The Premier League launches No Room For Racism to use the power and popularity of the League to oppose racism in football. Clubs back plans to better support fans and players of ethnic minority backgrounds, and to improve career pathways for under-represented groups. The League’s Black Participants Advisory Group is also established.

The Premier League establishes a dedicated team of staff to monitor, investigate and report online abuse, as well as to provide specialist legal and emotional support to clubs, players and their families. This team has since conducted more than 4,000 investigations, with outcomes including convictions, banning orders and fines.

The League’s main two inclusive coaching programmes open: Professional Player to Coach Scheme (PPCS) and Coach Inclusion and Diversity Scheme (CIDS). They have today supported 100 coaches from under-represented backgrounds. The Coach Index follows in 2021, providing more than 500 under-represented coaches the opportunity to identify career opportunities across 78 clubs.

Free No Room For Racism education resources are shared with schools for the first time through Premier League Primary Stars. To date, more than 510,000 children have benefitted from them, helping them understand the harm caused by discrimination and the value of diversity.

Supported by the Black Participants Advisory Group, the Premier League’s No Room For Racism Action Plan highlights steps to tackle racial prejudice in football and to create greater access to opportunities and career progression for under-represented groups.

Supplementing the No Room For Racism Action Plan, the South Asian Action Plan is a long-term initiative designed to address the under-representation of British South Asian players and staff within professional football.

The Premier League Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Standard (PLEDIS) builds on existing work to help clubs further embed equality, diversity and inclusion within their operation. All Premier League clubs are supported, in addition to those relegated since 2021.

Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO)’s Elite Referee Development Plan aims to develop match officials from under-represented communities. Representation has since increased in the Premier League, with recently appointed officials Farai Hallam and Ruebyn Ricardo part of the plan’s inaugural group.

Premier League Futures aims to help current and former Academy and Women’s Super League players achieve success beyond their time in the football system, introducing them to skills and pathways in other careers.

The Premier League begins funding The FA’s Girls’ Emerging Talent Centres, which provide free football to try to diversify the women and girls' talent pathway. There has since been and 87 per cent increase in players from ethnically under-represented groups since the ETCs began.

The Matchday Observer Programme begins covering all Premier League fixtures, helping to monitor fan behaviour within stadiums.

A new Premier League workshop becomes available to all Premier League and Category One Academies to support Academy staff in facilitating culturally aware environments.

All professional football clubs publish details of their workforce diversity for the first time under The FA’s Rule N. The Premier League voluntarily publishes its own data, revealing that targets of having two Board members and 18 per cent of staff from ethnically under-represented groups have been met early.

The No Room For Racism Action Plan marks five years since its inception, with sustained commitment from the Premier League to tackling discrimination and increasing diversity across football. No Room For Racism itself has run for seven years, and remains prominent across the League.