The City Badge

[ralphie7]

just heard on talksport
that Frank Sinatra wants to
change the City badge to
incorporate some oriental stuff ?

now come on
I couldn't care less about City but
I do feel for their supporters
wouldn't wish this on any club
even City

owner or not you don't have the right to
interfere with a clubs history.

This could happen to any club owned by foreigners

they haven't a clue about the feelings of their supporters
supporters who love their club and always will do
these foreigners are not on the same planet

British football ?

where will it end

[ralphie7]

it gutted me when United dropped the F C off our badge
but can't blame that on the Glazers that happened
before the Yankee turds came

[Sharpe1ne]

What's he gonna do,have a Thai prostitute on there,Gary Glitter or a big feck off nob just like the bloke is.

They've totally ruined football for me the foreigners and the media though it's the price we pay for prostituting our clubs to get more money.

[ralphie7]

MAN CITY BOSS: IT'S THAI-M FOR NEW CREST

EXCLUSIVE OLD BADGE Manchester City's current golden eagle NEW BADGE? Our version of what it could look like Fans' fury over Oriental look

By Justin Penrose Justin.Penrose@Sundaymirror.Co.Uk 15/06/2008

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Manchester City's billionaire owner Thaksin Shinawatra is changing the club's crest... to remind him of home in Thailand.
It means City's golden eagle could be replaced by an elephant or even a mythical half-bird half-human garuda, which are both national symbols in Thailand.
"No one can believe that a chairman can just come in and change our badge," said a Man City source. "What about the club's tradition? The fans aren't going to like this one bit. Just because somebody owns the club does not give them the right to come in and change everything."
Yet Shinawatra, Thailand's former prime minister, believes he can do whatever he wants after buying the club for £82million and giving new manager Mark Hughes a £200m transfer chest to match the success of bitter rivals Manchester United.
Designers have already been drafted in to work on the new crest by Shinawatra, who is now living in exile in Britain after being ousted in a military coup two years ago.
The current eagle design comes from the official badge of the City of Manchester, while the three diagonal stripes signify Manchester's three rivers - the Medlock, Irwell and the Irk. But the three stars which also make up the design are purely decorative.
Shinawatra, 58, who's known as Frank in Manchester, believes a new Orientalstyle club crest will make Manchester City more popular in Thailand where there is a huge market in Premiership club shirts.
He is determined to make City one of England's big four clubs and has the money to do it, even though £1billion of his assets are frozen in Thailand. He enjoys a flamboyant lifestyle in the UK with a five-bedroom, £4.5million mansion in Weybridge, Surrey, and he also has a apartment in London, where he answers to the title "Your Excellency".
As well as football, his favourite activities include golf and karaoke, performing with Sarunrat Visutthithada, known as Lydia, queen of Thai R&B.
The club source added: "Who knows what the badge will be in the end, but if it's reflecting Shinawatra it could be a Thai man dressed in golf gear singing karaoke. It's ridiculous."

[aliando]

funny, but i never hear teams/fans turning down all the money as it'll change the club...

[WASP]

Couldn't care less really its only a badge and its not that historic as we changed it about 5 years ago.

He could put ping pong balls on it if he wants

[Carl]

Manchester City's billionaire owner Thaksin Shinawatra is changing the club's crest... to remind him of home in Thailand.
It means City's golden eagle could be replaced by an elephant or even a mythical half-bird half-human garuda, which are both national symbols in Thailand.

Im only laughing cus its not happening to us but fook me, Id be fuming if I was a City fan.

a new Orientalstyle club crest will make Manchester City more popular in Thailand

I think he should get every member of staff inc players to get chinese symbols tattoo'ed

[ralphie7]

Couldn't care less really its only a badge and its not that historic as we changed it about 5 years ago.

He could put ping pong balls on it if he wants

right


might be a devil

year of the devil

Red Devil oh sorry i mean Blue

[A-Team]

They should put Tony Jaa's face on it. That'd be cool.

Alternatively maybe James Wattana or Paradorn Srichaphan.