Robert J Wilson looks back to when an exciting English winger shone in Spain…

PLAYER PROFILE
FOOTBALLERS are born, so the cliché goes, to play for Real Madrid. In fact, the first goal in Real’s prestigious history was scored by Englishman Arthur Johnson, who found the net in the first clasico against Barcelona in 1902 and was later the club’s first recognised manager.
The first English export to make a serious impact at the Santiago Bernabeu after Johnson was Laurie Cunningham. Born to Jamaican immigrants and released as a young player by Arsenal, he became the fir...