Crest Review

[FatSam]

[ don't hear anyone suggesting Forest, Liverpool or Man U should pretend they never won it.   

There’s nothing wrong with being proud to have won it, but incorporating a reference to it in your actual crest is incredibly small time. We should have an ambition to win it again, rather than being bothered about telling people ‘we were good once, don’t you know’.

[Ad@m]

The banner is class. We don't want to just be a generic Southampton type team playing at some boring identikit stadium. Celebrate the history, it's our greatest asset. The banner is one of the things that helps us stand out. It's the sort of thing some Villa fans rush to condemn as "small time" but literally no fans of other clubs think so.

You have proof of that I take it?

The only people who moan about us celebrating 1982 are Blose and Albion fans who are beating eaten away inside by jealousy which is destroying their very souls. They spend far more time talking about how we talk about 1982 than we do talking about 1982 and are usually the first people to bring it up in any conversation. You don't hear anyone suggesting Forest, Liverpool or Man U should pretend they never won it.     

Most clubs in the country would sell their soul for our heritage. I'm really not sure why some fans are willing to forget it so readily.

[Richard E]

Yeah, were we all supposed to make a pact on 27th May 1982 - "Last night was great, but now we must never speak of this again" or something?   

[paul_e]

As seems to happen far too often, small time is being used in place of 'not to my taste' a lot on this thread.

[dave.woodhall]

It's not to my taste because I think it's small-time. It's a look back to the idea a few years ago of trying to shoehorn stars into badges for whatever reason. Yes, it was a great achievement, and yes, it should be recognised. But the way we go about it now is, to me, embarrassing.     

[Richard E]

Hopefully Villa fans in 2063 will still be boring people silly about the 2023 FA Cup victory.

[PeterWithesShin]

Year after year after year we complained how 80-82 was all but erased from our history by Ellis, now that we do celebrate an achievement that is the envy of all but a select few clubs in Europe, it's embarrassing and small time.

And that is actually why the new crest will probably be shit, fans never stop moaning no matter what goes on.

[dave.woodhall]

Year after year after year we complained how 80-82 was all but erased from our history by Ellis, now that we do celebrate an achievement that is the envy of all but a select few clubs in Europe, it's embarrassing and small time.

And that is actually why the new crest will probably be shit, fans never stop moaning no matter what goes on.

I didn't say celebrating it is embarrassing, I said that I think we do it too much and also to the exclusion of virtually everything else.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd rather over celebrate it than have 2 decades of the club trying to pretend it never happened.

[dave.woodhall]

I'd rather over celebrate it than have 2 decades of the club trying to pretend it never happened.

So would I.

[Rory]

I don't mind us celebrating it, but it should not be on our crest, for me. It's something we achieved; not something we should be 'about'.

Similarly, I'm not too bothered about how 'tough' the lion looks.

[chrisw1]

This debate is getting ridiculous.  You can’t equate not wanting a star on the badge to not wanting to recognise and celebrate 1982.  These don’t have to go hand in hand.  The club should and do celebrate the victory, the fans sing about it - there’s nothing wrong with that.

Sticking a star on the badge is, for some, a step too far.  I happen to agree, it’s a bit small time.  When we’re back in Europe we can display the star.  Until then I’d prefer that we don’t seek validation by shoe horning it into the badge.

[Legion]

Use the star as the lion's eye.

[PeterWithesShin]

Until then I’d prefer that we seek validation by shoe horning it into the badge.

So we should have a star then?

[chrisw1]

Until then I’d prefer that we seek validation by shoe horning it into the badge.

So we should have a star then?

Well spotted, post edited, thank you.