old badge or current badge?

[east2]

At the fans forum on Thursday the question of bringing back the old badge was again raised , to which the response was that the club are looking into buying back the rights of the old badge.
Am I the only one who thinks that we should let bygones be bygones? Sure the badge is part of our glorious past and for me is instantly recognized as the halcyon days of Bell, Lee & Sumerbee, “terrorising Europe” with Mercer & Alison, getting my first football kit from Alexandra sports with the badge sitting proud on my chest, I was the bees knees and the’ envy of my street’.

But that was then and this is now, times have changed the current badge is an instant reminder of ‘May 99’ a modern twist on a ‘phoenix rising from the ashes’ of our darkest days. We are constantly berated for holding on to our past, but for me that’s where it should remain ‘in the past’
The current badge has far more of a modern day ‘here and now look’ and is becoming instantly recognizable throughout Europe and beyond and to many modern day football fans it is the only badge they recognize as being MCFC.
So for me the current badge should remain and be part of our current regime and all that is bestowed upon us, and that my boy will wear the badge as proud as I do.

‘The futures bright the futures Blue’

 

[gillymcfc]

At the fans forum on Thursday the question of bringing back the old badge was again raised , to which the response was that the club are looking into buying back the rights of the old badge.
Am I the only one who thinks that we should let bygones be bygones? Sure the badge is part of our glorious past and for me is instantly recognized as the halcyon days of Bell, Lee & Sumerbee, “terrorising Europe” with Mercer & Alison, getting my first football kit from Alexandra sports with the badge sitting proud on my chest, I was the bees knees and the’ envy of my street’.

But that was then and this is now, times have changed the current badge is an instant reminder of ‘May 99’ a modern twist on a ‘phoenix rising from the ashes’ of our darkest days. We are constantly berated for holding on to our past, but for me that’s where it should remain ‘in the past’
The current badge has far more of a modern day ‘here and now look’ and is becoming instantly recognizable throughout Europe and beyond and to many modern day football fans it is the only badge they recognize as being MCFC.
So for me the current badge should remain and be part of our current regime and all that is bestowed upon us, and that my boy will wear the badge as proud as I do.


I was going to post the same topic but wasnt sure if it had already been covered.

I believe we should keep the new badge now and save the old one for the retro gear, maybe wear a special kit iwith the old badge on in our first cup final

‘The futures bright the future Blue’

 

[kiam06]

I agree the current badge is better, it is a better symbol for the club. The only people who will want the old one are the retro heads as it is quite stylish but not as aggressive and I want people to know that they face a battle when they play City.

 

[johnny crossan]

At the fans forum on Thursday the question of bringing back the old badge was again raised , to which the response was that the club are looking into buying back the rights of the old badge.
Am I the only one who thinks that we should let bygones be bygones? Sure the badge is part of our glorious past and for me is instantly recognized as the halcyon days of Bell, Lee & Sumerbee, “terrorising Europe” with Mercer & Alison, getting my first football kit from Alexandra sports with the badge sitting proud on my chest, I was the bees knees and the’ envy of my street’.

But that was then and this is now, times have changed the current badge is an instant reminder of ‘May 99’ a modern twist on a ‘phoenix rising from the ashes’ of our darkest days. We are constantly berated for holding on to our past, but for me that’s where it should remain ‘in the past’
The current badge has far more of a modern day ‘here and now look’ and is becoming instantly recognizable throughout Europe and beyond and to many modern day football fans it is the only badge they recognize as being MCFC.
So for me the current badge should remain and be part of our current regime and all that is bestowed upon us, and that my boy will wear the badge as proud as I do.

‘The futures bright the futures Blue’

My vote emphatically goes for this one - forget the ubermensch/heavy metal current version

 

[bluemoon32]

Old badge for me or at the very least we should remove those ridiculous stars from the new badge.

 

[bluevengence]

Came across this the other day it`s an old rag badge very similar to our new one....


<a class="postlink" href="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.munich58.co.uk/articles/1958badge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.munich58.co.uk/articles/1958badge.asp&usg=__JqjOM4rQ1WAMMNroU523P4kjYuo=&h=400&w=300&sz=29&hl=en&start=685&um=1&tbnid=1xnNT-H277gVGM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dman%2Bunited%2Bfans%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGZEZ,GZEZ:2009-11,GZEZ:en-GB%26sa%3DN%26start%3D672%26um%3D1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... 2%26um%3D1</a>

 

[MCFCinUSA]

I'm emphatically with Johnny on this one; the new badge is just dreadful.

The only thing I feel is better than the roundall was the Manchester coat of arms we used to have when we played in a final.

 

[bluevengence]

Came across this the other day it`s an old rag badge very similar to our new one....


<a class="postlink" href="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.******.co.uk/articles/1958badge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.******.co.uk/articles/1958badge.asp&usg=__JqjOM4rQ1WAMMNroU523P4kjYuo=&h=400&w=300&sz=29&hl=en&start=685&um=1&tbnid=1xnNT-H277gVGM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dman%2Bunited%2Bfans%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGZEZ,GZEZ:2009-11,GZEZ:en-GB%26sa%3DN%26start%3D672%26um%3D1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... 2%26um%3D1</a>

it wont show the site becase it has th M word in the adress

 

[johnny on the spot]

Bring it back.

 

[parkerblue]

I must admit i've never been keen on the new badge and i'm not a huge 'retrohead'. I was never around for the golden era unfortunately but the new badge looks a bit tacky to me.
As bluemoon32 says the stars are the worst bit and i could live with the new badge a little more if they were removed but i felt there was nothing wrong with the old badge.
How about a fresh take on the old one not a total revamp like we saw with the eagle design