No Room For Racism

How clubs and players supported No Room For Racism

10 Oct 2023
Players take the knee at West Ham v Newcastle

From taking the knee to discussions around inclusion and discrimination, clubs are demonstrating that football is for everyone

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Last weekend and through to 23 October, the Premier League and its 20 clubs are highlighting No Room For Racism, demonstrating our ongoing support for equality, diversity and inclusion across all areas of football.

Support for the campaign was clear at Matchweek 8 fixtures, both on and off the pitch as players and supporters were united against all forms of discrimination.

The distinctive No Room For Racism branding was visible, including the ball plinth, the handshake boards used after players come out of the tunnel and LED advertising boards.

No room for racism' LED board, West Ham
Jose Sa, Wolves, No Room For Racism

The Burnley players showed their unity against all forms of racism by wearing branded warm-up T-shirts and taking the knee before kick-off.

Josh Brownhill, Burnley warm-up t-shirts
Burnley v Chelsea players take the knee
Luton v Spurs players take the knee

Supporters embraced No Room For Racism, and at West Ham United's home match against Newcastle United, former defender Anton Ferdinand joined members of Pride of Irons, the Hammers' LGBT+ Supporters' Group, to show their support.

Before kick-off at Sunday's West Midlands derby between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa, fans from both teams celebrated their diverse communities.

Premier League clubs took to social media too, to reiterate the message that racism will not be tolerated at any level of the game and that everyone should feel welcome.

At Crystal Palace, the front of their matchday programme for their home encounter with Nottingham Forest was a dedicated show of support.

And as well as the activities and support shown so far, the Premier League has created No Room For Racism educational resources which focus on allyship, racial stereotyping, online abuse and inclusion, and can be downloaded for free by teachers.

Also in this series

Part 1: How the Premier League is fighting racism
Part 2: How Sarr's family prepared him for success
Part 3: West Ham achieve Premier League equality standard
Part 5: Ogbene: It's important to teach younger generation about diversity
Part 6: Danjuma: My greatness comes from going through hardship
Part 7: How Wolves are educating young people about inclusion
Part 8: 'It's everyone's responsibility to do something about discrimination'
Part 9: Caicedo: Learning through diversity helped me reach the top
Part 10: Darren Bent on the men and women who've inspired him
Part 11: Benjamin Zephaniah on the Premier League and the legacy of Windrush
Part 12: Desailly: I looked far for my black sporting heroes
Part 13: Jimenez: Family support helped me become great
Part 14: Pittman: Sharing my knowledge will help the next generation
Part 15: Szoboszlai: My father helped me achieve the impossible
Part 16: Amadou Onana on the people who've inspired him
Part 17: Why family support is so important for Mbeumo and Wissa
Part 18: Gomez: Positive black role models are so important

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