Bradford 1-5 Crewe, May 7th 2011 Matchbadge

Once again, there was an officially endorsed match badge for all Bradford City home games for the the 2010/11 season.  The design of these has changed every year to keep it fresh, and like previous years was only available to people subscribing to the whole season set.

Crewe v Derby - Pre Season 2011/12

Two different sets of Derby pre-season 2011/12 badges have been produced.  Both are large, good quality badges in a variety of colours.  One set features all the logos (including Crewe) while the other just has the team names and 2 players in the team colours.

Crewe v Wolves - Pre-Season July 16th 2011

Here we have the first 2 badges of the 2011/12 season for the pre-season game against Wolves.  Looks like no change in design for the insert badges for the new season.

Crewe Legend - Neil Lennon

Following on from the David Platt post, here are three badges of Crewe legend Neil Lennon from his time at Celtic.

Oxford v Crewe 2010/11 Match Badge

This is a great find (thanks Dave S for picking one up at the game for me) as I had no idea that anyone in league 2 was producing match badges this year. This one is for the Oxford v Crewe match on March 19th 2011.This enamel badge is produced by the Oxford supporters group called the "12th man" and they have produced a badge for all their home games this season.

Alexandra Stadium CW2

This one is a new unofficial badge found on ebay.  It is of the glass fronted variety (so not enamel). Of course it would be better (and more truthful) if it said Gresty Road! A nice one to add to the collection.

Crewe legend - David Platt

Not Crewe as its from his time with Arsenal but certainly something for the collection as David Platt is a Crewe legend.  I have one for Rob Jones too and I'm always on the lookout for badges made for other Crewe players who made it to the big time.... possibilities are Neil Lennon, Dean Ashton, Rob Savage, Seth Johnson and Danny Murphy.

CAFC but its Charlton not Crewe...

You might be forgiven for thinking this is a Crewe badge given the CAFC and the red and white colouring but this badge is actually a Charlton Athletic badge with their old bird logo!

Railwaymen Badges

I just picked up these two simple glass fronted badges from ebay.  They are small is size and simply feature the words "The Railway Men" and the date 1877 (when the club were founded).

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.