Cardiff City club crests - most of them are rubbish

[Blue in the Face]

Some of the much older club crests are interesting and even quite cool. But for me, in terms of design, Cardiff City has never had a great club badge/crest. I know folks get too nostalgic for the CCFC crest that we had from 1988 - 2003, but as a piece of design I reckon it looks really poo. It would be much better if we would just nail an awesome design or just go with a simple bluebird badge in the future. But not go back to that date ones from the 80's to the present day. I feel like folks just said they were happy with the badge we have as the re-brand moaning got fatiguing.

Is the badge we have actually good?

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Here's some links to our crests down the years.

More modern ones...

http://uefa.wikidot.com/england:cardiff-city-fc

Older ones....

https://thebeautifulhistory.wordpres.../cardiff-city/

[ian gibson]

The best one.
http://www.retrofootballclub.com/sit...y-1341-2_1.jpg

[surge]

Simple bluebird in a white circle with Welsh flag on back (just under neck or at bottom of the shirt) please.

[jamieccfc]

I've always liked the 58-59 one just needs a little bit of modernisation

[WJ99mobile]

Over design is a killer

[Blue in the Face]

Simple bluebird in a white circle with Welsh flag on back (just under neck or at bottom of the shirt) please.

Failing a great design, I'd love that too.

I've always liked the 58-59 one just needs a little bit of modernisation

Which one is that?

[jamieccfc]

Failing a great design, I'd love that too.



Which one is that?

https://thebeautifulhistory.files.wo...rd19581959.jpg

[Blue in the Face]

https://thebeautifulhistory.files.wo...rd19581959.jpg

Cheers. Yeah, that's definitely one of the best.

[NYCBlue]

Simple bluebird in a white circle with Welsh flag on back (just under neck or at bottom of the shirt) please.

This for me. No need for daffodils, initials or words.

[B. Oddie]

This has always been my favourite.

https://www.toffs.com/shop-by-team/f...football-shirt

[Taunton Blue Genie]

The club hasn't even bothered registering the current badge (i.e. the one with the ragworm) as a trade mark.
And they didn't register the re-brand badge until I highlighted the fact on here.
For a multi-million pound business it's rather curious.

[gabbsthenewt]

Simple, it's this one - no need for updated modern look footballs or sheriffs badge thanks Rita Pidsdale

Cardiff_City_AFC_1988_2003_logo.jpg

[NYCBlue]

This has always been my favourite.

https://www.toffs.com/shop-by-team/f...football-shirt

[jon1959]

Every version of the club badge/crest has been rubbish, but we have produced some excellent beer mats!

I still like the Karl Payne designs from 2012. They were done as compromise badges in the Fire & Passion red dragon era, but they had real design quality that was missing in almost every official badge I have ever seen. The exception is the simple bluebird in a white circle.

[Zenith]

The Welsh football badge is on another level

[life on mars]

Simple, it's this one - no need for updated modern look footballs or sheriffs badge thanks Rita Pidsdale

Cardiff_City_AFC_1988_2003_logo.jpg

Remove the squashed dragon and daffodil ,then enlarge the Bluebird.

[jon1959]

Remove the squashed dragon and daffodil ,then enlarge the Bluebird.

Then use the same type face for all the lettering (and make it sans serif), get rid of the fiddly scroll-work, and drop the line drawn footballs that just clutter it all up. That should do it.