Gwladys Street banner shows the changing face of Everton
Ahead of Everton’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday, fans on the Gwladys Street unfurled a banner depicting some Blues heroes and – quite rightly – nobody batted an eyelid. However, it wasn’t always the case at Goodison Park.
The artwork honours Goodison greats, both past and present, and was created last year in conjunction with Black History month – held in October in the UK – to remember important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It includes images of Kevin Campbell, the club’s first black captain; Mike Trebilcock, who scored twice in the 1966 FA Cup final; Cliff Marshall, the club’s first home-grown black player; Daniel Amokachi, the club’s first African signing; Joseph Yobo, the African player with the most appearances for the club, and current number nine Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
The Premier League attracts talent from around the world and is therefore one of the most cosmopolitan domestic competitions within football. Its clubs’ playing staffs are multicultural and Everton of course are no different.
Yet when the Premier League kicked off back in 1992, Everton’s team were all white.
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While overseas recruits were still thin on the ground back then – Polish winger Robert Warzycha and Australian understudy goalkeeper Jason Kearton were the only such players at Goodison Park when the campaign began – there was still plenty of black British talent around and the absence of it in the royal blue jersey had already become an uncomfortable elephant in the room.
Soon after, manager Howard Kendall added
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