Crest Review

[German James]

"Aston" round the top "Villa" round the bottom? I'd mock one up, but can't work out how to do curved text on GIMP.

[cdbearsfan]

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.

FUCK YOU BRENTFORD I STILL HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN WHAT YOU DID

[Billy Walker]

Whatever design we go for, I hope it purges all memory of the Ellis, Lerner/Xia eras. 

I really like the shield designs that we had back in the day (1900s-1950s) and wonder if it's possible to update them?  Another thing I love about the Club is that old lettering style (Edwardian?) that we used for "PREPARED" in designs of the past - I'd love to see more of it on the badge and around Villa Park in general.  (I have no idea what the font is called but it seems pretty unique to the Club.)

[Brazilian Villain]

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

Having a crest dissimilar to everyone else's isn't always a great idea. That's how you end up with the World balanced on a football.

[SaddVillan]

Can't manage to post it, but how about the shield style badge with "Prepared" underneath; which adorned the Trinity Road gable end?

Forget about the name - we know who we are.

[CT Villan]

My effort based on the prior work...



I didn't have time to curve the 1874 but it looks fine as-is imo.

and if they want a motto we could add "You're Welcome" somewhere.

[Villa Lew]

Like the Liverpool design, must have Aston Villa.

[saunders_heroes]

Just give us back the round badge from the 70s/80s. It’s perfect.

[paul_e]

My effort based on the prior work...



I didn't have time to curve the 1874 but it looks fine as-is imo.

and if they want a motto we could add "You're Welcome" somewhere.

That's not far off, I'd still prefer it with the date but that's the only bit of text other than Aston Villa that I don't really dislike, if we really want to keep the star maybe it goes there instead but I'd rather we forget about it.

I'd probably get rid of the white as well because I don't think it adds much, especially the inner white ring seems unneccessary.

[Smirker]

The star is an embarrassment.

[Legion]

The star is an embarrassment.

That's a bit extreme to say the least.

[London Villan]

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[cdward]

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.

I like the round badge although when looking at all those others, it looks like a collection of beer mats

[Smirker]

Updated 70s with gold lion:



Don't think there'd be an issue using an updated version of the 70s crest.

My preferred option is one of the above for media and documents and an embroidered gold lion on the kits and training stuff, similar to Liverpool and Tottenham:

This is what I would like if we're going round, then put the lion on the kit.

[Toronto Villa]

The star is an embarrassment.

It signifies we won the top club competition in Europe, arguably the world at a time you had to be a league champion to do so. There is literally nothing embarrassing about it. You could argue for or against it on the badge but embarrassing? Not in the least.