Luther Blissett

Luther Blissett Loide ( born 1 February 1958 in Falmouth, Jamaica ) is a former English footballer of Jamaican descent. He played in the late 1970s and in the 1980s, including for the Watford FC and AC Milan and played 14 international matches for the England football team. According to him later renamed the Italian anarchist group of artists Luther Blissett.

Career

Rapid ascent with Watford

Between 1975 and 1983, Blissett scored for Watford FC in its rapid ascent from a lower class to play in the English First Division (then the highest division) in 246 games 95 goals. His best season was the 1982/83 season, in which he alone met 27 times and Watford was promoted as English runners behind Liverpool. Then moved Blissett for £ 1 million to AC Milan.

In October 1983 he made his debut as one of the first black player for the England national team. The 2-1 against the Federal Republic of Germany, he came on in the second half. In his second international game, he scored a hat-trick, the game ended 9-0 against Luxembourg.

Little luck in Italy and return to England

In his new club AC Milan but he was not so lucky and scored there in 30 league games only 5 goals, not enough for the demands of top Italian teams. After just one season he moved for £ 550,000 back to Watford FC, where he played until 1988. In the England team he played until June 1984 a total of 14 times, but scored alongside his hat-trick against Luxembourg no further goals more.

Later years and End of career

In November 1988, Blissett joined the second division AFC Bournemouth, where he scored 56 goals under manager Harry Redknapp in 121 league games. After Bournemouth's relegation in 1991, he moved again for a season for Watford FC, who only now was also second-rate. Luther Blissett scored this season in 42 games with 10 goals and a total of 415 games and 158 goals Watford's record player and scorer.

Until 1994, he played a season for West Bromwich Albion, Bury FC and Mansfield Town, where he eventually ended his career.

As part of the candidacy of the Football Association to host the World Cup in 2018, the Association appointed him alongside, among others, Michael Ballack, David Beckham, Tony Woodcock and Gianfranco Zola as one of the ambassadors for the application.

Celebrity as a pseudonym

After Blissett be named the 1994 and 1999 active group of artists Luther Blissett. Blissetts name was subsequently a pseudonym used many times in anarchist and Situationist circles in Europe and North America - but without the direct participation.

According to a report by the BBC Luther Blissett is quite informed about the activities under his name, yet does not serve as a political figurehead. He said: "These people do everything possible under my name, and I get the fame or the hassles it." Luther Blissett suspects that his name was selected because he played as one of the first black player in Serie A and in this time was also exposed to sporadic abuse of right-wing fans.