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Daily Mirror
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Jacob Leeks

Why are Arsenal wearing white shirts? Kit for Oxford FA Cup explained

Arsenal have swapped their traditional red shirts for a totally white strip in their opening game of this year's FA Cup campaign.

The Gunners travel to Oxford United for a third round tie on Monday evening, using the occasion to publicise the club's No More Red campaign. The initiative aims to help tackle knife crime, with more than 11,500 such offences being committed in London last year.

That is up on the same period in 2021, with Arsenal moving to attempt to combat the increasing problem with knife crime in the capital. The No More Red campaign is a joint venture with kit manufacturers Adidas.

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