Badge of the Day #56 (Sparta Praha #2)

A new year - & wishing a happy one to you, dear reader – but the subject matter remains, for now at least, the same as the old, as today’s badge from the collection features, for a second time, Sparta Praha, now of an earlier vintage than the previous example, this from between the years 1965 – 90, when they were known as Sparta ČKD Praha, as evidenced in miniature fashion in the midst of the club’s then crest, resplendent with its red star, as represented within the form of the badge, which itself as an object appears, hauntologically & ‘Ostalgically’, to have experienced more of a life, however secret the details of must remain.

Badge of the Day #40 (Sparta Praha)

With reference to yesterday’s post, & its rigorous one-club supporting philosophy as applied to the city of Istanbul, today’s example from the football pin badge collection represents Sparta Praha - &, as it were, the other side of the coin - who are one of but four teams from Prague to inspire a certain affection, albeit of subtly varying degrees (& of course, we also have the ‘Ostalgie’ for the recently-discovered former Lokomotiva Praha to factor-in now, too).

There must be something in the air of those great east-central European capitals, the romantic aspect of them or the idea(l) of them, but, again, the very name of Sparta Praha, & their dark, wine-red shirts, seduced from early encounter & has resonated since, always hoping that they will emerge victorious from a European match (unless playing against a more-favourite team, of course, when at least a thrillingly close-fought match is to be desired) & be at the forefront of the domestic competitions, which they often are & historically have been.

To the badge itself, which, as can be appreciated, is a classy little number, another object of desire, representing a certain vintage of the club’s crest, with its red star encircled within the dark blue band upon which sits the proud native name of ‘AC Sparta Praha’ in gold: nice.