Help Us To Save The Badge

[savethebadge]

Hi guys,

Not strictly a Dundee post but I hope you can spare some time to help out my club.

As you may be aware, Ayr United were recently shopped to the Procurator Fiscal to the Court of the Lord Lyon by a rival supporter for sporting a badge that is in breach of heraldic law for having 1) a Saltire within an enclosed shield shape and 2) having lettering within an enclosed shield shape.

The law dates back to the 1600s and is one of those ridiculous old laws that has no place in society any more. If Ayr are found guilty of breaching the law, we could be fined on a daily basis until the badge is completely overhauled. If the club refuse to change the badge then the Lord Lyon has the power to remove all sign of the badge from the stadium as well as confiscating stock from the club shop!

We are running a petition to show the Court of the Lord Lyon that there is no need for clubs like ours to be targeted by ancient, outdated law and that it is not in the public interest to prosecute innocent parties. We are asking Scottish football supporters to back our campaign and help prevent others falling foul of Lord Lyon's rules. As of yesterday, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has taken on the mantle and is seeking to raise the matter at Westminster - hopefully other prominent politicians will follow suit soon enough!

If you are thinking "why would I help Ayr United?" I can fully understand, however please be aware that over 20 Scottish clubs could be forced to change their badge unless we can get this law changed. Unfortunately, you guys would fall foul of Lord Lyon's rules, due to the text contained within the centre of the club crest. The cost of registering a 'coat of arms' with the Lord Lyon amounts to £3-4k and that's not to mention the re-branding cost of changing all items of club merchandise to comply. Ridiculous!

Anyway, if you've read this far then hopefully you can take an extra minute to sign our petition.

Save the Badge - Petition Clicky

Thank you all!

[chomp my root]

Signed it, good luck. This pish is an anachronism and seems to be fueled by greed by the Court of Lord Lyon. If they want to cream their knicks over hearldry then crack on but this strikes me as an abuse of the law to feather their own nest.

[Ivan Drago]

This backward sh*t taking up time in Scotland sickens me.

Out of date, out of touch and frankly embarrassing

Good luck to Ayr

[Double Blue]

Signed. A farce and all Scottish MPs and MSPs should be supporting your petition and giving it publicity in Holyrood; Westminster and the press.

[Abdul Latif]

Definitely something to get behind as our badge could be next if this is successful.

[Gedee]

Aye signed ...

No to sure why this "nonsense" persists ...... But it seems no' only petty, but pursued by those who feel self-important !!

Guid Luck wi' that Team o' yours

[chomp my root]

Aye signed ...

No to sure why this "nonsense" persists ...... But it seems no' only petty, but pursued by those who feel self-important !!

Guid Luck wi' that Team o' yours

My cynical side thinks its more than just self importance Gedee, I think they're being greedy, they're trying to squeeze cash out of football clubs using this arcane 'law' to justify it. I hope it backfires spectacularly and they get all their 'laws' abolished. I can't see a single 'good' reason for them to be pursuing this, only self serving ones.

[valleyboy]

Signed, more important things going on in this country to worry about, I'd like someone to expose the pr**k that reported it

[Cobra]

What a joke. The jobsworth behind this nonsense needs to get a life.

[Janny62]

This is just mischief making from someone who hasn't got anything better to do with their time. Hope whoever deals with this takes a common sense approach but I wouldn't hold my breath......good luck to the Ayr fans though.

[ersinovski]

Closer to home than you think.

The current Lord Lyon King of Arms Joe Morrow, is a former Dundee councillor and a current Vice Lord Lieutenant of Dundee, and Chairman of Dundee Waterfront Development Board.

As the Ayr fan suggested, might just start looking a bit closer to home.

Edited 3 December 2015 by ersinovski

[Riodee]

Signed , the dabs could be in deep doo as they have the lion rampant.