The new Sky Sports documentary goes through the life of Paul Canoville . He was a young man who had been born in London and moved to Australia at an early age. Canoville was racially abused by his own supporters during the Eighties . During the documentary , we are told a fan approaches Canoville because he needed to apologise for having been one of those racist abusers . His career ended in injury , going broke , turning to drugs , getting clean , twice being diagnosed and beating cancer , and losing a nine-day-old son .
The new Sky Sports documentary goes through the life of Paul Canoville . Talented winger Canoville became Chelsea 's first black player in 1982 . Canoville was racially abused by his own supporters during the Eighties . During the documentary , we are told a fan approaches Canoville because he needed to apologise for having been one of those racist abusers . His career ended in injury , going broke , turning to drugs , getting clean , twice being diagnosed and beating cancer , and losing a nine-day-old son .