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 ...

Logo nerds flocked to read Counter-Print’s book of heraldry-inspired designs first time around. As the publisher returns with Modern Heraldry: Volume Two, we dissect the relationship between the ...

Ayr United’s historic club crest is to be ripped apart, the Ayrshire Post can reveal. The high-flying Honest Men have been told their famous badge breaks ancient heraldic law. And they could face ...

In the Middle Ages, knights-whose view of the battlefield was limited to what they could see through tiny slits in metal helms-recognized the need to be able to better identify friend from foe. Rather ...

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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 ...

FOOTBALL fans who are fighting to scrap an archaic law that has forced clubs to abandon their crests have been left in limbo as heraldic rules become mired in confusion. More than 20 clubs may fall ...