That's good communication. Being the primary source of the news, setting expectations, being clearer about the necessity for fan feedback. It's good to see them jump on this. Exciting stuff.

15 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:

That's something that's going to excite a lot of fans.

Really hope they don't pick a stinker.

 

YES

 

 

 

 

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Want that one.

Am looking forward to seeing the new design(s). This was something that Mark (MSF) raised with Boro when he was chairman. Steve Gibson was definitely up for it, especially given the anniversary coming up.

8 minutes ago, boro-unger said:

Am looking forward to seeing the new design(s). This was something that Mark (MSF) raised with Boro when he was chairman. Steve Gibson was definitely up for it, especially given the anniversary coming up.

There have been good designs over the years, never warmed to the present badge

Mentioned on another forum, it would be interesting if the club include the number of players, ie, 1150, who played for us in those 150 years 

5 minutes ago, Erimus74 said:

There have been good designs over the years, never warmed to the present badge

Mentioned on another forum, it would be interesting if the club include the number of players, ie, 1150, who played for us in those 150 years 

I would like a circular badge personally. Think the best badges currently are round e.g. Villas new badge, Bristol City, Brentford, Brighton.

9 minutes ago, boro-unger said:

I would like a circular badge personally. Think the best badges currently are round e.g. Villas new badge, Bristol City, Brentford, Brighton.

TBH I don't think the present shield would have been as bad if it didn't have those awful ribbons, but really there was no need to change it 

Edited March 27, 20242 yr by Erimus74

The current badge isn't helped by the fact that we have been in the second tier for the vast majority of the time that it has been in use. The old circular badge is a call back to much more successful times, although if we did take inspiration from the old badge I still think it would need modernising.

Edited March 27, 20242 yr by martonboro

8 minutes ago, boro-unger said:

I would like a circular badge personally. Think the best badges currently are round e.g. Villas new badge, Bristol City, Brentford, Brighton.

Plus, there's so much you can do with a circle badge in merchandise! MFC beer mats, MFC frisbees, MFC alloy wheels!

2 minutes ago, Erimus74 said:

TBH I don't think the present shield would have been as bad if it didn't have those awful ribbons, but really there was no need to change it 

Didn't they change it because they wanted to move away from the 1986 date? I mean, they didn't need to change the whole badge to reflect the change to 1876 but I feel like that was what they said was the reason they changed the badge at the time. I might be misremembering.

Have been asked if I'd be interested in being involved in this process, so hopefully it might go somewhere.. As per Boro Unger we've been lobbying for this for a while. Gibbo wasn't actually involved with the current badge believe or not 🤣

46 minutes ago, Smogzilla said:

YES

 

 

 

 

I'd have the existing lion instead of the one used in that design. Nice starting point though. There seems to be two trains of thought...something similar to to the design above or a slight re-design of the 1986 badge.

I'm really excited to see what they come up with.

For me, the lion has to remain the same as the current one, it has to be red and it has to have 1876 and Middlesbrough F.C on it.

I think there's scope for other details beyond that though, I'd like it to be circular and I'd love the Transporter Bridge to be on it, but they're not a deal breaker for me.

31 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said:

Didn't they change it because they wanted to move away from the 1986 date? I mean, they didn't need to change the whole badge to reflect the change to 1876 but I feel like that was what they said was the reason they changed the badge at the time. I might be misremembering.

Yes during our European campaign it was mentioned by opponents that we'd done a lot for such a new club, as you say just change the date 

5 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:

I'm really excited to see what they come up with.

For me, the lion has to remain the same as the current one, it has to be red and it has to have 1876 and Middlesbrough F.C on it.

I think there's scope for other details beyond that though, I'd like it to be circular and I'd love the Transporter Bridge to be on it, but they're not a deal breaker for me.

Absolutely my starter for 10 that as well 👍🏻