Watch: Dream come true for artist as huge mural unveiled at her hometown football club to mark 148-year history
It's been a very busy time for University of Wolverhampton graduate and talented artist Eve Whitfield who unveiled her latest creation at her hometown football club on Saturday.
Fresh from being the first artist to have a creation placed in the Street Stories Project in Wolverhampton, fans at Stafford Rangers had chance to see her large scale mural at their Marston Road home which she was finishing off before the home game with Workington.
The mural features some of the club's most famous moments including three Wembley visits as well as notable players in their 148 year history and images from the town.
Eve, a former pupil at Walton High School in the town, has been coming to Stafford Rangers games for several years with her dad, David Whitfield, a lifelong fan and a regular on the terraces.
A lot of her work fuses digital and traditional methods and she has worked in advertising since graduating but has now branched out to mural work. Many fans posed for pictures in front of the creation, next to the main stand and prints of the mural will be sold in the club shop.
Former Rangers defender Wayne Daniel, who spent 14 years at the club was present at the game and helped unveil the mural said: "It is a proud moment for me to be represented amongst some great players from the club's history it is an amazing feeling.
"The work Eve has put into it is incredible, it is a wonderful piece of work and she is a very talented artist who deserves every success and even better she and her family are Rangers fans."
Roy Sales the commercial manager at Stafford said: "I love the mural which has many players from the history of this great club with over 1,000 appearances between them including the likes of Jim Sargeant and Mick Cullerton who are legends of three FA Trophy finals
"Eve was actually finishing it off on the day in the rain so all respect to her and not only does the mural it decorate the wall with some space still left which can be used and hopefully we can raise some money from the prints for the club which is much needed so we are delighted with what she has done for us."
Eve also previously created a mural for musician Goldie on a shop front in his home city Wolverhampton.
Eve's artwork can be found on instagram @illustrations.byeve or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/studio.fresh.uk.
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