NIGERIA BEAT THE UK WITHOUT BOOTS !!! #football #footballgame #footballshorts #england #nigeria

Nigeria played against England without boots and won 5 to2 in 1949 the Nigerian team was the first African team to arrive in UK they won their first match against Marine Crosby 5-2 at Liverpool 14 of the 18 Nigerian players were civil servants and another two were teachers on this tour the Nigerian footballers were not allowed to wear their traditional African clothes hence the Nigerian players insisted on not wearing football boots as a decision to play barefooted could also be seen as a sign of Defiance the retention of a traditional Nigerian identity a total of 7,000 fans mixed races occupied the stadium in Liverpool which portrayed an ideal of racial Harmony at a moment of increased racial tension Please Subscribe for more quality videos