A fan-funded anti-racism banner will be unveiled ahead of Everton's home fixture against Manchester City this weekend (Saturday 28 September), reports www.fcbusiness.co.uk
The banner is the culmination of a social media campaign led by fan group the County Road Bobblers to show solidarity with Moise Kean, a summer signing from Juventus who himself was a victim of racist abuse from the terraces during a fixture in Italy last season.
The banner will be unveiled ahead of the fixture in the Howard Kendall Lower Gwladys Street end of Goodison Park sporting the image of Moise Kean and the words 'No Al Razzismo' (No to Racism).
David Wycherley, Lee Mitchell, Michael Cummins and Greg Neill, on behalf of fan group The County Road Bobblers, led the campaign to create the banner, making it clear that Everton stands up to racism.
The fan group sent a tweet from their account to raise the idea of the banner and it quickly went viral, resulting in a fundraising campaign which quickly smashed its initial 1,000 target.
Their efforts have been commended by Kick it Out and Moise Kean himself, who said: "The banner is beautiful because racism is horrendous and we have to fight against the racists. I'm going to repay my fans for all they do for me. I'm feeling even more motivated to repay them by training at 100 per cent and giving the maximum I can."
Fans from across the globe have given more than 3,000 enough to fund the banner and donate more than 1,000 each to Kick it Out and the Blues' award-winning charity Everton in the Community.
