
“When he saw me, the colour drained from his face,” recalls Rosenior. “He was clearly very nervous at seeing me. I didn’t know I was going to meet him, if I’d known, boy, he’d have got a verbal volley. But I was a bit nonplussed so I was polite. And he seemed lost for words.”
Which was unlike the last time the pair had met. Back then, the young centre-forward had been on the receiving end of a relentless barrage of racist abuse delivered by this man, then a seasoned centre-back. It was foul stuff. Ugly, personal; and very deliberate, its purpose to undermine and humiliate, to needle out a violent response. But none came. Rosenior, embarking on the steepest of learning curves, kept his counsel. Which meant the volume of abuse grew into a snarling crescendo of racist bile. Yet at the conclusion of the game, the man had held out his hand and, with a laugh, said: “No hard feelings. It’s only banter.”
More of the interview 》》》》http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...uy-south-london-called-leroy-course-chairmen/
