WolfOfWestStreet Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 4 hours ago, Agard Days Night said: Easily mistaken for Swindon or Ilkeston though. Suspension Bridge avoids the confusion. Again not sure if sarcasm, id have thought the Bristol City in bold writing eliminates any confusion. Am I losing my sanity here ... genuinely not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted May 31, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, WolfOfWestStreet said: Again not sure if sarcasm, id have thought the Bristol City in bold writing eliminates any confusion. Am I losing my sanity here ... genuinely not sure Sorry to be pedantic, but there a literally hundreds of suspension bridges in the UK, how would someone that doesn't know Clifton identify the bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 35 minutes ago, phantom said: Sorry to be pedantic, but there a literally hundreds of suspension bridges in the UK, how would someone that doesn't know Clifton identify the bridge? It's not pedantic. I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 still shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 11 hours ago, Moor2Sea said: Still underwhelmed and a bit of an indictment of modern times that someone with a scrap of paper and box of crayons in 1975 can produce a more iconic badge than a professional design studio with computer aided design in 2019! Bit too much like the Sheffield Weds 1990’s ‘Owl’ for me. Doesn’t give us a strong and unique brand identity which I’m sure would have been the first objective of the design brief. Incorporating a stylised Suspension Bridge would have achieved that very simply. The (unnecessary) date also looks like a clumsy, awkward after-thought. No more than a 5/10 ‘missed opportunity’. Iconic ≠ Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agard Days Night Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 hours ago, everreddy said: ... and why is it a “nickname”? A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing - commonly used for affection. These might be useful for your reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_club_nicknames_in_the_United_Kingdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneybcfc Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 On 30/05/2019 at 21:50, phantom said: It won't be changing for a long time, "a lot" of money has been spent already on the rebranding and as @RedM mentions above there is a heck of a lot of work still to be done But in fairness Leeds would have sad the same thing when they abandoned their change due fan pressure. Most of the merch changes from season to season along with the shirts and training wear so that's not a big problem and to be fair adding in the bridge version isn't that huge a change that they even need to update everything for it. Lots of teams use various versions of their badge or partial badge so having the bridge on shirts and stuff going forward while just having the robin on ball on legacy stuff isn't an issue. both were official designs anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Just seen that Frome Town have launched a new badge with a Robin on, my mates the manager there so only reason I’ve seen it, interesting to compare to our new badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamite Red Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 Looks more like a pigeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 16 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Just seen that Frome Town have launched a new badge with a Robin on, my mates the manager there so only reason I’ve seen it, interesting to compare to our new badge like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 I quite like it, with a few tweaks. Plump it up to look more Robin like, rounded. And have it facing forward not looking like it’s twisting it’s neck. But the simplicity is quite good and would sit better alongside the Bears image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 They need to put the bridge on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 49 minutes ago, Dynamite Red said: Looks more like a pigeon. Mmmmm, nice with a red wine jus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Exactly why our badge was not a good and/or original design. Weeks later, Frome release one almost mirroring it. https://twitter.com/FromeTownFC/status/1134866313451659265?s=19 Could genuinely see legal action taken over the similarities. Can hardly look at our badge and purely think "Bristol City" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 When I played away against Frome, I’m sure they wore green? Long time ago though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, TBW said: Exactly why our badge was not a good and/or original design. Weeks later, Frome release one almost mirroring it. https://twitter.com/FromeTownFC/status/1134866313451659265?s=19 Could genuinely see legal action taken over the similarities. Can hardly look at our badge and purely think "Bristol City" now. Not that similar and it’s Frome. I’d be f’ing embarrassed if any court action was taken. This nonsense about the new badge is ludicrous, it’s fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I don’t think it’s similar to Bcfc at all. It’s round, it’s red and has a robin on it...but doesn’t resemble ours stylistically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 As I said on a previous thread, if we're worried about people confusing us with a team that play in the 8th tier of English football, then our badge is the least of our worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soultrader Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 To be honest if you want a badge with a robin on it you’re kinda limited to how it’s gonna turn out bound to look similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 10 hours ago, TBW said: Exactly why our badge was not a good and/or original design. Weeks later, Frome release one almost mirroring it. If it wasn’t good it wouldn’t be copied. And it was copied later so could be an original design unless time works differently for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Just noticed our bird ain’t got no bastard eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undy English Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, elhombrecito said: As I said on a previous thread, if we're worried about people confusing us with a team that play in the 8th tier of English football, then our badge is the least of our worries. Very well said. There are plenty of lion type crests around, used by Chelsea, Villa, Rangers etc. That said, for some reason the Frome badge looks a lot nicer than ours. Clear cut, nickname actually stated on the badge itself. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsene's Wanger Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 11 hours ago, soultrader said: To be honest if you want a badge with a robin on it you’re kinda limited to how it’s gonna turn out bound to look similar Well quite, legal action ffs. Just locally we have City, The Robins, Swindon town, The Robins, Cheltenham Town, The Robins, Bridgwater Town, The Robins, Frome Town, The Robins, and probably a few more that I can't think of off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soultrader Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Genuine question why are so many teams in south west called the robins? is there more of them about than other parts of uk? or did one team do it and everyone else just lacks imagination ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everreddy Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 23 hours ago, Arsene's Wanger said: Well quite, legal action ffs. Just locally we have City, The Robins, Swindon town, The Robins, Cheltenham Town, The Robins, Bridgwater Town, The Robins, Frome Town, The Robins, and probably a few more that I can't think of off the top of my head. That’s at least four reasons why ours is a truly naff nickname and badge! Hardly “unique” and “distinctive “ - as claimed by JL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tel Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 On 02/06/2019 at 23:58, Davefevs said: When I played away against Frome, I’m sure they wore green? Long time ago though. I was born and brought up in Frome nearly 70 years ago. During that time Frome Town FC have always played in red, as far as I can remember. Don't recall them ever having a green home kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsene's Wanger Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 On 04/06/2019 at 19:38, everreddy said: That’s at least four reasons why ours is a truly naff nickname and badge! Hardly “unique” and “distinctive “ - as claimed by JL! I agree. I know it will upset a lot of people on here, 'but, but... history!', but I think the club missed a trick when redesigning the badge to move away from the robin. Should have gone for something unique, something to set City apart from Swindon, Cheltenham et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newarkred Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Any ideas when any clothing etc will be in the shop to be able to purchase. Would have loved something with the new badge before going on holiday the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonPark Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 On 06/06/2019 at 23:11, Arsene's Wanger said: I agree. I know it will upset a lot of people on here, 'but, but... history!', but I think the club missed a trick when redesigning the badge to move away from the robin. Should have gone for something unique, something to set City apart from Swindon, Cheltenham et al. Like what? What would be unique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulton Red Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 A pomegranate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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