The Anfield Man

There once lived a young man called Alfonso, who was a citizen of Spain.Alfonso fell in love with a Spanish girl. His mother, however, did not approveof the love match; this because the girl's grandmother had South Americanblood in her veins. Trouble soon abounded and the love story took Alfonsoon a journey from Spain to Africa. While Alfonso was in Africa, the nationalteams of England and Spain played against one another in a football matchat the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in...
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There once lived a young man called Alfonso, who was a citizen of Spain.Alfonso fell in love with a Spanish girl. His mother, however, did not approveof the love match; this because the girl's grandmother had South Americanblood in her veins. Trouble soon abounded and the love story took Alfonsoon a journey from Spain to Africa. While Alfonso was in Africa, the nationalteams of England and Spain played against one another in a football matchat the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid.During the course of the match in Madrid, black footballers in the EnglandTeam were subjected to one of the most appalling forms of racial abuseever known in history: a black player only need to go anywhere near theball and a large section of the crowd will burst into the most Sickening ofMonkey Chants.The Sickening Monkey Chants that Black English players were subjected toin Spain caused Alfonso to fi nd himself confronted by a di cult problemamongst black people in Africa. What happened to Alfonso in Africainspired the writing of Fly the 7 Rings & Go Tell a Friend.The pupil of a Holy Man taught Alfonso how The 7 Rings of the HumanFamily is used in practice. It opened Alfonso's eyes to some truths aboutour common Human Nature. And the Monkey Chants in Madrid causedAlfonso to embark on a journey that he never saw coming in his life.