Ireland's Bohemian FC release Bob Marley tribute shirt
The Dublin based outfit have released the 2022 away shirt as part of a collaboration with the Marley Estate with a percentage of the profits destined for Irish asylum centers.
North Dublin based side Bohemian FC have created a stir with the release of their new 2022 away shirt which pays tribute to one of the most iconic musicians of the 21st century and the pioneer of reggae in Bob Marley.
Pre-sale open: Our 2022 away kit, testament to Bob Marley's last-ever outdoor concert, in Dalymount Park 1980.
— Bohemian Football Club (@bfcdublin) January 24, 2022
Shirt sales will also raise funds to bring football and music to asylum seekers in Ireland.
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The shirt has been conceived in conjunction with the Marley Estate and the Bravado group who manage Marley merchandise releases. The shirt commentates the Jamaican artist's last ever outdoor show which took place at Bohs' Dalymount Park Stadium on 6 July (1980).
.@bfcdublin's new away shirt commemorates @bobmarley's last ever outdoor gig, held at their stadium Dalymount Park in 1980 https://t.co/wBq0vP6Ha0
— NME (@NME) January 24, 2022
The top flight Irish side initially planned the release of the shirt in 2018 but image rights issues hampered the initiative. 10% of all profits from shirt sales will go to the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) with the money destined to purchase musical instruments and football equipment to be delivered to asylum centres around the country.
The Bohemian FC x Bob Marley shirt by O'Neills can be ordered here