BACK again. After a more traditional design based on the council’s crest of arms was used, finally two crossed blades with the white rose of Yorkshire, set in a black shield. A wordmark ” SHEFFIELD UNITED F.C.” and “1889” in white on a red background.

Updated version of the original Sheffield logo from the 1800s. The shield depicts a smaller shield in now in white with three wheat stacks and a lion above the shield. Initials “SUFC” positioned around the shield in white on a red background.

Sheffield’s 125th annaversity logo bring back the original logo from 1889. Added above the original logo is “125” in gold and “YEARS OF SUFC” above the shield and below the shield “1889 – 2014” in black. The shield depicts a smaller shield in gold with three wheat stacks and a lion above the shield. Initials “SUFC” positioned around the shield in gold on a red background.

In 1999, the Blades brought back the popular 1977 badge. After a more traditional design based on the council’s crest of arms was used, finally two crossed blades with the white rose of Yorkshire, set in a black shield. A wordmark ” SHEFFIELD UNITED F.C.” and “1889” in white on a red background.

The 1987 shield for Sheffield is another design change from the very popular design. Now black shield with red trim has the criss-cross blades and the white rose center in the shield. Wordmark “SHEFFIELD UNITED” in white and “1889” at the bottom.

It wasn’t until the 1977 season that the Blades revealed a badge that was seen as a design classic. After a more traditional design based on the council’s crest of arms was used, finally two crossed blades with the white rose of Yorkshire, set in a black shield. A wordmark ” SHEFFIELD UNITED F.C.” and “1889” in white on a red background.

New design in the ’70s with a roundel logo featuring a blue and green shield with three gold wheat bales and two blades. Encircled wordmark “SHEFFIELD UNITED FC 1889” in gold.

In 1965, a red with black trim shield was added to a new version of the Sheffield coat of arms.

The lion on the crest is taken from the Arms of the Dukes of Norfolk, lords of the manor of Sheffield; it appeared also in the Arms of the Talbot family, their predecessors in the lordship. The sheaf of arrows was the main motif in the seals of the Burgery of Sheffield and the Twelve Capital Burgesses, the two bodies which bore the brunt of local government in Sheffield before the creation of the Borough. The three wheatsheaves on a green field were probably chosen at the College of Arms as a play upon the name Sheffield which means “the open space by the River Sheaf.”

The original shield for Sheffield beginning in the 1800s. The shield depicts a smaller shield in gold with three wheat stacks and a lion above the shield. Initials “SUFC” positioned around the shield in gold on a red background.