roland butcher was born in barbados and moved to england when he was 13.ountry's first ever black test cricketer. fellow wrote a poem to me, really outlining what a shame it was to have picked a black man to england and so forth and so forth. and the other one was from the west indian fellow, who saw this selection as going back to the days of slavery. exploitation all over again. he has invited me for a knockabout on the beach. roland's debut was against the west indies, right here in bridgetown in 1981. he played most of his career to middlesex, and even met the duke of edinburgh on more than one occasion. what do you think about the republic? what the benefits of being a republic, i don't know. but what i would say is that i think england as a country, the question is, how they really done enough to stay in the game? is it a sense for you that england, because of its... more than 300 years in control of barbados, ended up taking it for granted? i think what really was needed was for england to accept the atlantic slave trade, except that is something el

i am eating some of my new friends here, roland butcherfrom here, roland butcher from alias. here, rolandople who hire as excited about it as you, you two. it does feel like it could be a difference in generation, in terms of perspective and who is excited about this and who is excited about this and who is not. you're absolutely right. in terms of the older generation, they may be pretty well set in their ways, the way they came up, they came up with they came up, they came up with the queen and everything, i think the younger people like the guys here, they are the ones that need to be excited because it's their future, whether it is a good or bad future, it is their future. whether it is a good or bad future, it is theirfuture. can ijust get a future, it is theirfuture. can i just get a show of future, it is theirfuture. can ijust get a show of hands as to how many of you are thinking about leaving barbados to work somewhere else? that all of you... with the republic coming up, does that change those ambitions at all? if it does, put your hand up, if it doesn't then leave it down. they

roland butcher, thank you. it is 8:40am., liverpool, came to visit, the last time, the fans were inside old trafford. it is an important game for both sides. after manchester city, suffered a shock defeat last weekend, they need the win, to keep up with the pace, in the title race, while the united boss, ole gunnar solskjaer, continues to face questions about his future, and after that home defeat to liverpool, you can imagine the pressure he'd come under, if they lost at home now, to the neighbours, even if in the last week, on their travels, they've fared better. now, worrying times, for aston villa, who slipped to their 5th defeat in a row, after they were beaten 1—0 at southampton. and for saints fans, well a sweet moment, hurt by the sale of star striker, danny ings in the summer, to aston villa, they were singing, "danny who?", after his replacement, adam armstong, smashed in the winner, early on, to take the saints up to 12th in the table. now, it's a big weekend for fans of non—league football. the first proper round