california blue said:I took a minute to knock this puppy up complete with st marks crests
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They might if they were "Iron crosses".nmc said:The iron crosses make it look Germanic.
IanBishopsHaircut said:Ban-jani said:![]()
Now give us our badge back please...
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Maybe we could have a rebranding
The eagle less the stars in a circular old school city badge
Haha, nice one! That looks good.california blue said:I took a minute to knock this puppy up complete with st marks crests
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It's on the UAE flag and Sheikh Mansour also put money into Barclays didn't he:IanBishopsHaircut said:I like that Kippax but I reckon they would want to keep the eagle
Isn't it some sort of sicnificant symbol in Abu Dhabi?
california blue said:I took a minute to knock this puppy up complete with st marks crests
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IanBishopsHaircut said:I like that Kippax but I reckon they would want to keep the eagle
Isn't it some sort of significant symbol in Abu Dhabi?
Carver said:california blue said:I like the look of the baseball caps in the NYCFC shop.
Sigh said:IanBishopsHaircut said:I like that Kippax but I reckon they would want to keep the eagle
Isn't it some sort of significant symbol in Abu Dhabi?
No. That's a hawk / falcon (Hawk of Quraish) not an eagle, and our Golden Eagle has NOTHING to do with the takeover anyway and is meant to reflect the XX Legion (2000 years ago) and Barclays is a Black Eagle and has been an eagle since the early 1700's (though they've modernized the design to fit-in with modern mans vague self-image)
FFS
nmc said:Sigh said:IanBishopsHaircut said:I like that Kippax but I reckon they would want to keep the eagle
Isn't it some sort of significant symbol in Abu Dhabi?
No. That's a hawk / falcon (Hawk of Quraish) not an eagle, and our Golden Eagle has NOTHING to do with the takeover anyway and is meant to reflect the XX Legion (2000 years ago) and Barclays is a Black Eagle and has been an eagle since the early 1700's (though they've modernized the design to fit-in with modern mans vague self-image)
FFS
I think the Eagle came from an old and discarded Manchester coat of arms or similar but I think it was Tolmie who once said the Eagle caught the attention of our owners when they were looking at buying a club. Who knows whether our badge played any role in the acquisition but I think the owners and Etihad will want to keep the Eagle.
Sigh said:IanBishopsHaircut said:I like that Kippax but I reckon they would want to keep the eagle
Isn't it some sort of significant symbol in Abu Dhabi?
No. That's a hawk / falcon (Hawk of Quraish) not an eagle, and our Golden Eagle has NOTHING to do with the takeover anyway and is meant to reflect the XX Legion (2000 years ago) and Barclays is a Black Eagle and has been an eagle since the early 1700's (though they've modernized the design to fit-in with modern mans vague self-image)
FFS
Sigh said:nmc said:Sigh said:No. That's a hawk / falcon (Hawk of Quraish) not an eagle, and our Golden Eagle has NOTHING to do with the takeover anyway and is meant to reflect the XX Legion (2000 years ago) and Barclays is a Black Eagle and has been an eagle since the early 1700's (though they've modernized the design to fit-in with modern mans vague self-image)
FFS
I think the Eagle came from an old and discarded Manchester coat of arms or similar but I think it was Tolmie who once said the Eagle caught the attention of our owners when they were looking at buying a club. Who knows whether our badge played any role in the acquisition but I think the owners and Etihad will want to keep the Eagle.
The Eagle is supposed to represent a Golden Eagle (adopted by republican Rome for religious reasons then transformed into the imperial emblem) because elements of the XX Legion Valeria Victrix were stationed in what is now Castefields, and fortifications and their imperial and particular emblems etc. were discovered there. It is not a phoenix and it is not a hawk and it is not just any old eagle. I still think it's shit though.
M24 Citizen said:Sigh said:IanBishopsHaircut said:I like that Kippax but I reckon they would want to keep the eagle
Isn't it some sort of significant symbol in Abu Dhabi?
No. That's a hawk / falcon (Hawk of Quraish) not an eagle, and our Golden Eagle has NOTHING to do with the takeover anyway and is meant to reflect the XX Legion (2000 years ago) and Barclays is a Black Eagle and has been an eagle since the early 1700's (though they've modernized the design to fit-in with modern mans vague self-image)
FFS
The 20th legion? Fuck sake. I was trying to remember where the manchester eagle comes from the other day and I can't stand the bastard romans.
Are you sure it comes from that?
Sigh said:M24 Citizen said:Sigh said:No. That's a hawk / falcon (Hawk of Quraish) not an eagle, and our Golden Eagle has NOTHING to do with the takeover anyway and is meant to reflect the XX Legion (2000 years ago) and Barclays is a Black Eagle and has been an eagle since the early 1700's (though they've modernized the design to fit-in with modern mans vague self-image)
FFS
The 20th legion? Fuck sake. I was trying to remember where the manchester eagle comes from the other day and I can't stand the bastard romans.
Are you sure it comes from that?
When the design was revealed everyone said WTF? And that was the story behind the design. Some lady archaeologist was interviewed and there were pics of excavations and so on. It seemed tenuous to me then, and hasn't improved with age imo. The fact that hardly anyone gets it seems to me to be clear and convincing evidence it has failed of its essential purpose, i.e. to root Manchester (City) in "history".
FAIL, imo. Get rid. Why don't we switch the eagle and stars for a three flint arrowheads and stone megalith?