Everton rewarded the loyalty of four of their most active and engaged supporters on their Chinese language social media channels by inviting them to Goodison Park as guests of the club for the Premier League match against Fulham.
All have interesting back stories over how they became Evertonians and one of the quartet, Ziling Liang, 22, revealed she was inspired to study to become a physiotherapist because of Andre Gomes' swift recovery after suffering an ankle injury when Son Heung-min’s challenge resulted in him colliding with Serge Aurier of Tottenham Hotspur. Now three months into a two-year course, Ziling told the ECHO: “It was 2020 and a really tough time with Covid and my grandmother had just passed away.
“Andre Gomes had suffered a serious injury against Tottenham Hotspur and a lot of people were fearing he could be out for a very long time and it might even threaten his career but he was back on the pitch in just over 100 days and it was incredible. I watched a video of the whole rehabilitation process and before that I’d not heard much about a physio’s job but it all came together to make me feel I need to care more about the health and well-being of people.
