JPT Final Badge #3

These badges were semi-official in that they were available from the official stalls on Wembley Way but they don't really have that "official" look to them.  A noticeable exclusion is an actual reference to the Johnstones Paint Trophy.

JPT Final Badge #2

This is the official match badge available inside Wembley Stadium.  It is pretty and colourful but it is of pretty poor quality when compared to other badges from the day.

JPT Final Badge #1

These are probably the nicest badges produced for Crewe's first appearance in a major cup final.  Featuring the match details, both logos and an image of the trophy itself this badge (available in blue and in red) these are great badges.

Blue & Green logo badge

One to go in the "finally obtained" category, its the blue outer/green inner version of these logo badges that were produced in six colour varities back in the 90s.  These are identifiable by the three stripes at the lions feet as opposed to the usual two on the more common logo badges from that era.

Gresty Road Record Attendance badge (AS)

 

The second of the Gresty Road record attendance badges (vs Spurs) to be produced this year, produced in the same style as the Coventry JPT badge and featuring all the details from the game and the Crewe logo from the 60s.

Crewe v Coventry - 2013 JPT Northern Final result badge

Badge produced in two colourways to celebrate the JPT Northern Final victory over Coventry City.  It features both the aggregate score and the match details from each of the two legs.

Gresty Road Record Attendance badge (AKP)

Limited Edition set by AKP badges made to commemorate the record attendance at Gresty Road (20,000 vs Spurs in 1960).  Produces in 4 varieties with each limited to 25.

Steve Phillips Charity badge

Current (2013) Crewe goalkeeper Steve Phillips hs been involved in much charity work over the last year and his latest venture is a London-Paris bike ride.  This badge was made and sold to raise funds for the charity.  Well done Steve.

Club and Country

This lovely Crewe Alex & England badge is long overdue as people have been asking for one of these for years.  It is certainly work the wait.  Its the old club logo next to the cross of St George.

Coventry v Crewe JPT Trophy Semi Final 2013

These 5 badges are the ones I have so far from the February 2013 Johnstones Paint Trophy Semi Final vs Coventry City.  The top badge was found on ebay and is enamel with all the match details.  The bottom four badges were obtained at the ground on the night and are metal backed with that sticky type inset.  All seem to be done with the 1st leg at Coventry in mind as the coventry shirt comes first.  I heard rmours that there may have been more badges on the night in Cov so I'll keep a lookout.  I am also watching to see if a 2ng leg version of the enamel badge has been made.

Spurs Road to Wembley 1961

This white "Road to Wembley" badge was produced in 2012 as part of a set in 6 colours (white, red, light blue, dark blue, silver and gold) commemorating Tottenhams 1961 FA Cup Victory.  Spurs played Crewe in the 4th round beating us 5-1 at White Hart Lane.  The Crewe logo used is the intertwined C & A that could be seen on the club programme at the time.  The CAFC logo at the top is Charlton who were Spurs victims in Rd 3.     

Crewe v Cardiff 2006 Match Badge

This Crewe v Cardiff badge from April 2006 was part of a very short lived venture by someone in Cardiff who started producing match badges for the last few games of the 05/06 season and then apparently stopped. 

In the words of the guy I bought it off...."It was made by the unofficial badge seller at Cardiff. He only covered the last 3 away games that season v Southampton, Crewe & Coventry, I don't think they sold that well because he didn't bother the following season."

This badge is both rare and nicely made.

Nick Powell 25

This badge from 2012 shows the red shirt and no.25 of Nick Powell who left Crewe to join Manchester United in the Summer of 2012.  Its made for Manchester United but the red and number are exactly as they were from his time at Crewe.

"The Alex" scarf badge

 

Also new in the club shop just before Christmas 2012 was this small scarf badge featuring the words "The Alex", one of Crewe's nicknames...  It would be nice to have a Railwaymen one too but I guess that would be too long to fit!

Red and White Ball Badge

This official badge appeared in the club shop just before Christmas 2012.  Not overly exciting but a nice new badge to add to the collection.  The badge is about 1" in diameter with the club logo on top of a red & white ball.

Playoff Final badge set (with score)

Following on from the set I had made to commemorate to Brentford Playoff final from 1997, Andrew S has had this lovely set made to commemorate our recent Wembley success.  Available in 4 colourways, the badge features the team logos, match details and the score.  Nice job!

Travelling Alex

The "Travelling Alex" is the name of the supporters group who go to away games on the unofficial coaches run by Scott K and Fordy.  This badge (produced in blue and red)  features the styalised club logo that has been adopted by the Travelling Alex. 

Crewe Poppy Badge

Great new badge produced to commemorate rememberance sunday in the UK.  This badge, featuring the old club logo and a poppy, proved hugely popular and sold out very quickly.

Football League Review c.1968

Interesting piece from a late 60s edition of the Football League Review featuring the red Supporters Association badge.  Also a nice narrative on the blazer badge.

All Red Miller Ball Badge

 

This image of a potential 2nd Miller Ball badge was found on a Russian Badge Collection website.  I was only ever aware of the one red & white Miller ball badge - the oldest and most expensive Crewe badge I had seen...  so to see a picture of this one was a bit of a surprise!  The photo does not conclusively prove whether this is old or a more modern reproduction.  Any ideas?

 

2012 Playoff Winners

The official playoff winners badge was available from the CAFC club shop at the start of the 2012/13 season.  Its a great enamel badge with raised lettering celebrating a great day in the clubs history.

2011/12 Play off semi finals badge set

This great set in four colours was produced for the play off semi finals and features the logos of the four clubs involved.  Crewe progressed through to the Wembley final at the expense of southend.

2012 logo badge

This is a badge officially produced by the club at the start of the 2012/13 season.  Its the normal CAFC logo but unlike previously produced badges the logo and the writing are raised from the rest of the badge.

2012/13 Capital Cup Button badges

A couple of small button badges produced for Crewe's two games in the league cup from the 2012/13 season.  The games ended 5-0 to Crewe in Rd 1 vs Hartlepool but then a 2-0 reverse at West Ham in Rd 2.  The badges were produced by Pete's badge shop.

2000/01 Kit Badge

Kit badge from the 2000/01 season.  Its a nice badge but doesn't bear that much similarity to the actual shirt!  An example is the LC Charles logo being in upper case when it is lower case on the actual shirt.  Am assuming it was an official badge issued by the club.

3 years of Bradford Badges

I have featured all three of these on individual posts but as will now have a break from these due to Crewe getting promotion I thought I would put up a post with all three years together of the Bradford Away match badges.  These are possibly some of the hardest Crewe badges to acquire in recent years due to them not being on individual sale and most going straight into the hands of Bradford collectors (of which there are many).

1999/2000 Kit Badge

Kit Badge from the 1999/2000 season.  One of my favourite shirts, the badge features both the Reebok logo and the sponsors from that season (LC Charles VW Dealer).

Crewe Alexandra North America Supporters Club Badge

After living out here in the USA since 2004, I figured it was about time I got a badge made for our small supporters club over here in North America.  Its an enamel badge in four colour variations featuring the club badge and the flags of the US & Canada.  There were only 25 of each variation made.

2005/06 Crewe v Hull Badge Set

I first posted a long time ago about Hull badges from the 2005/06 season.  They were difficult to track down at first but I eventually got in touch with the guy putting them out and was able to secure a full set of four covering both games. It appears that this set was limited to 75 of each design as they are all stamped on the back with an individual number out of 75.

Crewe Button Badge

This is a fun little button badge done by someone with a simple badge making machine.  One for the kids!