Media SFA to freshen its identity?

[Gibbsy]

By Al Coholic

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Respected Sweet FA poster Gibbsy has launched a bid to update the branding of the internet's largest fantasy football simulator league with a proposal to renew the league's ageing logo. The announcement comes at a time of progression within the competition, with nearly every club updating its logo and/or playing uniform during the last two seasons.

When quizzed for his reasoning behind the proposed change, Gibbsy was frank.

"It just came to me that with the overhauls occurring at club level, the league logo seemed almost neglected and was showing signs of becoming outdated.

"The last thing I'd want is for the league to be held back in terms of its marketability. I feel like this will further enhance the status of the SFA," Gibbsy said.

The logo aims to retain the basic elements of the current effort, designed by league legend and Sweet FA creator Mobbenfuhrer. The predominant colours of green and blue are kept, albeit softened slightly to move towards what Gibbsy described as a "2012 look". The four separate arcs represent the four goalposts present at each end of the football field.

Gibbsy hopes that his proposal will be considered by league admin boncer34 and wishes to attract as much as support as possible from the SFA's mainstays.

Current

Proposed

 

[Deddy]

Respected

 

[okeydoke7]

Very good. I like how you have used a similar colour scheme to retain some features of the other logo, but you have modified it enough to look fresher. More edgy. I like it a lot.

 

[Deddy]

In all seriousness I like it. Looks nice and sharp.

The old one has the same quality graphics as minecraft.

 

[Eth]

In all seriousness I like it. Looks nice and sharp.

The old one has the same quality graphics as minecraft.

Given that both Mobbenfuhrer and I play Minecraft, as do a lot of people, I don't see that as a bad thing...

In all seriousness though, Gibbsy, that's fornicating fantastic.

 

[Speck]

It seems really basic but it just works well somehow.

Good stuff Gibbsy.

 

[Claypigeon]

Love it Gibbsy . .. Hope you don't mind but I made one adjustment and an alternative. . ..

( Mobbenfuhrer prefers it to be called Sweet FA and so do I) ... (I was missing the goal posts, so I tried something to see your thoughts)

 

[Speck]

Love it Gibbsy . .. Hope you don't mind but I made one adjustment and an alternative. . ..

( Mobbenfuhrer prefers it to be called Sweet FA ) ...... (I was missing the goal posts, so I tried something to see your thoughts)

I like the goal posts element however I think it needs to be incorporated inside the oval in some way.

 

[Dagless]

In all seriousness I like it. Looks nice and sharp.

The old one has the same quality graphics as minecraft.

That's a good thing

Eth knows the truth

 

[okeydoke7]

I like the "Sweet FA" when we discuss the league within this board. But if the logo is used for advertising, nobody would have any clue what it was on about. Maybe Sweet Football Association outside this board, and Sweet FA within it?

 

[Claypigeon]

I like the goal posts element however I think it needs to be incorporated inside the oval in some way.

Like this:

 

[Mobbs]

1. eagleskickass came up with the old logo, not me.
2. Minecraft ... rocks!
3. Gibbsy you've been special since you started menopause.
4. I like your logo.
5. Nobody mention tonight's match.
6. Goalposts within circle as Claypigeon just offered.
7. "Sweet Football Association" is fine by me. I just prefer Sweet FA to SFA. If the full expansion is also there, then that's cool.
8. The only thing I don't like is the Americany Footbally / Collegey font. In fact something abstract there would be awesome,as the full expansion is beneath it.

 

[Wise Guy Sam]

Minecraft is a sweet game. I once built a pagoda and I'd do it again!

Cool logo.

 

[boncer34]

Sweet FA means Sweet Football Association?


Mind blow.

 

[EagleOz]

I like it,
another good idea would be to start a thread in the FGD page. There are some really good designers there and it would be interesting to see what they can come up with, for our new logo.

 

[tigland]

I think its really clever how you got the border to look like a football.

 

[Gibbsy]

I like your efforts Claypigeon but I'm not sold on the beige colour... do people prefer the goalposts in or out though?

And thanks Tigs.... it was sort of unintentional but it worked.

 

[Mobbs]

Goalposts definitely in, was also a lil iffy on colour though.

I still hate the font though.

 

[pantskyle]

Did I lose a post?

 

[MP_]

i like the concept but as mobbs said the font is not that good and i'd prefer the colours to be punchier, they just seem a little soft

 

[Gibbsy]

Suggestions on font? I'm pretty happy with the colours to be honest. I don't want sharp, jarring colours like the original and these two contrast nicely.

The four arcs were meant to represent the goalposts btw, so in a sense we're having two sets of goalposts if the ones in the background are included (although they are two sets on the ground.... maybe that's a good thing ) They do need to be of equal width/gap though.

Feel free to work some alterations up for a true collaborative effort.

 

[Jonts]

Doesn't really matter, but it is better

 

[Mobbs]

Looked through a website full of fonts and I can't see anything I like.

Btw the font for "Sweet Football Association" I do really like, it's just the one for "SFA" that I don't. Still reckon an semi-abstract logo could work there as the full name "Sweet Football Association" below it does fill in the blanks.

 

[pantskyle]

I'm actually going to whip something up.

 

[ShaunDuggan]

Like it Gibbsy. Finally a constructive thread that doesn't have the stench of spam like others of late