"Former England, Forest and Man Utd defender will be at Aviva Stadium today, cheering on Cork City and his son in big decider When Audley Anderson arrived in Nottingham from Jamaica as one of the Windrush generation in 1954, his primary sporting passion was cricket, not football. Garfield Sobers had made his debut that year in a series win against the country he would soon call home."
"When Audley Anderson arrived in Nottingham from Jamaica as one of the Windrush generation in 1954, his primary sporting passion was cricket, not football. Garfield Sobers had made his debut that year in a series win against the country he would soon call home. Anderson met Myrtle a year later and after young Viv was born in 1956, football took over. It would become his life and times, a tale of much triumph and occasional torment."
Viv Anderson will attend the Aviva Stadium to support Cork City and his son in a decisive match. His father Audley Anderson arrived in Nottingham from Jamaica in 1954 as part of the Windrush generation and originally preferred cricket. Garfield Sobers made his debut that year during a series win against the country Audley would soon call home. Audley met Myrtle in 1955 and Viv was born in 1956. Football supplanted cricket in the family and became central to Viv's life. Viv became a professional defender who represented England and played for Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, experiencing both triumph and occasional torment.
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