Leeds United followers “still can’t believe” the membership tried to vary their crest in what a massively criticised design.
Supporters had been nearly compelled to just accept the truth of a brand-new membership badge six years in the past, earlier than the plan was in the end scrapped after almighty uproar from followers on social media.
The Championship aspect introduced the intention to vary crests on X (previously generally known as Twitter) in January 2018 in a proposal that they stated took six months of analysis, and included the session of 10,000 individuals.
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Suggesting that the brand new badge would keep in existence for 100 years, followers rapidly made their emotions recognized. Thousands of Leeds followers signed a petition to retrieve their previous badge that had been the face of the membership since 2002.
The petition and heavy backlash had been in the end profitable, however six years on from the dreaded state of affairs, followers are nonetheless mentally working by means of what nearly turned true.
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One fan wrote: “Still looks like something ‘score hero’ would use,” whereas one other made enjoyable of the sheer simplicity of the design by commenting: “I could make this in microsoft paint lmao”.
A 3rd echoed their sentiments by including: “6 months of research. Wtf were they researching – man punching heart transparent png????”. Leeds followers issues again in 2018 had been quelled by a membership assertion following the fury that was aimed by helps.
“Following on from last week’s commitment to extend consultation with our supporters on the proposed crest change, we are pleased to announce further details,” the assertion learn.
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“We would like to thank our loyal fan base for the overwhelming engagement on the future of the club crest. Using your ideas as inspiration, a small shortlist of refined designs will be chosen by fan panels and then go to a democratic vote amongst all our Season Ticket Holders and Members.”