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mattreddan wrote:I'll give it a shot later when I'm on my laptop (don't have photoshop on this computer)

What kind of things do you want on it?

We must keep some of the old badge, but maybe a skull & cross bones or a Phoenix to show we are a new club, will take some designing, how about a competition? :?

For those that don't know, here is the story behind the current badge:

Rushden & Diamonds' club crest requires some explanation. The clubs traditional colours are red, white and blue, which are reflected in the club’s badge. The crest uses aspects from both the respective Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds badges. It is formed by a shield-like shape, with ‘R&DFC’ written in banner form underneath. In the top left corner is the Rampant Lion, representing the Sartoris family, who donated some land on Hayden Road to Rushden Sports Club in 1922.

On the opposite side at the top sit the Crosskeys of St. Peter’s Church in Irthlingborough. Taken from the old Irthlingborough Diamonds crest, there are two keys, one for heaven and one for hell. Below the Lion in the bottom left quarter of the badge are the ‘Blue Diamonds’, taken from the old Irthlingborough Diamonds logo. Similarly, the three ‘Red and White Hoops’ sitting to the right originate from Rushden Town’s badge. An illustration of the local River Nene runs through the centre of the badge, whilst the football located between the Diamonds and Hoops is self-explanatory.

I'd suggest exactly the same badge, but with a phoenix instead of the football - not sure what it would look like, but I reckon if you got the right kind of image it could work. I'm not clever enough with technology to have a go at that, but a pic something like this (with different colours obviously) might work?



Just a thought..............not sure about a skull and crossbones DoW ? :lol:

Oh I'm getting all creative now, what would it look like having this as the main badge and a smaller version of our old badge between the wings? Not sure how it'd look - can one of you clever chaps mock it up?

Bloody excellent idea Jim with the pheonix replacing the football.

I have them occasionally Robin

PigmanRDFC wrote:Oh I'm getting all creative now, what would it look like having this as the main badge and a smaller version of our old badge between the wings? Not sure how it'd look - can one of you clever chaps mock it up?

I'm liking that idea

PigmanRDFC wrote:Oh I'm getting all creative now, what would it look like having this as the main badge and a smaller version of our old badge between the wings?

I'm not great at this sorta stuff, but I gave it a go on GIMP for a couple of minutes. Something like this?

DiamondEejit wrote:

PigmanRDFC wrote:Oh I'm getting all creative now, what would it look like having this as the main badge and a smaller version of our old badge between the wings?

I'm not great at this sorta stuff, but I gave it a go on GIMP for a couple of minutes. Something like this?

Tbh, a phoenix is kind of cheesy. IF the badge earlier in the topic was ok and we could go with it, I think it's fine on its own.