‘Anyone But England’ World Cup 2010 T-shirts spark racism row

A kilt shop got a police warning for selling World Cup T-shirts with "Anyone But England" on the front. An officer told staff at Slanj of Scotland's Aberdeen branch that the slogan could spark racial unrest.

The shop's assistant manager, Jamie Wilkinson, 23, insisted that the T-shirts in their window were just "harmless football banter". He added: "It has nothing to do with hating the English. It's just about winding them up."



Slanj owner Brian Halley vowed that the £20 T-shirts would stay on sale. "The ABE t-shirts are our best sellers at the moment," he said.

"This is the first complaint I'm aware of. It's supposed to be a bit of satire, a bit of fun. It's been claimed the T-shirts might incite race riots, which I find quite ridiculous. My brother-in-law is English and he just thinks it's a laugh."