Club Badge (merged)

Gary James said:
Come to the last talk where I explain all about formation dates - 1894 is when MCFC was formed and Ardwick played after MCFC was established, so 1894 all the way. Plus one day we may well find an earlier game for St Marks. Stranger things have happened.
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Cant get to the talk Gary. You did amazing research on the book. Hope you get a sell out and the badge that you want. Great work Mr Mcfc ;-)
 
KippaxCitizen said:
Having been an avid follower of this thread and having been to Gary James' talk on Wednesday, I have to say that this is my preferred choice.

It has the club name, in full
It is a circle
It has the right shape of shield
It has the ship and three stripes
It's simple, not too busy
The white background to the writing will make the club name stand out on the kit
Maroon and gold will stand out on the shirt

It doesn't have a cross - as a complete atheist I don't want any religious connotations
It doesn't have the rose - the red rose is actually the "Red Rose of Lancaster" (yes that's LANCASTER, a town that is over 55miles away!), it isn't called the "Lancashire rose" and it never has been called that
It doesn't have the eagle - it's been used as a sole emblem by United and I don't think it looks good
It doesn't have the daft Latin on there

For me, this is perfection!
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If it had FC after Manchester City and 1894 at the bottom of the circle I'd be happy with that.
 
pb1951 said:
Just noticed on TV that FC Rags have ship and three rivers on their badge
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so do Rags FC ... its the symbol of manchester cos we have no distinctive landmark or anything.

but yeah ... just seen thier badge .... mine look pretty much the same so anything like mine cant be used now surely ... some of mine look just a city coloured of theirs which is a united colour version of our old badge.
 
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GeekinGav said:
so do Rags FC ... its the symbol of manchester cos we have no distinctive landmark or anything.

but yeah ... just seen thier badge .... mine look pretty much the same so anything like mine cant be used now surely ... some of mine look just a city coloured of theirs which is a united colour version of our old badge.
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We need to stay away from ship @ rivers now
 
GeekinGav said:
so do Rags FC ... its the symbol of manchester cos we have no distinctive landmark or anything.

but yeah ... just seen thier badge .... mine look pretty much the same so anything like mine cant be used now surely ... some of mine look just a city coloured of theirs which is a united colour version of our old badge.
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Fuck that, City had a version of that badge 80 years ago! You're saying we can't use it now because some tin pot semi professional team have ripped it off using Microsoft Paintbrush?

No chance, if anyone shouldn't be able to use it, it's them. We used a variation of that badge for over 60 years. I'd like to see them in court try and argue we're infringing on their copyright. If anything, we could take them to court and put them out of business.

I'm not an Intellectual Property lawyer, but I know that even if you don't have a registered trademark, if you have evidence that you are have essentially been using a logo as your trademark then you have certain rights that are protected. Absolutely no chance could FCUM claim we were infringing their copyright, if anything the reverse is true.
 
not about trademark its about having the same badge as them now but in different colours ... they have theirs, they use it .... we dicked around not changing it back ... so now we either have one like thirs in our colours or something completely different ... i'm opting for something different now, christ, i'd even keep the badge we have now ffs.
 
I couldn't care less what other so called clubs have as their badges. If they've effectively taken our old badge and swapped the colours then they should feel foolish as their crest is based on an old city design.

We should develop the correct badge to represent Manchester City going forward, as simple as that.
 
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GeekinGav said:
not about trademark its about having the same badge as them now but in different colours ... they have theirs, they use it .... we dicked around not changing it back ... so now we either have one like thirs in our colours or something completely different ... i'm opting for something different now, christ, i'd even keep the badge we have now ffs.
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No chance. Thats defeatist talk Gav. Can someone post a pic of this 'new clubs badge' please? Even more reason to get back to what we always were. I agree with Shaleumstash.
 
Shaelumstash said:
Fuck that, City had a version of that badge 80 years ago! You're saying we can't use it now because some tin pot semi professional team have ripped it off using Microsoft Paintbrush?

No chance, if anyone shouldn't be able to use it, it's them. We used a variation of that badge for over 60 years. I'd like to see them in court try and argue we're infringing on their copyright. If anything, we could take them to court and put them out of business.

I'm not an Intellectual Property lawyer, but I know that even if you don't have a registered trademark, if you have evidence that you are have essentially been using a logo as your trademark then you have certain rights that are protected. Absolutely no chance could FCUM claim we were infringing their copyright, if anything the reverse is true.
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Its okay mate. I was worried for a minute until I saw the design. It looks like a 2 year old designed it with a couple of crayons at the breakfast table. They have some cheek though those reds.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=f...ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMImfa87c2FyQIVyBMsCh2z6A-m
 
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The one on the left please with 2 tweeks, change the red/maroon to light blue, where the left dot is put the number 18, where the right dot is put the number 94

It's a wrap. :)

I do predict one thing, in about 100 years when we're all gone the City fans will look back and go "Wow that bloody eagle went through some times, from the third tier to winning the Premier in 13 years" and the Dickov/Aguero goals will be dusted off, nostalgia will kick in and the eagle will rise again!
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
A bit like the stadium expansion, I suspect this has long been decided.
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Deffo, because the fans haven't been given a badge design to choose from. A consultation is to inform people of what your intentions are, it isn't a democratic vote. Although, that badge posted above by Florida Blue is really good. It's familiar and not too complicated.
 
Gary James said:
Come to the last talk and see. Tomorrow 12.30. Email badgelectures@mcfc.co.uk
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Not denigrating your efforts, Gary, so sincere apologies on my cynicism in regards this.

There are always hoops that have to be jumped through, such as the public consultations over the Campus and Stadium.

But they had also been long decided and, by hook or crook, were happening, regardless.

Just can't see the badge being any different?

I can't attend, but no doubt you will be able to inform a lot more people as to the true state of play.
 
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