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Kneeling Returns in Premier League’s Anti-Racism Round as Turf Moor Boos and Calvert-Lewin Stands

Clubs emphasize the gesture is voluntary to reflect differing views on its impact.

Overview

  • The Premier League’s No Room For Racism round runs from October 18 to 26, marking the first league-wide kneeling this season.
  • Sections of the Turf Moor crowd booed as Burnley and Leeds players knelt, while Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin chose not to participate.
  • Leeds said players decide individually whether to kneel, with manager Daniel Farke reiterating that the choice rests with each player.
  • Reactions varied across other grounds, with applause at Brighton and Fulham, a mix of light applause and jeers at the Stadium of Light, and near silence at the Etihad and Selhurst Park.
  • At Nottingham Forest’s match against Chelsea, all players appeared to kneel except goalkeeper Mats Sels, who seemed distracted, as the league again urged respect for the gesture as a statement of unity and equality.