Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:41 am  

the_grobs wrote:

A proposal of putting the traditional 'Castleford' symbol on the shirts as well as the Tiger.

Sounds like a step backwards for me and I cannot see anything to gain from this whatsoever. The Tigers emblem is the only symbol we need on the shirt IMO.

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:17 am  

Why is that a step backwards?

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:56 am  

I just think the whole coat-of-arms thing is old fashioned. To younger supporters (thats not me by the way) the Castleford coat-of-arms means nothing. We need to attract the younger generation to the game.

Wakey did something like this this season incorporation the Fleur-de-ley with the new Wildcat emblem -I liked the Wildcat emblem on its own.

We have a new CEO, and a new team for next year with new ideas hopefully. With this in mind I would have a new badge but keep to the Tigers-head design.

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:13 am  

But what if the coat of arms is not part of the main badge and is just on a different part of the shirt?

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:16 am  

Tigerade wrote:

I just think the whole coat-of-arms thing is old fashioned. To younger supporters (thats not me by the way) the Castleford coat-of-arms means nothing. We need to attract the younger generation to the game.

Don't you think that the younger generation should have pride in the towns coat of arms rather than a picture of a tiger Ade?

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:20 am  

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Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:21 am  

Gronk! wrote:

But what if the coat of arms is not part of the main badge and is just on a different part of the shirt?

That would be fair enough.

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:23 am  

Big Man wrote:

Don't you think that the younger generation should have pride in the towns coat of arms rather than a picture of a tiger Ade?

Agreed - they should but they don't. I bet most of the youth in Castleford wouldn't even know what the coat-of-arms looked like.

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:17 pm  

A lot comes down to how the revival of the 'coat of arms' is managed and marketed by the club and the ambassadors of the club within our community. If it is done right the pride in carrying the coat of arms can be restored, but it will take time and commitment from all involved.

[tb]

Re: Meet the Directors night - 11th July : Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:03 pm  

Didn't the mainly white shirt a few years back - the one with ST holders' names on, also have the town crest on the back (albeit faint)?