Sometimes in football the jokes write themselves.
Not that there’s much to laugh about for Aston Villa supporters at this moment in time.
A disastrous season sees the former European champions propping up the Premier League, with relegation a near-certainty.
With a stint in the second tier of English football fast approaching, Villa have announced that the club’s badge is to be refreshed, with the design below appearing on club shirts from the start of next season.
New Aston Villa badge confirmed. #avfc pic.twitter.com/j8porDomka
— Matt Lynch (@mattlyynch) April 6, 2016
Most of you will immediately recognise that the badge is almost identical to their current design.
See if you can spot the difference…
Yes, that’s right. The *only* noticeable difference is that the word ‘prepared’ has vanished from the crest. Cue plenty of jokes at Villa’s expense…
@AVFCOfficial Surely it would have been easier just to add 'un' to the start of prepared?
— _ (@TheGoonerAFC) April 6, 2016
🙈 Wow Aston villa has zombified the lion and removed 'prepared' from the badge reflects the season they've had @AVFCOfficial
— Calv (@CalvLau1) April 6, 2016
Worse still, it’s also emerged that the club have spent ‘less than £80,000’ for the minor tweak to be made.
Spare a thought for those poor Aston Villa supporters.
