“No, nothing was ever said.
They probably didn’t feel comfortable asking me how I felt.” From boos and monkey chants on the pitch to silence in the changing room, former England striker Emile Heskey looks back on the night in 2002, as Slovakia played England in a Euro 2004 qualifier, when he was the victim of racial abuse.
His message today, as Black Lives Matter protests continue across the world, is players need to stand with their Black teammates.