Millwall Football Club is considering legal action due to an image in a children's anti-racism book that depicts a KKK figure wearing the club's badge.

Millwall considering legal position after children's book depicts KKK figure wearing club badge https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7222166/2026/04/23/millwall-kkk-childrens-book-westminster-council/ The image appears in an anti-racism book based on the life of Paul Canoville, the first Black player to play for Chelsea, issued in schools. #Soccer #Football

Millwall considering legal position after children's book depicts KKK figure wearing club badge https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7222166/2026/04/23/millwall-kkk-childrens-book-westminster-council/ The image appears in an anti-racism book based on the life of Paul Canoville, the first Black player to play for Chelsea, issued in schools. #Sports #News

Millwall say they are “considering their legal position” after the club’s badge was placed on a photo of a Ku Klux Klan figure in a children’s educational book. The image appeared in a booklet called ‘The Paul Canoville Story’, written by Peter Daniel, an education and interpretation officer at Westminster City Council. Canoville was the first Black player to make an appearance for Chelsea, in 1982. He endured horrific racist abuse during his career and later battled drug addiction. The educational booklet about his life has been issued in schools, as part of an anti-racism programme. One of the pages in the booklet depicted a registered Millwall club badge on a KKK figure, next to a speech bubble that said: “Racism never went away. I was badly abused in a reserve match at Millwall, but then I could show the racists my 1984 second Division Champions medal.” More from @[email protected] https://bit.ly/4vCHgJU