Cyrille Regis Tribute - Dion Dublin breaks down paying tribute to Cyrille Regis

[@anglowarrior3871]

Still gets to me at the end where Dion is struggling.

[@philh8288]

We will never see hes likes again 2 months ago he was rattling collection buckets for the albion foundation outside the Hawthorns I said what are you doing..he smiled and said "my bit" can't imagine any of today's millionaire prima donnas - sorry super stars doing that 20 years from now. Class

[@BwfcG-l5y]

Great tribute by dion, and Alan shearer oozed class there 👏🏻

[@robertfelton1521]

West brom fan,we are proud as the club who were instrumental in the advance of black players.RIP, CYRIL AND LAURIE CUNNINGHAM.west brom legends along with brendon batson .

[@itsme-gm9oi]

I remember going to watch West Brom play Tottenham at the Hawthorns. I was only a kid, about 12. Not long after the game started West Brom got a corner. Cryille went over to get the ball and was met with dozens of bananas thrown at him from the Spurs fans. I didn't understand the significance at the time, but I remember the look on his face. One of defiance and one of determination. The black West Brom players, Brendan Batson, Laurie Cunningham, Cryille and one who never gets a mention Remi Moses, had to put up with these kind of abuse week in and week out. Pioneers they were

[@kennyloggins465]

Dion Dublin is an amazing person!!!

[@paulkenney-xl3kx]

no !

[@Revelian1982]

Love Dion's tribute and Shearer's thigh pat was classy, looking out for his pal.

[@zoelomas233]

Lovely gesture from Alan Shearer. He saw him breaking down and let him say what he wanted to. Then patted him on the leg. Blokes don’t show mutual emotion enough but that was lovely to see.

[@brianbale9511]

Dion had a reason he got emotional and Al knew allegedly the reason ,, Dion and Al know something 😮

[@robertfelton1521]

Greatest west brom side i ever saw.78/79,should have won the league!

[@Hanamy7777]

Yes, of course we should have. Weather caught up with us and there was a fixture pileup. Deserved to win the FA Cup at the same time. Beat Forest, United and Derby only to fall to Ipswich! Regis, Cunningham, Tony Brown, Statham, Batson and of course a young Brian Robson. Then the board did their usual selling job.

[@RobertDore-w4l]

...and the UEFA cup too..

[@Niblonian88]

Coventry fan here - I remember the mid 80s-early 90s standing on the West Terrace singing his name. My parents were good people and brought me up to respect all colours but big Cyrille reinforced that for me by being my first footballing hero. I know I'm posting here several years after his passing but thanks Cyrille, thanks for the elation, the goals and for making certain that I would always respect other skin colours.

[@jamiew1664]

"when you hear the whistle blow, see big cyrille go, sky bluessssss shooting to win"

[@lloydielloydie821]

Great shout….

[@HumphMcPaxo]

Always breaks my heart this video - Cyrille Regis was a pioneer of British football...with raw talent. Dion's words and breakdown, followed by his pal Al comforting him, was a touching moment...

[@tomm2647]

I'm 18 an went to the gym he went to, I had a good 10min chat with him and he gave nothing but encouragement. The guy looked fitter than people half his age, it was such a shock

[@davidgarratt3508]

Top man and person cyrille met him.in my local.sports centre where his wife was doing her aerobics swimming class had a great laugh and chat god bless cyrille UTV

[@RobertDore-w4l]

What a lovely man, terrific player and has left hole in the lives of those who met him and experienced, his talent.

[@pharcyde4943]

AS BIG AS MALCOLM X MY FRIEND NEW YORK KNOWS OF YOU CYRILLE XXX RIP SIR ENGLAND WILL BE A SAD PLACE THIS FEW DAYS COMING . FORT GREENE BROOKLYN SENDS ITS LOVE X

[@themcmanusgaming]

I was shocked and saddened to to hear of this legends death. So sad i shed a tear watching that. R.I.P Legend.

[@dbasher9974]

“God must’ve needed a striker. Well, he picked the right one”🥺

[@rocky3268]

Cardiff fan Here, What a Man he Was Took All that Shiite and Stood tall, like the Giant he Was 💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙏🏻✌🏻

[@marleyite]

Rocky 3 : Cyril even took shite from his national team with 5 laughable caps within a 5 year span 🤐🤐🤐

[@rocky3268]

@@marleyite Disgusting I know What) NO I don't know what the Man Went Through and Couldn't begin to imagine all I know is the Man Paved the way for Some of the Best Players in English football and I Will Always Admire and Respect CYRILLE REGIS 💯🙏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍🏻✌🏻

[@marleyite]

@Rocky 3 : Well said Rocky 3 - Peace.

[@TheIkaraCult]

Seeing big Dion's emotion still gets me. Dion tells a great story about how he dealt with a racist teammate in training (it involved a big right hand).

[@mufc20timesbitches36]

Was at OT Christmas 1978 when West Brom ( top of the league! ) beat us 5 - 3! Laurie Cunningham and Bryan Robson, both signed for United a few years later and Laurie dying in a car crash in Madrid. The first British player Real Madrid signed. RIP CYRILLE

[@deirdremyers6226]

I love Dion Dublin I wish he come to Dublin lova Dion Dee in Dublin Ireland

[@keithhallam1155]

A great player and a greater man. His West Brom team of 1978-79 was noticed throughout the World - in southern Africa those fighting apartheid know of Cyrille and West Brom.

[@OAKROADSKETCHES]

Fantastic player and man..everything about him was pure class ..rip legend

[@wbabojo2779]

I grew up in the 70's, when racist bigotry was commonplace. His passing has us revisiting those dark days in football history, and his grace in overcoming it with natural ability. Haters hate yet the human spirit will never be broken, so, no matter what this world (Of people) throw at you, believe in yourself, my brothers, and make the world a better place.

[@geoffreydowen5793]

I remember as a young boy watching the baggiesaged about14 with my Dad and Brother and seeing Bananas bein lobbed onto the pitch. frigging sad, but heh, what a gorgeous skilful athlete and human being .glad to have been a baggie for 60 odd years respect to Remi, Brendon Lauwrie. they were ours! COYB!! in 2023, Viv A too respect and RIP

[@goodtimes0000]

I saw this live. Dublin, shearer/ great tribute.

[@karlkuttup]

cyrille was a west brom albion hero and legend the 3 degrees as ron quoted ,what a player and laurie and brendon,that whoel team worked so well together rip cyril missed but never forgotten

[@gordonjackson8428]

Great player. Big strong and powerful. He wasn’t called big Cyril for nothing. YNWA

[@wiley4222]

Coventry city legend always be in my starting 11 💙

[@pharcyde4943]

The guy crying . wow thankyou sir!

[@68iansutton]

You don’t necessarily have to have the same colour skin as him to see him as an inspiration. Huge player for my city of Coventry and monumental for my country England. Lovely lovely man. He will be missed by millions. He did more for English football then what he will ever know! RIP sir

[@shafiq1537]

This made me cry so emotional

[@richardmell299]

Nothing wrong with that we are all human.

[@shafiq1537]

@@richardmell299 i know .theres nothing wrong

[@mattevans923]

I'm not going to jump on any bandwagon, everythings been said already, but I will say this, I was a youngster just at the tail end of Cyrille's career, during the early 90's, he was still playing but the racism in football in this country was almost non existant, players like John Barnes and Ian Wright were household names, but I always knew there was something really special about Cyrille Regis, and that was mainly just from seeing a few clips of him in his glory days and even from a few pictures of him in Match and Shoot magazines ! I could just sense his greatness just by the look of the man and he always remained in my conciousness ever since, of course in the years since I have the full knowledge of exactly how great he was and how much football owes a debt to him due to all he helped to change ! What a great great man who will always be loved and respected ! REST IN PEACE CYRILLE REGIS GOD BLESS YOU !!!

[@paulbeach5892]

My hero Cyrille Regis

[@jojorod3011]

thumbs up from me to counter whatever clown gave this tribute the thumbs down

[@chriscoughlan5221]

as we used to chant in the Brummy road, Cyril, Cyril, Cyrille!! RIP big man!!

[@andycarruthers3623]

Pure legend ❤️

[@Unklechopchop]

Pure class 🥇

[@archimedesscrew3710]

One of my favourite players of all time. What a power house 💪🏻 Should have been picked more for England. Pleased he got an FA cup medal, even though it was against Spurs.

[@marleyite]

He got 5 measly caps for England - quite laughable when you think England haven’t won a WC since 1966.

[@philh8288]

One more footnote: how many black/mixed race players played for ENGLAND in the 2018 world cup...? And WE got to the semi final!!! Could this been achived if cyrille, brendan, laurie, viv and john barnes given into the racial abuse in the 70s and 80s..? from a white middle class west brom fan... thank you!!

[@RSR423]

Don't be ashamed because your white son. Remember sticks and stones, and the £50,000 a year would of took the sting out of it.

[@richardjones3792]

ugh why would you identify by your race? you sound like part of the problem.

[@blodbrodet]

Legend!

[@memyselfeye662]

I saw Dion today in Liverpool, was with his family. He was asked on a number of occasions by people if they could have a photo taken with him and he couldn’t have been more obliging with every request

[@gordonjackson8428]

Awesome player

[@russebert5230]

Well done Alan shearer for consoling dion

[@ziggazagga9844]

Great player 👏 rip 🙏

[@danswift921]

Big cyrille and Benno were my heroes

[@paulreader7353]

Superman

[@ToffeesToffees]

That last comment should be put up on dressing walls to show the team the players and the kids coming through What's important Big CYRILL REGIS now in gods first team for sure rest in peace big man.🙏👏👏👏

[@philh8288]

Toffees 1878 Toffees1878 bless you and your team,fans. Sorry for McCarthy

[@mjb4983]

Colour is one..only people matter

[@TheChefro]

God Bess Rip brother

[@Frank75288]

Brendon Batson looked like a black Bruce Grobbelaar

[@juncrow2007]

Can anyone upload what Shearer said too please? This video cuts off JUST as Shearer comments. Or does anyone know how I hear the rest of what was said after Dion Dublin spoke? Hope someone can help! Thanks.

[@pauldale6760]

Best Albion player of all time

[@yutehube4468]

I'm white but damn I cried at this.

[@delki69]

I know people who are called paddy bastards stil

[@westham5047]

They are

[@delki69]

@@westham5047 ??

[@Revelian1982]

Fenians?

[@mediastarguest]

I've ended up on this page after reading an article in the Daily Mail Online about Cyrille Regis, who, event though I wasn't a WBA fan, was one of my favourite footballers of the 70s and early 80s. Any way, the woke and wimp lefty DM journalist responsible for the article felt it necessary to ram down our throats and attack our senses by highlighting that Cyrille Regis was "admired for the way he overcame racism." Cyrille Regis may have overcome racism but he was "admired" for his superlative football skills and spectacular finishing in front of goal. That's what he was admired for and that's what he will be remembered for by football fans - his talent as a professional footballer.

[@jimjam582]

Garlic prawns are nice though tbf.

[@WELLSIANA62]

i sang a racist song at the time , they sang back ,,he was quality , but racism was all ways

[@Manuscript4]

Gary Linekar was racially abused by his teammates. You heard it here first!

[@DrAAAli]

I guess things have gone from "the terraces" to FB and Twitter.

[@jacobking3211]

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[@jacobking3211]

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[@darksharkrafa1]

Why all the fuss......sports people die every day.....he was a good player....not a legend or a superstar.......what de he win and how many caps for England did he get????? Jimmy Armfield died around the same time....he had 43 England capsand was in the 1966 England world cup winning squad and went on to manage Bolton and Leeds.....barely got a mention in the news??????? PC gone mad .

[@mattevans923]

be frank I'm a white man myself and it doesn't even matter, that's immaterial, I remember what players like Cyrille Regis and John Barnes and so many others had to go through just to earn the right to play on a 'level playing field' so to speak ! The first ever black heavyweight champion of the world Jack Johnson went through similar ignorant abuse but endured it and showed the ignorant that he was there to stay and keep winning, Cyrille did the same but it's just a crying shame that England should have had the same problems with racism that had almost died out in America during the time of Muhammad Ali. Jack Johnson's career ended in the 1920's and American sports fans slowly started to be more accepting of black boxers starting with Joe Louis in the 1940's, so for the UK to be having a serious race problem in the 1970's and 1980's in football towards black athletes is just unbeleivable !!! But in this day and age ignorance is still alive and well although thankfully less prevalent and you are a testament to that fact ! If you were not so ignorant then you wouldn't even have to ask what Cyrille acheived, because he acheived something far greater than any England cap or league title, simply put he left his mark on this world and perhaps it saddens you that that mark is far greater than your own but as ever I digress....R.I.P CYRILLE REGIS YOU LEGEND THE LIKE OF WHOM WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN !!!

[@thomashardcastle7231]

Obvious troll.

[@lardy70s]

What a fucking bellend you are!

[@davegibson1204]

@@lardy70s couldn't of put better myself big regis was and Will always be a legend

[@ianturner961]

Bell end..the man was and still is a legend

[@nestface4705]

Shearer with class and the leg tap