PLAYERS, staff and supporters of Clapton Community Football Club unfurled a banner commemorating the late anti-fascist and communist Max Levitas after crushing Hereford Palace 11-1 at home on Saturday. 

Levitas was one of the last surviving people to have stood up to Oswald Mosley’s fascist Blackshirts as they marched through London’s East End before being blocked by thousands of leftwingers at Cable Street in 1936. 

Kevin Blow, founding member of Clapton CFC, told the Star that the club wanted to acknowledge “someone who said No Pasaran to fascists, who was an important part of East End history. 

“Max was a legend. So we unfurled the banner because we wanted to mark his passing. 

“The club is upfront about its politics and values and we wanted to remember someone who represented that tradition. 

Clapton CFC was voted into existence in February after supporters and club members of Clapton Football Club became disillusioned with the club’s direction and chairman. 

The new club caught the mainstream media’s attention earlier this year when its Republican Spain-inspired kit went viral on social media and people around the world rushed to buy it. 

“We’re only just finishing up orders for the shirt now,” Blow said. “We sold around 5,600 of them.

“We’re expecting sales to open again soon and have asked people to email us their interest. So far we’ve had around 12,000 responses. There’s no way we’ll get them all out by Christmas, I can tell you that.”