Tampa Bay Rowdies Honor Club Legend Clyde Best

YouTube 07/28/2024 Rowdies legend and 1975 NASL Soccer Bowl champion Clyde Best returned to Tampa Bay to be celebrated by the club with a pre-game autograph session and halftime ceremony.

Rowdies legend Clyde Best returns to Tampa Bay to be honored by team

Tampa Bay News Center 8 05/24/2024 TAMPA BAY, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay Rowdies legend Clyde Best was a member of the Rowdies’ inaugural team in 1975 and scored a goal in the club’s 2-0 championship win that season. “If you’re in sport, you’re in it for a reason to be a champion,” said Best. “I was just glad and …

Clyde Best film hailed as a showcase of resilience and excellence

The Royal Gazette 03/31/2022 The story of Clyde Best’s journey from being a little-known Somerset Trojans and Bermuda footballer to one of the few Black players in the English game in the early 1970s, will be told in a feature-length documentary to be launched in 2024 entitled Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story. The necessity of the film …

The “Best” Story to be Told About Bermudian Football Legend

03/29/2022 This week, award-winning international film producers announced that a feature-length documentary depicting the life of Bermudian football legend, Clyde Best, is underway. Through exclusive interviews and unseen footage, the documentary will touch on topical themes including racism in sports, combating discrimination and systematic change. While it’s known that Best was one of the first Black players in First Division …

Clyde Best documentary starts to film on island

09/22/2022 A documentary delving into the life and career of Bermuda footballing legend Clyde Best has started to film on island. The feature-length documentary Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story will catalogue the history of racial discrimination in English football through Best, who made a name for himself with Somerset Trojans before becoming a pioneer for black players …

On Island Filming Commences For The Clyde Best Story

09/22/2022 News Release: Filming is underway in Bermuda this week for Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story. Thisfeature-length documentary will delve into the history of racial discrimination in the English Football League through stories of the life and career of Bermudian football legend Clyde Best, MBE. The interview lineup includes the footballer himself and some of his original …

Island Filming Commences For Clyde Best Story

09/21/2022 Filming is underway in Bermuda for Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story. A spokesperson said, “Filming is underway in Bermuda this week for Transforming the Beautiful Game, The Clyde Best Story. This feature-length documentary will delve into the history of racial discrimination in the English Football League through stories of the life and career of Bermudian football …

Clyde Best film tackles racism in 1970s English football

03/30/2022 Clyde Best endured racism as one of the first black players in top tier English football. The Bermudian football legend’s story will be immortalised in a feature length documentary, set to show at the Sundance Festival in 2024. Best told Gary Foster Skelton that he hopes the film will show people that, in football, the ball doesn’t care what …