Northern Ireland friendly vs Qatar - May 2015 match badge at Crewe

Three different badges (two designs) available at the NI international friendly held at Crewe on 31/5/15.  Unless I am mistaken, I think these are the only badges ever made for a game at Gresty Road not involving Crewe.

Chesterfield v Crewe 14/15 match badge

Produced by 'Terrys Badges', it was certainly a surprise to suddenly see these appear from Chesterfield.  They are apparently officially endorsed as they are available in the club shop.  For the 15/16 season they will apparently only be produced for teams new to the division.

Wolves v Crewe 2013/14

This is an effort that came out for the Wolves v Crewe game in 2013/14.  Unlike many of the others produced for these Wolves games over the years this has a very unofficial look about it with its generic style and lack of logos. 

JPT Trophy Final 2013 badges not yet featured

For some reason I neglected to post about this set of three JPT final badges when I posted about all the other varieties.  This set is simple yet attractive with a nice selection of three colourways and a broach fitting.

Another 'missing E' post

I picked up this beaten up old version of the infamous 'missing E' set a short while ago.  Apart from the obvious missing E I do wonder if this was an early run as the lettering just seems to be a little poor in its quality.  This particular badge is very grubby and the pin is broken so must have had a fun life to this point!

Cufflink Style!

 

Something a little different here and I am a little confused with myself as to whether this counts as a badge or not...  The first question is whether it started life as a badge.  The design is one certainly seen on other badges and there is the strong possibility that someone pulled off the pin fitting and stuck on the cufflink style fitting, however it could also have been made like this in the first place to accompany the pin badges made at the time.  Who knows? Not me anyway :)  As to whether it belongs in a badge collection - well its in mine so I guess it does!

Wolves pre season friendly 2014 badges

Certainly an original looking set produced for this Wolves friendly - surprisingly with 2 in Crewe colours vs just the one in Wolves black & gold.  Produced mainly for the large band of Wolves collectors it was nice to have this set added to the collection.

Also available from that July 2014 game was this Wolves pre-season tour badge, similar to one produced in other years that includes our logo.  Limited to 100 badges, it came on its own individual backing card which includes the number (mine is 96/100).  The number 96 is also stamped onto the back of my badge.

2014-15 Fleetwood v Crewe badges

This lovely set in two colourways was produced by Fleetwood supporter and collector Paul (Codbadges) as part of his match sets for a select number of teams visiting Highbury in the 14/15 season.  This Aug 2014 visit was Crewe's 1st ever league trip to Fleetwood and ended in a 2-1 defeat which would go on to be fairly typical of the season to come!

Blue logo badge

Simple and classic logo badge from the early 90s but the slightly rarer blue and white trim version.  One of my favourite Crewe badges.

Madjid Boughherra player badge

Algerian international Madjid Bougherra became an instant Alex favourite when he arrived from French side Gueugnon in January 2006.  He was a class player that the club would have loved to keep but after 11 games (and 1 goal) he was off to bigger and better things.  This badge is a from his time at Glasgow Rangers and is a fun addition to the collection.

Ex Crewe Player legend badges

Four badges from other club's legend series featuring some players who also played for the Alex at some point in their careers.  Three are from Stoke (Conroy, Mahoney and Greenhoff) and one is from QPR (Stan Bowles).