{"id":2076847,"date":"2026-08-04T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2076847"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:01:57","slug":"cwmbran-celtic-fc-team-up-with-super-furry-animals-mogwai-panic-shack-and-loose-articles-for-new-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2076847","title":{"rendered":"Cwmbran Celtic FC team up with Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack, and Loose Articles for new kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC team up with Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack, and Loose Articles for new kits<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>\u201cWhether it&#8217;s a football club or a music venue, these are the places where communities come together and futures begin\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Liberty Dunworth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-04T13:01:57+01:00\">4th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"celtic-kit@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Super Furry Animals kit. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Cwmbran Celtic FC has teamed up with Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack, and Loose Articles for new kits, and will be donating some of the proceeds to the Music Venue Trust.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: The ticket levy that could save grassroots venues and artists: what happens next?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new partnership sees them introduce new designs for the 2026\/27 kit, teaming with four of the UK\u2019s most-loved independent bands. Last week, the Cwmbran Celtic\u2019s Men\u2019s first team debuted one of the new looks in their match against local rivals Cwmbran Town, where they won with a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Produced by the club\u2019s new kit supplier, Tor Sports, the band collaborations will feature across the front of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s first-team kits for the coming season, and is designed to help give back to local venues.<\/p>\n<p>Panic Shack and Super Furry Animals both have yellow and blue designs, while Mogwai and Loose Articles have gone for green and white striped prints.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit-super-furry-animals@2000x1270.jpg\" alt=\"Cwmbran Celtic FC X Super Furry Animals kit. CREDIT: Press\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Super Furry Animals kit. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the aim of giving back to the spaces that make independent music possible, Cwmbran Celtic will donate 10 per cent of the profits from every shirt sold directly to Music Venue Trust. The move comes following the MVT revealing that over half of the UK\u2019s grassroots venues operated without making any profit last year, surviving on average margins of just 2.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining proceeds will go back towards the Cwmbran Celtic community, which includes six senior men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams, veterans, walking football, and a junior setup for boys and girls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking about the partnership, Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys shared: \u201cOur 50 foot high inflatable bears have a long standing relationship with Cwmbran having been patched up there from many punctures over the last 30 years. The bears were very keen to repay the favour and this beautiful football kit was born.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit-panic-shack@2000x1270.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Panic Shack kit. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toni Coe-Brooker, Campaigns &amp; Communications at Music Venue Trust said: \u201cThis partnership perfectly captures what grassroots culture is all about. Whether it\u2019s a football club or a music venue, these are the places where communities come together and futures begin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank Cwmbran Celtic, Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack and Loose Articles for supporting the grassroots music ecosystem and showing how much stronger our communities are when we back each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Super Furry Animals and Panic Shack represent Welsh music on the kits, Mogwai are big Glasgow Celtic fans and reportedly :jumped at the chance to sponsor the club\u2019s green and white hooped away shirts\u201d, and Manchester\u2019s Loose Articles bring a strong local tie as their drummer\u2019s mother lives in Cwmbran.<\/p>\n<p>The crossover comes thanks to Cwmbran Celtic\u2019s Joint Commercial Managers, Matt Jarrett and Connor Cupples, and the former owns a record shop in Newport, while the latter promotes shows across the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit-mogwai-loose-articles@2000x1270.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Mogwai and Loose Articles kits. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBoth of us have put numerous gigs on in grassroots venues, and when we took on this role, it was obvious to us that there were massive similarities across the two endeavours,\u201d said Jarrett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth rely heavily on support from the local community to sell tickets, and on the people that give up their time to help keep them afloat. It seemed a no-brainer to approach people we had links with to get involved. Luckily for us, the bands all embraced the idea and gave it their blessing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cupples added: \u201cGrassroots football and grassroots music venues are fighting the same fight. They\u2019re where it all starts, they run on passion and tight budgets, and when one disappears, a community loses something it can\u2019t easily get back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have four bands of this calibre on our shirts, and to send a share of every sale to Music Venue Trust, means this kit stands for far more than a season of football. It\u2019s two grassroots worlds looking out for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit here to pre-order and to find out more information.<\/p>\n<p>Super Furry Animals reunited earlier this year for their first live show in 10 years, having gone on hiatus in 2010 after forming and becoming key players in the \u201890s indie renaissance, and briefly reunited in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<p>For Mogwai, the Scottish indie icons recently\u00a0celebrated 30 years of their debut single \u2018Tuner\u2019 by dropping a new music video and new Scottish and European tour dates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Alternative<\/li>\n<li>Indie<\/li>\n<li>Loose Articles<\/li>\n<li>Mogwai<\/li>\n<li>Panic 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class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Check out David Byrne\u2019s \u2018Biking Playlist\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Cwmbran Celtic FC has teamed up with Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack, and Loose Articles for new kits, and will be donating some of the proceeds to the Music Venue Trust.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: The ticket levy that could save grassroots venues and artists: what happens next?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new partnership sees them introduce new designs for the 2026\/27 kit, teaming with four of the UK\u2019s most-loved independent bands. Last week, the Cwmbran Celtic\u2019s Men\u2019s first team debuted one of the new looks in their match against local rivals Cwmbran Town, where they won with a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Produced by the club\u2019s new kit supplier, Tor Sports, the band collaborations will feature across the front of the men\u2019s and women\u2019s first-team kits for the coming season, and is designed to help give back to local venues.<\/p>\n<p>Panic Shack and Super Furry Animals both have yellow and blue designs, while Mogwai and Loose Articles have gone for green and white striped prints.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit-super-furry-animals@2000x1270.jpg\" alt=\"Cwmbran Celtic FC X Super Furry Animals kit. CREDIT: Press\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Super Furry Animals kit. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the aim of giving back to the spaces that make independent music possible, Cwmbran Celtic will donate 10 per cent of the profits from every shirt sold directly to Music Venue Trust. The move comes following the MVT revealing that over half of the UK\u2019s grassroots venues operated without making any profit last year, surviving on average margins of just 2.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining proceeds will go back towards the Cwmbran Celtic community, which includes six senior men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams, veterans, walking football, and a junior setup for boys and girls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking about the partnership, Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys shared: \u201cOur 50 foot high inflatable bears have a long standing relationship with Cwmbran having been patched up there from many punctures over the last 30 years. The bears were very keen to repay the favour and this beautiful football kit was born.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit-panic-shack@2000x1270.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Panic Shack kit. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toni Coe-Brooker, Campaigns &amp; Communications at Music Venue Trust said: \u201cThis partnership perfectly captures what grassroots culture is all about. Whether it\u2019s a football club or a music venue, these are the places where communities come together and futures begin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank Cwmbran Celtic, Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack and Loose Articles for supporting the grassroots music ecosystem and showing how much stronger our communities are when we back each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Super Furry Animals and Panic Shack represent Welsh music on the kits, Mogwai are big Glasgow Celtic fans and reportedly :jumped at the chance to sponsor the club\u2019s green and white hooped away shirts\u201d, and Manchester\u2019s Loose Articles bring a strong local tie as their drummer\u2019s mother lives in Cwmbran.<\/p>\n<p>The crossover comes thanks to Cwmbran Celtic\u2019s Joint Commercial Managers, Matt Jarrett and Connor Cupples, and the former owns a record shop in Newport, while the latter promotes shows across the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3960703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit-mogwai-loose-articles@2000x1270.jpg\" alt width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cwmbran Celtic FC X Mogwai and Loose Articles kits. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBoth of us have put numerous gigs on in grassroots venues, and when we took on this role, it was obvious to us that there were massive similarities across the two endeavours,\u201d said Jarrett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth rely heavily on support from the local community to sell tickets, and on the people that give up their time to help keep them afloat. It seemed a no-brainer to approach people we had links with to get involved. Luckily for us, the bands all embraced the idea and gave it their blessing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cupples added: \u201cGrassroots football and grassroots music venues are fighting the same fight. They\u2019re where it all starts, they run on passion and tight budgets, and when one disappears, a community loses something it can\u2019t easily get back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have four bands of this calibre on our shirts, and to send a share of every sale to Music Venue Trust, means this kit stands for far more than a season of football. It\u2019s two grassroots worlds looking out for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit here to pre-order and to find out more information.<\/p>\n<p>Super Furry Animals reunited earlier this year for their first live show in 10 years, having gone on hiatus in 2010 after forming and becoming key players in the \u201890s indie renaissance, and briefly reunited in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<p>For Mogwai, the Scottish indie icons recently\u00a0celebrated 30 years of their debut single \u2018Tuner\u2019 by dropping a new music video and new Scottish and European tour dates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/cwmbran-celtic-fc-team-up-with-super-furry-animals-mogwai-panic-shack-and-loose-articles-for-new-kits-3960699&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/celtic-kit@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Cwmbran Celtic FC team up with Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack, and Loose Articles for new kits \u201cWhether it&#8217;s a football club or a music venue, these are the places where communities come together and futures begin\u201d By Liberty Dunworth 4th August 2026 Cwmbran Celtic FC X Super Furry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2076847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2076847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2076847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2076847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2076847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}