Merry Christmas

Here are two red and white Christmas related pins in my collections that fit nicely for a seasonal post on the the Crewe Badges website!

Supporters Assn badge with stick pin attachment

This one appeared on ebay recently - it appears to be the same design as the other supporters assn badges but this one has a stick pin rather than the normal clasp.

95/96 Play-Off Badge

These new (2010) badges are part of a larger set being produced to cover all years when there have been promotion playoffs in the league.  This one is for the 1995/96 Division Two playoffs when we were knocked out by Notts County in the semi-finals thanks to a 1-0 2nd leg defeat at Meadow Lane.  The badges look great and I look forward to seeing the rest of the Crewe ones in the series.  Hopefully, the ones that get produced for our other playoff years (v Scunthorpe in 92, v Walsall & York in 93, vs Bristol Rovers in 95 and most memorably against Luton & Brentford in 97) will be done using the correct badge from the time as I have let the guy putting out this series know that he is using the new logo on this one!

Round up of new style insert match badges

There are a number of glass fronted insert style match pins that have turned up over the last 3 years.  I have featured a few on this blog already but in the spirit of completeness, here are all the ones I have come accross but not yet included on here....

Insert style Crewe badge

Thanks to Andy Scoffin for sending me the picture of this one.  Its looks like it is one of the insert style badges common in the 70s and 80s.  Doesn't look like the highest quality of badge or design but certainly one I would like to add to the collection.

2010/11 Season Badges

A new season brings more badges but unfortunately all so far have been of the cheap plastic variety as you can see from the pictures above. I had hoped there may have been an enamel badge made for the Blackpool pre-season game or the Derby Carling cup game but it appears not.

CAFC Boot Badge

I came accross this old, beaten up badge a few weeks ago and have never seen one like it before. Its a red boot with CAFC stamped accross the middle. As always, this may have been made with Charlton in mind but there is no clear indication either way.

More kit badges - 2001/02 & 2002/03

KIT BADGE FROM SEASON 2001/02

KIT BADGE FROM SEASON 2002/03

Thanks to Dave S again for showing me these badges that are missing from my collection. To Dave's knowledge these badges along with http://crewepins.blogspot.com/2008/10/kit-badge-from-season-2004-05.html & http://crewepins.blogspot.com/2008/10/kit-pin-season-2005-06.html & the 1999/2000 badge (which I have yet to do a post on but you can see it in my collection update picture) make up the full set of kit badges ever done by Crewe for actual season kits....

Therefore we have 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 & 2006/07.

It seems strange that one was not done for 2000/01 or for the years since 2007.

Collection Update

Here is my collection as on May 2010. As always, if there are any you have that you cannot see on here (either for sale or just to inform me of its existence) then get in touch!

Division 2 Runners Up 2003 Badge

Cheers to Dave for this one, this badge commemorates the Alex finishing 2nd in Div 2 in 2003 and getting promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt. The badge itself is not good quality enamel like the other kit badges but its certainly one I'd like in my collection. According to Dave, this was not a club produced badge but was actually one being sold by a guy in the street on the day.

Crewe / Rangers badge

I just picked this up on my recent trip to Crewe. Not sure why it was made and by who but its a nice little badge. The Rangers logo is on the right and the old Crewe logo (minus the lion) is on the left.

Shield Badge

I already have the red badge in this set (see this post http://crewepins.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-logo-badge-red.html ) but until Dave S showed me his collection I was unaware of the white version!

Crewe Alex badge & programme shop

Just wanted to put a quick note in to say thanks to Dave in the badge shop at Gresty Road for sharing his collection with me when I was there for the Accrington game on Apr 24th. I took many photos so look out for them over the next few weeks!

If you don't know about it, the Crewe badge and programme shop is located through an unassuming door just to the left of the main ticket office. Dave has loads of badges (not just Crewe) and there are loads of programmes in there too. Pay a visit next time you are at Gresty Road for a match!

Match badges from late in the 2009/10 Season

After seemingly disappearing for a while, a few of these glass fronted insert match badges have been appearing again late in the season. I spoke to the guy who makes them and I guess he makes them only when he thinks there is a specific demand. I wanted ones for the games I recently went to and he duly obliged by saying he will do them for me.

Red & White Scarf

Not a Crewe specific badge but I always like to pick up generic red and white football badges to add to my Crewe collection. This one is a very nice red and white bar scarf badge.

CAFC badge (red and white)

Another CAFC badge similar to this one http://crewepins.blogspot.com/2009/03/cafc-badge.html but this has white letters instead of black. In the scans, the red also looks slightly different but as I only own this one (and not the black/red one) I can't be totally sure.