. >> the comments from paul breitner after the first game was that the second game was only gonna be formality. >> but it was liverpool who progressed thanks also to an impressive performance by native son howard gayle. it would prove to be one of the highlights of his career. gayle was the club's first black player. back then, racism was a pervasive part of the game from monkey taunts by fans of rival clubs to cheap jokes from his own teammates. >> she put talcum on her breasts and she was dancing and gyrating, when she got to me she kind of stood her chest up and grab my head and pulled me in and shook me. my instinct was to close my eyes so when i open my eyes all my eyes there were black and my face was all white with this talcum, and the players thought that this was hilarious. >> after hanging up his boots, gayle became an ambassador for the show racism the red card charity. his efforts earned him recognition in the form of a nomination for an mbe, a member of the order of the british empire. >> for me to have those three initials on the back of my name, a member of the british