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The
Crest
It is only as
recent as the late 1950’s that St.Mirren started wearing a club crest
on their strips on a regular basis. Prior to this they had appeared
irregularly.
It is unclear
what the original Saints crest depicted, but from the early part of the
twentieth century, it has been a variation of the Paisley Coat of Arms.
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Paisley
Coat of Arms
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The
first version of the crest was a simple crest, often displayed
on a large white/cream square background.
Crests
disappeared for a few seasons during the early seventies and
when it reappeared in 1977-78 it was embroidered into the
shirts.
1981 saw
a slight change to the crest, in that it was incorporated into a
black and white shield design. This was not too popular with
‘traditionalist’ who much preferred the original crest
unaltered.
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1950’s
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1977-78
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1984 saw a
return to the favoured version of the badge and this remained until
1995-96 when it was modified into a circular shape, but better received
than the previous ‘modification’.
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1981
‘Shield’
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1995
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1996 saw
the most radical change of the badge design, after the Lord Lyon
in Edinburgh who is responsible for Coats of Arms and Heraldic
Crests, decreed that Saints could no longer use the castellation
effect at the top.
This led to a new badge being commissioned and this remains the
club crest to this day.
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The 1996-97
version saw a return to the ‘shield effect’ with the ‘new’ crest
incorporated into it.
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1996-97
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There
have been other badges/motifs that have played a part in the
club over the years. During the 1990’s
There
were a few seasons where another logo was displayed on the
strips of a man designed from Paisley ‘tear-drop’ patterns.
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1996-onwards
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Match programmes
have also used several different pictures over the years.
In the 1970
especially there were three different badges. One depicting a matchstick
drawing of the ‘Saint’ from the TV series and two others with the
Paisley crest and a footballer replacing the Abbott.
The TV series
has also spawned several pin badge designs over the years.
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Programmes
from seventies.
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Strips
in the nineties
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Pin
Badge
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