FIFA may have done its best to prevent England and Scotland players wearing poppies on their shirts but nothing was going to stop Altrincham showing the rest of football how to commemorate Remembrance weekend.

World football's governing body caused uproar after threatening the English and Scottish associations with sanctions for defying their poppy ban at Wembley on Friday night.

There were no such restrictions at club level, though, and no-one did more than Alty goalkeeping coach and kit supplier Ian Senior to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day in fitting style.

While most clubs settled for weaving a poppy into their normal strip, SKkits boss Ian devised and produced a special one-off shirt for Alty's Vanarama National League North game with Salford City at The J Davidson Stadium on Saturday.

Bearing a huge poppy in the centre, with Lest We Forget underneath, the shirts were then auctioned in an initiative that raised nearly £1,000 for the British Legion.

"I produced 20 shirts in all," said Ian. "One was signed by all the staff and framed, and that went for £205 on its own. The others went for £630 altogether, then a raffle for one other shirt raised £135, so that's £970 in total, which isn't a bad effort at all.

"All the fuss from FIFA really spurred me on to do this. It seemed very apt for memorial weekend, and I just couldn't see what the issue was with FIFA.

"I don't get their problem at all, but at least we've made a statement as Altrincham Football Club by wearing these shirts and holding a minute's silence. We've shown our respect for those who lost their lives serving our country, and that's how it should be. It just felt right that, finally, we should auction the shirts to raise funds for the British Legion, and well done to everyone who took part."

A British Legion spokesperson said: "The Royal British Legion would like to thank all at Altrincham FC for their fantastic fundraising for the Poppy Appeal this year. The money raised will help the Legion to continue to help the whole Armed Forces community in the local area."