Blades Crest Referendum

[SouthEssexBlade]

I hate the minimalist badges, they remind me of wank tech startup companies you see see on gofundme. We're a gritty Northern football club not a fucking Silicon Valley software developer

This may not age well. Stay tuned for the latest developments.

 

[Le Cynique]

I hate the minimalist badges, they remind me of wank tech startup companies you see see on gofundme. We're a gritty Northern football club not a fucking Silicon Valley software developer

SHFLD
UNTD
1889

(with some wanky squiggle that's meant to represent a white rose and two crossed cutlasses, but somehow manages to end up looking like a sperm)

 

[SUFCinks]

I love this concept. I think a shield is much more classy and proud.

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I love the updates to the blades and rose. I think these components replacing the existing rose and blades would be a welcome evolution and improvement on what we have right now.

I might mock it up later to see how it looks

 

[Isar]

Always happy to see the club "develop" new ideas, the changing of our badge would be down at the bottom of the list.

 

[HackeyBlade]

This may not age well. Stay tuned for the latest developments.

This sounds very ominous

 

[Swannyblade]

We were so far ahead of the times:

 

[mattbianco1]

We were so far ahead of the times:

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Villa had that round badge back in the 1973 through until 1992.

Our round badge came out in 1977

 

[Danny Blade]

I've done some amateur mock-ups (or fuck-ups!) with only the subtlest variations between them. Compared to our official crest I haven't created any real design changes so to speak, just inverted the colours (ones with the white centre circle) with added black outlining so as to make all of the lettering and the crest as a whole stand out a bit more.

Therefore if we were ever to have any changes to our crest my preference would be somewhat along the lines of the 4 I've attached here.

To answer the OP's question of a more minimalist version yes I'd agree but like other posters have mentioned up thread, have such a version on either an alternate, third or anniversary type shirt.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

We were so far ahead of the times:

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I know their old one was shit but that's just an off-brand Chelsea badge.

 

[Sithblade]

Non Blades verdict on our badge, spoilers it's elite.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

I’d replace the white rose with a football. Let’s be honest, what has being part of Yorkshire ever done for Sheffield?

 

[borbokis]

What

I’d replace the white rose with a football. Let’s be honest, what has being part of Yorkshire ever done for Sheffield?

what's playing football ever done for us?

 

[CarlMcBlade]

What

what's playing football ever done for us?

…or maybe replace the white rose with Billy Sharp’s head.

 

[100% part time blade]

I’d replace the white rose with a football. Let’s be honest, what has being part of Yorkshire ever done for Sheffield?

I’m pretty sure I thought it was a football when I was about 7 and drew it like that on books when I was at school.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

I’m pretty sure I thought it was a football when I was about 7 and drew it like that on books when I was at school.

Yeah, it’s always been a funny looking rose.

 

[Basing Blade]

Better than this s%$t show

 

[Basing Blade]

This has to be the worst ever.
Took me ages to realise it was L U

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

I'd forgotten all about that Leeds United 'elbow shield' rebrand. They got as far as launching it, but the fans hated it so much it was never used

‘That’ Leeds United rebrand and what marketers can learn from it

Football returns to TV screens this week, so we thought we’d take a look back at Leeds United’s controversial rebrand and what can be learnt from it.

cmagency.co.uk

 

[Panini]

Non Blades verdict on our badge, spoilers it's elite.

They were complimentary about our bagde but they also don't have a clue and don't even understand their own opinions, marking some high for being simple and some low for...being simple.

 

[Le Cynique]

This has to be the worst ever.
Took me ages to realise it was L U

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It looks like a flaccid cock all curled up, with the U as the glans.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Are the club crests changing a popular thing these days? Looking at the 4 league tables, there's about 7 clubs with crest changes.

Hopefully we stick with ours for the future.

 

[Broomhall Blade]

Are the club crests changing a popular thing these days? Looking at the 4 league tables, there's about 7 clubs with crest changes.

Hopefully we stick with ours for the future.

I think we have bigger things to worry about than the badge.

 

[Rufus T. Firefly]

True, but we could give the recruitment team some crayons and get them to design one. It'll pass the time on until January.
We could incorporate old father time into the design to reflect our current situation. Carrying two scythes obviously and how about a motto? In Latin of course because it looks posh.
Ponderous, Pashun, Peroni.
Slow and steady wins the game.
Sideways, Backwards, Sideways.
Arthritis R Us.

 

[Kenilworth]

This has to be the worst ever.
Took me ages to realise it was L U

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I still see it as a japs eye with a hand grasped around it. Once seen, never unseen.

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Given the badge I’m still surprised no rich Arab has ever taken the club over…

 

[Kenilworth]

Are the club crests changing a popular thing these days? Looking at the 4 league tables, there's about 7 clubs with crest changes.

Hopefully we stick with ours for the future.

I can’t stand the minimalist one on the away shirts that just has the crossed sea sabres on it. Stick to the best badge in the league, will ya, please?

 

[Blackheath Blade]

True, but we could give the recruitment team some crayons and get them to design one. It'll pass the time on until January.
We could incorporate old father time into the design to reflect our current situation. Carrying two scythes obviously and how about a motto? In Latin of course because it looks posh.
Ponderous, Pashun, Peroni.
Slow and steady wins the game.
Sideways, Backwards, Sideways.
Arthritis R Us.

Old Father Time? More like the Grim Reaper.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

True, but we could give the recruitment team some crayons and get them to design one. It'll pass the time on until January.
We could incorporate old father time into the design to reflect our current situation. Carrying two scythes obviously and how about a motto? In Latin of course because it looks posh.
Ponderous, Pashun, Peroni.
Slow and steady wins the game.
Sideways, Backwards, Sideways.
Arthritis R Us.

Why not go the whole hog and have the four horsemen of the apocalypse on our crest.

 

[Bladesman]

I can’t stand the minimalist one on the shite that just has the cross sea sabres. Stick to the best badge in the league, will ya, please?

I’d say our crest has turned out more naturally minimalist (in a good way).

Not sure you could make it more minimalist. Unless you went crazy like Sheffield FC.

 

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

Closer to our current identity