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So I’ve always wondered about those football badges when watching Premier League matches, right? Just got tired of staring at them without understanding what the animals or weird shapes meant. Started with zero clue about most symbols.
The Messy Research Phase
Tried Googling randomly at first. Typed stuff like “Liverpool bird meaning” or “why wolves have triangle eyes”. Total spaghetti mess. Found club histories buried under boring football stats. Almost gave up twice scrolling through ancient club websites designed in the 90s.
The Turning Point
Made a giant spreadsheet – 20 rows for each club. Started filling columns: Main Symbol, Weird Shape, Colour Meaning. Changed everything. For example:
- Saw Manchester United’s red devil everywhere. Turns out? Was from local brewery logo! Club just nicked it.
- Nottingham Forest actually has Robin Hood on it? My brain crashed. Thought it was random tree guy.
- Tottenham’s chicken? Ancient history – local cockfighting ring legend. Dead serious.
Printed bad drafts on my crusty printer. Highlighted stuff with four different colours until pages looked like kindergarten art project. Cat stepped on Aston Villa sheet – paw prints over the lion claws. Appropriate actually.
Epic Fail Moments
Mixed up Manchester City’s ship (meant to be Manchester Ship Canal) with Chelsea’s lion (from Earl Cadogan’s coat of arms) for hours. Facepalmed hard when realised one’s boat, one’s predator. Couldn’t un-see Wolves’ eye triangle as pizza slice for three days.
Final Showdown
Made rough sketches while rewatching old matches. Doodled wolves, eagles, cannon balls during halftime. Realised half these logos changed because:
- Boring designers (Everton’s tower got simplified)
- Legal fights (Leeds had to remove fake smile from yellow guy)
- Or pure marketing crap (looking at you, Stoke City’s bet365 stadium logo)
Took blurry phone pics of my messy notes. Typed everything while eating cold pizza at 2am. Morning me found typos like “AFC Bournemouth’s dk instead of deer”. Glad I caught that disaster.
Why Bother Though?
Bet you’re wondering why I wasted three weekends on this. Spotted a Leicester fan wearing old fox badge tee last month. Explained how the fox originally had crown. Made him grin like kid on Christmas. Now I just annoy mates at pub with “SEE THAT SHIP? IT REPRESENTS INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE” during matches. They avoid me now. Success?
Ultimately learned – Premier League badges are like drunk history lessons. Animals mean local legends. Shapes are medieval nonsense. And everyone copies everyone else. Except Brentford’s bee. That’s just cute.