In case you occur to love each soccer and that ragga ragga goodness of Welsh metallic band Skindred, you then occur to be in a considerably area of interest realm of luck. The band has teamed up with their hometown soccer membership Newport County Affiliation Soccer Membership (AFC, and don’t overlook they name soccer the extra appropriately named soccer), and Lover’s Soccer Membership to design new shirts, jerseys, and shorts that nod to how various town of Newport, South Wales is in relation to its West Indian inhabitants and its Caribbean influences.
Skindred frontman, who additionally occurs to mainly run Newport together with his coolness, had this to say on the brand new merch launch:
“Whether or not you’re black otherwise you’re white, the colour of your pores and skin doesn’t matter, it’s your angle… That’s what attracts Newport collectively. Skindred and Newport are joined on the hip. We have now flown the flag for town from day one. For us to be a part of the official strip for my hometown membership, particularly telling the story it does, is one thing goals are manufactured from. Music and soccer deliver each folks collectively and provides them the liberty to be themselves and this package celebrates that.”
Neal Heard, NCAFC’s inventive director and founding father of Lovers FC, added:
“We wish to discover town’s inventive tales and artistic storytellers, punching above our weight on and off the pitch is what we can be all about, and thru taking design and historical past severely we intend to attraction to followers throughout the globe as a lot as these within the metropolis itself. The Skindred package is the proper option to kick this off.”
Newport County chairman Huw Jenkins can be excited in regards to the collaboration. “We’re delighted to crew up with Skindred, a band that really represents the spirit of Newport,” Jenkins mentioned. “This collaboration underscores the ability of neighborhood and shared pleasure within the metropolis.”
You possibly can store the Skindred line on the Newport County AFC’s store in Friars Stroll, at their stadium on sport days, and on-line right here.
