Out of the premier league since 2019 and could be a while until they return. They made the FA Cup final in 2012 and came second.
Stoke City - my hometown team based at Britannia Stadium
Designing a football flag
Since I was born in Stone, not far from the stadium and Manchester City(!), I will use the English flag as the background. It is quite common for supporters to use the flag of their country of origin for the canvas, so to speak.
This is good because it allows me to use the four quadrants of the flag to attach some classic icons to, namely the three leopards passant guardant positioned amongst 10 Tudor roses as in photo number 2. The Leopards (mythical beast offspring of Lions and Pards, hence Leo-Pards), gradually became referred to as lions by the middle ages. It was kind of cool back then to associate your prowess with Lions since they were king of the beasts, highly respected and also mentioned in the book of Genesis. So King Richard the...Lion Heart (1189-1199) added the third and final lion to the two lions already on the coat of arms. This now consisted of three gold lions on a red background which meant that he could keep up with the Jones' - or should I say , the Normans who already boasted three lions.
Lions passant guardant dexter is the full description meaning a lion facing the viewer, striding to his right (or the viewers left). You had to be quite good at Latin in those days because English was still just as confusing back then. However, you would have probably invited your friends into your castle using French, the language of the court.
The meaning and use of right hand and left hand in our language is an interesting one. To be right handed was to be correct, admired and good. To be left handed or wrong was the opposite, as in getting out on the wrong side of the bed (the left side), two left feet as in awkward. In fact the old French word for left is gauche, which means socially awkward. The Latin for right is dexter and one is considered dextrous meaning skilful. Even better if you are ambidextrous. The Latin word for left handed however is sinister which refers to being unlucky or evil.
The coat of arms was adopted by the English football association and worn by members of the English football team. This makes them look like a professional football team when they win matches but not when they lose matches. This flag is sure to inspire the team to return to the premier league where they belong. They just have to make their way up through two of the lower divisions first, piece of Victoria Sponge!
Lions passant guardant dexter is the full description meaning a lion facing the viewer, striding to his right (or the viewers left). You had to be quite good at Latin in those days because English was still just as confusing back then. However, you would have probably invited your friends into your castle using French, the language of the court.
The meaning and use of right hand and left hand in our language is an interesting one. To be right handed was to be correct, admired and good. To be left handed or wrong was the opposite, as in getting out on the wrong side of the bed (the left side), two left feet as in awkward. In fact the old French word for left is gauche, which means socially awkward. The Latin for right is dexter and one is considered dextrous meaning skilful. Even better if you are ambidextrous. The Latin word for left handed however is sinister which refers to being unlucky or evil.
The coat of arms was adopted by the English football association and worn by members of the English football team. This makes them look like a professional football team when they win matches but not when they lose matches. This flag is sure to inspire the team to return to the premier league where they belong. They just have to make their way up through two of the lower divisions first, piece of Victoria Sponge!
The 10 roses depicted in the emblem are symbolic of the War of the Roses, a phrase coined by Shakespeare. Back in the day they called it the Cousin's War, fought between the white rose of the Yorks and the red rose of the Lancasters. Today we call it The Game of Thrones, and I still can't get over what happened to Hodor!
All that's missing now is the phrase written along the red horizontal centre line. I'm still working on that since the laminator shredded my last efforts. Amazing where a simple game of football can take you. Done. |