There’s a lot of club badges out there to cover and I do try and complete them in some sort of order – but occasionally when trawling through Twitter I see something that catches my eye and it screams out for attention – Herne Bay’s badge was just one of those. It's a cracker.Founded in the early 1880s, Herne Bay FC has been part of the town’s fabric for well over a century. Today they play at Winch’s Field, competing in the Isthmian League Division One South, and they’ve had plenty to celebrate

Former Ipswich Town winger Lee Martin has taken interim charge of Isthmian League Premier Division side Ramsgate.

Right now #ChelseaFC are playing a team in the #uefachampionsleague with a quality name and a superb badge with a fascinating, if tragic, history. So let's do Azerbaijan's finest the honour and #GetTh...

Toronto is buzzing again. For the first time in thirty-two years, the Blue Jays are heading back to the World Series – and they’ve just made an incredible start! Winning their first game 11 - 4, helpe...

Bayer 04 Leverkusen: The Factory Team that Perfected the FormulaIn 2024, Under Xabi Alonso, Bayer Leverkusen , the club claimed its first ever Bundesliga title, ending Bayern Munich’s 11-year dominanc...

Farnham. A historic market town in Surrey, England. Good connections to London. A creative arts university and a castle.Oh, and a football team. A football team owned by a young marketing entrepreneur...

The following post is 100% inspired by the superb podcast @_footyheritage. I typed this out while stuck in a traffic jam, listening to their excellent interview with two members of the Kocaelispor fan...

Blackburn Rovers were founded in 1875 by a group of young men at the St Leger Hotel in Blackburn, Lancashire. At a time when football was just beginning to professionalise, they took the word “Rovers”...

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Few teams in American sport carry a name so tightly bound to the nation’s founding as the Philadelphia 76ers. Officially shortened to “Sixers,” their name commemorates 1776, the year the Declaration o...

Few names in sports go back further into American history than the New York Knicks. Officially the Knickerbockers, the name comes from the Dutch settlers who founded New Amsterdam in the 1600s — the c...

Bristol City have been part of the English football story since 1894. Formed originally as Bristol South End before turning professional three years later, the club soon established itself at the hear...

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In the early 1920s, when George Halas brought his Decatur Staleys to Chicago, he wanted more than just a football team. He wanted a name and an identity that would root the sport in the city’s heart. ...

Few teams wear their founder’s name as their badge. The Cleveland Browns are one of them. When Cleveland’s new franchise launched in 1946 in the All-America Football Conference, a fan contest was held...

This one involves a Thai restaurant in Harwich and a caravan parked just outside Great Yarmouth...There is a football club from one of the most picturesque towns in England. Set in the rolling hillsid...

Among the clubs tipped for promotion from the National League this year are York City FC. So let’s #GetTheBadgeIn for a club, and a city, that is foundational to our nation's history. The homekit for ...

I’ve written quite a few of these #GetTheBadgeIn posts before and usually the best and most interesting football crests involve those packed with symbolism and meaning. Usually when teams still use va...

The Cincinnati Bengals exist because of one man: Paul Brown. After being forced out of the Cleveland Browns in 1963 by owner Art Modell, the legendary coach wasn’t finished. Determined to build again,...

They weren’t always Titans. The franchise began life as the Houston Oilers in 1960, playing in the AFL under owner Bud Adams. They moved to Tennessee in 1997, first as the Tennessee Oilers, but the na...

When the NFL awarded an expansion franchise to the Carolinas in 1993, team founder Jerry Richardson wanted a name and image that carried strength but could also link the local history of the region. H...

When Denver was awarded an AFL franchise in 1960, the city turned to its frontier past for inspiration. A public “name the team” contest drew hundreds of entries, but the winner was the Broncos — a no...