World Football Club Crests : the Design, Meaning and Symbolism of World Football's Most Famous Club Badges

Cover; Half-title; Copyright; Title; Contents; Introduction; England; Arsenal; Aston Villa; Blackburn Rovers; Brighton & Hove Albion; Cardiff City; Chelsea; Crystal Palace; Derby County; Everton; Fulham; Hull City; Leeds United; Leicester City; Liverpool; Manchester City; Manchester United; Millwall; Newcastle United; Queens Park Rangers; Sheffield Wednesday; Southampton; Sunderland; Swansea City; Tottenham Hotspur; West Bromwich Albion; West Ham United; Wolverhampton Wanderers; Spain; Athletic Bilbao; Atlético Madrid; Barcelona; Deportivo La Coruña; Rayo Vallecano; Real Betis; Real Madrid. Cover Half-title Copyright Title Contents Introduction England Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Fulham Hull City Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Millwall Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers Spain Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid. Real OviedoReal Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Villarreal Italy AC Milan Bari Cagliari Calcio Fiorentina Inter Juventus Lazio Palermo Parma Roma Sampdoria Torino Germany Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Braunschweig Hamburger SV Hertha Berlin 1. FC Köln Schalke 04 FC St. Pauli VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg France FC Girondins de Bordeaux FC Lorient AS Monaco FC Nantes Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille Paris Saint-Germain AS Saint-Étienne Stade de Reims Rest of Europe AIK Ajax FC Basel SL Benfica. BesiktasCeltic Dynamo Kyiv Fenerbahce Galatasaray Heart of Midlothian Malmö FF Olympiacos FC Porto PSV Eindhoven Rangers Red Bull Salzburg Red Star Belgrade Shakhtar Donetsk Sporting Clube de Portugal Zenit Saint Petersburg USA Chicago Fire Columbus Crew LA Galaxy New York Red Bulls Portland Timbers Seattle Sounders Australia Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Perth Glory South America Boca Juniors Corinthians Flamengo Fluminense Santos Notable Crests Acknowledgements About the Author. An illustrated exploration of the design, meaning and symbolism of world football club crests. Why is there a devil shown on the crest of Manchester United? Which club's crest motto is 'To Dare Is To Do'? And whose emblem depicts a bear and a strawberry tree? From the seahorses of Newcastle United to the royal crown of Real Madrid, via the riveting hammers of West Ham United, Valencia's famous bat design and German club St Pauli's unofficial skull-and-crossbones emblem, there is a story behind every crest, a tale of identity. Covering more than 200 clubs from 20 different leagues, World Football Club Crests explores the design, meaning and symbolism of the game's most famous club crests to reveal why the badges look as they do. This carefully curated collection charts the continuing evolution of the designs and describes the changing styles, varied influences and remarkable controversies that have shaped football's most iconic crests. These important symbols of football heraldry will never be viewed in the same way again.