Bohs and Massive Attack announce collaborative jersey

Bohemian Football Club, in collaboration with Massive Attack, have announced the release of the club’s 2026 FAI Cup jersey.

The one-off sale raises funds for medical aid to Cuba, with 30% of profit shared between Cuba’s Solidarity Campaign’s Cuba Vive Medical Aid Appeal and mediCuba-Europe.

The jersey seeks to support the Cuban people as they continue to endure a blockade enforced by the United States that has been condemned by the UN as "one of the most serious, prolonged and systematic violations of international law and the Charter."

The jersey pays homage to Cuban kits of the past and to the connection between Cuba and Ireland.

“We are delighted to unveil this jersey following months of work with Massive Attack and their team,” said Daniel Lambert, Chief Commercial Officer of the Bohemian Football Club. “Massive Attack, through both their music and their activism, have inspired people across the world for generations.”

“The Irish people have a strong bond with the people of Cuba,” he continued. “The illegal blockade of the island has now run for over 60 years, it is worsening, and it is badly affecting the Cuban medical system.”

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign’s Cuba Vive has sent fourteen containers of aid worth over €2.9 million to Cuba to date. The containers include medical supplies such as blood transfusion sets, tracheostomy sets, intubation tubes, syringes, needles and more for Cuba’s hospitals. Further containers are on their way, carrying more medical aid, solar-powered fridges, and food.

Medi-Cuba-Europe is a European network of solidarity groups from fourteen countries, including Ireland, working to confront the US blockade and sustain Cuba’s health system. Their network has contributed around €30 million in medical supplies and equipment, medicines and raw materials to produce them in Cuba. Funds raised through the jersey will help secure electricity and save lives at the children’s hospital in El Cerro, Havana.

The Bohemian jersey’s design was inspired by the connection between Ireland and Cuba, and other countries that have faced colonial and imperial rule.

“The strip design references the Irish connection to Che Guevara in terms of his ancestry and the iconic two-tone graphic created by Dublin artist Jim Fitzpatrick,” said Massive Attack. “It reproduces text of Che’s speeches that underline the importance of international solidarity in resisting colonial and neo-colonial, imperialist aggressions.”

Jim Fitzpatrick. credit: Unit 3 Films

Two short films, made by Unit 3 Films in Bristol, accompany the release. The first, a short documentary, focuses on Che Guevara’s speeches on imperialism. The second, set to Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’, shows Fitzpatrick's art alongside the texture of the strip itself.

Massive Attack have become increasingly politically active in past years, using their platform to campaign for climate justice, refugee rights and humanitarian causes.

In April, co-frontman Robert Del Naja was arrested at a Palestine Action protest. Later that month, they released an anti-ICE song. The band have also pioneered ultra low-carbon concert models to reduce their touring emissions and support the climate campaign.

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