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England have just crashed out of the World Cup with a very performance, losing 4-1 to Germany.  All eyes must now turn to Fabio Capello, the latest in a long line of poor England Managers.  To celebrate his (hopefully forthcoming) departure from the England camp, we have produced this Crapello Must Go T-shirt.

Wear it, and maybe the message will get through!

After a couple of rather dismal performances, England actually made it through the Group stage of the World Cup to the Knockout stage.  Who knows where this could go now?

Depending on your point of view on how England will perform, you might like to check out our England – Believe T-shirt or the somewhat pessemistic Not penalties again T-shirt.

Almost everyone in the UK has probably seen some form of Keep Calm and Carry On media in recent years.  The media has reported on it widely and many outlets produce posters, fridge magnets and many other products bearing the slogan.  Being well over 50 years old, the design is widely believed to be free of copyright.

Or so we thought…

One day last week, we were lazing around at the Force 18 offices when we were hit with a letter from Her Majesty’s Government, pointing out that the crown design on all Keep Calm and Carry On products, in fact remains the copyright of the Crown and reproduction of the crown design could result in a holiday, at Her Majesty’s Pleasure, at the Tower.

Being rather attached to our heads, and not wanting to lose them any time soon, we have redesigned the Crown on all of our Keep Calm and Carry On T-shirt designs, including Get Drunk and Fall Over and the STFU variant, to include a new crown, entirely designed by Force 18.  We like it and we’re sure you will too! 

As the new design has been officially approved by a Government office as not infringing on Crown copyright, we can now officially sell Keep Calm and Carry On products again!

A few days ago we had a very special visitor in the Force 18 offices.  Chico (of X-factor fame) came here in person to pick up some specially commissioned T-shirts for his “It’s England Time” campaign for his World Cup 2010 song.  He is overjoyed at the growing support for his single, which is raising money for the Rainbow Child Foundation.

Chico has kindly allowed us to put the T-shirt up for sale on our site and we are donating the profits from the sale of these shirts to the Rainbow Child Foundation, which is raising money to help underprivileged children all over the world.

Welcome to the new Force 18 blog.  We will updating frequently, posting new T-shirt designs and occasional special offers here.