What is a badge in any case? It’s a complicated question to answer. Perhaps your football club’s most ubiquitous symbol is a storied, heraldic design harking back to the local coat of arms or a sleek, ...

The battle to save Ayr United’s badge is ON. As ancient heraldic laws prepare to shatter decades of history at Somerset Park, the Ayrshire Post is launching a fightback. We told last week how archaic ...

Before the name of your tailor, the make and model of your car, or the size of your superyacht mattered, and before logo-laden handbags or even old school ties, the status symbol for the seriously ...

What is a badge in any case? It’s a complicated question to answer. Perhaps your football club’s most ubiquitous symbol is a storied, heraldic design harking back to the local coat of arms or a sleek, ...

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First developed in the 12th century, heraldry was a practice originally reserved for medieval knights, and served a simple but practical purpose: to show who you were. At the time, a banner had to be ...

AIRDRIEONIANS are being forced to change their badge – because it breaks a law dating back to the 16th Century. The League One club were stunned to receive a letter telling them that their crest has ...

Ayr United are calling on fans to help design a new club badge since the current crest breaks heraldic law. A complaint from a member of the public has led to the Procurator Fiscal for the Court of ...