Leganés denies that he is considering making changes to his current shield

The Leganes He has no intention of changing, upgrading or retrofitting his shield any time soon. The sending of a satisfaction survey among its members and fans registered in its service of newsletter has raised a stir after the possibility of readapting the main emblem of the Blue and Whites was questioned. Many have been the pepineros who, on social networks, have launched to claim that the shield ‘is not touched’ on understanding that this issue was precisely seeking the approval (or rejection) of a new shield.

“Would you like the Club to modernize its shield respecting its essence (laurel, triangle, etc?”, asked the poll in question. sources of Leganes consulted by AS have denied that the intention of this question was to anticipate the modification of the shield. “The club right now has no intention of changing the shield,” they repeat from Butarque.

And they use the example of other questions to be surprised by the reaction that this study has raised. They state that they have also been asked about the degree of satisfaction with the store’s service or with the music that is played at the football matches. Butarque and there is also no desire to modify the services of that store, or to change the speaker who deals with the public address system.

The ghost of the change to Leganés from Madrid

The hyperactive reaction of the fans of the Leganes in social networks claiming that the shield is not modified could be related, in this case, to the long shadow of the modification that was proposed in 2017, when the club sounded out among its fans and supporters the possibility of changing the shield and the name of the club to add the word Madrid.

With this change, the property intended to increase the commercial possibilities of the team, already then in First division. It claimed that explicitly disclosing the location in the club’s most recognizable symbols would attract foreign sponsors who were otherwise unaware of the club’s location, thus detracting from, adding to, interest in the brand. Leganes.

The rejection caused by that proposal was so great that the club had to go out of its way to deny, this time publicly and officially, that a shield of which there were even sketches was finally going to be modified.

Eight changes since 1987

Despite this rejection, it should be remembered that the Leganés shield has undergone eight changes (some almost imperceptible, others notorious) in the last 35 years. Between 1928 and 1954, the shield of the Leganes It only had three modifications. However, starting in 1987, multiple modifications began to be made, although they did maintain fixed elements such as the laurels or the triangle.

In 1994 the lower band was added in which the word Leganes, and in 1996 it went from using only the colors blue, white and green, to add details in yellow. This leads to the last two big changes. In 2011 the shield is modernized with a more three-dimensional image and greater depth in the details and in 2014 the letters SAD inside the triangle (corresponding to the denomination Sports Limited Company) to recover the traditional CDL that corresponds to the initials of Leganes Sports Club.