Philip Belgrave Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 KEEP BRISTOL'S COAT OF ARMS:- has style and dignity. The Robin motif looks cheap and very dated in comparison.. I like the Garibaldi association, the leader of Italy's "Red Shirts" is certainly a worthy icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megansdad Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Our best years in my life time came with the robin on the shirt, so for me its get it back. An udpdated revised version perhaps but get it back. A big YES from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the frampton balti Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Have to agree! Maybe a little Robin can go elsewhere? on the sleeve or something?! ! Yeah...... thats it... like the little silver ones on the tickets.................left sock............N I C E !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdgifford64 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 No no no no no no....................please keep the crest, it`s a symbol of the CITY we represent. I too grew up with the robin on the shirts wwhich was fine as a kid !!!!!!! Now it just looks tacky, like some American Football team logo. We are Bristol City and the crest is just fine. PDG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 The crest we have is the Bristol Crest compared to the Rovers who have a camp pirate... I'd much rather have a crest of Bristol as it's like a sign we are the official team of Bristol and Rovers are just some second rate team as they have a second rate badge. The Robin has served it's time and was fun but there are too many teams with Robins as their nicknames I mean honestly which looks better? featuring: or The Robin looks cheap and tacky just like the Rovers badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the frampton balti Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 now hold on just cos someone else is using our nickname we back down and call ourselves something else? Do we ****!!!! The robins isnt tacky. Eagles............their tacky. And The Pirates is really gay!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 now hold on just cos someone else is using our nickname we back down and call ourselves something else? Do we ****!!!! The robins isnt tacky. Eagles............their tacky. And The Pirates is really gay!!! I'm not saying drop the nickname, I'm saying the badge looks tacky like the Rovers badge. The crest is far better and a stronger link to Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 I'm not saying drop the nickname, I'm saying the badge looks tacky like the Rovers badge. The crest is far better and a stronger link to Bristol. Thing is we need a logo for our clubs own ID, now Bristol city fc can't represet the whole of bristol to which the crest does, we can't represent the gas? can we? or bristol rugby? no more so can they represent us but that logo is on every thing from council wheely bins to gloucester cricket club badge, how can gloucester claim that badge? we can't represent gloucester as much as they represet us?? even private Bristol schools use their own ID logo's and badges, also the middle of the crest the sail ship representing the history of bristols trade, ah yes slave trade very much apart of that history, the robin badge, people say is out dated but not as much as that trade, i just feel we need a new logo re-designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcbs20 Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 The crest we have is the Bristol Crest compared to the Rovers who have a camp pirate... I'd much rather have a crest of Bristol as it's like a sign we are the official team of Bristol and Rovers are just some second rate team as they have a second rate badge. The Robin has served it's time and was fun but there are too many teams with Robins as their nicknames I mean honestly which looks better? featuring: or The Robin looks cheap and tacky just like the Rovers badge id rather stick to what we have currently which is ten times better than some gay pirate wa##### himself off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frome Valley Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 I'm not saying drop the nickname, I'm saying the badge looks tacky like the Rovers badge. The crest is far better and a stronger link to Bristol. Ask fans what the nickname of Bristol City is and they will answer 9/10 the Robins. Most fans of other clubs think the Robin and Suspension bridge is our badge including the media as the crest is overlooked in papers and on tv in favour of? Most peole would though recognise the Gas badge. The crest itself is a weak ambiguos image associated with other sports, organisations and indeed the Gas. Its also quite clear the crest is not particularly popular and has not been for some time with sections of Citys support. A successful emblem of BCFC should be adopted en massse by fans but it seems clear the crest has not. Does this not also limit the crests value when selling merchandise? What would be your view if the Gas reverted to a Bristol influenced crest as well because their support is more limited to Bristol than Citys is so can't they lay cliam to it as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaxbourton Red Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 give the crest back to the rugby club/gas/city council the robin is much better than two camp looking horses with marital aids stuck on their heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man In Black Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Simple. Keep the crest and incorporate the Robin elsewhere on the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MaloneFM Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Bring back the design put forward by Richard Gould with the ship and the robin on the sail and all that. I'm sorry I've been drinking again........sorry...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economou Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 yes, the crest has been our badge (when we had one) for the vast majority of our history, whereas the Robin is a horrible 70s abberation like flares and The Goodies. To the dustbin with it! The Goodies...aberration ???? Surely one of the finest acts of the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderEM Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Bring back the design put forward by Richard Gould with the ship and the robin on the sail and all that. I'm sorry I've been drinking again........sorry...... Please give me a link, so i can see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider head Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Please give me a link, so i can see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forza Eastend Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 I'm sorry I've been drinking again........sorry...... Can you tell me what you are drinking? as i want some of it, must be strong stuff it makes you believe your roger malone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset_Cider Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 yes, the crest has been our badge (when we had one) for the vast majority of our history, whereas the Robin is a horrible 70s abberation like flares and The Goodies. To the dustbin with it! I draw the line at you bringing 'The Goodies' into it............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man In Black Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 I can never get enough of just how shocking the badge is... especially how the Robin was just 'placed' on the sail as an afterthought, almost as if they thought "this will seal the deal with the fans" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the captain Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 yes, the crest has been our badge (when we had one) for the vast majority of our history, whereas the Robin is a horrible 70s abberation like flares and The Goodies. I quite liked The Goodies, who can remember 'Black pudding Bertha? they dont make them like that anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 yes, the crest has been our badge (when we had one) for the vast majority of our history, whereas the Robin is a horrible 70s abberation like flares and The Goodies. I quite liked The Goodies, who can remember 'Black pudding Bertha? they dont make them like that anymore! Do, do, do the funky Gibbon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob4Jane Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 "Robins" is a rubbish nickname, unoriginal -and based on the colour of shirts rather than anything Bristol realted. Pirates, while being a bit camp, is at least unique to our city. (Although celebrating murdering hairy men is perhaps not in the spirit of our club) The robin on the badge was cute, so was that Barnsley Bulldog. Seen some dodgy badges go in the bin where they belong, like QPR's ribbons, Chelski's little Milwall lion, and Rovers's squares. The Robin badge was better than the lot of 'em. A great badge, but no thanks to the gormless bird... That wonderful bridge the robin partially obscured was the real star, get the bridge back in the badge and I'll be happy, because since reading this thread I'm starting to understand the bad points of sharing our badge with those plonkers in college green and horfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidNoble Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 I like the crest we have at the moment. Dont mind the robin being incorporated into our shirt though somewhere, like where the England flag used to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaxbourton Red Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 "Robins" is a rubbish nickname, unoriginal -and based on the colour of shirts rather than anything Bristol realted. it's not unoriginal we ARE the robins the most famous robins out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooter Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 now hold on just cos someone else is using our nickname we back down and call ourselves something else? Do we ****!!!! The robins isnt tacky. Eagles............their tacky. And The Pirates is really gay!!! Yo mate, are you open at the moment? ...I really fancy a curry, and I live about half a mile away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooter Posted August 25, 2009 Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 How about just keep the current crest and have a Robin flying over it and the suspension bridge or something? That might... sort of work I guess!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I had a look at old photos and City don't appear to have had a badge on their shirts until after WW2. The oldest photo I can find with a badge on a shirt is one of Ivor Guy and the robin is perched on the ball looking to the right. The photo is on page 40 of "The complete history of Bristol City F C" by Peter Godsoff & published in 1979. Paint the bird yellow and it becomes Norwich's badge. Throughout the 50s & most of the 60s (Atyeo's time) City wore the coat of arms of the city of Bristol. When City wore all red for a while (Quigley & Crowe era), the badge disappeared, but returned with the white shorts in the early 70s (Drysdale, Merrick & co). The badge was still the coat of arms. 1974 cup win @ Leeds was coat of arms, 1976 league win @ Arsenal was a robin. This time the robin is looking to the left. That design was still being worn when Bob Taylor was a City player, but by the time Jordan became Manager for the second time it was the C of A again. The purple shirts worn in the 1994 cup win @ Liverpool had a left looking robin on, but it was a C of A when we had that play off game v Brentford and appears to have been so ever since. Yes the robin is indeed iconic of Bristol City, but it's been the club badge only rarely over the years. I don't know which year that photo of Ivor Guy was taken in as according to http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bristol_Ci...ristol_City.htm the robin was worn for the first time in 1976. That website also shows City wore the C of A from 1901 - 1903, but didn't bother again with a badge until 1951. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I had a look at old photos and City don't appear to have had a badge on their shirts until after WW2. The oldest photo I can find with a badge on a shirt is one of Ivor Guy and the robin is perched on the ball looking to the right. The photo is on page 40 of "The complete history of Bristol City F C" by Peter Godsoff & published in 1979. Paint the bird yellow and it becomes Norwich's badge. Throughout the 50s & most of the 60s (Atyeo's time) City wore the coat of arms of the city of Bristol. When City wore all red for a while (Quigley & Crowe era), the badge disappeared, but returned with the white shorts in the early 70s (Drysdale, Merrick & co). The badge was still the coat of arms. 1974 cup win @ Leeds was coat of arms, 1976 league win @ Arsenal was a robin. This time the robin is looking to the left. That design was still being worn when Bob Taylor was a City player, but by the time Jordan became Manager for the second time it was the C of A again. The purple shirts worn in the 1994 cup win @ Liverpool had a left looking robin on, but it was a C of A when we had that play off game v Brentford and appears to have been so ever since. Yes the robin is indeed iconic of Bristol City, but it's been the club badge only rarely over the years. I don't know which year that photo of Ivor Guy was taken in as according to http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bristol_Ci...ristol_City.htm the robin was worn for the first time in 1976. That website also shows City wore the C of A from 1901 - 1903, but didn't bother again with a badge until 1951. Did City sign Ivor Guy from Charlton? Reason I ask is that in 1940's their badge featured a Robin sat on a football. http://www.footballcrests.com/clubs/charlton-athletic-fc They were also known as the Robins and ran on to the pitch to the tune of "when the Red Red Robin comes bob bobbing along - which we also adopted as our club song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 it's not unoriginal we ARE the robins the most famous robins out there Charlton fans would probably argue that one with you. Charlton had a Robin sat on a football as part of their badge in the 40's and 50's. They were also known as the Robins and used the song "When the Red Red Robin" before we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Did City sign Ivor Guy from Charlton? They were also known as the Robins and ran on to the pitch to the tune of "when the Red Red Robin comes bob bobbing along - which we also adopted as our club song. I vaguely remember Ivor Guy and those days in the early 50's, when I was a small lad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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