A former Everton youth player racially abused star striker Beto during a match at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Ciaran O'Loughlin was on the books at Everton for a number of years and started in goal for the Toffees' during an u18 Merseyside derby in a match where Trent Alexander Arnold captained Liverpool.

The ECHO understands the now 28-year-old, from Birkenhead, then spent time playing for an American university before featuring for a series of clubs across the north west including Vauxhall Motors, Cammell Laird, Litherland and Bootle. O'Loughlin appeared before Sefton Magistrates' Court on Friday to be sentenced for a series of racist comments he made attending the Blues v West Ham at Hill Dickinson Stadium in September 2025.

The court heard O'Loughlin remarked: "Who are we playing here, n****** FC?" He launched into a series of vile racist taunts aimed at the West Ham players, which the ECHO has chosen not to repeat. O'Loughlin also shouted one of the West Ham players was a "fat German c***".

The court also heard how O'Loughlin, who told...