In sport, a Club crest is the term used to describe a logo used by a sports club. Such a logo is also often termed a badge. The logos of many clubs are inspired by heraldic design.
In Association football, club crests did not always hold their current importance. In the case of Aston Villa Football Club, while the rampant lion was associated with the club from near its inception in 1874, the earliest known crest, the Lion Rampant To dexter (facing left) on a shield with motto "Prepared", was first documented in the club program of 1st September 1906.[1]
The use of the term crest to describe a logo derives from the misconception that a crest refers to any emblem that is heraldic.[2] In heraldry, a crest specifically refers to the element of a coat of arms which appears above a helmet.
Due to the heraldic design of many club logos, they are sometimes regulated in regions with heraldic authorities. In Scotland, some club logos have been deemed "an heraldic device" by the Court of the Lord Lyon. Because heraldic devices must be authorised by this court, some clubs have been required to change their logos to designs which are not heraldic. Alternatively, a club may apply to have its logo authorised by the Court of the Lord Lyon.[3] Similarly, the College of Arms has regulated club logos, with at least 25 football clubs in England and Wales having designs authorised by the college. In those cases, the English Football League was granted heraldic badges, which were subsequently licensed to the appropriate clubs.[4]
^Badge of honour for Villa, Roger Clarke, Birmingham Mail 2 May 2007
^"FAQs: heraldry". College of Arms. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^Telford, Colin (18 April 2015). "Call to arms over threat to Scottish club badges". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^Phillips, David Llewelyn (Spring 2015). "Badges and 'Crests': The Twentieth-Century Relationship Between Football and Heraldry" (PDF). The Coat of Arms. XI Part I (229): 40-41. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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