• New crest will appear on shirts from start of 2016/17 season
• Crest harks back to previous design worn from 1972 to 1997Manchester City believe unveiled a new club crest which will appear on the team’s shirts from the start of the 2016-17 season. The new design marks a departure from the existing badge,adopted in 1997, and instead resembles an updated version of the club’s previous crest which was first used in 1972.
The new crest features a shield that retains the gold ship which has featured in the club emblem for nearly a century, and as well as three diagonal stripes – representing the rivers Irwell,Medlock and Irk – and the red rose of Lancashire. For the first time, the crest also includes the year the club was founded – 1894.
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Source: theguardian.com