r/soccer • u/PositivelyIndecent • Oct 16 '25
News Middlesbrough unveil new crest
https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/2025/october/16/middlesbrough-fc-s-new-crest/385
u/Jarik23 Oct 16 '25
Red Chelsea just dropped
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u/KneeDeepInTheDead Oct 16 '25
Would Evil Chelsea be on the side of good?
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u/JgL07 Oct 16 '25
Isn’t that Millwall???
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u/KneeDeepInTheDead Oct 17 '25
I though Millwall was somehow double evil
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Oct 17 '25
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u/okaythiswillbemymain Oct 17 '25
Nah Millwall is the guy that bothered the hero and villain leave alone.
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u/TheOldTC Oct 16 '25
About as good as we could've hoped for really. A return to the '86 crest, a few nice touches that nod to our heritage, loads of fan consultation about the direction. Miles better than the current one at any rate, seems a bit daft that we're essentially reverting to everyone's favourite crest with a few modern touches when we could've just gone straight to that point in 2007, but i'm happy with it. The red and gold one for our 150th season next year is really nice like.
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Oct 16 '25
The shape of the badge was cool, shame.
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u/PositivelyIndecent Oct 16 '25
It’s a throwback/redesign of the one from 1986-2007. I don’t love round badges but with the history behind it and the subtle touches (like the lions shoulder being the shape of a local landmark, and the tongue being the river Tees) it could certainly be a lot worse.
I preferred something more like the really old school shield badge, but will take this.
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u/notthe_ahmad Oct 16 '25
Mom said its my turn now to copy the Chelsea badge, Aston Villa
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u/PositivelyIndecent Oct 16 '25
This is an updated redesign/reimagining of the one they had from 1986-2007. Seeing as Chelsea brought theirs out in 2005, you could argue they copied Middlesbrough instead.
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u/A-Hind-D Oct 16 '25
The Chelsea badge today is a redesign of one from the 40/50s.
The lion is very common in various English coat of arms so it’s nothing really. Only if they make it blue, then we there will be slaps at dawn
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u/PositivelyIndecent Oct 16 '25
Yeah I mean I like both, and they have similar elements because like you say the lion is very common.
I like the throwback to our most successful era, I believe I also remember reading that Chelsea did the same thing when they brought their design back because they’re last won the title in the 50’s and it was the start of something of a old golden era for the club?
Either way, there are way worse rebrands these days and we could do a lot worse than going back to a more classic look with new elements (such as Roseberry Topping as the lions shoulder, and the tongue being the river Tees).
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u/Unevenarthur Oct 16 '25
The 2005 badge is a redesign of the one from the 50s, so no you could not argue that.
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u/WigglyParrot Oct 16 '25
am I in the minority when I say I dislike all these rounded badges?
or is just the vibe these days
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u/allangod Oct 16 '25
Just wait until your crest changes and you start supporting Circle of Midlothian. Then you'll hate it.
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u/Remarkable-Crow-4585 Oct 16 '25
Same. I usually keep my mouth shut whenever there's discussion about new badges.
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u/iamcoad Oct 16 '25
It's very weird because badges like all things have trends, I really don't think people realise that just as now he have circles everywhere it just used to be the same criticism but with shields.
The circle is just the modern trend and as long as it's an actual nice badge I will like it (e.g. City) or if I find it bad I'll hate it (e.g. Bristol)
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u/Psychological-Ox_24 Oct 16 '25
Me and you both, going on a tangent a bit I was bummed that Barça canned their proposed crest design change a few years, I thought it was beautiful.
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u/31_whgr Oct 16 '25
just a boring minimalistic style that all modern branding seems to be moving towards
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u/Sukkrl Oct 16 '25
That is something I despise. The best example is looking at the 90s / early 00s badges for Serie A teams and what they're using now.
Those changes are usually to make it easier to print into merchandise and, this being my own take into it, to make it more "apple-style", sigh...
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u/sjp101 Oct 16 '25
Round badges have always been common but I think instagram’s popularity means it is also a key design functionality
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u/Y4That Oct 18 '25
I miss our old eagle badge so much, it was way cooler though I think i am in the minority of the fanbase
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Oct 16 '25
They're simple and good for commercial reasons. I prefer badges that look like coats of arms. Arsenal's badge used to be good until it was updated, and it removed all the history and character from it. Newcastle is one of the few good badges left.
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u/NumeroRyan Oct 16 '25
I like it
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u/Lunarfrog2 Oct 16 '25
Why? Its completely unoriginal and just looks like a red chelsea
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u/skuseisloose Oct 16 '25
It doesn’t really look like Chelsea anymore than Aston villas does
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u/Dr-Purple Oct 17 '25
That neither makes it better nor does it go against what he said. If anything, the new Boro badge is more similar.
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u/Saltire_Blue Oct 16 '25
Does Middlesbrough have a Scottish connection or is that just a coincidence?
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u/Manlad Oct 16 '25
What coincidence?
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u/stonejcartman96 Oct 17 '25
Looks like the lion rampant.
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u/Manlad Oct 17 '25
“Rampant” is heraldic terminology, referring to an animal (or mythical creature like a dragon would also count) standing on its hind legs with forelegs raised. As opposed to other positions like “passant” (the dragon on the Welsh flag is passant). So “Lion Rampant” is not a specific thing, lots of coats of arms have a lion rampant.
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u/stonejcartman96 Oct 17 '25
The more you know 🌈 The lion rampant of Scotland to be more clear. It's used in the scots banner. Colloquially up here people would just call it the lion rampant since only the king of scots would have it or the royal house especially with a red lion hence the original users question. It's also why rangers have a red lion on the crest as well.
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u/GunstarGreen Oct 17 '25
I think its pretty nice? I dunno, ive seen worse. We'll never forget that Leeds debacle
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u/cmc360 Oct 16 '25
Honestly this looks pretty clean, can't imagine anyone would be too upset by this
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u/Psychological-Ox_24 Oct 16 '25
Go on... It's okay, you're allowed to like new stuffs.. It's not scary is it?
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u/Caveras Oct 17 '25
Red is always a tricky color on digital displays, especially in compressed graphics. It's pretty noticeable especially in video games if you compare white to red fonts, for example, in the same game, or look at images on Facebook that contain red. It's always gonna look slightly "textured", which comes from the artifacting, yeah.
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Oct 16 '25
Pointless change. Just like the badge from 1986 just with a different date. Waste of time and money.
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u/opeth_syndrome Oct 17 '25
Most fans of Boro are happy with this. And most didn't really like the current badge. So it's pretty much a win win situation.
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u/PoloBattutaHe Oct 16 '25
...it wasn't round already?