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The Premier League are also holding their No Room For Racism match rounds, which conclude this weekend, with players taking a knee before games.

Port Vale boss Darren Moore is part of the league’s Black Participants Advisory Group which looks to guide coaches from minority backgrounds through their careers.

Along with Moore, West Ham United’s Nuno Espirito Santo, Blackburn Rovers’ Valerien Ismael and Lee Grant at Huddersfield Town are the only black managers in the top four divisions.

“I look at myself and in the role – and hopefully I’m looked upon as somebody that is a representation of all British managers,” Moore, the former West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday boss said.

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