jasonb Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 What about Est. 1885 instead of the 1885-2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusaldo Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 Based on the current crest, a small change for the years. this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 What about Est. 1885 instead of the 1885-2010? Why is there a crown? Apart from the fact that Mrs Windsor handed us the FA Cup is there any other link? Personally I'd keep the design we've got except change the ball back but appreciate this thread isn't about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wightman35 Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 Why is there a crown? Apart from the fact that Mrs Windsor handed us the FA Cup is there any other link? Personally I'd keep the design we've got except change the ball back but appreciate this thread isn't about that. If we do have a new badge and it is going to be "heraldic" then I believe the crown has to be at the top and not beneath other "charges." There plenty of rules about these things. Agree with you that the crown does not seem to have much to do with Southampton. Would be happy to see a new logo or a better designed coat of arms as the present badge looks a bit 70's rather than timeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 Based on the current crest, a small change for the years. This but with 125 in the ball rather than SFC would be perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 Why is there a crown? Because all the bits in the centre come from the 1885 badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitalsaint Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 Why is there a crown? Apart from the fact that Mrs Windsor handed us the FA Cup is there any other link? Personally I'd keep the design we've got except change the ball back but appreciate this thread isn't about that. wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitalsaint Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 meant wow for that design, not the comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 5 February, 2010 Share Posted 5 February, 2010 As much as I think our current badge is a bit amateur looking, it is certainly unique and has become instantly recognisable as Saints. The original design and the various modifications here, while nice looking, really don't say "SFC" to me. For better or worse it's a simple design and has a good reflection of the club and the area. So I'd probably opt for something like the centenary badge with 125 instead of 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyin Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 What about Est. 1885 instead of the 1885-2010? The stripes don't work for me. It seems to me, if the badge is to be redesigned that reflections of the city, it's people and the club over the 125 year period need to be taken into account and then two or three elements of that incorporated into the final design. Here's a start shipping, water, forest, Hampshire, 125 years, saint, st mary's, bargate, the gateway to the world, itchen bridge, test and itchen, Hampshire rose, stripes sashes and quarters, Cunard queens, mulberry harbour, Etc etc Something to work on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 Here is my effort... not that I'm that interested in changing the current design - just for fun - as the OP intended. I love round badges for some reason and adding the stripes in maintains the "stripes" history for one season with the diagonal sash (if that is the shirt) Very impressed by that,but as another has said the limit of the upper date as 2010 does make it a little like a 'gravestone' design.I see you have edited to Est 1885 on a later post.I'd drop the 'est'. heres mine Is that a bastardised version of the Arsenal badge ?Might be better with a black background as per the original. The stripes don't work for me. It seems to me, if the badge is to be redesigned that reflections of the city, it's people and the club over the 125 year period need to be taken into account and then two or three elements of that incorporated into the final design. Here's a start shipping, water, forest, Hampshire, 125 years, saint, st mary's, bargate, the gateway to the world, itchen bridge, test and itchen, Hampshire rose, stripes sashes and quarters, Cunard queens, mulberry harbour, Etc etc Something to work on? Good idea,but its taking a selection of features that has led to the current hotchpotch of a badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint boggy Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 Here is my effort... not that I'm that interested in changing the current design - just for fun - as the OP intended. I love round badges for some reason and adding the stripes in maintains the "stripes" history for one season with the diagonal sash (if that is the shirt) I like that yeh, me too.....:smt023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 heres mine This needs to say 125 years on it. Otherwise it looks like Saints ended in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Saint Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 Sort of looks like the crest has t*ts. Does anyone recognise where I got the badge from?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 Sort of looks like the crest has t*ts. Does anyone recognise where I got the badge from?. Looks a bit like the Exeter badge?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 Does anyone recognise where I got the badge from? Easy Q.P.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Halo* Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 What about Est. 1885 instead of the 1885-2010? Excellent design. Replace "Est. 1885" with "Since 1885" and we have a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcuk fan Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 . As its " just for fun ", this is my adaption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoozer Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 Excellent design. Replace "Est. 1885" with "Since 1885" and we have a winner. This is an excellent badge but I have a feeling that in heraldic etiquette the crown should be above the rose and halo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cool Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 The hand in the picture is Harry Enfield's, not Rupert Lowe's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 This is an excellent badge but I have a feeling that in heraldic etiquette the crown should be above the rose and halo. The crown was above the rose in the original crest. By the way,is it definitely a rose,or is it a mayflower ? I believe a rose as it was a coat of arms given to the city in Tudor times but stand to be corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoozer Posted 6 February, 2010 Share Posted 6 February, 2010 The City of Southampton's own heraldic achievement i.e. Arms contain three roses believed to stem from the Houses of York and Lancaster (our city has one of the most ancient arms hence the simplicity of the shield design and goes back further than it's official granting by the College of Arms in the 16th Century). I'm pretty sure the Hampshire rose (the one on the original Saints crest) is the Tudor rose which is a combining of the red and white roses of York and Lancaster (which are the ones on the Arms of Southampton). The Crown definitely belongs above the Rose imho. Aesthetically, I think the badge could be improved if the crown was ditched all together and the rose enlarged to fill the circular space within the centre of the badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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