Premier League Crest Guide
England's top flight has some of the most famous - and most confusable - crests in the game. Here is how to tell them apart.
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The Premier League supplies some of the most recognisable crests in any football quiz, which makes it the best place to start building accuracy in Logo for Soccer Cards. Many of these badges are globally famous, but a few share colours closely enough to catch you out, so the trick is to anchor on the central symbol rather than the palette.
The instantly recognisable crests
These are your free points - learn them first:
- Liverpool - a Liver bird above the club name, often inside a shield with twin flames. The bird is the anchor; ignore the red, which it shares with rivals.
- Tottenham Hotspur - a cockerel standing on a football. Once you see the rooster, there is no other answer.
- Chelsea - a lion rampant holding a staff, circled in blue. The upright ceremonial lion is unique among English clubs.
- Manchester United - a red devil holding a trident, with a ship across the top of the shield. The devil is unmistakable.
- Arsenal - a single cannon pointing right. Modern and clean; the cannon is the whole tell.
- Everton - a tower (Prince Rupert’s Tower) flanked by laurel wreaths, on blue. The tower is the giveaway.
Watch for the colour traps
The most common mistakes come from clubs sharing a palette. Train yourself to look past colour to the emblem:
- Red and white: Arsenal (cannon) versus Liverpool (Liver bird) versus others. The symbol always separates them.
- Blue shields: Chelsea (lion with staff), Everton (tower), Manchester City (eagle/ship roundel) and Leicester (fox). Different central images, same broad colour.
- Claret and blue: Aston Villa (lion with “AV” and a star) and West Ham (crossed hammers). The hammers are the easy tell for West Ham.
City and animal badges
- Manchester City - a circular badge with a ship (top) and three diagonal stripes with a rose, often described as a roundel. The ship and roundel shape are the cues.
- Leicester City - a fox head on a blue circle. The fox is unique in the league.
- Newcastle United - a black-and-white shield with two seahorses and a castle. The seahorses-and-castle combination is distinctive.
- Wolverhampton (Wolves) - a stylised wolf head in orange/gold. The colour plus the wolf is unmistakable.
- Crystal Palace - an eagle perched on a ball above a building (the Crystal Palace). The eagle-on-ball pose differs from Palace look-alikes.
How to use this page
You will not be shown a numbered list in-game; questions are randomised. So practise like this:
- Read down the symbols above and say each club out loud.
- Open the game and play a few rounds, consciously naming the central emblem before you pick.
- When you miss one, return here and re-read that club’s tell.
Because the Premier League appears so often, this single page can noticeably raise your accuracy - and accuracy plus speed is what grows your Soccer Score.
Keep building your league knowledge
The Premier League is the highest-value league to learn, but the quiz draws from all of Europe. Continue with:
- La Liga - Spain’s crowned and striped giants.
- Serie A - Italy’s snakes, she-wolves, and stripes.
- National Teams - country badges you will also be quizzed on.
For the symbols behind these crests, read Badge Meanings, and when you hit the confusing ones, study the hardest logos. Then turn that recognition into rank with our leaderboard tips.