Paid Members air_raid Posted December 24, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 I was thinking this the other day relevant to my own lads, and I thought it might make a discussion point if any others among you had ever really thought about it. What do your clubs words mean to you, if anything? Obviously to make a decent contribution a) your club needs to have a motto and b) you need to think something about it, so go ahead. Might die on its arse, but hey ho. Â I'll go first, natch. Â The crest, for the uninitiated, is that of Tottenham Hotspur. Â "Audere-est Facere" Â The words translate from Latin as "To dare is to do" but the meaning is so much more to me. Â It's the basic ethos of how the team plays, and has always played, the beautiful game, as we believe it should be played. Play with guts and bravado, pass the ball and attack with craft. Some of the goals I have seen only in my own life time have been breathtaking end to end breaks and passing moves between five or six players, tearing the opposition open with aggression. Â Moreover, it's an attitude. DARE to attack and go at the other lot, never sit back and accept anything other than going out and trying to play the game, score goals and WIN. It's a swashbuckling style that has been ridiculed at length and that often exposes the defence. The noise from Highbury used to be "let them try playing attractive football, we'll win the league winning 1-0 every week." Periodically we'll be naive enough to pick a team to "have a go at" and then get picked off, as we did at home to City in August. Â But that's Tottenham - I've seen them score four at home and still lose, I've seen them concede four at home and still win, and not many teams will have contested three 4-4 draws in twelve months as we did against Villa, Chelsea and Arsenal between October 2007 and October 2008. In turn, spellbinding and maddening, I wouldn't have them any other way. Â There is a famous quote from our double-winning captain that sums up the "To dare is to do" philosophy to a tee : The game is about glory. It is about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out to beat the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom. Â Â Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandingo's Donger Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Well Evertons is 'Nil Satis Nisi Optimum' which translates roughly to 'Nothing is good enough but the best'. Â Which is a pretty good sensible motto for any club to have. Sure its not possible to always be the best but you should always do everything possible to try. Â Unfortunatly these days, people from the board in charge of the club down to some fans on the street think averageness is acceptable and we should be greatful for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 The new logo is even worse, at least it's better than Swansea's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Arsenal's is 'Victoria Concordia Crescit' which means 'Victory Through Harmony'. Now more than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicRedneck Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Sheffield United don't have one, but I think we should have 'Brian Deane could fuck your wife if he wanted, and you would like it' or whatever that is in Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Curious Orange Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Villa's badge usually has 'Prepared' on it. Shame the set piece defending isn't quite living up to that at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Rangers is ready.....for anything except red cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcountrywwfc Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 i think wolves is Out of darkness, cometh light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Â Ours is Consectatio Excellentiae, which translates to "In pursuit of excellence". Â I think is a very apt motto for where we are now and what we have been hoping to progress to, especially since Short has owned the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 We nicked the City of Bristol's badge  Virtute Et Industria or something similar  Virtue and Industry... Joy  I wonder what Drink up Thy Zider is in Latin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted December 25, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted December 25, 2011 Arsenal's is 'Victoria Concordia Crescit' which means 'Victory Through Harmony'. Now more than ever. Tell you what, no motto could sum up the Invincible team more than this, was totally apt. When they used to huddle after each match and chant 'together'. I think there is a bit more harmony now than there was a couple of years ago, where the squad seemed to be split by 2 or 3 different cliques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtainTwitcher Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Blackburn's is Arte Et Labore - which translates roughly as 'skill and hard work'. Â Neither of which we possess under Steve Kean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockbus Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Gillingham. Domus Clamantium. Home of the Shouting Men. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted December 26, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted December 26, 2011 i think wolves is Out of darkness, cometh light. Â That's the City's slogan and only featured onboard shirts when we adopted the wolvo crest as our shirt badge. Â But unofficially i suppose is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Arsenal's is 'Victoria Concordia Crescit' which means 'Victory Through Harmony'. Now more than ever. Â I thought ours translates as "Victory Through Teamwork" which is even more apt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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