Crest Review

[Nii Lamptey]

Nice attempt at something different with the lamp, but it's not doing it for me - A little bit of a shambles of design tbh.

A club badge (especially for a club as historic as ours) is something that shouldn't really be fucked around with.... For that reason, I've voted for the round one. Reasoning being is it's classy and it harks back to the best badge in our history.

However, the star can get in the fucking sea - So small time! Embedding it in the badge design like that is basically saying "look what we did a long time ago, something that we'll never achieve ever again!"

The star should sit prominently ABOVE the badge (ala Forest) or not there at all!

And for the fans saying that the round one looks very samey to a fair few other clubs, that may be the case, but it is BY FAR the classiest round badge in the Premier League right now. 

[Beard82]

Wow, what a big decision - probably the biggest of my life (assuming "should I withdraw now" was never really an option)

I like them both - initially thought the circle was better, but I like the Gas Light more, the more time goes by.

It's going to be a tough few days in the Beard household as I do a full pros and cons list and decide

[eamonn]

They both looks shite, the reason the lion is the wrong way round is because Jools, Gemma and Josh in the design team had to do something to justify their money, the star is smalltime and the round one will win because we've had years of being told how great it is, just like that abomination of a Luke shirt when it first came out.

Nothing to add. 100% this.

So what would the two you have, instead?

[ChicagoLion]

Why is the Lion going the wrong way.
Over 150 years of history just chucked away.
Fucking idiots.

This made me laugh.

If you're going to be wrong, it is always good to be catastrophically wrong.


Although I had no idea either. Until I watched the video, obvs

yeh but as PWS said there is no evidence about the original direction of the Lion.
Just like the Lamp bollocks.

[Nev]

Results in from the pub:

Round one represents success.
Shield one represents history.

Given the age of the demographic (me and two others). ........it's round.

[N'ZMAV]

Round is better.

Both aren't great.

[villadelph]

@Nii Lamptey, when you put it up against all the other crests in the league.. it looks quite good actually.

[PeterWithesShin]

It would look better if instead of '1874' at the bottom, it said 'Birmingham'.

[ADVILLAFAN]

They both looks shite, the reason the lion is the wrong way round is because Jools, Gemma and Josh in the design team had to do something to justify their money, the star is smalltime and the round one will win because we've had years of being told how great it is, just like that abomination of a Luke shirt when it first came out.

Nothing to add. 100% this.

So what would the two you have, instead?

Spreadsheet is the answer, nice and neat

[N'ZMAV]

It would look better if instead of '1874' at the bottom, it said 'Birmingham'.

that'd wind the fuckers up the road up.

[Beard82]

I think its great having the Lion looking right, Im assuming its to represent the fact that in recent years whole country has moved to the right

[Nii Lamptey]

@Nii Lamptey, when you put it up against all the other crests in the league.. it looks quite good actually.

Yeah, agreed. Actually quite surprised how classy and timeless it looks .... Just needs the star removed imo! 

[cdbearsfan]

It would look better if instead of '1874' at the bottom, it said 'Birmingham'.

that'd wind the fuckers up the road up.

Yeah, would be quite amusing.

[KRS]

Both are an improvement on the current badge, but not overly keen on either simply because the lion is facing the wrong way and looks like it’s having a panic attack trying to swat away a star shaped wasp.

[Brazilian Villain]

@Nii Lamptey, when you put it up against all the other crests in the league.. it looks quite good actually.

Agreed, I think a lot of that is down to the darker shades of claret, blue and gold used compared to the lighter hues in Smirker's (even though both designs are similar).