Everton and England star Dominic Calvert-Lewin has opened up on his experiences of being racially abused – and revealed his first encounter came on the school playground.
The 23-year-old provided a telling insight into the issue in football and society to help the Premier League launch the second phase of their No Room For Racism initiative.
Calvert-Lewin was one of several high-profile players, including Neal Maupay, Divock Origi, Hamza Choudhury and Manchester City Women's player Demi Stokes to speak honestly about their own personal experiences of racism as part of the Premier League's series of new educational resources and revealed that he was just a young boy when he was first confronted by the problem.