New badge

[curiousorange]

I'm ambivalent about the star. Like TopDeck says, if it were mandated it would mean a lot more, but the fact is we won the Big Pot and nobody can say we didn't. Sometimes I wish English clubs were a bit more self-aware in their marketing. I remember reading that Borussia Dortmund didn't have DVDs of their European Cup win in their club shop because the idea of nostalgia doesn't really appeal to their fans. I'm very proud to be a Villa fan but sometimes I think you should let facts speak for themselves.

[The Edge]

It's incredible how many people have thought all along that the star was wrong when the biggest demand when we were going to have the last badge was that it Must Have A Star.

We were all full of hope and optimism then. We had hopes of maybe adding to it. It just seems so desperate now. A bit like the cringe worthy banners in the ground that gives the commentary of Peter Withes goal.

[curiousorange]

The banner that's always confused me is 'Football League Founded By Villa, Won By Villa!' Both facts are true, but it makes it sound like we won it straight away.

[Smirker]

It's incredible how many people have thought all along that the star was wrong when the biggest demand when we were going to have the last badge was that it Must Have A Star.

Maybe people were assuming it'd be done in a similar way to Celtic, Rangers, Marseille, Inter etc and not just put in asymmetrically inside the crest.

[Jimbo]

It's incredible how many people have thought all along that the star was wrong when the biggest demand when we were going to have the last badge was that it Must Have A Star.

We were all full of hope and optimism then. We had hopes of maybe adding to it. It just seems so desperate now. A bit like the cringe worthy banners in the ground that gives the commentary of Peter Withes goal.

Yet you think we should stick with Prepared, when all we've been prepared for during a sizeable chunk of my Villa supporting life is failure?

[dave.woodhall]

It's incredible how many people have thought all along that the star was wrong when the biggest demand when we were going to have the last badge was that it Must Have A Star.

Maybe people were assuming it'd be done in a similar way to Celtic, Rangers, Marseille, Inter etc and not just put in asymmetrically inside the crest.

I don't really think many of us were bothered about it being asymmetrical or not.

[Mister E]

this one was always my favourite as I passed it on my way to our school sports fields for almost 7 years

Fabulous - certainly recalls my childhood memories of VP and the club.

[The Edge]

It's incredible how many people have thought all along that the star was wrong when the biggest demand when we were going to have the last badge was that it Must Have A Star.

We were all full of hope and optimism then. We had hopes of maybe adding to it. It just seems so desperate now. A bit like the cringe worthy banners in the ground that gives the commentary of Peter Withes goal.

Yet you think we should stick with Prepared, when all we've been prepared for during a sizeable chunk of my Villa supporting life is failure?

Yes because it's not about us winning a trophy many moons ago it's a historical reference that links the club to its very roots.

[cdward]

I am hoping the badge change is symbolic of the club turning the tide and becoming good again.
When I see the old shield badges I think of the rich history of our club. The round badge reminds me of my childhood heroes of the seventies and the glory days of the eighties.
The stripy shield of the early 90's reminds me of the entertaining teams of Ron Atkinson and Brian Little, and winning trophies.

The latest badge is now synonymous with Randy Lerner's reign of failure and underachievement, TSM, TSM II, Lambert, Sherwood, Garde, relegation etc' and generally how rubbish we have become.

New board, new badge, hopefully new direction.

[Malandro]

I found this link, Sorry if its already been posted


Yesterday, news broke on a potential new crest and today, it looks like we might know what that badge looks like.

Someone at VT has paged through the trademark filings and found a registered trademark that ticks the boxes — new, clawed lion and the removal of "prepared" being the imperative ones.

That can't be it or even similar to it. I refuse to believe it will be that shit.

Worst crest ever ffs.

Its a groping lion.

[cdbearsfan]

It's basically the same as the current one. Still doesn't say Aston Villa on it. Still hardly any claret.

[The Edge]

I found this link, Sorry if its already been posted


Yesterday, news broke on a potential new crest and today, it looks like we might know what that badge looks like.

Someone at VT has paged through the trademark filings and found a registered trademark that ticks the boxes — new, clawed lion and the removal of "prepared" being the imperative ones.

That can't be it or even similar to it. I refuse to believe it will be that shit.

Worst crest ever ffs.

Its a groping lion.

Lol

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

this one was always my favourite as I passed it on my way to our school sports fields for almost 7 years

Fabulous - certainly recalls my childhood memories of VP and the club.

This is the only one for me.
It was on the shirt when I first started going to VP in the early 60s and stood proud on the Trinity Road for many years.

[Risso]

Well done Tom Fox, fucked up everything that mattered beyond belief, but then pissing around the edges with stuff like this. That man should be stoned for his service to Aston Villa.

[Smirker]

Assuming the new crest is the one above, surely it is not too late to do something about it? Everton fans got their crest changed - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/04/everton-club-crest-fans-backlash-badge