New badge

[PeterWithesShin]

According to John Lerwill, "Prepared" was on our first crest back in 1878.

That's even earlier than I thought.  I think Rangers put "Ready" on their badges for the first time in the late fifties/early sixties as part of a rebrand of sorts.

I remember seeing an image by JL of all our crests that was slightly different to the one that usually does the rounds which I think the club did back in the day. I'll see if I can find it.

[PeterWithesShin]

Well that didn't take long!

[PeterWithesShin]

According to John Lerwill, "Prepared" was on our first crest back in 1878.

128 years of history thrown away by some asshole making a"commercial" decision. Fan fucking tastic.

Like this one?



Or this one?

[Jimbo]

They should bring this back, be appropriate as we win the trophy again next season.

perfect,what about a lone star above?

No, no stars. It's beauty is its simplicity.

This. No stars, no Prepared. Let's stop living on past glories, but let's be Aston Villa again.

[Billy Walker]

Well that didn't take long!

Very interesting. I notice we had two stars on that first badge, too - more glory in Europe awaits!

[andyh]

Surely the only 'rebranding' the club needs to do is to remove all references to being a Premier League club.

[aj2k77]

Are they capable of making an even shitter badge? I suspect so.

[AV89]

Sure I read somewhere that when Howard Kendall first took over at Everton, he insisted that all of the photos of previously successful Everton sides were removed from the ground, as he wanted them to stop living on past glories.

Never liked the crest from when it was introduced on 2007 to be honest.  Seems ludicrous spending a big pot on a new one given the mess were in, but then again this is Tom Fox.

[E I Adio]

Whereas I quite liked the circular badge, I've always regretted the disappearance of the classical shield shaped badge that adorned our kit for almost 90 years. It was indeed a proper heraldic shape (Scudo Sagomato), not some teenage kid's "work" after a couple of terms at art college as the last two could be mistaken for. But then, memories of the '57 cup final still linger strongly.

[Villa in Denmark]

I agree about the heraldic shield looking the best.
For me it would be the 1923 design or the the lion without a shield from the late 60's and early 70's, but with the lion in gold.

[cdbearsfan]

Whereas I quite liked the circular badge, I've always regretted the disappearance of the classical shield shaped badge that adorned our kit for almost 90 years. It was indeed a proper heraldic shape (Scudo Sagomato), not some teenage kid's "work" after a couple of terms at art college as the last two could be mistaken for. But then, memories of the '57 cup final still linger strongly.

No badge adorned our kit for almost ninety years. We only started putting barges on the shirt regularly in the fifties.

Since every club starting having badges on shirts, the round one has been by far our most successful.

[Ian.]

Well that didn't take long!

57, 75 and 69 are just ace.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We only started putting barges on the shirt regularly in the fifties.

Well tug me, I never knew that.

[four fornicholl]

What about the AVFC we had for a couple of years, that must be the worst

[PeterWithesShin]

We only started putting barges on the shirt regularly in the fifties.

Well tug me, I never knew that.

Explains why we ship so many goals.