Middlesbrough unveil 150th anniversary crest

Middlesbrough have unveiled their new crest which will be used from next season onwards.

The Teesside club have also launched a special crest specifically for the 2026-27 campaign, that will feature a 150 year Ayresome Park gates inspired addition to the logo to celebrate their inception in 1976.

The new badge has been restored back to a circle, a design that hasn't been permanent on a Boro kit since 2007.

The design process began in March 2024, before 21,000 supporters were asked for their help in designing the badge to represent their club.

The crest's designer Andrew Patterson spoke to BBC Radio Tees about some of the subtle local features in the new design.

"Going on what fans asked for there was a desire to get some of the local sites into the crest somehow," Patterson said.

"So it was quite nice to subtly bring in the Roseberry Topping element into the lion's mane which is the negative space that sits between the lion's mane and his body, so that profile of Roseberry Topping is in there.

"Also the shape of the River Tees, where our home, where our ground is at the Riverside Stadium. The shape of that is in the lions tongue, so you can see the meanders of the river at that point is brought into the tongue."

The new badge is set to be in use from June 2026 onwards.