The progress-preventing stereotypes about black goalkeepers, certainly in some sections of English football, remain alive and kicking.
On the way up, though, is a wave of stoppers in position to consign those damaging beliefs, and those who spout them, to the past.
On Tuesday night there will be a potentially-inspiring Premier League rarity when Chelsea's Edouard Mendy and Brighton's Robert Sanchez are at either end having become their clubs' No 1s this season.
For former Wolves keeper Matt Murray it is a head-to-head that will bring back memories.