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Ian Mitchelmore

The change you'll notice on every team's kit when Cardiff City play Leeds United and Swansea City face Middlesbrough next weekend

EFL clubs will show their support for NHS key workers when the 2019/20 season resumes next weekend.

Swansea City restart the campaign against Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday, June 20 while Cardiff City host Leeds United in the Welsh capital a day later.

And the EFL have revealed Championship, League One and League Two clubs will wear shirts featuring an ‘NHS Rainbow – Thank You’ emblem from the opening weekend of the resumption of the domestic campaign.

Given that the League One and League Two seasons have been curtailed, only clubs competing in the play-offs will adopt the emblems on their shirts.

Clubs will also show their continued support to NHS staff members who have worked tirelessly during the coronavirus pandemic through their own media channels and through various in-stadia displays during the selected fixtures while a minute's applause will also be held before next weekend's fixtures.

The NHS emblem will remain on playing shirts for all remaining fixtures of the 2019/20 Season.

EFL chairman Rick Parry said: “As all eyes turn to the return of football on the pitch, it is important that the league pays fitting tribute to the thousands of NHS key workers that continue to work on the frontline, supporting the country throughout the Covid-19 crisis.

“We know that many fans of EFL clubs are also NHS key workers and we’re proud of the commitment they, and our clubs, have shown to help the service over the past few months.

"By coming together across all remaining fixtures taking place, we hope we are able to show our gratitude and appreciation for their continued work and I’d like to ask all fans to join us in doing so.”

The EFL have also confirmed it is making preparations to raise further awareness on the issue of racism. Further details will be announced next week.

Neil Harris' Cardiff side are currently ninth in the table, just two points adrift of the play-off places.

As for Steve Cooper's Swansea, they are 11th, three points behind the top six with nine games remaining.

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