In a message on X through the official supporters’ membership,, exterior Millwall mentioned the “severe misuse of a registered membership badge” created a “false and damaging picture of the membership”.
Millwall mentioned the council confirmed any remaining copies of the booklet they’ve might be destroyed and no extra copies might be made and distributed.
“The membership continues to be contemplating its authorized place on the matter and are unable to remark additional,” it mentioned.
The Paul Canoville Basis mentioned it was conscious of the picture, which was extensively shared on social media, however burdened it had no involvement within the materials’s content material, saying it was “not produced by, commissioned by, or authorized” by the muse or Canoville.
“Our involvement within the related programme was restricted solely to Paul’s private look; assembly college students and sharing his lived expertise,” the muse’s chief govt officer Raphael Frascogna mentioned in an announcement., exterior
“At no stage have been we proven, consulted on, or requested to approve the content material of the booklet, together with any illustrations inside it.”
Frascogna added the illustration does depict an actual incident Canoville skilled when taking part in for Chelsea reserves towards Millwall reserves within the Nineteen Eighties, “during which he was subjected to severe racial abuse by a lot of people carrying Ku Klux Klan-style white hoods”.
Former winger Canoville, now 64, performed for Chelsea for 5 years from 1981 and scored 15 objectives in 103 video games, later retiring due to a knee harm aged 25 after a brief spell at Studying.
Millwall are third within the Championship this season, degree on factors with second-placed Ipswich, who’re within the computerized promotion locations.
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