We're not from Barcelona




While we're on the subject of badges, if we were. I saw a bloke on Ely market who was selling all sorts of attributki, as the Ukrainian call them, or football tat that I waste money on and then put in cupboard, so what could I do, of course I bought some. One of the items I was tempted by, but didn't get was a Forest Green Rovers badge.

The first time I cam across Forest Green Rovers was when they were playing Burton Albion and were coached by Villa legends, Nigel Spink and Paul Birch. They managed a 2-2 draw and at the time were near the bottom of the Conferenc. They have since established themselves as a Confernece team with few resources compared with some of the other teams in this league. The starngest thing about them though is the fact that they have a badge which is a complete rip off of the Barcelona crest. It probably isn't a coincidence, but all I can find out about it is that 'it has the flag of St. George and looks like Barcelona's badge'. St. George being the patron saint of Catalunya and England.

Another team with a badge with St. George's cross on it is AFC Fylde. They were formed when in the 1980s Kirkham and Wesham came together to form the ambitious club. At the moment they are leaders of the Vodkat North West Counties League and holders of the FA Vase. They have dabbled with red and blue kits over the last few seasons, but will release an away kit which looks exactly like Barcelona's on Monday.

The question is will Carlos Puyol be signing for them in the near future? Are there any other clubs out there who have a close affinity or ambitions of being Barcelona through their merchandising?

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