Gresley Rovers Crest

Pictured (left to right): John Perks, Rovers chairman Peter Hall and Frank McArdle

Gresley Rovers celebrated another Banks's League victory

on Saturday by officially adopting a new club crest.

The carefully crafted new badge, diligently researched by Rovers' committee man Frank McArdle, has already made its way on to club tracksuits and will soon be on the players shirts.

In addition every item in the Moat Ground's new club shop will carry the full badge and a host of new souvenirs will be added to the current crop of scarves and jumpers by Christmas.

Church Gresley pottery company Mason and Cash are sponsoring the new badge and will be producing a range of mugs, tankards and other ceramic souvenirs in the near future - all of which will bear the crest.

Company managing director John Perks said: "We hope they will become collectors' items and something every non-league soccer fan will want to own."

The badge took three months to design and has been approved by the Heraldic Society.

Frank McArdle said: "Gresley Rovers are one of the finest clubs in the West Midlands and we want to lift the image of the club off the pitch to match the team's playing abilities. We also want to acknowledge the long history that belongs to Gresley and the connection the club has had with the community since it was founded in 1882.

The badge is based on the Gresley family's coat of arms with additions relevant to the club and the name the Moatmen.

• Before the second World War, Rovers were known as the "Pirates".