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Club to ditch red kit to highlight knife crime

A football club is replacing its traditional red kit for one match to highlight the dangers of knife crime.

Middlesbrough players will wear an all-white strip for Saturday's home tie against Coventry City and are urging fans to leave their red shirts and scarves at home for 'No More Red' day at the Riverside Stadium.

The one-off kits will be auctioned after the Championship match with the funds going to local knife crime charity the Chris Cave Foundation and the MFC Foundation’s Kicks scheme.

The club hopes it will send a message, especially to young people.