Hey, premier league fans! How does it feel when your favorite team wins? Heart fluttering moment, right? Do you feel proud when your team scores a goal against the run of play? No doubt, football is a game of mistakes; the team with fewer mistakes always wins. When the winning team is close to your heart, it makes your heart skip a beat, true? Some of us post the team patches online. We update status and stories to pay tribute to the A-team. Ultras even wear shirts with the patches on. The patches of our favorite team hold the value of our national flag. Isn’t it? We feel proud of it and can’t take our eyes off it, right? How about we read something about the History of London’s premier league football badges? Stay tuned to know about the patches’ progression and evolution, dear ultras. This article is for you!
Evolution of London’s premier league football badges
Since the game started as a part of sports, the team of English premier leagues had different identification. Each team had a unique logo. The badges were the source of acknowledgment for the team. If we talk about the last 22 years (2000-2022), each team has seen the evolution. Like, different football leagues, the players, identification, supporters, and clubs have all seen advancement. Let’s talk about their recognition specifically and the changes premier league badges have experienced. Have a look at the enthralling information we have for you.
The Chelsea
Chelsea has been playing since 1905. The team’s first logo had The Pensioners sign on it, but then it was decided to remove it. A blue loin was introduced as the identification of the team.
1999-2003
Chelsea’s logo focused on blue and yellow because it symbolizes professionalism and stability. After 1999, the designer ended using yellow in their symbols. But the change was only applicable to the logo; the team plays their match in yellow shirts. The logo of 1999-2003 was based on a blue loin; the circle at the background was removed. The team continued to play for five years with the same identification.
2003-2005
The appearance of Roman Abramovich changed the hearts of the design team. To embrace the logo, a white loin was adopted. You must have noticed that the sign Chelsea was the same in 1986 and 1997. The designer took the same logo with slightly different shades without breaking new grounds.
2005-2006
This was the time when the creative team sank their teeth into designing an artful and canny symbol. The 2005 logo was the modernized version of the 1950’s Chelsea badge. This time, the football and flowers were on the sides of the circle. The golden color was used to outline the image to emblematize the century. The loin was given 3D effects because the team had to show their technological advancement.
2006-till now
The team saved the money for a rainy day and adopted the same logo as 2005. Red was brought back to the image by coloring the football and flowers in red. This time, the designers used a darker shade of golden to outline the ring.
Arsenal
Arsenal football club badges symbolize cannon to put military influence on their patch. 1888 was the year when the first patch for arsenal football club was introduced. Since then, the team’s identification has seen many changes. The club’s color, symbol, design, and style kept on evaluated.
1996-2001
The symbol for 1996 was an advanced version of 1994’s logo, but with fewer changes. The designers 1994 put the colored logo in the quadrangular shield, with “The Gunners” title on it. When the time to renew the badge arrived, the designers took it with a grain of salt and just added some details to the sign. A thick golden outline was used to enhance the logo.
2001-2002
The logo of the club was kept the same as before, but the background was removed.
2002-present
The current patch uses five shades, red, burgundy, white, blue, and taupe. The trop gun is facing towards the right. The football club’s name “Arsenal” has been made a bold part of its symbol with the help of clear and large font.
2012-2012
The team celebrated 125 years of the arsenal. The logo in these two years had a slight addition. Golden bay leaves and oak leaves were placed on both their sides. The designer showed their creativity by placing fifteen oak leaves on the right to symbolize the club’s creator. Fifteen bay leaves were placed on the left to symbolize unity.
Watford and west
Watford Rover was first established in 1886. The logo is mainly based on yellow, along with the interference of black in it. A little red in the logo was introduced in 1968. At first, the symbol contained the image of a bee, but then the bee was replaced with the head of a dear. The dear’s head was divided into two fields, and the word “Watford” was made part of the Club’s ID. The symbol from 1982 till now is the same, just with some creative variations.
1982-2001
See the above picture, the logo we described in the intro of Watford and west is the same as shown in the picture.
2001-Present
Looking at the present logo seems like the creators had their thrust aside for crafting a new identification of the team. The only changes that appeared were the font and the size of the logo.
2006-2007
Like every other FC, Watford also had their anniversary. The completion of 125 years blessed the team with a new flag-like logo. The same patch with yellow rectangular background and black ribbon caught the fans’ eye.
Liverpool
Being a Kopite, you must have wondered why Liverpool has a bird on their badge. The bird on the Liverpool FC patch is called a cormorant. History shows that the logo is a replica of its home city’s coat of arms. You must be wondering why Liverpool chose red for its team. Red actually symbolizes danger or power. The fans are also baptized as red.
Liverpool always relied on red for its identification, but the logo maker of 1992 added some bling to it by putting some green. In 1993, the badge underwent the process of tinge. The creators add yellow to the patch and fire on the sides to make it bolder and more attractive. Looking at the badge, one can say that the creators have added some life to it.
1999-Present
The current logo of Liverpool has a metallic green shade in it, as a replacement for yellow. The gradient shades can not only demonstrate the progression of colors but the progression of FC itself. Back in 1999, the graphic designers used gradient shades to give the logo a more realistic look.
2012- Present
The logo designers tried to keep it simple and unembellished. The royal or fancy background was the year and the current sun.
Why are Badges important?
Badges are important because they let your customers find you even in a shoal. You can take your own example here. What would it remind you if you are going on a highway and you see a large yellow “M”? Mcdonald’s, right? The similar role FC patches play for the fans or supporters. Since the badge carries the club’s recognition weight, it must be attractive. This sentence is the answer to your query about why the majority of logos have red.
All the football teams and premier league have idiosyncratic IDs. As you can see, Liverpool has a bird, Chelsea has a lion, Watford and west have deer, and arsenal have cannon. One thing that we all can observe is the commonality. Red is used in every club’s badge to get the weather eye of football lovers. Badges for each club show how that club wants to be perceived.
Conclusion
Even though many clubs have missed the chance to the part in our discussion, the clubs we have discussed are also didactic. The badges we chew over solve our query of why they receive so much eminence. You might have heard that curiosity killed the cat, but you will definitely find your answers here. One of your queries has already been solved about why logo makers use red. Now it’s time for you to understand the importance symbol holds.
Chelsea has a lion which represents courage or strength. Arsenal has cannon, which gives the influence of the military. Watford and west have deer, which symbolizes a hart. Liverpool has a bird that conveys that God has granted us this ease. These examples are for you to understand why symbols are important and how these clubs want you to perceive them.