Ripping off the badge

[Forest Gump]

One of the new members of the Essex Senior League for 21-22 is Athletic Newham, whose badge is just a little familiar...



There's quite a few non-league badges who 'take inspiration' from others.

Newport Pagnell's old one definitely isn't Swansea



And there's something familiar about Southend Manor's

[Sean of the Shed]

Somebody mentioned Hitchin Town's new badge on the new badge thread.

https://twitter.com/ollie_bayliss/status/1387761840986460163?s=21

[Simon G]

Forest Green's old one and Barcelona's were very similar:

[3 Colours Red]

Call it a hunch but I don't think they adhered much to o jogo bonito before they changed their name.

[Patrick Thistle]

Forest Green's old one and Barcelona's were very similar:

Hahaha I'd never realised that's what they were trying to do.

[Levin]

Wasn't there a Romanian team that used the old juventus logo? Or was it a London based team with a Romanian connection? I'm pretty sure there were some South American teams as wel lthat used the Juve template.

[ad hoc]

Yes there was a Juventus Bucharest for quite a long time. The Turin Juventus eventually forced them to change their badge and their name

[Fussbudget]

Not as blatant as some of the others, but Hebburn Town's badge is clearly a loose rip-off of the old Sunderland badge



Boro Rangers are a bit less subtle (amazing how difficult it is to find a decent picture of the old Boro badge with the ships)

[ad hoc]

This was the Juventus Bucuresti badge (bloody image links are impossible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:J..._Bucuresti.png )

[Fussbudget]

Image from ad hoc's link:

[ad hoc]

Ta, FB

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Benfica



CD Santa Clara

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Other riffs on the old Juve badge from Serie C

Ternana



Renate

[Ray de Galles]

Forest Green's old one and Barcelona's were very similar:

There must be dozens of faux-Barca crests in English non-league football. this is the one I've most recently seen ;

[Ray de Galles]

Benfica



CD Santa Clara

That's the second image of yours I haven't been able to see today, UA. It might be me though.

[Sean of the Shed]

Same for me as well.

[ursus arctos]

How about this?

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Barcelona Sporting Club of Ecuador



CR Belouizdad of Algeria

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Penya Encarnada of Andorra



FC RM Hamm Benfica of Luxembourg

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These are all top flight clubs in their respective countries.

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From the Finnish top flight

HIFK Football vs IFK Marienhamm

[mirko bolesan]

Kintbury Rangers

[longeared]

Another Barcelona wannabe - St Martins from the North West Counties Division One South.

[longeared]

Retford FC of Northern Counties East Division One take theirs from Fulham.

[Southport Zeb]

From the Finnish top flight

HIFK Football vs IFK Marienhamm

Both clubs were part of the Idrottsf?reningen Kamraterna organisation, which gave rise to many clubs across Sweden and, to a lesser extent, Finland. Most have variations on the same badge, although the most well known IFK, Gothenburg, have been unusual in instead using a badge based on the city's coat of arms.