(we did have) Confirmation of the new badge

[kevo]

Definitely could have done without the yellow beak, makes us look a bit amateur. Also slightly disappointed that the seagull wasn't a bit more streamlined, with sharper angles. It doesn't literally have to look exactly like a real seagull does it? A more contemporary and stylish twist would have been better. Still, a vast improvement on the horrible shield with the fat bird. 7/10.

 

[magoo]

For those that care, the typeface is (appropriately enough) called 'DIN'.

HA

 

[NMH]

I liked the beak. It's about as simplified as it can be really, unfussy and pretty standard to those that have preceded.

Here's another dodgy opinion though;

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[Dominoid]

As I've said before, in heraldic terms animals should face to the left. This is driven by images being on shields which were worn on the left arm whilst swords were on the right. This way the image would be facing toward battle. By those rules we now have an image that is fleeing battle.

But we're a football club, not an army so this image will never be on a shield or taken into battle. Even if there was some kind of inter club war, soldiers haven't worn shields for centuries! In modern terms, when shields don't have to be considered, left to right is generally accepted to be "forwards"
I really doubt that we had to reverse it for branding rights, I'm sure there are plenty of logos featuring seagulls facing both directions and this is distinctive enough to be differentiated whichever way round you put it.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Latest/0,,10433~2277528,00.html

All official now

Argus has it as THIS colour...

But the club has it as THIS colour...

Which is it?!

 

[Gritt23]

I would guess the club know better than the Argus.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I would guess the club know better than the Argus.

But neither colour looks right to me...

 

[Ecosse Exile]

I know that Newspapers generally brighten up photos before going to print so maybe they did the same with the badge and just overdid it a little.

But again i would expect the club to have it right.

 

[SUIYHP]

I'll admit it, its growing on me quickly, it's gotten rid of the 'THE SEAGULLS' at the bottom, and the direction, while Im unfamiliar with it pointing right, it can grow on you I think. It does seem a little boring, but to be fair it looks less tacky than the old one, more mature, but I would have liked more gold to compliment the beak, as with mayfair's version

 

[shaun_rc]

Like has been said, I like it, but always like "FC" on the badge. Sounds more mighty.

 

[Wozza]

Like has been said, I like it, but always like "FC" on the badge. Sounds more mighty.

TB probably has plans for basketball team etc...

 

[Brovion]

Don't like it. Unimaginative and too much like the old one from times gone by. It's very bland and will get lost on most backgrounds. I really don't have a problem with the existing one - it it ain't broke ......................
...l.

But that's the point - it IS broken. And yes, it's going back to 'times gone by', it reminds us of Wardy, Mullery and the 'Glory Years'. The shield badge is probably the last thing in the club left over from the Archer era* and I'm glad it's finally gone.

[* Yes I know technically it was Dick Knight but it always FEELS like it was Archer that changed it. We'd lost our home and in some ways it felt like we'd lost our identity too]

 

[Storer68]

This is exactly the same thinking that made Arsenal change the direction of their cannon from

Doesn'tbseem to have affected them too badly

 

[Storer68]

But that's the point - it IS broken. And yes, it's going back to 'times gone by', it reminds us of Wardy, Mullery and the 'Glory Years'. The shield badge is probably the last thing in the club left over from the Archer era* and I'm glad it's finally gone.

[* Yes I know technically it was Dick Knight but it always FEELS like it was Archer that changed it. We'd lost our home and in some ways it felt like we'd lost our identity too]

It was supposed to signal a new birth, a break with the past, the future!

 

[8ace]

Quiz question:
Where can you see a version of the current badge with the seagull facing to the right?

 

[shaun_rc]

Not moaning too much, it's going to look great lit up on the side of Falmer...

 

[Brovion]

It was supposed to signal a new birth, a break with the past, the future!

Well it failed miserably! And we already had a break with the past - we'd lost the Goldstone! Enough with the breaks already.

 

[perseus]

Here...

http://wam.brighton-hove.gov.uk/PlanningWAM/doc/Drawing%28s%29-1742935.pdf?extension=.pdf&id=1742935&location=VOLUME3&contentType=application/pdf&pageCount=1

(This version care of 'Gripper Stebson')

Blue and white and a little bit of gold. I think it should be Royal Blue.

No red.

 

[del strangefish]

Flying the other way!