Inside the £1-an-hour official football shirt factories

A BBC Sport investigation traces official football shirt production to factories in Cambodia where workers are paid less than £1 an hour. We traced production of Celtic, Arsenal, Liverpool and other kits to two factories in Cambodia Workers are being paid a basic wage of less than £1 an hour to make official football shirts for some of the world's biggest clubs, BBC Sport can reveal. Our investigation traced authentic replica shirts to two factories in Cambodia, where conditions were described as "grim". We followed the supply chain behind official shirts after fans told us they were frustrated by rising prices, with many turning to cheaper counterfeits instead. Images obtained from inside Bowker Garment Factory and Trax Apparel show kits being made for clubs including Arsenal, Celtic, Liverpool and Real Madrid.

Employees there told us they struggled to make ends meet and worked on up to 700 items a day as part of a production line. In rare interviews, supported by documentary evidence and published anonymously, workers also described: The Clean Clothes Campaign, external – a global workers' rights network – said our findings painted a "very grim picture". "These are issues that many garment workers around the world face every day," added spokesperson Emma Vogt. Similar issues, such as low pay and high temperatures, have been reported across Cambodia's