Southampton are the only Premier League club not to have signed up to the Football Association’s historic Leadership Diversity Code.
English football’s governing body - driven by the chair of their inclusion advisory board Paul Elliott, have today launched their drive to increase diversity and inclusion across English football.
Over 40 clubs across the Premier League, English Football League, Barclays FA Women’s Super League and FA Women’s Championship have signed up to the code - but Southampton are the only men's top-flight club not to have joined.
The drive - led by Paul Elliott - aims at increasing diversity and inclusion across English football
In a statement, a Southampton spokesman said: ‘In 2020 Southampton FC achieved the Premier League’s Advanced Equality Standard at the first time of asking, the only club to have achieved this to date.