The leg carries the badge

 
There are few greater signs of fealty than having one’s body tattooed with the badge of the institution that commands one’s loyalty…  Here we have a particularly good instance: this leg will carry the loggerheads-badge of Shrewsbury Town FC for many many years. 
Fans fought hard for the loggerheads badge when the club wanted to do away with it - and the fans won!
Curiously, the gentleman to whom the leg belongs is not alone in this type of homage. On summer days, when shorts are ubiquitous, one can spot quite a few of them in and around the club’s Meadow Stadium. 

It's interesting to note that, as well as the loggerheads motto Floreat Salopia (Let Shrewsbury Flourish), our man has the words 'Proud Salopian' tattooed too.  That phrase has its own, separate, but equally fascinating story...

This limb was photographed at The Prince Of Wales pub, a place where fans gather to celebrate their passion. Thanks to MC for the sighting.

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It's Loggerheads Day!

 

Today (May 2nd) is Loggerheads Day… at least, so far as Shrewsbury Town Football Club supporters are concerned.  It was on this day in 2015 that the Shrewsbury loggerheads were rightfully restored to the club’s badge, after a hiatus in which a rather ordinary lion had replaced them (Lord knows why!).

It only happened however because of a year-long and very loud campaign by fans (which was of course dubbed the Bring Back The Loggerheads Campaign). To their credit, the club’s owners listened, and then agreed with the fans. 

The campaign is remembered in a lovely poem, a framed copy of which is to be found in The Loggerheads Pub in central Shrewsbury.  It’s a funny pastiche on the stirring St Crispian's Day speech by the king in Shakespeare's play of Henry V.  It’s really clever.

The mystery is:  who was the author?

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Sad story

 

A sad story to tell is that of the death of a young man, who drowned this month. Nathan Fleetwood's body was found in the Severn, the river that flows around Shrewsbury town.

His many friends made a giant memorial-site out of the Greyfriars Footbridge, which passes over the river not far from where he was found.
The loggerheads, as the symbol of Nathan's favourite football team, Shrewsbury Town, were everywhere. 

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Waggly footballing

 
This rather vibrantly-coloured set of loggerheads is representative of those that featured on the Shrewsbury Town Football Club badge for a century.  

The design and shape would alter down the years, but the loggerheads were a constant – except for one dark twelve-months. In a moment of great controversy, in the 2000s, the loggerheads were discarded by the club – but brought back after a ‘fans’ revolt’!

This 1970s version of the logo features particularly waggly, long tongues.

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Happy Xmas loggerheads!

Yes, you can't even keep the loggerheads out of Christmas. Any self-respecting Shrewsbury Town Football Club fans would have this bauble front & centre on their Christmas trees.

Happy Christmas-time!

Pub carries the badge

 

One pub stands out as a real home for Shrewsbury Town Football Club supporters - The Prince Of Wales in Belle Vue.
Naturally enough therefore, its front window carries proudly the loggerheads badge of the team. These ones are slightly more bearded than the usual.

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