The Villa Crest

[ChicagoLion]

All the ones since the round one are shite.
The rampant Blue  Lion is great.

[Smithy]

I have a theory that we all have an ingrained emotional attachment to whatever the badge was at the time we first started following the team, especially if you were very young.  For me, it's the round one, as that feels the most 'Villa' to me, even though you can see from those images it stands out as the exception in the last 150-odd years.

[cdbearsfan]

There are two possible answers... the round one and the wrong answer.

Whatever happens can we have "ASTON VILLA" written on the badge, FFS. If we could make the lion look more rampant than chubby, as well, that would be nice.

[Bad English]

It's a badge for me.

[cdbearsfan]

Is there a meaning in heraldry regarding which way the lion is facing? Just wondered why we went from it facing right to facing left.

We nicked it off Scotland so it should be facing left.

[dave.woodhall]

I have a theory that we all have an ingrained emotional attachment to whatever the badge was at the time we first started following the team, especially if you were very young.  For me, it's the round one, as that feels the most 'Villa' to me, even though you can see from those images it stands out as the exception in the last 150-odd years.

Who do you think is the proper Dr Who?

[wince]

Hang on, we had the city crest as our badge? Carry the cities name and all that....anyway, the round badge for me followed by the stripes

[Skerra]

The round one for me as well. I thought it was a shame though when we lost Prepared from the badge.

[Rory]

I have a theory that we all have an ingrained emotional attachment to whatever the badge was at the time we first started following the team, especially if you were very young.  For me, it's the round one, as that feels the most 'Villa' to me, even though you can see from those images it stands out as the exception in the last 150-odd years.

I grew up with the 90s badge, so I do remember it fondly. The round badge is much better, though.

[Allan C]

Probably because it’s when I started going with my dad, but I think the late 60’s early early 70’s are my favourite two. My very first Villa kit (yellow shirt with blue collar and cuffs) had a blue lion, how I loved that shirt

[cdbearsfan]

I have a theory that we all have an ingrained emotional attachment to whatever the badge was at the time we first started following the team, especially if you were very young.  For me, it's the round one, as that feels the most 'Villa' to me, even though you can see from those images it stands out as the exception in the last 150-odd years.

Who do you think is the proper Dr Who?

The Dr Who argument falls down with me because I started watching in the eighties but then I grew up and realised that, obviously, Patrick Troughton is the best, really. I'm fortunate with the badge debate in that I just happened to start watching when we had our best badge.

[West Derby Villan]

I have a theory that we all have an ingrained emotional attachment to whatever the badge was at the time we first started following the team, especially if you were very young.  For me, it's the round one, as that feels the most 'Villa' to me, even though you can see from those images it stands out as the exception in the last 150-odd years.

Who do you think is the proper Dr Who?

The Dr Who argument falls down with me because I started watching in the eighties but then I grew up and realised that, obviously, Patrick Troughton is the best, really. I'm fortunate with the badge debate in that I just happened to start watching when we had our best badge.

Obviously Tom Baker

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Round badge ( although Chelski have hijacked that) or the Blue Lion with AV underneath

The Chelsea lion looks more like satanic monster. The Villa round badge is a piece of art.

[Legion]

The round badge.

[cdbearsfan]

Round badge ( although Chelski have hijacked that) or the Blue Lion with AV underneath

The Chelsea lion looks more like satanic monster.

Just Googled it and you're not wrong.