#tbt to our #SEASONzine06 stickers which included @chelseafc 's new signing @sterling7 as number 30 , illustrated by @shan.illu .The sticker accompanied a piece I wrote – 'Raheem's Reaction' to the racist abuse he endured at Stamford Bridge in December 2018. Something the winger later admitted forced him to speak out on the issue. At the time, I wrote: ‘Then I said, ‘So what did you think about the Raheem Sterling incident?’ During the first half, the 24-year-old was allegedly racially abused by a Chelsea fan as he retrieved the ball from behind the goal. The incident was filmed, circulated and four people were suspended in the aftermath. We’re Jamaican (my mum is Nigerian) just like the England international and I always felt conflicted and frustrated when incidents like this, John Terry’s treatment of Anton Ferdinand, those Chelsea fans on the Paris Metro, Sulley Muntari’s during-match protest and others come to light. My dad replied, as usual, ‘Do you want the surface answer or the deep one?’ Always the deep one. ‘There are racists at Chelsea. But they don’t represent the totality of Chelsea fans and Chelsea club has to do something to stamp it out. As a football supporter for many years [since the 80s], it was more overt back in the bad old days. I remember going to Chelsea as a young lad and being chased down the street by club supporters making racist remarks. Luckily I was much fitter and faster then so I could run extremely fast [chuckles]. Now it’s more subtle because of the cameras around [but] it’s being picked up more,’ he told me. ‘ So why return to the scene of the crime almost four years later? #SEASONzine contributor @mayowaquadri_ wrote a brilliant article about this on @theathletic_uk website this week and as all people of colour know, if racism was the only criteria to use when deciding what to go, do, be and see, life in modern society today would be very limited. Welcome to the Bridge Raheem. Please be better than 🐍 Lukaku 🙏🏾 Words by EIC and diehard @chelseafc fan @feliciapennnant