The world changed significantly in the three months between the Premier League shutting down on March 13 and restarting on June 17.
NHS workers up and down the country battled heroically to keep the Covid-19 virus at bay while the death of George Floyd at the hands of police brutality in the United States sparked a global outcry against racism and discrimination.
In England as in so many places across the world, football reflects society and it was only natural that all involved with the Premier League wished to make their own statements of gratitude and protest.