Millwall fumes after anti-racism booklet shows club’s logo on a Ku Klux Klan robe

LONDON: An English soccer team’s attempts to shake off their rowdy reputation have been damaged by, of all things, a children’s anti-racism booklet.
Millwall were blindsided by the educational pamphlet that featured the southeast London club’s badge edited onto an illustration of a Ku Klux Klan robe. The Westminster City Council has since apologized.
A British lawmaker told The Associated Press that the misuse of Millwall branding is an “insult,” and the team’s leading fan group said they were “outraged” at the portrayal.
The second-division club said they are considering legal action because the imagery creates “a false and damaging image of the club.”
The incident comes at a time when Millwall have a strong chance to secure a first ever promotion to the Premier League. The team were last in the top flight in the 1989-90 season.

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The club has received a full apology from Westminster Council following their serious misuse of a registered club badge, which was placed on an illustration of a white supremacist hate group member in a children's education booklet distributed in… pic.twitter.com/Bojim0u2wF

— Millwall Supporters’ Club (@TheMillwallFans) April 23, 2026

Millwall’s image
The checkered reputation of fan behavior dates to the days of England’s worst episodes of hooliganism in the 1970s and 80s. Hardcore Millwall fans proudly chanted, “No one likes us, we don’t care.”
But the club have worked to change their perception. The anti-discrimination body it created in 1994 was “the first organization of its kind at an English football club.” Millwall also boast of their working relationship with anti-discrimination organizations Kick it Out and Show Racism the Red Card.
Despite the initiatives,