Monk Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Light hearted post so no squinnying. A number of clubs have changed their club badge/crest in the last five years. Would you want Saints to update/strip back ours? Any designs you'd have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfahaji Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 I know it's a bit childlike, but I actually like the crests to have a bit of colour. There's something quite fresh about our badge. It's possible that some tweaks could work, but as the badge has been fairly unchanged (save for the football 'head') since I started supporting Saints, it would be shame for me if it was suddenly 'streamlined to make the brand more globally appealing'. Just writing that sentence makes me feel a little queasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 It needs to have the silhouette of a large goalkeeper being beaten by a low shot to reflect modern times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsarum Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 no need to change, i like it as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 I really like our current crest. I like that it was designed by a fan, I like how instantly recognisable it is and I like the fact there's no other crest that shares the same basic shape as ours (that I know of). If it ain't broke, don't fix it as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Not really. Changing it actually removes it from the fans and becomes a much more ownable property for the club to control, that's why Arsenal and Chelsea and Everton (I wish we were Everton) have done it. The Juve one just makes it look like a logo for a smartphone app, which I have no doubt was in the design agency's presentation when they suggested it and I am sure they were all high fiving themselves at how "iconic" it all is. If that's genuinely what fans want us to follow then I'm out. Up there with let's get an all red kit for China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Something that indicates the City of Southampton a bit more,maybe something with The Bargate in it with a Spitfire flying over it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 No - if it ain't broke etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 No, it is instantly identifiable and distinctive. I believe the design of the ball was updated back in the 90's (from a stitched leather ball to the black pentagon type) to allow for it to be copyrighted. So any redesign is unnecessary on that basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Keep it. It's traditional and distinctive. The modern revamps can go very wrong, such as West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corky morris Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 No need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsash saint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 https://talksport.com/football/every-premier-league-club-crest-ranked-worst-first-170706201885?p=18 https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/every-premier-league-club-crest-ranked-from-worst-to-best-81503 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 https://talksport.com/football/every-premier-league-club-crest-ranked-worst-first-170706201885?p=18 https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/every-premier-league-club-crest-ranked-from-worst-to-best-81503 Flicking through all the badges on that talksport link has made me appreciate just how different and good ours actually is. I was a "no" to changing before I looked. Now I am a definite "never!!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 We should change it to this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red&white56 Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 No need to change it, but it could be fun looking at other ideas. Who knows, somebody might come up with something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 We should change it to this.... You know with a cloudy halo round the mountain tops, that might just work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 After a significant amount of time spent investigation trends in club crests, their association with Brand, and how that Brand engenders trust and loyalty, my considered opinion is that we should change it to a cock and balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 After a significant amount of time spent investigation trends in club crests, their association with Brand, and how that Brand engenders trust and loyalty, my considered opinion is that we should change it to a cock and balls. Nah! Already been done, albeit with only one ball. Somehow that doesn't seem to reflect that club's current situation though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Yes. I'd just keep the crest and bin the ball and scarf. In an ideal world I'd like the city's full crest used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Yes. I'd just keep the crest and bin the ball and scarf. In an ideal world I'd like the city's full crest used. Agree. Shield is fine but the ball and scarf crest looks so amateurish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Certainly not, leave it as it is. For an example of what can happen when people start fiddling take a look at Sheffield Wednesday's relatively new look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 ^ I just googled that to see if it was real, I thought it was a joke...! Leave ours alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 On the basis that almost every new badge introduced is awful and/or unimaginative - with Stoke being an especially poor example and Leeds laughable - I say leave well alone. It pains me to say it, but Spurs have far and away the best badge as it manages to be simple, iconic and historic. The same applied to Arsenal until they ruined it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangely Brown Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 I shudder to think if it was being designed now, we'd end up with a half and half scarf...............home and away colours of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 ^ I just googled that to see if it was real, I thought it was a joke...! Leave ours alone. In fairness, their new badge is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 In fairness, their new badge is very good. And new/old. It's actually the badge the club wore for 20 years from the 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Yes change it, it looks like the result of a GCSE design project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 And new/old. It's actually the badge the club wore for 20 years from the 50's. The owl looks quite coquettish! I do like our crest, it is 'a bit weird', but therefore different and distinctive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_RLY Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 It needs to have the silhouette of a large goalkeeper being beaten by a low shot to reflect modern times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 I'd happily see it changed, current crest a bit too cartoony or me as others have said. Debate been done a few times before, but about 4 years since the last one https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?44264-New-crest-design-in-the-summer/page4&highlight=club+crest#.WbkjEsh97IU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon3737 Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Love our badge. Never change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Can we add a faux Latin motto? "nil ustulo Iterum" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintgaz Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Love the badge, it tells us we are The Saints, a (Premier League) football team in red and white near the New Forest and by the sea from Hampshire, we are Southampton FC. Plus, I'd imagine quite a few people with tattoos of the badge wouldn't be too chuffed either :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 On the basis that almost every new badge introduced is awful and/or unimaginative - with Stoke being an especially poor example and Leeds laughable - I say leave well alone. It pains me to say it, but Spurs have far and away the best badge as it manages to be simple, iconic and historic. The same applied to Arsenal until they ruined it..The Spurs one is good, and I think the new Palace badge is excellent. A decent new badge can be done, but I'm not really that fussed if we don't change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Keep it. It's traditional and distinctive. The modern revamps can go very wrong, such as West Ham. Not really, as it came into existence 89 years after the formation of the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Leave it alone please. It is quite distinctive and can be spotted at quite a distance away. I still cringe when I see those soppy gold and silve efforts from Cortese era and at the mono colour ones they have on some of this seasons polo's etc. Love that description above .... "OK, so Southampton’’s badge is totally ridiculous, but you can’t help but kind of love it. Why does that cartoon football have a halo? Why is that tree planted in the sea? **** knows, but I’m having a lot of fun looking at it" Shame we can't get as much amusement and entertainment on the pitch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 It has been our badge for 43 years out of 132 years = 32% That isn't traditional, especially as it is the most recent 43 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100%Red&White Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Love the badge, it tells us we are The Saints, a (Premier League) football team in red and white near the New Forest and by the sea from Hampshire, we are Southampton FC. Plus, I'd imagine quite a few people with tattoos of the badge wouldn't be too chuffed either :-) I know a couple of older Saints fans who have both the old crest (that never appeared on a Saints shirt) and the 70s one as tattoos, and also one that had the old 'rose' crest and later added a scarf, ball and halo to it, very unique! There's football fans all over the country with out of date tatts but probably doesn't worry them as it's just of an era. I'm with the 'not keen on the badge' gang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Nope, it's fine IMO, the halo makes it and it's kind of a traditional style crest that doesn't take it'self too seriously. Spur's one is pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Not really, as it came into existence 89 years after the formation of the club!This coming from the man that argued that Cortese's all-red kit could not be dismissed as not traditional because all traditions had to start somewhere and we might wear that strip for the next twenty years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Sacrilege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 We should change our shirt colour to blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 If that's genuinely what fans want us to follow then I'm out. that will add a lot of votes CB lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 It has been our badge for 43 years out of 132 years = 32% That isn't traditional, especially as it is the most recent 43 years. 43 years is more than the lifespan of most of our fanbase. Seems pretty traditional to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 I really like our current crest. I like that it was designed by a fan, I like how instantly recognisable it is and I like the fact there's no other crest that shares the same basic shape as ours (that I know of). If it ain't broke, don't fix it as they say. This. Don't change it. And didn't it win a cross-fan poll or something for a newspaper? I seem to remember a thread on that a while ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 13 September, 2017 Share Posted 13 September, 2017 Something that indicates the City of Southampton a bit more,maybe something with The Bargate in it with a Spitfire flying over it . I'd rather have an ocean liner( not a cruise ship) featured, thats what really symbolises Southampton....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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