MATT TILLER: THE LION WHO NEVER ROARED

Name: MATT TILLER: THE LION WHO NEVER ROARED
Start: 2024-09-16T17:45:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-16T18:45:00+01:00
Location: St Mary's Church, Appledore

Schedule

Mon Sep 16 2024 at 05:45 pm to 06:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Mary's Church, Appledore | Bideford, EN

The incredible story of Plymouth Argyle legend Jack Leslie, the only black player in the Football League in the 1920s and the first black captain of a League team.
Selected to play for his country in 1925, he was dropped due to the colour of his skin. Nearly a century after Leslie’s heyday, he finally received the recognition he deserved with the FA awarding him an honorary cap in 2023, while a campaign, led
by the author, saw a statue in his honour erected outside Home Park in Plymouth. Drawing on material from the Leslie family archive, his legacy is unfurled in this heart-breaking yet inspiring biography.