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Just had an email from the club....

Number 3 wins - I nearly fell off my chair I was so surprised !!!

Really. Most unexpected, 52% of people can't be wrong.

For fucks sake, I emailed both Lambert and Bowden about the badge requiring a green train in order for it to represent Swindon, if the train was Great Western Green then I'd be happy with it. But no they have ignored the history of the town in favour of cheap printing costs..........they don't have a fucking clue!!

i totally agree with you mate, but its a huge improvement on the current crap badge we have

Not just in green mate but its a Tank engine and doesnt have a tender behind it...get the badge right or its pointless....its got to be a King class which is what Swindon is famous for, its like Swansea or Cardiff having a goat on thier badge and not a sheep!  :D

They are just about incapable of getting anything right!!  :x

Uh...Yes !!!

Emailed Lambert AGAIN.....won't hold my breathe though, like the guy above said, if you aint gonna get it right then what is the point!

my grandad was a town fan and train guard.and my great grandad drove trains most famously the king george v.
i think they would be embarrased by the new badge if not angered.

Response from Lambert:

Hi Martin - I've seen the comments on the Forums.
 
You misunderstand me - the designer went for a 'two-colour' logo for ease of reproduction and clarity etc, NOT because it would be cheaper to print, hence the reason why the train is red - without meaning to offend GWR.
 
Thanks for your emails. I will follow up again and see what suggestions can be made.
 
Regards,
 
Ben Lambert

  Both my grandfathers were railwayman, as was my father.......they wouldn't have given a shit.

 Coming from the generation that fought the Great War,  campaigned for worker's rights...survived the economic depression of the 30's, then WWII and post war austerity....they tended to see the bigger picture.

 PS that doesn';t mean the Board shouldn't have got it right....with their "option 3"

i have a suggestion if you read this ben lambert.go back to the design we had before the current badge.

Seems fair enough from Mr Lambert really. Hope everything isn't too far down the line to change it (e.g. it would add extra design costs, etc).



To be fair, not a bad idea. Would have saved a lot of money. Of course there may have been ownership issues (who owns the design?).

were they not proud of the job they did reg?
i know the two men i mentioned were very proud of it themselves as are their remaining familys

Have also emailed the club. I find it hard to believe a qualified designer was involved at any stage of that abortion of a logo.



I've used that one before. Works every time and keeps the job in budget. Mugs.

I don't like it.

Not because of the train or owt, I just don't like it.

A bit like I don't like the Welsh.

I seem to remember the old badge had a lot more than two colours and there didn't seem any problem with reproduction, or clarity. Even the badge we've got now consists of Red, White AND GREEN! and they've had no trouble putting that on just about anything!

It's a cost cutting excercise and anyone who thinks differently is deluding themselves.

I seem to remember the old badge had a lot more than two colours and there didn't seem any problem with reproduction, or clarity. Even the badge we've got now consists of Red, White AND GREEN! and they've had no trouble putting that on just about anything!

It's a cost cutting excercise and anyone who thinks differently is deluding themselves.

can someone put a picture of the badge up here please because i cant remember what it looks like

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/javaImages/e5/99/0,,10341~3185125,00.jpg

lazy fucker

  Proud Englishmen, proud Swindonians, proud railwaymen....STFC fans, but they wouldn't have worried about something piddly like a badge, after all we ddin't have one at all until 1974, by which time my 2 grandfathers were gone.

:mrgreen:

thank you.

i must say that i prefer it to the current one.

whilst we're at it, i think they should erect a huge sign on that stretch of grass in between the car park and the magic roundabout to tell the world what the next fixture is.

Now thats a good idea! I can see lambert suggesting it as his own.  Go on Ben you know you like brownie points  :D

and my great grandad was dead before 74 so i'm probably wrong about my assumption about the badge :oops:
i still think its shit though

i still think that the new fancy kits we'll have an these old school badges will look dumb!

what do the new kits look like?

 :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

You been living on Mars for the last 3 months Lebowski ?

 :wink:

Are you on a wind up?

Like crazy futuristic star trek uniforms.

Think the ukraine world cup kit in red and white and u'll pretty much have it...........in fact u will have it exactly

well for some reason i cant ever get on the official site to have a look.

the upside of this is that i havent seen any of the board's statements.

 I think its shit as well....all this crap about tradition , we've had the current badge on the shirt for longer than any other.

i'm not convinced on this new badge. Its hardly inspiring.

and besides, it looks like a five yr old designed it

ralphy can't draw!!

modern kits and old school badges. I cant see it looking good

i know i'm a prick but copying me isn't nice...it's just a shame everyone ignores my words cos they know i'm a prick...you're day will come!  :cry:

i agree.

retro is the future.

hey i am sorry... i didnt realise i was'nt allowed to have the same views as you

 I'd like something closer to this 30's ensemble

 http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Reg__Smeeton/dickparkhouse.jpg

 I'd like something closer to this 30's ensemble

 http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/Reg__Smeeton/dickparkhouse.jpg

 See tradition......no fucking badge  :old:

Hate that new kit ..... But why are there 4 old sanitry towels lying next to it ?

:)

They were thrown out 70 years ago and bio degrade slowly.

To me they look cheap and nasty, bit like this board really!

grr you're meant you quote and say "i agree with this prick"

Personally i like the new kits, i liked the ukraine kit design and ours is the same just a different colour, i'm undecided about the badge, it's not too bad, but not the greatest either.

Badge is terrible - it's ok going back to a traditional style badge, but if so, do it properly!

If the badge is to have meaning (the whole point behind this) and people on here have raised some very sensible factual and aesthetic errors, there is no reason why it shouldn't be amended....unless they've managed in the space of a day to have all the kits ordered and lotto have managed to produce them all in a day.

A bit of common sense is needed - and as trivial as the matter is, a chance for this lot to get a tiny slice of respect (I said tiny)

I'll beat him to it - the Trust suggested this three years ago (and it was an old idea then). IIRC Sandy muttered something about the council not allowing it. But then we did suggest it at the same time as suggesting the ticket prices were a smidge on the high side.

Back on topic, I was especially impressed that while rambling on about how proud they are of the heritage in the "Salubritas et Industria" motto, they managed to mistranslate it :shock: (although to be fair, only very slightly and I am being a pedant about nouns and adjectives)

I've changed my mind. ;)

Horrible kit.

http://www.uksmallbusinessdirectory.co.uk/clothing/ukraine-home.jpg

that makes me sick!

It's gonna look shit.

Supermarine it is for next season then :)

I'm gutted they didnt go for the flammable Ben elephant train design.....

me to dv, me to.

Would certainly look more professional

Correct me if I'm wrong Mr Smeeton, but we did have a badge pre-74 just not on the shirt - there is a photo of Danny Willaims at Wembely in 69 wearing a club blazer with the old crest that was used til 91 on it.

Here is what the badge may look like with a green train:

http://www.zen49395.zen.co.uk/pics/newnewbadge.jpg

Health and Industry,

Batch

Maybe sort out the Albino Robin too?

I see your green train and raise you Boris Yeltsin's face.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/flammableben/newbadge.jpg

Who's turn is it next?

RIP Boris old fella

A true pisshead if ever I witnessed one

how about a bird with big tits

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c116/mexicored/newbadge.jpg

Now we are getting somewhere. The fan badge.

Ace  :D

I think we should keep going until theirs little recognisable about the current badge.

Who's going next?

I dont have photoshop  :(

How about some orange and a little dedication to our very own ralphy!?

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/Dan_jackson10/newbadge.jpg

wwwooot

like the smoke, good touch.

Niiice. I'd vote for it in an official club vote.

How about with a rasta sign instead of a ball in dedication to FB?
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/Dan_jackson10/newbadge-1.jpg

this is ace.

Keep the changes up people.

I think rather than Swindon Town....it should read mackerel.....with a picture of said fish

How about the fat controller instead of boris?

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/Dan_jackson10/newbadge-2.jpg

amazing! please make the green train thomas the tank

wasn't it henry that was green - the miserable one?

 Henry had an attitude problem, he refused to go out in the rain so got bricked up in a tunnel. to teach him a lesson.

Dan you cunt.  :x

i remember ringo describing it well, always sounded like he was stoned though

love you to ralphy 8)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d144/Dan_jackson10/newbadge-3.jpg

Right I'm going to do a quick edit. I suppose it doesn't really matter if 2 people edit at the same time, we can always incorporate the changes.

nah it werent ringo it was the bloke out of half man half biscuit

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/flammableben/badge3.jpg

those leaves at the bottom were annoying me.

what is that?

I think that badge should be e mailed to the club.

it's a joint. well a bad jpeg of one shrank and rotated. and then some of it redrawn in with the clone tool where I had to cut round someones hand.

Is it really that bad? looks like a joint to me.

The continuous re-saving as jpeg is hitting the image quality pretty bad. However in this case I really don't think it matters too much.

its a mackerel..our proud fish heritage n all  :?

i still think you got your wish reg

Mackerel Town FC

Fishius 2 da Maximus

How about a picture of Billie Piper on it too?

Or a Honda  :D

How about a picture of a crashed Honda

Spoil spoilt. :)

The motto should read "George and Mildred"

Here you go you ungrateful cunts :D

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/flammableben/mbadge.jpg

i like it, would get my vote

nice mackerel pleasure!

Someone elses turn to make changes now. I'm having a break.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jameswalsh/mbadge.jpg

I'm left-handed

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jameswalsh/mbadge1.JPG

ace

what about the fish?

like it

spunk fish..I mean monk fish is that?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jameswalsh/mbadge2.JPG

Don't cyber bully me sonic. I'm a real person.

I've commisioned jeffk (http://www.somethingawful.com/hosted/jeffk/) to create the next version.

legend.

And it wasn't me pushing something awfulness on the forums this time. It sort of happened by itself.

One of these days I'm going to pay to join those forums and leave you cunts behind.

We'll takeover the world Ben, beginning with TrustSTFC.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l208/DV85/mbadge2.jpg

 :|

too far dan. too far :(

Thats wrecked the design for sure.

Dan, you've ruined it for everybody. I hope you're happy.

And sonic, I'm going to do the same. We're too good for the small time TEF.

I'm shocked and appalled at all of you - four pages of designs of the so-called fans' badge and no-one did one with a pint in one of the four quadrants. You people are a disgrace. We should have a pint in the lower left, and to mark the momentous occasion of our groundshare with Rovers (and the fact that like the badge vote that's been sewn up weeks ago) a flying Arkells seat in the upper right.

We might have done if Sonic and DV hadn't ruined it for everybody.

This good enough paul?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/flammableben/mbadge2.jpg

thats quality!!

I think there are still edits in there somewhere. and could do with being tidied up a bit.

It was supposed to be an organic creative thing grown out of the minds of the tef, I feel I've taken over a bit. Change it more people.

I'd buy a red t-shirt with it on though. Could be a TEF money spinner.

Lets be honest, if Ben Lambert is reading this (or whoever) the fact that we are defacing our own (to be) badge is a pretty clear indication of what we think of it and the board.

And you know, its fuckin funny too.

damn near perfect that is

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  that badge is ace

I'm guessing top right corner is supposed to be a flying seat??  :?

looks like a laptop to me

 :nod:  And me. Maybe its a reference to STFC's high proportion of militant internet geeks :D

There should be some anti depresant pills on there as well.

And a picture of Monkhouse to piss VD off

That, Ben, is brilliant. You see this shows why they shouldn't have done a "vote for one of three options" for the new badge - they should have had a Blue Peter-style "Design your own" competition with prizes in different age categories. We'd have made a strong showing in the under-8s.

Why is the fat controller on it?

Diamandis  :soapy tit wank:

I still want George and Mildred on it

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  Thats quite good for you Heid! :mrgreen:

We all know that no matter how many times we email the club....they will not edit the badge....it will stay as it is....when do the board ever listen to the fans?....

i'm guessing there are laws about putting boobs on your football shirt

No, many clubs are on the verge of going bust.

size restrictions? 34C max?

teeheehee i like this thread, thanks for maknig me smile whilei'm bored stiff at work :D

me and fb should take much credit and the club should therefore pay us for our services to fund the rasta jew ways!