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New mural in homage to footballer Clyde Best unveiled

Clyde Best with the mural featuring him in the background (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

A mural of local football legend Clyde Best has been unveiled in Sandys.

Tai-Quan Ottley, Aleem Sheed, Dorann Simons and Barbara Dillas worked on the four-sided mural at the junction of Cambridge Road and Somerset Road.

One side portrays Mr Best, who played for West Ham United in England from 1968 to 1976, and the part facing Champ’s Variety Store promotes the new documentary The Clyde Best Story: The Best Sportsman You Never Knew.

Clyde Best with the mural featuring him in the background (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

Mr Sheed has been making copper art pieces for about six years and worked on the football and map of Bermuda on a third portion of the mural.

He said: “Ms Dillas, my primary school art teacher, approached me about working on it.

“I was always good at drawing; it was something that just happened, but I ended up liking it. It was a good project to be a part of.”

The Clyde Best Story: The Best Sportsman You Never Knew premiered at Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa yesterday.

An earlier mural of Mr Best was completed along Clyde Best Lane, also in Sandys, in 2022.

Clyde Best mural unveiling on Somerset Road (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

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Published November 21, 2025 at 8:20 am (Updated November 21, 2025 at 8:27 am)

New mural in homage to footballer Clyde Best unveiled

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