In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the crest of the former metropolitan borough of Greenwich was used as a symbol for the club but this was not used on the team's shirts.

The current club crest represents Cangrande I della Scala, an ancient seignor from Verona.

The club's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image.

The club crest is derived from the Manchester City Council coat of arms, although all that remains of it on the current crest is the ship in full sail.

The devil stems from the club's nickname " The Red Devils "; it was included on club programmes and scarves in the 1960s, and incorporated into the club crest in 1970, although the crest was not included on the chest of the shirt until 1971 ( unless the team was playing in a Cup Final ).

It also forms part of the club crest for the town's football team Hinckley United F. C.

The current club crest was first used in the 1988 – 89 season.

The first club crest

Originally, the club used the same crest as the one used by the city itself.

" This crest only lasted from 1996 – 98 when the club moved to the new Madejski Stadium.

The original club crest was introduced in 1956 and consisted of a shield showing a traditionally drawn owl perched on a branch.

The sheaves were replaced by a stylised SWFC logo that had been in use on club merchandise for several years prior to the introduction of the new crest.

West Bromwich Albion's former club crest, replaced in 2006 with a modified crest also featuring a Song Thrush.

The club crest is based upon the coat of arms of Macclesfield, and features a blue Lion Rampant holding a wheatsheaf.

A new club crest was planned for the start of the 2007 – 08 season.

San Jose's sister club Arncliffe Aurora dons a similar crest from 1991

Sevilla's first crest, displayed on a former player's shirt in the club museum.

The club's motto is Progress, as featured on the club crest.

The most common format would have the coat of arms or crest of the club or school positioned in the centre, with the crew names and the race details arranged around this.

Obviously, if this club is going to move from second to first in the American League, it will have to show improvement someplace.

I hope the man who plans to sit on his hands until the emergency comes will have a change of heart, will get busy and be the first member of our `` plus-one '' shelter club.

The club that overcame the worst start in a comparable period to win the pennant was New York's '51 Giants, who dropped 11 of their first 13.

Jean Fardulli's Blue Angel is the first top local club to import that crazy new dance, the Twist.

* 1974 – Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

Dunn seemed quite positive about being traded to a ball club in first place in its division in August.

However, when, under manager Jack Kirwan, the club got promoted to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 ( then the Eerste Klasse or ' First Class ', later named the Eredivisie ), Ajax were forced to change their colours because Sparta Rotterdam already had exactly the same outfit.

Under the management of Luigi Barbesino, the Roman club came close to their first title in 1935 – 36 ; finishing just one point behind champions Bologna.

The second scudetto did not elude Roma for much longer ; in 1982 – 83 the Roman club won the title for the first time in 41 years, amidst celebrations in the capital.

The ANFC ran the Championship of Australia, the first national club competition, which commenced in 1888 and saw clubs from different states compete on an even playing field.

The new rules mean that rather than representing the state of their adopted club, players would return to play for the state they were first recruited in.

This description prompted the first suggestions of regular interstate club competition and of overcoming the dichotomy and establishing a national league.

Bursaspor have won the league title in 2009-010 for the first time, becoming the 2nd anatolian club to ever wint the league title after Trabzonspor.

The first professional black baseball club, the Cuban Giants, was organized in 1885.

The Red Sox logo worn on uniforms in 1908, announcing the team's first official nicknameIn, the upstart American League established a competing club in Boston.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns.

During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

During the off-season the club hired Leigh Matthews, who in 1990 had delivered Collingwood its first premiership since 1958.

The club won its first AFL Premiership by defeating Essendon 15. 18 ( 108 ) to 12. 10 ( 82 ) in the 2001 AFL Grand Final.

The first Burns club, known as The Mother Club, was founded in Greenock in 1801 by merchants born in Ayrshire, some of whom had known Burns.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube ( Crux / Southern Cross Sports Club ) is a first class football ( soccer ) club in Brazil.

Kilsyth Curling Club claims to be the first club in the world, having been formally constituted in 1716 ; it is still in existence today.

The first curling club in the United States was established in 1830, and the game was introduced to Switzerland and Sweden before the end of the 19th century, also by Scots.

The first curling club in the United States was organized in 1830 only 30 miles from Detroit, at Orchard Lake, Michigan.