Emile Heskey was about 14 years old when he was chased from Leicester City’s old Filbert Street stadium all the way into town by a man shouting racist abuse. “Fast forward three years that same guy would’ve been chanting my name in the stadium,” Heskey says now. We’ve seen it. They’ve seen it. They’ve seen me go through it.

Source: The Times December 09, 2025 09:31 UTC