Clapton CFC players pose for pictures after winning their away game against Healing Town in East Acton, in London, Britain September 15, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena
LONDON (Reuters) - A small, newly-founded soccer team in the lower reaches of English football has attracted international fame after its new shirt, inspired by the fight against nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, went viral in Spain and sold out.
East London-based Clapton CFC is only a few months old but was forced to stop taking orders after receiving more than 5,000 requests for its new away shirt, which is in the colours of the Republican forces that fought against General Francisco Franco's Nationalists 80 years ago.
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