Children draw Everton players in Toffees team sheet for mental health awareness
Schoolchildrens drawings replaced the players on Evertons team sheet for the clubs 2-2 draw against Newcastle.Year four students from Linacre Primary School drew portraits of the players at the clubs Finch Farm training ground to raise awareness of positive mental health among young people.And those images were then shown on stadium screens as well as Twitter, where they were exhibited on the team sheet as well as for goals and substitutions. TEAM NEWS (with a difference)! 2 changes Sidib and Schneiderlin in for Coleman and Davies Designs courtesy of @Linacreprimary x USM x @TacklingBlues: https://t.co/DvxeAGpjad #EVENEW pic.twitter.com/NrQIfq6ivN Everton (@Everton) January 21, 2020Drawing is one of many ways the students, who were also invited to the game, were taught they could explore their emotions.Fabian Delph, Theo Walcott, Seamus Coleman and Jonas Lossl all joined the students for a drawing session and answered questions on topics such as acceptance, self-esteem, diversity and respect.87' Final sub and it's Oumar on for Theo. Blues still pushing for another goal @Linacreprimary x USM x @TacklingBluesInfo: https://t.co/DvxeAGpjad 2-0 #EVENEW pic.twitter.com/gucFv6ljog Everton (@Everton) January 21, 2020Everton led 2-0 in the Premier League game at Goodison Park but were undone by two late goals from Magpies substitute Florian Lejeune.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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