Anti-racism shirts draw protests

October 20, 2012
By ESPN.com news services
Reading striker Jason Roberts carried out his vow not to wear a Kick It Out T-shirt in the warm-up at Anfield in protest at what he perceives to be a lack of action by the organization in combating racism in football, and Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand also chose to ignore the anti-racism message.

While the rest of Roberts' teammates -- and all their Liverpool opponents except goalkeeper Brad Jones -- donned the tops for the pre-match drills the 34-year-old went without, although Garath ...

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