Today our England senior men’s team will begin their EURO 2020 campaign at our home, Wembley Stadium.
Major tournaments don’t come around often and when they do, it’s an opportunity to unite friends, families and the country. This collective support is what spurs our team on during challenging moments and it gives them the best chance of succeeding.
Gareth and the team have confirmed they will collectively take the knee ahead of their fixtures during the tournament.
They are doing this as a mechanism of peacefully protesting against discrimination, injustice, and inequality. This is personally important to the players and the values the team collectively represents.
This gesture of unity and fighting against inequality can be traced back as far as the 18th century. It is not new, and English football has made it very clear that it does not view this as being aligned to a political organisation or ideology.
We ask that you respect their wishes and be united in the fight to tackle discrimination.
Because we are one team. One family. One England.
We look forward to sharing this UEFA EURO 2020 journey with you.
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