When I set out to create this site the intention was to attempt the almost impossible task of cataloging football badges relating to UK football teams.
In hindsight it was a pretty silly idea due to the millions of football badges available thoughout the UK.
If truth be known I already knew the scale of the task as I have attempted cataloging my own badge collection which has proven to be a formidable task.
In researching the subject I have also come across countless sites where supporters with a lot more affinity to their own football team then me have done such a good job of showing their teams football badges, a lot of these sites are obviously a work of love and have taken countless years to set up.
Taken everything into account I decided that there was no way I could do the job justice within the original scope so have decided to simply create a page for each individual team with a few highlighted facts, figures and products and link where possible to more accomplished football badge sites related to that team.
So in summary this site is in its VERY early stages with very little/or no content but it will over the next few weeks grow into a fairly comprehensive overview of the UK football badge collecting scene.
Obviously because of the sheer number of football teams in the UK we couldnt have a button for each of them so to make it easier we have designed the drop down box below for your use, simply click on the arrow for the teams available, select your team and then click the green bar.
By the way, if your team isnt listed please just drop us a mail and we will set it up for you.
What is badge collecting ?
Football badge collecting itself is a fairly recent phenomenon, first gaining widespread popularity amongst fans in the late 60s early 70s and then growing into the massive business it is now.
Badge collecting in general has been around for years, in fact compared to other areas football badge collecting (on a large scale) is a relatively young hobby.
There are thousands of other badges out there from different genres, military badges being one of the biggest and it certainly outdates football. Even Butlins has its own massive collector circle with some of the prices being reached for rare editions being astronomical.
But its obviously football badges we are concentrating on as it’s a footy site !!!
So, you would think that the obvious area for football badge collectors is their your own team but you would be wrong, although the majority of people do concentrate on their own particular football team there is other specialised areas such as FA Stewards badges, Referees badges, International badges, Football Association badges, County FA’s etc
We will be setting up some websites covering the specialised areas in the near future but for the moment this particular site is concentrating on the usual suspects …. UK teams from the Premiership to Non League !!
So where do you start?
Well if you go to matches you will no doubt have seen the “badgeman” stood on a corner somewhere, this is the guy I blame for getting me started and who ultimately led to me spending thousands on badges !!
Hes a good start, then theres the club shop (although most clubs have a very small range) or you could try going to programme and badge fayres around the country where you can pick up some good deals, ultimately though the best (and easiest) place to expand your collection is the internet which of course usually means Ebay, to this end we have set up on each individual teams page a search tool specifically for that team.
In the early stages of your collection this is definitely the best way to grow your numbers, but be careful though, a lot of the badges on Ebay are very common so don’t be going over the top with the amount you pay, you will usually find that what you think is a “rare” badge (and never believe that description off a seller without careful investigation) will always come back up for sale in the next few days or weeks.
Obviously as you get more experienced you will recognise the real rare badges and these are well worth spending your hard earned on, just be careful in the early days as there are a lot of people out there who will take over the odds for a badge that they have paid pennies for and there is nothing more frustrating and annoying than seeing the same badge that you have just spent good money on being sold over and over again by the same seller .... believe me Ive been there !!
So if youve got this far down the page without being bored you are either already into collecting badges or are seriously interested in starting a collection, either way, best of luck but please dont get in my way when Im bidding !!
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