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05th June 2006

England World Cup squad Show Racism the Red Card

England World Cup Squad England Show Racism the Red Card posters to be distributed before the World Cup finals start next week.

Launch of the England poster will take place at a school in Tyne and Wear on Thursday 8th of June: to be confirmed soon.

Ged Grebby, Project Coordinator, said, "To get across our anti-racist message during the World Cup we are hoping to print over a million posters with the England team. A quarter of a million posters will be distributed next week alone.

Every school in England (22,000 in total) will receive a free poster via the public sector trade union Unison. If you want a free poster you can contact any branch of Amicus the union after the launch on Thursday. Internet users will also be able to download the poster from our website.

Show Racism the Red Card harness the high profile of professional footballers to combat racism in society. This is our 10th Anniversary year and we hope to make it our most successful year on record."

Posters available in the Resources section