Vivian Alexander Anderson MBE (born 29 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer and coach. He won five senior trophies, including the 1977–78 Football League title, and both the 1978–79 European Cup and the 1979–80 European Cup, playing for Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. He was later part of the squads to win a domestic cup with each of Arsenal and Manchester United. He also played for Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Middlesbrough. In 1978, he became the first black footballer to play for England's senior men's national team. More about Viv Anderson
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Anderson was born in Clifton, Nottingham. His parents, Audley and Myrtle were both from Jamaica. Audley came to England in 1954, while Myrtle arrived in 1955. Despite the racial tensions at the time, Anderson has said his childhood was relatively untroubled by discrimination and his parents must take a lot of credit for protecting him from the worst excesses of the environment they lived in. He spent a year as a schoolboy with Manchester United before being released. He returned to Nottingham where at school he sat and passed three CSEs. He then worked for three weeks as a silkscreen printer that he described as "a glorified tea boy really. I'd get the tea, and get the sandwiches at lunch time. I was just a dogsbody." Anderson had broken into the Nottingham Forest team during 1974 and became a regular after the arrival of Brian Clough as manager of the East Midlands club, then in the Second Division, in January 1975. He was part of the side that won promotion to the First Division in 1977, winning the title, along with the League Cup, a year later.In total, we tracked 360 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Viv Anderson (RARE Viv Anderson Arsenal Signed Shirt + COA AUTOGRAPH ENGLAND) was sold in March 2016 for £59.99 while the cheapest item (10p START! Barnsley FC football manager VIV ANDERSON signed 1994 letter) found a new owner for £0.10 in June 2018. The month with the most items sold (14) was March 2021 with an average selling price of £3.50 for an autographed item of Viv Anderson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2016 with £35.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.50 was September 2018. In average, an autographed item from Viv Anderson is worth £3.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Viv Anderson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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12x8 Inch 30x20cm PHOTO HAND SIGNED VIV ANDERSON EUROPEAN CUP NOTTINGHAM FOREST | £5.00 | ||
22/23 Panini Obsidian 101/199 Volcanic Viv Anderson Autograph Nottingham Forest | £4.00 | ||
PANINI PRIZM 22-23 VIV ANDERSON ARSENAL AUTOGRAPH | £9.50 | ||
VIV ANDERSON ( Nottingham Forest ) Signed Book Picture. | £1.50 | ||
VIV ANDERSON (Forest, Arsenal & England), ORIGINAL SIGNATURE on card! | £1.99 | ||
Viv Anderson - ENGLAND - Signed 'Autograph Editions' 10 x 8 Card | £3.99 | ||
Viv Anderson Auto 2022 Panini Prizm Arsenal, England Autograph | £14.99 | ||
Viv Anderson Auto 2022 Panini Prizm Arsenal, England Autograph | £11.99 | ||
Viv Anderson Auto 2022 Panini Prizm Arsenal, England Autograph | £7.50 | ||
Viv Anderson Autograph Panini Prizm Choice Premier League 22-23 Arsenal Forest | £10.00 |
Viv Anderson claims racism had made its way back into football and brands curren (07/12/20): Viv Anderson was the first black player to be capped by England at senior level in 1978 and represented Nottingham Forest, Arsenal and Manchester United in a 21-year club career.