Man City legend ALEX WILLIAMS on becoming the top flight's first black goalkeeper in the 1980s, dealing with Nazi salutes and being pelted with bananas - and why he's dedicated his life to the ...

It is almost 40 years since Alex Williams became English football's first black keeper when he made his debut for Manchester City. He didn't know it, but it was the start of a crusade to beat the ...

Opposition fans used to greet Alex Williams with bananas, burning crosses and envelopes packed with razorblades when he was Manchester City ’s goalkeeper. Even his manager and team-mates used ...

Former Manchester City Goalkeeper, Alex Williams is retiring after 33 years working for City in the Community. It was a cold night near Stoke that made Alex Williams realise he had had enough.

City has renamed a pitch at the CFA in honour of former goalkeeper, Alex Williams MBE, before his retirement. Following his successful playing career, Williams became Head of City in the Community ...

The latest instalment of the official Manchester City podcast has arrived and former goalkeeper and City in the Community ambassador Alex Williams MBE is our latest guest. ... In conversation with ...

Alex Williams is the latest Manchester City star to have a pitch at the training ground named after him. Since the £200m facility opened up near the stadium nearly a decade ago, David Silva ...

Alex Williams exclusive: Man City, ... the first 10 games a lot of fans knew who I was and started to recognize me as a good goalkeeper rather than a black goalkeeper." Alex Williams was both as ...

This article is part of The Athletic’s series celebrating UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here. When Alex Williams strode out at Maine Road in 1981, standing 6ft 4in ...

Alex Williams was a 1980s trailblazer as the first black goalkeeper to play in the English top flight. ... Alex Williams in action for Manchester City against Coventry City during the 1985/86 season.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: English football's first black goalkeeper has spent the past three decades working for Manchester City ...

Opposition fans used to greet Alex Williams with bananas, burning crosses and envelopes packed with razorblades when he was Manchester City ’s goalkeeper.. Even his manager and team-mates used ...