Blackburn Rovers

For those who didn't know, I'm originally from England, and have been brought up to love a small town football team called Blackburn Rovers. I've loved them all my life and always wanted to redesign their logo, and I finally got round to it the other day.

This is the current logo:













The rose represents the lancashire rose (lancashire is the part of england that blackburn is located)
It is ugly and dated and has been the logo for a little over 30 years, yet it still holds a special place in all rovers fan's hearts because of what it represents.

This is the mark used before that:













A more graphic (and successful) representation of the rose.


And this is the oldest of the logos:













Anyway. This is what I came up with:



















The most important thing about the logo is the tradition. You can't get far away from what the club is all about or else it will fail. The overall shape of the mark is taken from the current rovers logo. The rose is taken from the previous logo. And the ribbon is taken from the oldest logo.

The typography on the ribbon isn't finalized yet, so that is just sort of a placeholder for now.

Here is the logo on the jersey:





































Here are some color options:



















Here are some rose options:




















And here is an initial sketch:




















I love my Rovers, and I love design. This was a fun exercise in trying to combine the two.