Crest Review

[Goldie.7]

Any new crest without the god awful abbreviated ‘AVFC’ shite will do for me.

[Bad English]

We need a poll. Is it a) a badge b) a badge or c) a badge?

[ASHTONVILLA]

I just want the old round badge back, it evokes so many great memories.

[algy]

Someone on Twitter has posted this:





I don't like the 1874 and Football Club bits on there and I'd move (or remove) the star and give the lions some claws but it's going in the right direction.

Just me who thinks the Randy Lerner lion perfectly summed up the era?  No claws, bit overweight, looked good when put up against Small Heath's "bollocks badge" but that's about it ... it was basically the Gabby Agbonlahor of the lion world.

Anyway, definitely time to get rid.  I quite like that effort above.  Lion could be more fierce, but I quite like the more minimalist take on the round badge.

[Si]

This is on my stairs, I've always liked it. Remove the prepared, and just place the lion above the Aston Villa scroll. Place the star above the lion.

[john2710]

Round badge, get rid of the star & the AVFC.

[cdbearsfan]

Only one man with the creative skills for the job.

Is that a pumpkin he's holding? Genuinely thought that was a real human head for a moment. The attention to detail is incredible.

[paul_e]

This would do it for me, no further discussion required. https://twitter.com/benthulborn/status/1540259549151744002

This is a good example of why the 80s round badge is a bit dated, that one cleans up a lot of the small issues with it that make it look dated.


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There's also a post below which shows exactly why I don't want the date and 'football club' on there, it makes it look a lot more generic.

[cdbearsfan]

Make it round and don't forget the star.

If we can't include the star above the badge on our league kits, maybe we can do so on a European kit if we ever qualify again. The club get to release an extra couple of kits and make more cash, fans get to buy one with the star in the right place. Win win.

[Drummond]

We need a poll. Is it a) a badge b) a badge or c) a badge?

It's a badge if it's on a shirt, it's a crest if it's the symbol of the whole club and used everywhere.

[Drummond]

This would do it for me, no further discussion required. https://twitter.com/benthulborn/status/1540259549151744002

The 'Football Club' bit dominates the whole thing and stands out more than Aston Villa, which means it should go, or at the very least be in smaller font.

I'm not against the 1874 bit. I'm not a fan of the star as we don't need it.

[gpbarr]

Not even sure why its a discussion. Bring back the round badge from 1982, done.

... because not everyone agrees with you? I'm all for using that as the basis for a new badge but completely unchanged it is very much of it's time and looks dated.

Yep of course. I’m just sentimental in my old age 😀

[German James]

As Drummond said...
"Aston Villa" larger; "Football Club" smaller. If that looks too daft then why not "F.C."? The lion looks right and I don't care about the star. Get rid of the white: claret and blue, with gold accents.

[joe_c]

The worst one by far is that West Ham 'London' one, just awful, I'd hate us to have something that cringemakingly shit.

ASTON VILLA
BIRMINGHAM

would be troll gold though

[paul_e]

This would do it for me, no further discussion required. https://twitter.com/benthulborn/status/1540259549151744002

The 'Football Club' bit dominates the whole thing and stands out more than Aston Villa, which means it should go, or at the very least be in smaller font.

I'm not against the 1874 bit. I'm not a fan of the star as we don't need it.

As I mentioned, the post a bit down shows why I don't like it:





Far too many clubs have a badge like that. It should be just Aston Villa, no other writing.