JOHN LYONS talks to Leroy Rosenior about his career in football at the launch of his autobiography, It’s Only Banter

JOHN LYONS
INTERVIEW

As Brentford boss

LEROY Rosenior is a positive guy and has carved out a decent career in football as a player, manager and pundit, but there were moments early on in his career when he wondered if he was on the right road.
As a young black player in the rough-andtumble early-80s, he was subjected to vile racist abuse and, not surprisingly, found it difficult to cope with.
In the prologue of his excellent autobiography, It’s Only Banter, he ...