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Shaelumstash said:
I understand your point about one localised icon, the problem is Manchester doesn't have one architecturally or graphically that could come anywhere near to competing with New York or Paris.

The closest thing the city has to an iconic graphic is the Manchester worker bee. I love that as an icon, and being from the Northern Quarter I'm suee you will have noticed every independent cafe / bar that seems to have opened in the last 3 years has got a graphical reference to the Manchester Bee. It's everywhere now and is almost becoming over used.

The next best graphic we've got is the shield with the ship and 3 rivers. It's all over the city, and while it might not be world famous (yet) it has a huge amount of local significance. And afterall, isn't that the business model of CFG? Global reach, local identity?

We could squeeze in an iconic symbol, a lion, a horse, an eagle, whatever, but if there is no local significance, what's the point? I understand the idea of having one iconic symbol, but if Manchester doesn't have one, it would be silly to try and force it and invent one.

We are where we are with regards to Manchester and it's iconography, we can only use what is available to us. All things considered, the shield with the boat and 3 rivers is the best option we've got.
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For information only; the Stockport viaduct is the largest in Europe with 11 million bricks. I wouldn't want it anywhere near the shirt just letting you know there is an historic landmark.
 
Pell not Pep ;-) said:
For information only; the Stockport viaduct is the largest in Europe with 11 million bricks. I wouldn't want it anywhere near the shirt just letting you know there is an historic landmark.
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Yeah but thats in Stockport so not a Manchester landmark even if all us blues are from there ;-) I would say John Rylands Library and the Albert Memorial would be considered landmarks
 
A smashed atom would probably be the best historic symbol of Manchester. If you want something more modern how about a sheet of graphene?
 
I don't think there's any harm on a global scale by changing from the eagle to something more synonymous with Manchester and the current CFG. Sure, there will be a lot of new fans around the world who recognise the eagle and have taken City on as their team but I think the time is right for us to lay our marker down for the long run. We have made enormous strides beyond our wildest dreams in the last few years, but with the recent Chinese investment and potentially Pep and all that he will bring, I think City could be about to make the biggest leap of all. So, we'll be exposed to a lot of new people around the world and this is the chance to have something that sticks with them. Plus, it's obvious most Blues here at home would embrace the change.
 
Manchester is what it is because of cotton. The heavy engineering firms and the ship canal followed on the success of textiles, financial services were then needed to keep the wheels turning. The three rivers had very little influence likewise threemasted galleons.
So, if the badge is to be a link to the past, the manchester coat of arms rampant with cottonbuds to conquer on a blue field.
The last paragraph is not to be taken seriously.
 
icon ..... for the international people think Manchester is associated to .... sorted ....

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