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yorktone
First Team Player
Posts: 59
From:Boston Spa only just in West Yorkshire - honest
Registered: Mar 2002
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 posted 31-05-2002 08:41   
Oh Dear, that is really, really bad.
I get the feeling that even the slightly more positive posts in this thread are like the people on changing rooms who return to their beloved house only to find that some overpaid dandy in a suit has completely f***ed up something they had just taken for granted.
S C, I mean, how are we going to explain that one away?. It's embarrassing.
If we have a great season, all this will be by-the-by, but right now I feel as if my old football club has been hi-jacked by a parasitical marketing guru who must have been too busy doing lines in a wine bar toilet to think about what the design should represent.
It's not football, it's not motor racing, it's not even soccer, it is however - ****e.
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DMN
First Team Player
Posts: 109
From:Skumborough- a little hole in an otherwise Great County
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 08:52
oh dear, I laughed then I cried, and now I don't know what to do. I fully Understands what JB is attempting, but it does look like something my girlfreinds school kids would do on a rainy afternoon when they're not allowed outside.
I don't think I'll be getting a tattoo of it......
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abel19
First Team Player
Posts: 64
From:York, North Yorkshire UK
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 09:20
I don't know why you're all surprised at the SC, it was reported in the Evening Press a couple of weeks ago that the new badge would have it on!
Having said that, I'm in two minds about the badge, but as has been said, we are moving forward and I'm looking forward to the new season.
[This message has been edited by abel19 (edited 31-05-2002).]
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PaulGrayson
First Team Player
Posts: 124
From:Ripon, North Yorkshire
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 09:39 
This logo is bloody awful!
Firstly I have severe reservations over the SC.
Secondly, as a sheild it looks too angular, and doesn't reflect an historic city such as York. It needs something to indentify it with the city.
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SIMMO
First Team Player
Posts: 75
From:Gloucestershire
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 09:46
I shouldn't have read all the posts before looking at it.
The badge actually does not look too bad. Just a few changes and I think most people would like it, if not all.
Drop the SC straight away and change the colour of the lions to white or blue, small changes but will be very effective.
I am no designer or marketing bod just a fan with a view.
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DMN
First Team Player
Posts: 109
From:Skumborough- a little hole in an otherwise Great County
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 09:55
I have to admit, its growing on me, slowly. But I think tattoo is still a long, long way off.
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oniongravy
First Team Player
Posts: 227
From:Weeds, West Workshire
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:01
I had a bad feeling and I see that 49 of you got there before me.
Dearie dearie dearie me. I cringe and weep.
LondonVillageRed has it about right - it's _just about_ liveable with - if you do something about the 'SC'. My heart sinks. We sound like a made up football club.
Oh, sorry, I just used the 'F' word.
Surely there has to be someone with a bit more design nous than the geezer - our new director no less - who came up with this sorry effort.
SC? I will never get used to it. Already getting jokes from colleagues about being called 'soccer'. Oh how they laugh. 'Plastic club' I heard levelled at us earlier this week. I never thought I'd here the day. And now a Man City fan rang me this morning before I'd even got to my desk - apparently the logo's doing the rounds as a joke on some Man City board.
Please John, please, if there's any chance, any at all, listen to the fans on this board. We are the ones who turn up week in, week out, we are the ones who are the lifeblood of this club. We don't care WHAT you call us when marketing us abroad - but we DON'T want to be called 'SC'. Change that S to an F and I might just get my head round the rest.
I'm going to go and hang my head in shame and hope no more colleagues ring up for a laugh.
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MerrySoulman
Youth Trainee
Posts: 46
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Registered: May 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:13
My 1st look i thought what the fcuk!
MY 2nd sight thought that it's ****e!
My 3rd view i thought that i'd spew!
My 4th peep i had a weep!
My 5th leer had a beer!
Loowks greeeat now 
I suppose it'll grow on me!
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MerrySoulman
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Registered: May 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:21
I think there's a website name up for sale (red&blue)
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Conrad_Huddersfield_Red
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Posts: 127
From:Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, formerly Harrogate
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:32
...and no-ones registered www.ycsc.net yet!!!
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PaulGrayson
First Team Player
Posts: 124
From:Ripon, North Yorkshire
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:37
Oniongravy, you don't know which Manchester City website this was?
I'm likely to be bumping into one or two blues tonight, and I am not looking forward to it.
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oniongravy
First Team Player
Posts: 227
From:Weeds, West Workshire
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:43
Haven't a clue, soz. Colleague in question is in meeting all day, but could catch him at lunchtime.
Have tried looking around but can't see anything. He did seem to know exactly what it looked like - but then he could have gone to our site to do that!
The point is - he thought the 'S' was VERY VERY funny and went on and on about it. We won't be hearing the end of this, I warn ya.
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PaulGrayson
First Team Player
Posts: 124
From:Ripon, North Yorkshire
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 10:45
I'm sure I've seen a badge very much like this one before somewhere, but I can't think where.
Wherever it was, it was on something very tacky.
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cuppasoup
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Posts: 27
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Registered: May 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 11:11
settle down everyone - itd just a badge for gods sake! Who cares if its a bit pointy at the bottom, tacky or whatever- it doesnt really matter. Having said that though I HATE the HUGE SC. Everyone will think we're Stockport County or something. Like the integrated chequered flag though cos motor racing is sexy......
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YCFC
First Team Player
Posts: 73
From:York, Yorkshire, England
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 31-05-2002 11:12
Ok, ive looked at it.... again! its still pretty pants but without the 'SC' it would be ok.
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