Byline Times – A Pitched Battle (13/07/2021)
“As the Migration Museum so poignantly pointed out, more than half of the England team wouldn’t be playing in the national team if it wasn’t for immigration.”
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NBC – Black English players racially abused after Euro 2020 final penalty misses (12/07/2021)
“Seven of England’s starting 11 players against Italy had a parent or grandparent born overseas, according to the U.K.’s Migration Museum. The parents of Saka, 19, are from Nigeria, and those of Sancho, 21, are from Trinidad and Tobago. Rashford, 23, has grandparents from Saint Kitts.”
Sky News – Euro 2020: Where is home? – England squad hailed as a ‘celebration of diversity and immigration’ (10/07/2021)
“Seven of the Three Lions players who started against Denmark have a parent or grandparent from overseas.”
AP – Diverse England team wins fans in nation eager for good news (09/07/2021)
“The country’s hopes rest on a team very different from the all-white squad of 1966. A poster created by the Migration Museum showed what the England team would look like without the players who had a parent or grandparent born abroad: Just three of the 11 starting players remained. Missing were stars who included team captain Harry Kane, whose father is Irish; Marcus Rashford, whose mother is from Saint Kitts; Jamaica-born Raheem Sterling; and Bukayo Saka, a Londoner with Nigerian parents.”