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Durham Club Shop

And there in lies the problem. Dare I say older fans (?) want old fashioned heavy weight materials like cotton. Players won’t entertain that. It has to be light weight polyester with a technical wicking finish. Clubs then only want in the shops what the players are wearing.
Likewise embroidery, players don’t want it. It always has to be a heat transfer which have a shelf life and if you don’t follow the washing and drying instructions to the letter you can end up ruining the product.
 

i dont really mind the Lion Branding, although ive one of the oddballs wooly hats from a couple of seasons ago and an American Stopped me on a walk in Corbridge to ask about the Lions, he thought it was some high school football team

I actually wouldnt mind if were Durham Lions for the T20, kinda makes sense
 
I raised the issue of the very limited availability of clothing with the traditional county badge at a members event in the 2023 season - I wanted a blue cap. David Jackson responded saying that the lion badged clothing massively outsold the stuff with the traditional badge. However, I received an email from him the next day saying he'd ordered a batch of blue caps with the traditional county badge. I bought one the following week and noticed they disappeared from the shop fairly quickly. It wouldn't do any harm to ask - shy bairns get nowt.
 
im not roland rat said:
And there in lies the problem. Dare I say older fans (?) want old fashioned heavy weight materials like cotton. Players won’t entertain that. It has to be light weight polyester with a technical wicking finish. Clubs then only want in the shops what the players are wearing.
Likewise embroidery, players don’t want it. It always has to be a heat transfer which have a shelf life and if you don’t follow the washing and drying instructions to the letter you can end up ruining the product.
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Not everything a club shop sells has to be worn by players. I get that a cricketer isn't going to want a heavy sweatshirt with embroidered badge but almost all clubs sell merchandise that isn't player worn. In the past that line at DCCC was much wider and better quality.

Take a look at any clubs retail offering and they'll do a line of branded clothing that isn't actually for playing/training
MustardAndOnions said:
I hate this lion crack, it’s nothing to do with Durham. All the old stuff with the embroided Durham badge on is great
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The Lion Logo and "For the North" feels like it was put together in the last 5 minutes of a challenge on The Apprentice.

It's just meaningless.

The Durham badge is class, but I get that they want to appeal to a younger market as well, I'm just not sure the Lion logo is the answer.
 
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Redandwhitedust said:
Not everything a club shop sells has to be worn by players. I get that a cricketer isn't going to want a heavy sweatshirt with embroidered badge but almost all clubs sell merchandise that isn't player worn. In the past that line at DCCC was much wider and better quality.

Take a look at any clubs retail offering and they'll do a line of branded clothing that isn't actually for playing/training


The Lion Logo and "For the North" feels like it was put together in the last 5 minutes of a challenge on The Apprentice.

It's just meaningless.

The Durham badge is class, but I get that they want to appeal to a younger market as well, I'm just not sure the Lion logo is the answer.
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For the North is so embarrassing...
 
smoker said:
Eh? There are four heraldic white lions on the official County Durham and DCCC crest.

The D with a lion in it does look a bit naff mind
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Fair point yeah but lions are often used as part of Crests and costs of arms like we don’t have a direct link with it do we

I suspect it’s done just to make it easier to print
 
MustardAndOnions said:
Fair point yeah but lions are often used as part of Crests and costs of arms like we don’t have a direct link with it do we

I suspect it’s done just to make it easier to print
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I would have done something with the Sanctuary knocker rather than the stylised cartoon Lion. Something more unique, with a more direct link to the area.

Still at least the Lion is more relevant than Durham Jets. Whoever thought that was a good name?
 
Redandwhitedust said:
Still at least the Lion is more relevant than Durham Jets. Whoever thought that was a good name?
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Emirates Airlines who probably paid a fair sum for us to do so, but never liked the fact we played in Red and Black, i was never keen when used the MEN IN Black advertising as the Dynamos either, we should always be in Blue and Yellow, and arguably maroon too
 
Sillypoint said:
Emirates Airlines who probably paid a fair sum for us to do so, but never liked the fact we played in Red and Black, i was never keen when used the MEN IN Black advertising as the Dynamos either, we should always be in Blue and Yellow, and arguably maroon too
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Isn't red and black the colours of the City of Durham crest, and the blue and yellow the County Crest?

That's what I was told?
 
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