WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LIVERPOOL LOGO AND CREST?
A club’s crest is more than just a logo, it is symbolic. Even more so in a club like Liverpool where the word “history” takes on its full meaning. Today we explain the meaning of this club’s coat of arms.
As well as bringing you the latest news on shirts and shoes, we are now going to focus on the history, because every shirt has a history, every crest has a history, and every model of football shoes has a history. Today, what is the significance of the Liverpool crest?
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WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE LIVERPOOL LOGO?
Light years away from the modern minimalist Juventus logo, the Liverpool Football Club crest reveals many details if you spend a few minutes on it. Between references to the city, references to the club’s history and tributes to the fans, this crest is one of the most famous in the world of football and it is with this crest that we wanted to launch our new series which, we hope, will help you understand a little more about the great history of football clubs in the World.
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WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LIVERPOOL LOGO?
The Liver bird has been a central element of Liverpool’s crest since the early 1900s. It is a mythical bird at the crossroads between a cormorant and an eagle and is also the emblem of the city of Liverpool. The Liver bird has appeared twice on the top of the Royal Liver Building, once looking out to sea to protect sailors, the other looking into the city to protect women and children. It has appeared on Liverpool shirts for almost 120 years and has changed very little since then.
Symbolically “attacked” by Tottenham during the last Champions League final with a special shirt designed for the occasion “My Birds better than Your bird”, this symbolic bird still has a bright future ahead of it on the Reds’ chest.
One of the other important elements of the Liverpool crest (we’re talking about a crest, not a logo) is located on the upper part and refers to Bill Shankly, one of the greatest legends of the Liverpool club. Shankly, who coached the Reds between 1959 and 1974, left such an indelible mark that the club simply had one of the gates at Anfield Road built in his honor in 1982.
The door is topped with the words ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, which can also be seen on the top of the Liverpool crest. On the bottom of the Liverpool coat of arms, there is a ribbon with the club’s founding date ‘Est 1892’ (Since 1892) but the ribbon is also accompanied by two burning torches.
If you have ever been to Anfield, you will know the symbolism of these torches. Like the flame burning outside the Reds’ stadium, these two flames symbolize the eternal presence of the 96 victims of this tragedy in the club’s history.
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