Although the club was founded in 1905, no official club crest was used until the late 1940s when an image of the Crystal Palace with a claret and blue shield was produced. Crystal Palace. The club used this logo for around 17 years.Crystal Palace changed their crest again in 1972, when the club decided to hold a competition among fans, allowing them to decide how the club's badge would look. 1940s. With Crystal Palace's owners looking to introduce a new badge for the club, we show how the crest has evolved.
Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional football club based in Selhurst, South London, England, who currently compete in the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The professional Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905, playing in the Aston Villa colours of claret and blue. Make offer - Rare Old Vintage Crystal palace Badge . Until then they had used an adapted version, which consisted of a circle containing the different elements.In the 1980s, Ron Noades took over as chairman and decided he wanted to change the club’s badge again – creating a crest that was used until June 2013. This would make them the oldest professional football club in the world. The badge that resulted from this mammoth period of rebranding was a large eagle perched on a football, with the name of the club and image of the Crystal Palace also taking pride of place.This full version of the crest was not actually displayed on the club's kits until 1987.
Noades deemed that the image of the bird used in the club’s badge looked more like a phoenix then an eagle, so the image was changed to a more aggressive looking eagle. Although their official founding date is 1905, the club claim to be a continuation of the original amateur Crystal Palace football club formed in 1861, as both were owned by the same Crystal Palace Company. … He changed the shirt colours to red and blue stripes, with the Eagles nickname, and a 'phoenix' looking eagle to represent the rising from the Crystal Palace ashes was displayed with the palace in a new club badge.This adapted version of the official club crest was used on the players' shirts from 1973 to 1987. £9.99 1d 21h + £4.15 postage. Make offer - CRYSTAL PALACE 1960's SUPPORTERS CLUB BADGE.
The club used this logo for around 17 years. The towers, glass building and eagle were all retained in the design, with the badge given a fresher, modern feel thanks to the use of modern technology, with a simplified version depicting just the eagle and the ball being used on casual clothing and other merchandise.
Chairman Ron Noades wanted a new badge with an aggressive, forward-looking eagle to replace what he deemed was a phoenix on the previous one.
Jordan Ayew has been named Crystal Palace F.C. The original Crystal Palace FC was formed by members of the Crystal Palace Cricket Club (formed 1857) in 1861, both tenants of the Crystal Palace Company who ran the former Great Exhibition building and associated park after it was relocated from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1852.
First Team Ayew named Crystal Palace F.C. Instead of a basic image of the Crystal Palace, the new crest was a white and black image of the large glass building, with the words Crystal Palace F.C underneath. CRYSTAL PALACE 1960's SUPPORTERS CLUB BADGE. Instead of a basic image of the Crystal Palace, the new crest was a white and black image of the large glass building, with the words Crystal Palace F.C underneath.
The words ‘Crystal Palace F.C.’ also featured, as did the club’s nickname at the time, 'The Glaziers'.But when Malcolm Allison was appointed manager just a year later, he embarked on a radical change of image at Selhurst Park, which included the launching of another new crest.