What Everton supporter plane said after carrying banner over Man City vs Liverpool

Everton fans flew a banner over the Manchester City and Liverpool game that accused the Premier League of being "corrupt".

Supporter organisation The 1878s chartered the plane as the latest effort to protest against the decision to award the Blues a 10 point deduction for a breach of financial regulations.

The unprecedented penalty is the most severe handed out in top flight history and, while it was signed off by an independent commission, it was awarded after the Premier League pushed for Everton to be hit with a severe sporting sanction.

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The decision has sparked anger at the Premier League from the club and fanbase, the fury and frustration fuelling a sense of unity that is underpinning challenges to the punishment from the stands to Parliament.

That battle was taken to the sky on Saturday lunchtime as Man City hosted Liverpool in the lunchtime kick-off. The decision to target the match was partly due to its profile but also influenced by Everton’s game against Manchester United on Sunday taking place in darkness.

The banner, which read "UTFT - Premier League = Corrupt" - also maintained momentum after a series of fan-led protests launched on Friday night when dozens of supporters campaigned outside the Premier League headquarters in London.

The plane was booked by The 1878s, the supporter group that has been central to orchestrating fans to back the team so remarkably during recent relegation battles. The group raised more than £40,000 in protest donations after a fundraising campaign was set up within hours of the