Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Crewe cap badge

This is a fun and unique badge. It has the club logo on a red and white cap. I think its an official club produced badge as I have not seen similar badges featuring other clubs but I could be wrong. This is a fairly rare one too - I can't remember seeing it come up on ebay at all.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Yellow and Blue Logo Badge

This is the yellow and blue version from the mid 90s of the logo badge. This was also made for different seasons in red/white and green/blue. A pretty rare Crewe badge.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Crewe Alex Flag Badge

Here is a brand new Crewe badge that I have had made due to the lack of Crewe flag badges out there. It looks good and I'm really happy with it.

The design is based on the red merchant flag that I used to take for years to CAFC away games and England games home and away (it can be seen in action here http://www.365englandfans.com/gallery/hough_holland1.jpg )

If you would like to buy one, the cost is £2.50 (inc P&P) for the first badge and just £1.50 for each additional badge in the same order. This is pretty much at cost. If I sell these then I can get some more designs made up! Paypal to houghmartin2@yahoo.com or drop me an email at the same address to pay another way or if you have any questions.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Crewe v Sheff Utd badges 1981-82 Season



This lovely set (in five different colours) is part of a wider set being produced by a Sheffield United fan commemorating what many Blades fans see as their most enjoyable season ever (1981/82) when they came down to Division 4. Made out of old enamel and slightly larger than most badges I see today these are a very nice addition to the collection.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Logo badges


Three basic logo badges that are slight variations on the ones already featured on here....

Monday, June 15, 2009

'The Alex' Badge

Another badge recently produced by the club which I bought from the club shop on my most recent visit. I like this one - both the unique shape and the use of 'The Alex' which is the nickname I have always used in general chat. That said it would be nice to see a Railwaymen badge too!

Friday, June 12, 2009

CAFC balls badge

This is a recently released official badge I bought from the club shop on my last trip to Gresty Road. Quite nice and the use of the balls and the CAFC makes it different from any of the other badges I have seen the club produce before.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

New Logo Badge - Red

Here is a badge I just picked up - a red shield with the 'new' logo. The lion looks wimpier than ever and looks like its standing on one leg! Still another nice addition to the collection.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Spurs Record Victory badge


Two lovely badges "celebrating" Tottenham Hotspurs' record 13-2 victory from 3rd Feb 1960 in the FA Cup replay against Crewe. It still stands as Crewe's record defeat. Made by AKP badges as a limited edition set.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Crewe v Manchester United Match Badges


These are the only badges (that I know of) that were produced for Crewe's Carling Cup matches against Man Utd in 2004 and 2006. Both nice neat badges with both team's logo's.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Crewe v Palace match badges



These badges were made in 3 different colours (with a limited run of 25 for each) for the 2005/06 season match at Gresty Road vs Crystal Palace. I don't know if any were made for the return fixture at Selhurst Park but I'll keep looking!
Update: Cheers to Andrew for confirming to me that none were made for the return fixture at Selhurst Park

Friday, May 15, 2009

Shield badges

I have the red one of these but am still looking for the white one. Cheers to the Railwayman for the photo. A pretty basic pair of badges. I don't think whoever designed them put much thought into it! Not sure whether they are official (ie made by the club) or unofficial ones.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Blue and White split badge

Just to finish off the set (I think) of these badges, here is the blue and white version to go with the other three red/white versions already featured. Is there a blue and white with a blue header I wonder?

Monday, May 11, 2009

Red & White Spilt Logo (white header)

Here is the alternate version of the badge with the red header shown two posts ago!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

There's only one Alexandra


Thanks to Mike Lazenby for sending me this one! A button badge containing a phrase often used at Gresty Road (I think I even had it on a scarf once..)
Here is the background info on the badge's origin in Mike's own words....
..my first two Alex games were as a matchday sponsors guest, and I got it at one of those two
games. So it's either from 1989 (January game v Leyton Orient...Wayne Goodison scored!) or a year later v Birmingham. From what I remember the idea of being a corporate guest back then was a bit different to what it is now...!
A nice badge to add to the collection! Cheers Mike!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Red & White Spilt Logo (red header)

There have been several versions of this pin made in various colours.... this one is the red and white split with a read header at the top. Other versions I have seen include all red, red & white with a white header, and a blue & white split.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Leicester match badges




Today is the last game of the season and Crewe are playing at home to champions Leicester City. A button badge has been made to mark the occasion. I also show the button badge that was made for the fixture at Leicester earlier in the season.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Millennium Badge

A pretty rare badge I found a while ago made back in 1999/2000 to celebrate Crewe going into the new millenium. At the time we were still enjoying the high-life in the Championship (or whatever it was called back then!)

Monday, April 27, 2009

Liverpool v Crewe match badges 2008


These two badges are the only ones I have come accross so far that were made for the 23rd Sep 2008 Carling Cup 3rd round game at Anfield. It finished 2-1 to Liverpool. They are nice, well made badges. I am reliably informed that another two badges were also made for this game so I'll be keeping on the lookout for those!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

More Leeds v Crewe badges


Leeds seem to be the only team in this league who can justify match day badges. These two were made for the game at Elland Road earlier in the 2008-09 season. These are very nice badges and raise the total of number of Leeds v Crewe badges from this season up to four.

AFBC


Cheers to Colin at the Association of Football Badge Collectors http://www.afbc.org.uk/ for putting up a link to this site.


Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Early logo pin

This badge is one of the oldest in my collection. It has one of the old Crewe logos and is officially listed as Crewe badge 033 in the AFBC directory. A great looking badge.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Wolves pre-season tour 2006

Cheers to FBB on the badge collectors forum for this one... http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/theexecutivesolution?forum=81603

Only a small piece of Crewe in this one but we are on it so it becomes worthy of mention!

Its a badge produced for Wolves' pre-season games in 2006 of which of course we were one.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Old logo with blue

I found this scan here
http://s661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/BadgesCollection/?action=view&current=England.jpg which was a Spanish guy trying to sell his entire collection in bulk. Sadly he wouldn't sell individual badges. I've never seen this pin before - the old logo but with the circle over the letters in blue rather than the usual red. Judging by the rest of the pins in the collection, this is probably one from the 60s or 70s. Anyone shed any further light on it?

Friday, April 3, 2009

2008 match badges vs Leeds


These are the 2008 Crewe v Leeds badges from the same producer as the badge a few posts back for the recent match. There was one badge made for each of the meetings in the 2007/08 season and then another made for our game at Elland Road earlier this season on 6th Sept 2008. Great quality badges and still available online too from the original seller.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Silver logo badge

This one is a pretty classy pin which is unique because of its lack of colouring.

It was bought from the club shop as part of a set with a key-ring of the same design.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Basic old logo badges

More of a summary post really but this is all my badges with the basic 'railway wheel' logo together in one group. As you can see there are a variety of sizes, colours and positioning of the ball and letters.

Friday, March 27, 2009

CAFC badge

Another badge from the collection of Andy Scoffin. This CAFC badge was presumably made for Crewe (and not for Charlton!)

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Crewe v Hartlepool Match Badge

This one has just appeared on ebay and is another of those plastic insert badges. Made for Crewe's home match against Hartlepool in April 2009. A different style to those cheap looking insert badges previouly mentioned in the blog. Not one I'm going to be adding to my collection but an interesting addition to the site anyway!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Promotion Badge 1997


This badge was made to commemorate CAFCs first ever fromotion into the second tier of English football when we won the play-off final in 1997 at the old Wembley. Its made in a similar style to the badge made when promotion was achieved again in 2003 (although with the old logo). Thanks again to The Railwayman Andy Scoffin for the picture.