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Here's a thought. Given the innevitable restructuring of the playing staff this close season we could also go in for some re branding of the club badge.

How about;
1. Instead of the two sea cutlasses we could have the Wembley arch and a bottle of milk
2. Above the badge we could have 4 blobs just so people will know who they are dealing with.

Do you think it will catch on?
 



thanks guys that made me laugh for the first time since sat, glad we can see the funny side of our woes
 
Out of interest, I was wondering about our badge the other day. Now, I'm not for a second suggesting that we change our crest, as I think it's pretty brilliant as it is, but we've had the same design for nearly 40 years now. Is there any other club in England that can claim to have had the same badge for so long, without significant changes?

A quick look at historicalkits.co.uk suggests perhaps not. Just thought it was quite interesting really.
 
Am I right in saying that we've struggled from the moment it went on the shirt? Had we still got the Sheffield crest on the shirt the year we missed out on Europe.

Casting around for something irrational to blame for the long series of disappointments I homed in on:
- the badge
- building on the cricket pitch
- putting black in the shirt

All helps me to avoid reaching the conclusion that the club have been inept my whole life and that we'll only ever have brief highs in between the ongoing mediocrity, and that any chance we'll get to change this will be duly pissed against the wall.
 
richmondblade said:
Out of interest, I was wondering about our badge the other day. Now, I'm not for a second suggesting that we change our crest, as I think it's pretty brilliant as it is, but we've had the same design for nearly 40 years now. Is there any other club in England that can claim to have had the same badge for so long, without significant changes?

A quick look at historicalkits.co.uk suggests perhaps not. Just thought it was quite interesting really.
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We haven't had the same design for 40 years.

The current design only dates back to 99, before that we had a monochrome shield for 7 years, and then before that was the badge without any backing for 10 or so years. The one we've got now is pretty similar to the design from 77-81.
 
Think we should start the season singing the famous sheff united and were shit at wembley song like we did coming out on sat
 
Cheshire Cat said:
Casting around for something irrational to blame for the long series of disappointments I homed in on:
- the badge
- building on the cricket pitch
- putting black in the shirt
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I think the players , bad tactics, hoofball, playing short passes, management, chairman, chairman that turn into women, directors, referees, linesman, premiership officials, west ham, ex players(Unsworth etc), football league, better opposing teams, alledged players taking bets on there team to lose, dubious decisions by a few different people, the St!r, Radio bullshit, welsh courts , penalties, playing at fucking Wembley, conspiricy theorists, the goverment, al qaeda, God, Buddha, the man on the moon and probably you are more to blame than the badge etc.

Because the badge needs to stay as it is, cos I have it tattooed on my fecking arm...
 



Cheshire Cat said:
Am I right in saying that we've struggled from the moment it went on the shirt? Had we still got the Sheffield crest on the shirt the year we missed out on Europe.

Casting around for something irrational to blame for the long series of disappointments I homed in on:
- the badge
- building on the cricket pitch
- putting black in the shirt

All helps me to avoid reaching the conclusion that the club have been inept my whole life and that we'll only ever have brief highs in between the ongoing mediocrity, and that any chance we'll get to change this will be duly pissed against the wall.
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We also had the Sheffield crest on the shirt though the year we were relegated from Division 1 in 1976 with our record low points total so it can't be that.

Personally I blame Thatcher (no, really). Up until 1979 United had never played outside the top two divisions and had spent 55 out of their 76 league seasons in the top division. On 4th May 1979 Thatcher became PM and on the following day United lost at Cambridge and were all but relegated to the third tier for the first time in their history. Since then we have spent only 5 of 33 seasons in the top division.

It makes sense....
 
Kenilworth said:
Here's a thought. Given the innevitable restructuring of the playing staff this close season we could also go in for some re branding of the club badge.

How about;
1. Instead of the two sea cutlasses we could have the Wembley arch and a bottle of milk
2. Above the badge we could have 4 blobs just so people will know who they are dealing with.

Do you think it will catch on?
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I'm glad this was a piss take or you would've got some right hammer for this thread
 
Highbury_Blade said:
We haven't had the same design for 40 years.

The current design only dates back to 99, before that we had a monochrome shield for 7 years, and then before that was the badge without any backing for 10 or so years. The one we've got now is pretty similar to the design from 77-81.
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Now, are we talking about the official club badge or the badge on the shirt? The offical club badge as I understand things has never been changed much from 1977 (occasional blips where we've left the yellow off the cutlass handles). The bage on the shirt as you point out changes with fashion, shirt technology and manufacturer preference. We had the no backing badge because that was the easiest for mass manufacture at the time. The shield was to follow the fashion of all club badges being in a shield on the shirt for several seasons.

As my avatar shows, the pinnacle of achievement in my lifetime (1974-75) when we missed the title by a whisker, we were wearing umbro shirts with the old Sheffield crest (though I go more for the theory that the shirt has no black in it, which was introduced the next season = relegation). The official club badge at the time was this one, based on that Sheffield crest:

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Cheshire Cat said:
Am I right in saying that we've struggled from the moment it went on the shirt? Had we still got the Sheffield crest on the shirt the year we missed out on Europe.
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i've been harping on about this for years.. can we have the sheffield city badge back plz??
 
mattbianco1 said:
I'm glad this was a piss take or you would've got some right hammer for this thread
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:D - I may be still very pissed off but no sense of humour bypass here. If you can't laugh at it what the hell can yer do eh?

Being serious for a moment I actually love our club badge as it is (I hated the shield version when the prem started). It's distinctive, positive, and iconic. One of the best badges in football. Always stands out when you see all the badges on the glass wall in the football league show.
 
SotonBlade said:
I think we should go back to the Sheffield crest. Much prefer it
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The Sheffield crest is not copy rightable which was the reason we changed to the new badge back in the day.
Anybody could sell club merchandise with the old crest and it was costing the club hence the change.
The current basic crest is in my eyes a design classic
 
VespaBlade said:
I think the players , bad tactics, hoofball, playing short passes, management, chairman, chairman that turn into women, directors, referees, linesman, premiership officials, west ham, ex players(Unsworth etc), football league, better opposing teams, alledged players taking bets on there team to lose, dubious decisions by a few different people, the St!r, Radio bullshit, welsh courts , penalties, playing at fucking Wembley, conspiricy theorists, the goverment, al qaeda, God, Buddha, the man on the moon and probably you are more to blame than the badge etc.

Because the badge needs to stay as it is, cos I have it tattooed on my fecking arm...
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Almost certainly me. Born August 74, one season of of being decent and then the moment I could walk, talk and form sentient thought we started the decline that meant that by the moment I started school we were a laughing stock.

I have, on more than one occasion, tried losing the ability to walk, talk and form sentient thought whilst watching us - but the results have been inconsistent. Applying loose scientific rigour, it could be me.

Soz

Although my Dad told me Dick Wragg started the process in the 60s - so it's probably him! (Nob Wipe - not my old man)
 
Dave you forgot to mention Trevor Fooking Brooking...
 



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