• Premier League No Room For Racism Kit 2016
• Premier League No Room For Racism Kit 2020
• Premier League No Room For Racism Kits

Published at 10:00 GMT-7. Premier League players and officials will wear a 'No Room For Racism' badge on their shirts for the 2021/22 season, replacing the 'Black Lives Matter' logo. Premier League clubs will replace the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' on kits with 'No Room for Racism' when the 2020-21 season gets underway on Saturday. The 'No Room for Racism' badge will be worn.

Premier League players will no longer have the Black Lives Matter slogan on their shirts.

Instead, shirts will feature a patch with the league's own anti-racism campaign, No Room for Racism, when the competition gets underway again over the weekend.

Black Lives Matter (BLM) was added to kits when the season re-started in the summer, following the global anti-racism protests sparked by the US killing of George Floyd in May.

Club captains were asked about the change to kits during a conference call on Thursday.

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Richard Masters, the Premier League's chief executive, said: 'We, our clubs, players and match officials have a long-standing commitment to tackling discrimination.

'Players rightly have a strong voice on this matter, which we saw last season. We have continued to talk and listen to players on this issue and will support them as well as continuing to emphasise the Premier League's position against racism.

'Discrimination in any form, anywhere, is wholly unacceptable and No Room for Racism makes our zero-tolerance stance clear.'

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Mr Masters continued: 'We will not stand still on this important issue and we will continue to work with our clubs, players and partners to address all prejudiced behaviour.'

The BLM movement has faced controversy over the summer, over its calls to defund the police and claims of antisemitism.

Former Stoke City player Karl Henry distanced himself from the movement after the league restarted in June, tweeting: 'I think the majority of the UK have now had enough of that organisation.

'A new inclusive and politically-neutral anti-racism movement to follow and get behind is much needed. Black people's lives matter!'

I think the majority of the UK have now had enough of that organisation.
A new inclusive and politically-neutral anti-racism movement to follow and get behind is much needed.
Black people’s lives matter! ✊🏾
The divisive #BlackLivesMatter organisation, however, DOES NOT! https://t.co/ekdjfvw5Dx

— Karl Henry (@karlhenry08) June 29, 2020

Conservative MP Ben Bradley had also called on the Premier League to remove BLM from shirts, saying that the movement was sowing division over the issue of racism.

On 30 June, the league said it did 'not endorse any political organisation or movement, nor support any group that calls for violence or condones illegal activity.'

It added: 'We are aware of the risk posed by groups that seek to hijack popular causes and campaigns to promote their own political views. These actions are entirely unwelcome and are rejected by the Premier League and all other professional football bodies, and they underline the importance of our sport coming together to declare a very clear position against prejudice.'

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The Premier League has said it will support players who wish to take a knee before games, while the FA said it will take a 'common sense' approach to how it treats on-field shows of support.

A dedicated service has been launched by the Premier League to allow players, coaches and their families to report abuse they face online. Those incidents will be reported to social media sites and action will be taken where appropriate.

There is also a coach placement scheme to improve diversity within football.

Premier League clubs and match officials will wear a No Room For Racism badge on their shirts this season and continue to take a knee after captains of the 20 top flight teams agreed with league plans to continue to acknowledge the Black Lives Matter movement.

Senior figures from the Premier League held an online discussion with the captains on Thursday and agreed that players and match officials will wear a No Room For Racism sleeve badge on their shirts in place of Black Lives Matter badges for the 2020-21 season.

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'This is the first time the badge will feature on players' and officials' kit throughout the season, and will act as a constant reminder of the commitment by the Premier League, its clubs, players and PGMOL to eradicate racism,' the league said in a statement.

Premier League No Room For Racism Kit 2016

Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters said: 'We, our clubs, players and match officials have a long-standing commitment to tackling discrimination.

'Players rightly have a strong voice on this matter, which we saw last season. We have continued to talk and listen to players on this issue and will support them as well as continuing to emphasise the Premier League's position against racism.

'Discrimination in any form, anywhere, is wholly unacceptable and No Room For Racism makes our zero-tolerance stance clear. We will not stand still on this important issue and we will continue to work with our clubs, players and partners to address all prejudiced behaviour.'

Premier League No Room For Racism Kit 2020

Back in June, footballers across Europe gave voice in the campaign to raise awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement outside of the United States, as it gained worldwide attention in the wake of the death of American citizen George Floyd in police custody in May. Captains from all 20 clubs agreed on a collective recognition of the campaign.

Premier League No Room For Racism Kits

The Premier League returns on Saturday, with Fulham's clash with Arsenal at Craven Cottage marking the start of season.