Clapton CFC have a new legion of Spanish fans because of their away kit. Photo / Twitter
An amateur football team in East London has won a legion of unlikely fans after their new away kit went viral.
Clapton CFC – who play for the Middlesex County League first division, the 12th tier of English football – this month released their new away shirt, which commemorates the
80th anniversary to the end of the Spanish Civil War.
The kit caught the interest from the public – mainly Spanish people – with the club selling over 2,500 replica away kits, making the club £60,000 (NZ$116,000).
Kit designer and Clapton CFC member Thom said the shirt's popularity came as a huge shock.
"It has been quite the shock for us, as we only expected to sell about 250 shirts in a year," he said on the club website.
