Millwall players decided not to take a knee against QPR
Written by News on 09/12/2020
Millwall players had a discussion in the changing room before Tuesday night’s game against QPR where they agreed as a group that no one would take the knee prior to kick-off.
A source inside the changing room has told Sky Sports News that – while the squad had been told of the club’s plans for a different show of solidarity – they are adamant there was no coercion from the club’s bosses, and that it was left to the players to make their own choice about whether to take a knee or not.
It has become part of matchday protocol for each team to inform the referee in the build-up to a game, whether they plan to take a knee.
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It suggests a clear change of heart from earlier in the day, when Sky Sports News had been told most of the Millwall squad were planning to still take the knee.
Instead, after linking arms with the opposition and displaying an equality banner, the whole Millwall squad remained standing while Marlon Romeo raised his fist in a salute to black power.
The whole QPR squad and match officials took a knee – but unlike before Saturday’s game against Derby – there was only applause from the home crowd rather than boos.
Millwall are now planning to continue with their own campaign against racism and inequality before games, and will ask each opposing team to join them in linking arms and displaying an anti-racism banner.
(c) Sky Sports 2020: Millwall players decided not to take a knee against QPR
