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One in three English Football League clubs to stop taking the knee and will seek alternative methods to support fight against racism

A third of the clubs in the English Football League are no longer taking the knee as they seek alternative methods to support the fight against racism.

The Mail on Sunday established that nine of Championship's 24 clubs have moved away from the gesture that clubs have performed before kick-off since the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Three sides in League One have chosen to remain standing this season as have 13 in League Two, including Exeter City and Forest Green, whose players formed a line before kick-off on Saturday and then applauded in unison.