No Room For Racism Initiative To Be Supported At Crystal Palace Fixture

- Leicester City to support No Room For Racism against Crystal Palace
- All Premier League fixtures between 8 and 16 October are dedicated to the campaign
- Players will take the knee ahead of the game at King Power Stadium on Saturday (12:30pm BST kick-off)

All top-flight match rounds between 8 and 16 October are dedicated to the initiative as clubs highlight their ongoing commitment to tackling discrimination and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

No Room For Racism messaging will be visible throughout King Power Stadium on Saturday as the Premier League and its clubs continue to call on fans to challenge and report discriminatory behaviour wherever they see it.  

The players will also take the knee ahead of kick-off to show their unity against all forms of racism, with Premier League club captains deciding at the start of the 2022/23 season to collectively select significant moments to take the knee to demonstrate racism will not be tolerated.

Players will also take the knee at Boxing Day fixtures following the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, further No Room For Racism matchdays, Premier League fixtures on the final day of the season and at finals of the FA Cup and League Cup.

To further support education and promote the importance of being an ally, Patson Daka, Ashleigh Plumptre, Chituru Odunze and Wes Morgan visited King Power Stadium on Thursday to take part in a Black History Month event alongside students from Leicester City in the Community’s Inspires programme.

The session saw them answer questions about their own experiences and discuss what more needs to be done to eradicate racism from football and society.

The ongoing No Room For Racism initiative brings together all the work the Premier League undertakes to tackle discrimination.

In February 2021, the Premier League launched its No Room For Racism Action Plan, which outlines a series of commitments and targets to promote equality, diversity and inclusion and increase opportunities across the game.  

Since 2019, the Premier League has worked with partners across football including The FA, EFL, PFA and LMA to deliver new programmes which improve the diversity of coaches working within football. This includes the Professional Player to Coach Scheme (PPCS) and the Coach Inclusion and Diversity Scheme, which have led to 48 Black, Asian, mixed-heritage or female coaches securing placements with professional clubs.

The League also led on the creation of the Coach Index, which has enabled more than 270 coaches from currently under-represented groups to register for information on career development and job opportunities within the professional game.

The South Asian Action Plan was launched in April to address the underrepresentation of British South Asian players within the Academy system, to enhance player pathways and to help diversify the workforce within the professional game.

Please click HERE for more information about the No Room For Racism campaign.