Crewe AlexanDER... some people really need to check their work!

These appeared on ebay today..... now I'm all for a bit of enterprise and making products to sell online but try to check your work before you try to sell it... especially if the correct spelling is actually right next to it on the club logo...

Wolves v Crewe 2005-06 Season

This badge was produced for Crewe's game at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2005-06 season. No idea who produced it or why (assume it was Wolves fans) but I bought it from here http://www.badges.esmartdesign.com/Crewe.htm . Never seen them on ebay either and there is an alternate version where the gold background is replaced with a black background that I have not been able to get hold of yet. I have not heard of a pin being produced from the return fixture at gresty road so it might have been a short-lived project.

Official Shield and Ball Badge

This one was bought from the club shop a couple years back and is probably a generic style that is used by many clubs. The ball and stars bit is a little tacky and I'm not exactly sure what the stars are supposed to represent...

Supporters Association Pin

Old badge (60s/70s?) made by PC Parry with another variant of the Supporters Association logos. The crest is slightly raised from the silver background giving the badge a nice look. This is officially listed as Crewe badge 020 in the AFBC directory.

Crewe Golly

These football golly pins are unofficial variants of the popular Robinsons Golly Pins which have been produced since the 1930s. These football gollys started appearing in the 90s with pretty much every league club and national team having a version out there. The Crewe version is a nice addition to the collection.

Old logo round white

This one is the exact opposite of the white with red trim badge posted earlier. Its old but pretty easy to obtain. A nice little badge. This is officially listed as Crewe badge 002 in the AFBC directory.

Rosette logo badge

This is a nice one I picked up recently. About an inch in diameter, it features the 'new' logo displayed within the centre of a red & white rosette.

Non Enamel Match Pins

These cheap "insert pins" have started turning up on ebay lately... I am not buying any though as they are not really proper pin badges in the pure sense as it is just paper inserted into a pin frame as opposed to enamel pins that are produced with a die and have a much higher quality. I will include these pins on here though whenever I see them just because they are a part of the whole Crewe pin badge record...

Railtrack Badge

This is one that I saw on ebay a while back. I didn't win the auction and I have never seen it for sale again so I guess it must be pretty rare. Railtrack were the sponsors of the new main stand at Gresty Road for several years and I have to assume that this in was produced as part of that relationship.

Crewe Alex Exiles

As a proud member of the Exiles (crewe fans living outside south cheshire) this is one of my favourites. I had 100 of these made by Mark Parr Promotions back in 2001 and we sold about 80% of them directly to Exiles members with the rest going to the suppoters club programme/badge shop at Gresty Road (and apparently these all got sold pretty quickly). We thought we would go for a unique design to incorporate the words of the club song "Blue Moon". Interestingly a few of these have turned up on ebay recently going for much more than it cost us to make them!

Crewe Alexandra Supporter Association #1

Old Supporters Club badge made by W Reeves of Birmingham. There is an alternate version that just says supporters assn but I have not been able to get hold of that yet. This is officially listed as Crewe badge 019 in the AFBC directory.

New round logo pin (red)

Small round logo pin bought from the club shop last year

Hull v Crewe 2005/06 Match Badge

Match badge from our only trip so far to Hull City's new KC Stadium. Looking at current league positions it might ba a while until we are there again! I think one was produced in the same design for the return game at Gresty Road but I have never seen it offered for sale.

Small shield pin (red)

Small red shield pin with the lion (without the football). Its not a recent pin but it seems to crop up on ebay fairly often.

Old logo #4

This one is slightly larger than all the other logo pins I have come accross and is also one of the older ones. It is marked with the makers name, Coffer of Northampton. This is officially listed as Crewe badge 034 in the AFBC directory.

Kit badge from season 2004-05

Nice kit badge of the 2004/05 Reebok shirt, the last with LC Charles as the sponsor.

Goalnet Pin

Another official pin, this time with the CAFC logo in front a goal net. I think the word Alex gets a bit of overkill on this one!

Old Logo #3

Another variant on the old logo.... this one has the red trim and the football club bit written upside down.

Dario Gradi 20 years

Pin badge produced by the club to commemorate Dario Gradi's 20th anniversary as manager of Crewe Alexandra (in 2003).

Old Round Badge (Red Trim)

This old round badge probably dates from the 80's and is fairly common (judging by the amount of times it crops up on ebay). There is an alternate version of this with a white trim (instead of the red) that seems less common.

New Logo Shield Pin

Shield pin badge showing the new CAFC logo that was introduced a few years back. The subject of much debate... not only does the the lion look a lot less tough, we also lost the highly symbolic railway wheel.

Old Logo #2

A slight colour variation on old logo pin#1

Kit Pin Season 2005-06

Kit badge for the Crewe shirt from season 2005-06, the first with Mornflake Oats as the sponsor.

Crewe Alexandra Forever

This one is a very recent official pin I picked up from the club shop at Gresty Road. It's pretty unique, if a little cheesy!

Old Logo #1 - classic CAFC badge

Very common CAFC "railway wheel" logo pin. There are many varieties of this pin of varying sizes and colours. Some have the football club part upside down...

My Crewe Pin Badge Collection

Here is my collection as of October 2008.


I want to use this site to share my Crewe Alexandra FC pin badge collection. It is continually growing as new badges are made and old ones are discovered.