Admin phantom Posted August 9, 2016 Admin Share Posted August 9, 2016 I found an interesting site with the history of our club badge on, may be of interest to some?? After four solid campaigns, City were promoted in 1906 having won the Second Division championship. The following year they finished in second place three points behind champions Newcastle. In 1909, there was another near-miss when City reached the FA Cup Final only to lose to Manchester United 0-1. (The crest was worn in this match on the blue shirts worn for the occasion.) Two years later, City were relegated on the last day of the season: they would not return to the top flight for 66 years. A crest was worn during the 1949-50 season that featured a robin standing on a football. This was replaced during the Fifties when the coat of arms crest was worn once again embroidered onto a white patch. The city crest appeared once again in the 1969-70 season, now embroidered directly onto the shirts, and was used until 1976. Pre-season photos for 1971-72 show the all-red shirts and socks worn with white shorts but this strip was never worn: the photographs were taken before the new kit with white trimmings and shorts was delivered. In 1976, City finished in runners-up position and were promoted to the First Division. To mark the occasion, a new badge replaced the city's coat of arms on players' shirts, featuring a robin (the club's nickname) and the Clifton suspension bridge, Bristol's most famous landmark. Predictably they struggled to survive at this level, narrowly avoiding relegation twice before finishing a respectable 13th in 1979. The following year, however, City were relegated and in successive seasons plunged all the way down to Division Four and bankruptcy. A new company was formed (Bristol City 1982 Ltd) and closure was narrowly avoided. The club was so strapped for cash that for the opening weeks of the 1983-84 season, an old set of shirts with the (now obsolete) Umbro diamond trim down the sleeves were pressed into service before a new set were delivered, made by Bukta. The crest was missing from the new set; instead "B.C.82" in felt characters was ironed onto the chest. In 1984, The Robins began the long climb back up the league, gaining promotion in fourth position. In 1986, the robin crest was reinstated but without the background shield. At the beginning of the 1994-95 season, a simplified version of the Bristol coat of arms once again became City's official crest, appearing with and without a white shield background. The team became stuck in the third tier andstruggled to avoid relegation in 2005-06. The following season, however, they were promoted to the Championship (second tier) as runners-up in League Two. In April 2013 City were relegated to League One and it is probably no coincidence that a group of fans started a campaign to restore the robin crest. By November 2014 their petition had attracted 1,000 signatures but when the club updated their crest in 2015, it was only to simplify the design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Any chance of the link , I can't see any of the images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Nor can l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 56 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Any chance of the link , I can't see any of the images. 13 minutes ago, Robbored said: Nor can l http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bristol_City/Bristol_City.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM91 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 History is a funny old thing. a lot of fans clamour for the return of the Robin, but how many were aware of our prior nicknames the Garabaldians or the Citizens? I imagine more know that we were known as the Bristol Babes. Or that the nickname the Robins originated from the song "when the red robin goes bobbin along". Imagine the outcry if the club tried to adopt the nickname Ruby back when the Kaiser Chiefs song topped the charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, JM91 said: History is a funny old thing. a lot of fans clamour for the return of the Robin, but how many were aware of our prior nicknames the Garabaldians or the Citizens? I imagine more know that we were known as the Bristol Babes. Or that the nickname the Robins originated from the song "when the red robin goes bobbin along". Imagine the outcry if the club tried to adopt the nickname Ruby back when the Kaiser Chiefs song topped the charts. Cor... that Ruby song was everywhere back then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 "A crest was worn during the 1949-50 season that featured a robin standing on a football". Whoever designed that badge made a fortune. Norwich's badge looked sooo similar, except the bird was a canary not a robin. A third club also had a variation on this theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I read an article recently. It said when we changed our name and kit colors in 1897 the local sports journalist used to call us the robins but it didn't catch on with the fans until a few years later. This was well before the current crest badge was ever born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I think the 1949 version of the badge looks the best, a revamp of this version would look great I think, much better than the 70's and 80's version with the bridge that with all due respect looks like my nephew drew it at junior school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 They just need to replace the 2 unicorns with the robins either side of our ship and castle shield - then no-one and everyone will be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 36 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: 36 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I think the 1949 version of the badge looks the best, a revamp of this version would look great I think, much better than the 70's and 80's version with the bridge that with all due respect looks like my nephew drew it at junior school 1949 is very similar to Tottenham Hotspur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 5 hours ago, Bullbag said: Hate red shorts. We are Red & White FFS. Hate white shorts. We are all red FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaissance Williams Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 As a lover of art, the '49 Robin does it for me - brilliant simplicity and very red. I'm inclined to change my user name! And how about the Bedminster maroon and gold somewhere in the away kit, set against the black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 12 hours ago, JM91 said: History is a funny old thing. a lot of fans clamour for the return of the Robin, but how many were aware of our prior nicknames the Garabaldians or the Citizens? I imagine more know that we were known as the Bristol Babes. Or that the nickname the Robins originated from the song "when the red robin goes bobbin along". Imagine the outcry if the club tried to adopt the nickname Ruby back when the Kaiser Chiefs song topped the charts. Indeed. Never got the fascination with the robin, the current crest is much closer to the 9 hours ago, Threshing Red said: I read an article recently. It said when we changed our name and kit colors in 1897 the local sports journalist used to call us the robins but it didn't catch on with the fans until a few years later. This was well before the current crest badge was ever born. The current crest badge is almost identical to that 1901, based on the graphic above. If the robin didn't make an appearance until 1949 then I don't understand how we can argue for the robin back on grounds of 'tradition'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 24 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: Indeed. Never got the fascination with the robin, the current crest is much closer to the The current crest badge is almost identical to that 1901, based on the graphic above. If the robin didn't make an appearance until 1949 then I don't understand how we can argue for the robin back on grounds of 'tradition'. yea I never get the tradition arguement, the crest was here 40 years before the robin, so we currently have our traditional badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 31 minutes ago, Monkeh said: yea I never get the tradition arguement, the crest was here 40 years before the robin, so we currently have our traditional badge Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the robin, but to call it our 'traditional' crest is just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 10 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I think the 1949 version of the badge looks the best, a revamp of this version would look great I think, much better than the 70's and 80's version with the bridge that with all due respect looks like my nephew drew it at junior school The 49 badge is OK, but almost identical to the current Norwich one (except colour). The 1976 one looks like a simpleton designed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 1 hour ago, BRISTOL86 said: Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the robin, but to call it our 'traditional' crest is just wrong. oh same here, I perfer the crest but I have nothing against the robin and frankley would be just as happy with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueredsupporter Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 the club has been nicknamed the Robins for sixty years, is it? The tradition argument for the Robin is strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 12 minutes ago, Trueredsupporte said: the club has been nicknamed the Robins for sixty years, is it? The tradition argument for the Robin is strong. the crest was in existence and used 115 years ago, tradition for the crest is stronger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueredsupporter Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Not what I said. nothing against the crestsbut Bcfc is nicknamed the Robins. nothing to argue about. that is a tradition. maybe that should change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 33 minutes ago, Trueredsupporte said: Not what I said. nothing against the crestsbut Bcfc is nicknamed the Robins. nothing to argue about. that is a tradition. maybe that should change? the discussion was about using a robin as the clubs badge because it was traditional but its been point out that it is also tradition that the crest is used, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueredsupporter Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 the robin is part of the tradition of bcfc. its nicknames. its crests. its badges. its fans. its pubs and cafes. silly to say that tradition isn't strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 4 hours ago, Trueredsupporte said: the robin is part of the tradition of bcfc. its nicknames. its crests. its badges. its fans. its pubs and cafes. silly to say that tradition isn't strong. I haven't said it isn't strong i said the traditional badge being the crest is STONGER where have I even suggested the robin wasn't tradition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueredsupporter Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 where have I even suggested the robin wasn't tradition? Where you say you do not get the traditional argument and where you agree with a poster that the robin is not traditional. As a fan of city for nearly fifty years not so sure the crest is stronger amongst fans and the community at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 can we all just give peace a chance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 12 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: The 49 badge is OK, but almost identical to the current Norwich one (except colour). The 1976 one looks like a simpleton designed it. Oi! Stop dissing my tattoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 As a supporter that is older than most here my twopeneth on the kit/badge is this. I always thought the all red kit was a bit iffy, white shorts are much better aesthetically with a red top. On the badge, I have always preferred the club crest. However there is no reason not to have the robin on the shorts or socks and maybe even the 70's robin and bridge crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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