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Inside the £1 an hour official football shirt factories

The average price of an official football shirt these days is around £75, but a BBC Sports invest...

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13.36 13 Oct 2026


Inside the £1 an hour official football shirt factories


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13.36 13 Oct 2026


The average price of an official football shirt these days is around £75, but a BBC Sports investigation has found that workers making these shirts are being paid a basic wage of less than £1 an hour in factories where conditions have been described as "grim"...

Do we need to be more aware of where our products come from, and boycott if necessary?

Joining Seán to discuss is Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin.


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