The old Reading club badge

[Fox Talbot]

As I recall didn't the fans - and I know this goes against all things RFC - have a vote for the new badge in 1998 or so and the current option won - believe there were 4 choices originally...?

IIRC all 4 were very similar in design so not much of a choice

Don't recall this.

I did see 4/5 'designs' a couple of years earlier which put undue emphasis on 'Royals' and were not pleasing to traditionalists.

[Whore Jackie]

As I recall didn't the fans - and I know this goes against all things RFC - have a vote for the new badge in 1998 or so and the current option won - believe there were 4 choices originally...?

IIRC all 4 were very similar in design so not much of a choice

Don't recall this.

I did see 4/5 'designs' a couple of years earlier which put undue emphasis on 'Royals' and were not pleasing to traditionalists.

This is more how I remember it, circa 1997. Certainly was pre-Madejski Stadium. Four lion designs, pretty reminiscent of the Millwall badge.

[Barry the bird boggler]

To be honest I've always thought that bricks, beer, biscuits and bulbs should be part of the Reading badge as that is what the town was famous for - certainly makes more sense than a lion which bears no relation to the town other than the Miawand lion in the Forbury Gardens and that - in typical British style - is a memorial to a valiant defeat for the British army.

Alternatively why not simply retain the town coat of arms as the club crest...



These arms were recorded in 1566, and were based on the common seal of the town, which was in use as early as 1365. The bloke in the middle with the crown on is thought to be that of King Edward (975-978) who was assassinated by his step mother in favour of her own son. To try and atone for this the queen later founded a nunnery at Reading (where St Mary's church now is I believe)

The meaning of the letters RE has been lost in time but may stand for Regina Elizabeth as they we first added in 1566 when Elizabeth I reigned.

The crest is an Abbot's mitre encircled by alternating gold escallop shells and lyres. The mitre commemorates Reading Abbey while the shells represent the pilgrims who came there: the lyres are symbolic of the Abbey's musical fame.

The shield is supported by two white rams with golden horns and hooves. They represent the early wool trade of Reading. The ram on the left-hand side of the shields bears a portcullis on its shoulder, which represents the Borough. The sign on the shoulder of the other ram represents two springs, symbolic of the rivers Thames and Kennet.

The Motto translates as "With God and Queen".

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Alternatively why not simply retain the town coat of arms as the club crest...

Because if the badge isn't your own design you can't own the copyright and so can't take legal action against anyone using it without your permission.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1795444.stm

[Barry the bird boggler]

Now that's just sad.

[Absent Dad]

Erm, that's what I said.

The point is that he did have a connection with the club before he was a player. Why do you assume that the connection started with Andy, and not with his fair daughter?

BTW - I like the shite striped one. Not plastic like the current one, not naff like the Elm Tree one, and not boring old school like the original one.
70s retro - timeless classic.

70s retro? - it must have been 10 years ahead of its time - it didn't appear until the mid-80s.

Not that difficult is it? Think of it like the Dad's Army of club badges.

Designed in a retro style which means it never gets old.

[Absent Dad]

Erm, that's what I said.

The point is that he did have a connection with the club before he was a player. Why do you assume that the connection started with Andy, and not with his fair daughter?

You have actually lost me there.

[TheLawnMowerMan]

no contest

That badge always reminds me of a crap local council logo.

Very Blue Square IMHO

[Pepe the Horseman]

S'all about the Berkshire coat of arms

[Fox Talbot]

^^^
A lion fighting a horse for the right to eat a young deer.

Beaten semi-finalists pictured couchant on the shield below.

Where's the fricking Berkshire pig then??

[Absent Dad]

Creating a coat of arms of the sake of it is a bit naff isn't it?

What next, a Berkshire county anthem?

[Extended-Phenotype]

no contest

That badge always reminds me of a crap local council logo.

I was poised to write the same sorta thing. Or a public highway sign, falling short of depicting a dog turding while his stickman owner crouches with a shitbag.

[Absent Dad]

Exhibit A

[Absent Dad]

Exhibit B

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/education/s/2115457_emmbrook_pupils_to_redesign_reading_fcs_logo

[Simon's Church]

Exhibit B

Wish we'd gone for this one tbf.

[Barry the bird boggler]

http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/education/s/2115457_emmbrook_pupils_to_redesign_reading_fcs_logo

We're not changing the badge but the winner will be announced on Thursday, July 19, with the winning design produced on 30 tops to be sold in Madejski Stadium Megastore on match day.....

[superreadingfan]

http://www.royals.org/millwallbadge.html

[Royal Biscuitman]

Attempting to understand the logic of the old Reading badge dreamt up by the daughter of the Chairman and the Manager.

Yellow/Light Blue - Away kit?
Dark Blue/White - Home kit?

[Royal Biscuitman]

http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/education/s/2115457_emmbrook_pupils_to_redesign_reading_fcs_logo

We're not changing the badge but the winner will be announced on Thursday, July 19, with the winning design produced on 30 tops to be sold in Madejski Stadium Megastore on match day.....

Middlesbrough changed their badge shortly before we switched to the current design and they've changed it again recently from a circle to a shield, so, it's only a matter of time before someone in the marketing team decides they've changed the blue and white shirts as many times as they can and need a new club badge to differentiate things.