hitchhiker
01-12-2007, 15:12
Does anyone know anything about the history of the Sheffield United Scimitar logo?
Was it 1975 when the Cricket stopped at Bramall Lane that they forst started using it or was it earlier?
What was the orignal Sheffield United Cricket Club badge? Was it the handshake and cricket stumps logo?
Can't remember when exactly, but it was later than that.
Ade
hitchhiker
02-12-2007, 11:06
Can't remember when exactly, but it was later than that.
Ade
Do you rekon the 1980's then? Was it the Cricket badge up until then?
not wanted
02-12-2007, 16:36
Jimmy Hagan designed the logo, before that we used the City of Sheffield Badge. Cricket did finish at Bramall Lane in 1975.
websters gue
03-12-2007, 18:59
The United badge or logo was first used in 1977 and appeared in the programmes for
the 1977-78 season and on the shirts that year.
(Taken from a complete record of Sheffield United FC by D Clarebrough & A Kirkham)
Wikipedia;
The first time a crest appeared on the shirt was actually the 1891-92, when a red crest appeared on the white shirt, but this disappeared the following season. United used the City of Sheffield Arms from 1965-1977, when a new crest was used, introduced by former manager Jimmy Sirrel, but designed apparently over 20 years previously by former player Jimmy Hagan. This consisted of two white crossed swords, or blades, the club's nickname, with a Yorkshire Rose above, on a black background. This is surrounded by a red ring with "Sheffield United F.C." written around the top and "1889", the year the club was founded, underneath. This had been altered very slightly a few times, with a simple black embroidered crest appearing on shirts from 1987-90, and an all-white crest on a red-edged black shield for the 1992-99 seasons, when shields were in fashion with English football clubs, but from 2000-present it has reverted to its original form...