Club Badge (merged)

[its a Barm]

Wow the club seems to listen to the fans, it gets better and better, we are lucky you know.

 

[Jonny_Mac]

Saw this posted by someone else but like the idea of Pugnare Usque Ad Finem (Fight til the end) as a moto if we are to have one.

 

[Newman Noggs]

What a great reflection on the club that they are consulting

Wow the club seems to listen to the fans, it gets better and better, we are lucky you know.

Very lucky. Imagine supporting a club who changed the badge on a marketing whim without consulting. You know, like removing the words "football club".

 

[supercity88]

A great idea by the club and I would like to see a hybrid between the previous two badges we've had, with the three rivers of Manchester as opposed to the red rose. I want to see the club define the City in it's badge rather than the historic county symbol of Lancashire.

 

[its a Barm]

My worry is that many of us older fans have never liked the new badge and would welcome the old style, but all the " new " fans will only know the new badge and might vote for it to stay, so anyone that wants the old style VOTE for it, you computor geeks get on the interweb and make sure everyone knows what is to be done. that is all.

 

[DJBusinesscake]

Wow this looks like it could really happen...

 

[TrueBlueMike]

If the new badge was anything close to either of these two then I'd be very happy.(Great work Gaz [emoji106]).

Now for my input on 'history' though:
We have flipped between the rose and the lines over the years and if you read back, the origin and meaning of the lines is disputable. I'd like city to include something with historical reference which also gives a new twist to the badge. I'd replace the lines with the worker bee. It has historical significance to Manchester, is part of the crest and is even in a mosaic in the town hall floor.

Here's an extract re: manchester's worker bee:

"The worker bee was adopted as a motif for Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, at a time when Manchester was taking a leading role in new forms of mass production. Seven bees are included in the crest of the city's arms which were granted to the Borough of Manchester in 1842. The bee denotes Mancunians' hard work during this era and Manchester being a hive of activity in the 19th century."

To throw a question out there....would Nike be consulted on our badge? The lines (Rivers) look a lot like an inverted adidas logo. In the world we live in with Intellectual property etc, I can just see it causing a shit load of hassle

 

[DAGW]

If the new badge was anything close to either of these two then I'd be very happy.(Great work Gaz [emoji106]).

Now for my input on 'history' though:
We have flipped between the rose and the lines over the years and if you read back, the origin and meaning of the lines is disputable. I'd like city to include something with historical reference which also gives a new twist to the badge. I'd replace the lines with the worker bee. It has historical significance to Manchester, is part of the crest and is even in a mosaic in the town hall floor.

Here's an extract re: manchester's worker bee:

"The worker bee was adopted as a motif for Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, at a time when Manchester was taking a leading role in new forms of mass production. Seven bees are included in the crest of the city's arms which were granted to the Borough of Manchester in 1842. The bee denotes Mancunians' hard work during this era and Manchester being a hive of activity in the 19th century."

I'd love to see the manchester bee incorporated.

Like this maybe? Little mock up...

 

[George Hannah]

The motto for Manchester is "Concilio et Labore" which is loosely translated to "By wisdom and effort."
The symbol for Manchester is the worker bee and also the cotton flower
so how about a bee on a cotton flower with that motto?

 

[IrelandSuperman]

Can't help but think having a bee on there would earn us a new nickname before long. Which I wouldn't be fond of.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

people who want the old badge back have no style or taste whatsoever, it's such a tacky creation.

Modern, round badge in a similar style to NYCFC.

 

[SteWadda]

It will be like on one on the scarf on picture at the top of the story on the OS. It is photoshopped on and is really bright. They are trying to do a Derren Brown on us.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I’m not up for changing the ‘Pride in battle’ moto. Moto’s are not things you should ever change, I appreciate ours has little provenance but what it has we should keep. You can go for all sorts of variations of fight till your die type stuff but pride in battle has more depth to it and I think there is a deliberate hint at the Barca ‘more than a club' Motto.

RE designs. I don’t have a major problem with the eagle but it did emerge at strange point in our history, a false dawn, but at the same time it is part of our history now. I’d be pissed if I had a massive Tat! I like the simplistic circle, old shield in the middle with 3 stripes (rivers). I don’t like the old rose, sticks out to much. A St Marks cross and or some bees in there would be great. Or how about Phil Jones’ classic face in a shield!

 

[Gary James]

It will be like on one on the scarf on picture at the top of the story on the OS. It is photoshopped on and is really bright. They are trying to do a Derren Brown on us.

That's the original badge 1930s to 1972, before the rose was added.

 

[Manchester33]

Why does everyone like the NYCFC badge so much? It's terrible!

 

[bluedan]

Dont see any need to have the clubs moto in the new badge.

I like the look of the old circular badge. however I think people are missing the trick with the central coat of arms within the circular crest.

Divide it into 4 sections like Barcelona's. Top left have the st marks logo. top right 3 rivers. bottom left have the ship and bottom right have an eagle. At the foot of the circlular crest have the red rose.

 

[A Blue]

As much as I would like to see a large arse hovering over the swamp, i think GM is on the right track.

 

[Cellarite]

Why are people bothered by having the eagle badge tattooed on? I got it done when my first lad was born with his name instead of the motto. Then when my 2nd was born I had the round rose badge done with his name instead of "Manchester City Football Club". I'll have the new fucker done as well no doubt.

 

[Ballet On Ice]

The Mexican badge on page 46 looks very good. Very much like the pre 70's badge.

Its round, has a shield job done.

It just needs a bit of Latin underneath- something like Up Your Uefa as a link to recent times

 

[andyhinch]

Why are people bothered by having the eagle badge tattooed on? I got it done when my first lad was born with his name instead of the motto. Then when my 2nd was born I had the round rose badge done with his name instead of "Manchester City Football Club". I'll have the new fucker done as well no doubt.

Like you say, good excuse for a new tat :-)