mocked up something really basic for a crest design today, what do you guys think?

Like it!!

Me too

Actually quite like that, but why the Scotland banner and why the thistle???

I think you have blown it Neil. Four replies and already the thistle,the horse,the knight and the flag are "don't likes". Incidentally,did you need to call it East Fife Football Club.
I can't read your mind but I suspect the knight on the horse is an attempt to ensure we don't forget our history and is in remembrance of JDB riding in to save the club from destruction.

p.s. quite like the badge

I think its great!

Ayr United have a saltire on their badge as well.

Well done Neil the badge looks brilliant, I personally would love this as our badge from next season.

We don't need the word "Scotland", we know where we are. I agree with the local identity theme but history should also be a part of the crest. Let's not forget that Methil was built on coal so I am suggesting do away with the "guy on a horse" and replace it with a depiction of a "headgear" structure (the tall metal structure above the mineshaft that housed the winding gear that lowered the cage). We could also get a new nickname instead of the "Fife", (a bit lame) and use something to reflect our history eg. The C******. No comments NTOC.

Keep the Thane, replace the thistle with the silhouette of a pit head winding gear, replace the word Scotland with 1903 and job done!!!

Pish badge

Right, to answer the questions

Thistle as it appeared on our second crest

'Scotland' as it has appeared on three of our five crests

Saltire as it has appeared on four of our five crests also it's the st.andrews cross and st.andrews is based in the east of fife, could be a loose connection though??

Thane as it was on our first crest





So what people would like to see if i read this right is

NO 'SCOTLAND', NO THISTLE OR THANE and maybe no 'football club'

WOULD LIKE TO SEE MINE HEADFRAME

will mock something up later in this fashion

No, as i like designing stuff and the club crest has been an issue of contention for many years now. Like people have said on the thread it looks very dated and I thought it would be a fun to create the 'perfect' crest that ticked the most boxes for the fans and see where it came out compared to what we have currently.

As you can see the majority on this thread seem to want something quite different to what we have at the moment. That's why

Glad to see NTOC coming on board with the coal theme and a new set of togs for the directors wouldn't go amiss. Believe me NTOC knows more about knee pads than you can imagine! I must say that the "Wellesley Canteen" has a certain ring to it, any more ideas for a name?

We have this debate every few months. On every occasion, the forum consensus is that the new badge must contain a wind turbine and a power station to represent the past and the future of the club. A bloke on a horse and a thistle don't represent East Fife unless they are woven into the jerseys using the wool of the sheep Dave Marshall uses for pitch maintenance.

I think the Jessie Miller Suite has a certain ring to it.[/quote]

You never really got over her and you haven't forgotten her either.

http://www.thefifepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Buckhaven-Methil-Innerleven1.png

Here is a copy of the old Buckhaven and Methil Town council crest.

Any mileage in adaptation.?

leave the badge as is ffs just paid £50 for it to bee tatood on ma arm

was that not just to cover previous burds coco

I'm with Auld Geezer on some of this. The directors could attend matches with blackened faces,wearing headlamps and knee pads with picks on their shoulders. When we open our new café/restaurant it can be called the Wellesley Canteen. When the terracing is built it can be called the Denbeath Washer Stand. Now we just need a nickname which begins with "C"[/quote]

I have been contacted by an anonymous board member who has revealed exclusively that an emergency board meeting was called to discuss exactly what they had to wear re. the mining theme. Apparently at least one director stormed out when told he was not expected to dress as a minor.

Blazers Ooot Sark and Moleskin troosers in. *Skips off humming Dick Gaughan tunes...

Admit it NTOC it wis your knee padding cronies that contacted you asking where and when the fun starts!

I like it neil, hope we can get something like that,coal is a thing of the past in scotland,thanks to thatcher,and I dont see any reason for it on our badge.

Coal may be a thing of the past but history defines us. 1938 is a thing of the past but we still treasure it (1938 Travel Club!) My Dad was a miner at the Wellesley and missed shifts to travel to see East Fide. Him and many other thousands of miners were the people who filled Bayview so let's show them some respect with a little tribute on a new crest.

Auld geezer - well said. Coal mining history will be here long after we are gone.

Don.t like new badge

Why dont we replace the Scottish saltire with the Jamaican one?
That's a better reflection of Methil culture surely??

I'm sure a certain MarkHamill would be proud of Auld geezers comoiment to all things coal

IF We were to use a new badge, as an ex miner who used wear a miners hardhat to away games (as many of us did), I would like that heritage recognised in the badge. In our halcyon days our half back line was nicknamed "the ton of coal".