Darth Vadis 151 Posted May 19, 2021 Doing the rounds on Twitter. I will wait to see any potential re-designs before making a judgement. Don't hate the current crest, but also don't absolutely love it. As long as it isn't an identi-circle one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,123 Posted May 19, 2021 This should be put to the fans if there was to be a change. Personally, I'd like to see a modernisation of our current one 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,558 Posted May 19, 2021 It seems to been a part of the fan consultation the club launched recently - they don't directly express it, but ask a question about images people associate with Norwich City - the canary, castle and lion were all options. There has been a recent trend of shirt manufacturers recommending clubs simplify their badges and kit designs as cleaner looking kits tend to sell better, and are cheaper to manufacture and thus more profitable for the maker. I wouldn't be surprised at with a new shirt manufacturer being announced soon, as part of those talks the redesign of the badge was brought up. There is already a simplified version on the third kit which I think looks pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,720 Posted May 19, 2021 Agree with most on here- If there is to be a change I would like to see it done via a multiple options choices fan vote rather than just change it out of the blue without warning, and that one of the options on the vote is to keep the current badge. Would not mind seeing either a cleaner, more modern take on our badge, or prehaps even a more simplistic take, such as just the bird on the ball and our founding date underneath. One thing I would like seeing changed, not removed entirely prehaps, is the current lion.. I mean it does look more like a 1960's scooby doo ghost than a lion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,168 Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) "There has been a recent trend of shirt manufacturers recommending clubs simplify their badges ..... " Yes, and I'm thinking now of the current Swansea and Derby badges ... which are really logos. Both very modern, very artistic and, imo, very good. Perhaps a lined drawing of just a canary in this kind of shape might be nice: Any artists in the house? Edited May 19, 2021 by BroadstairsR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NFN FC 1,123 Posted May 19, 2021 12 minutes ago, Bethnal Yellow and Green said: It seems to been a part of the fan consultation the club launched recently - they don't directly express it, but ask a question about images people associate with Norwich City - the canary, castle and lion were all options. There has been a recent trend of shirt manufacturers recommending clubs simplify their badges and kit designs as cleaner looking kits tend to sell better, and are cheaper to manufacture and thus more profitable for the maker. I wouldn't be surprised at with a new shirt manufacturer being announced soon, as part of those talks the redesign of the badge was brought up. There is already a simplified version on the third kit which I think looks pretty good. I'd like the 3rd kit badge a lot more if it didn't remind me of Spurs so much. I'd still like to have the castle involved, not so much the lion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,821 Posted May 19, 2021 As I said yesterday in the fan consultation thread, I'd be happy just to keep the canary on its own, ideally sitting on the ball. Although tweaked slightly for modernisation reasons would make sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FatCanary 249 Posted May 19, 2021 in my view our badge is perfectly simple and the absence of any text makes it hugely effective and one of the last of the great football badges IMO. Anything we do to change it will make it worse. Luckily it doesn't really matter. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,168 Posted May 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, FatCanary said: in my view our badge is perfectly simple and the absence of any text makes it hugely effective and one of the last of the great football badges IMO. Anything we do to change it will make it worse. Luckily it doesn't really matter. There's something in that. Perhaps a club badge and a logo on the shirts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FatCanary 249 Posted May 19, 2021 Wouldn't actually be against a club badge/team logo setup. Would mean the shirt logo could be any old **** as long as a Canary was vaguely involved. After all you have a club captain and a team captain...not always the same person. Having said that i'm pretty sure someone with a background in marketing will tell me why that is an insane idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,562 Posted May 19, 2021 20 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Agree with most on here- If there is to be a change I would like to see it done via a multiple options choices fan vote rather than just change it out of the blue without warning, and that one of the options on the vote is to keep the current badge. Would not mind seeing either a cleaner, more modern take on our badge, or prehaps even a more simplistic take, such as just the bird on the ball and our founding date underneath. One thing I would like seeing changed, not removed entirely prehaps, is the current lion.. I mean it does look more like a 1960's scooby doo ghost than a lion This is one of my many hobby-horses but if nothing else the ball - if it's kept - has to change. Those lines of shading just look amateurish compared with the rest of the design. And in general the idea that the current design could not possibly be improved upon is nonsense. One way of involving fans would be to turn it into a competition, of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzar 1,702 Posted May 19, 2021 I'd like to see a giant yellow canary sh!tting on a tiny blue horse, as part of the new design. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,431 Posted May 19, 2021 When badge changes go bad 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WD40 720 Posted May 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said: When badge changes go bad 😂😂😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Raven 276 Posted May 19, 2021 I'd be happy if it's this. Can't imagine an Evening News reader will get to design it this time though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted May 19, 2021 No objection to a design change but the Canary must still be at the heart of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,459 Posted May 19, 2021 16 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said: When badge changes go bad Looks like it’s come from an Eastern bloc communist poster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted May 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, FenwayFrank said: Looks like it’s come from an Eastern bloc communist poster I thought it was off a computer game or something. I don't think our badge needs much changing. Ultimately the lion and castle is the Norwich coat of arms, just a very stylised version of it. If we're not careful it will look like Bristol City's re-jig which looks OK, but a bit "generic". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,720 Posted May 19, 2021 49 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: As I said yesterday in the fan consultation thread, I'd be happy just to keep the canary on its own, ideally sitting on the ball. Although tweaked slightly for modernisation reasons would make sense. Hows this artistic mockup I made? Took me hours of work 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tired 102 Posted May 19, 2021 It's a bit "identi-circle", but I quite liked the new Brizzle City logo. How would you feel about this but in yellow and green? 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted May 19, 2021 Just now, Tired said: It's a bit "identi-circle", but I quite liked the new Brizzle City logo. How would you feel about this but in yellow and green? Which was a bit similar to Brentford's (which I do like, but again, circular and therefore very identi-kit). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,562 Posted May 19, 2021 This would be an improvement in two ways (the ball and the lion) if the idea was to keep roughly to the current design: 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,558 Posted May 19, 2021 I imagine the badge that is already on the third kit, or something very similar, will find its way onto the first kit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,720 Posted May 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, PurpleCanary said: This would be an improvement in two ways (the ball and the lion) if the idea was to keep roughly to the current design: Hold up why oh why does that look so.. familiar? 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,821 Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Hows this artistic mockup I made? Took me hours of work 😉 Something like that but with a canary instead of a c0ck. 5 minutes ago, Bethnal Yellow and Green said: I imagine the badge that is already on the third kit, or something very similar, will find its way onto the first kit. Something along those lines would be my preference. Edited May 19, 2021 by Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Moss 2,165 Posted May 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, Bethnal Yellow and Green said: I imagine the badge that is already on the third kit, or something very similar, will find its way onto the first kit. If we were to change it, then I could live with this. But I love our club badge as it is. I’m not filled with confidence about a change at all. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,940 Posted May 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Hold up why oh why does that look so.. familiar? 😉 Reminded me of the old Lithuanian national football team badge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Vadis 151 Posted May 19, 2021 I think a modernisation of this design would be nice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danke bitte 965 Posted May 19, 2021 I thought there was another non-league club called the canaries who pretty much just have a canary as their badge motif which looks a lot like a modernised version of our bird. I can't recall their name, pretty such @cambridgeshire canary posted something about them changing their kit to yellow a few weeks ago. I'm not keen on a change in crest, but football badges, like User Interface design on apps / websites seem to be getting 'flatter' and bolder so it's just a sign of the times I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites