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Wrexham's New Badge Sparks Leyton Orient Outrage
27 Aug
Summary
- Wrexham's new third kit features a badge similar to Leyton Orient's crest.
- Leyton Orient criticized Wrexham's Hollywood owners for the badge design.
- The new badge deviates from Wrexham's traditional dragon emblem.
Wrexham's release of their new third kit has drawn sharp criticism from fellow football club Leyton Orient. The controversy centers on the new kit's badge, which bears a strong resemblance to Orient's established crest. Leyton Orient publicly questioned the decision by Wrexham's owners, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, to adopt a badge so similar to their own.
The newly unveiled Wrexham third strip features a distinctive cream color with black and terracotta-orange detailing. However, it was the badge that drew the most attention. Wrexham opted for a new design featuring two wyverns facing each other over a football, a significant departure from their traditional red dragon crest.
This new emblem closely mirrors the badge Leyton Orient adopted in 1976, which itself represents the club's historical ties to the City of London and the Thames. The wyvern is a mythological defender of the Thames, linking to Orient's heritage through the Orient Shipping Company.
