We have three or four more in the pipeline, and a meeting with the club to discuss the location of them within the new stadium.

Nice of you to commemorate our wins there (especially the 2010 one) with a cherry and white hooped flag.

Maybe you should get your colour blind checked!

suggestion re hanging the flags in the new ground. Rope and hoist system. Basically have hoists between each set of verticle posts. You then connect them via rope both ends of which have ties on them which allows you to lower the rope to attach flags then hoist the flags via the rope and hoist, you then tie the rope to the rope tie and the flags are in raised position. Should be cheap and quick to do and avoids health and safety worries of fans climbing up ladders to attach flags Many people have washing lines set up like the above. Link with pictures below on how it works www.linepost.co.uk/ To stop the flags blowing around excessively you put small weights on the bottom corners of the flags. This would allow them to blow in the wind but not excessively. Sea fishing weights may do the job. www.seafishingsupplies.co.uk/pro ... ghts-p-540 Remember you could not tie the bottom of the flags down as this would in essence create a sail like cladding which the stadium cannot take structurally (hence our perforated cladding)

suggestion re hanging the flags in the new ground. Rope and hoist system. Basically have hoists between each set of verticle posts. You then connect them via rope both ends of which have ties on them which allows you to lower the rope to attach flags then hoist the flags via the rope and hoist, you then tie the rope to the rope tie and the flags are in raised position. Should be cheap and quick to do and avoids health and safety worries of fans climbing up ladders to attach flags Many people have washing lines set up like the above. Link with pictures below on how it works www.linepost.co.uk/ To stop the flags blowing around excessively you put small weights on the bottom corners of the flags. This would allow them to blow in the wind but not excessively. Sea fishing weights may do the job. www.seafishingsupplies.co.uk/pro ... ghts-p-540 Remember you could not tie the bottom of the flags down as this would in essence create a sail like cladding which the stadium cannot take structurally (hence our perforated cladding)

CM The Wigan ones at the DW are tied top and bottom.

Put a new camera/phone at the top of your Santa list.

I'll infrom Backrow Singer.

Thats because yours are placed on the stadium cross beam along the roof line, which would be structurally very strong and therefore able to take wind loadings caused by creating what is in effect a large sail.

The girders at Saints may not be able to handle the loadings of flags that are completely tied down. That is something Saints and the flag guys would need to find out. Probably by speaking to a senior engineer who was part of stadium construction.

They are attached to the hand rails on the gantry (walkway) just below the roof, but the stand is enclosed so we don't have the problems that you will have at Saints. If you space the flags and rope them top & bottom you will probably be o.k.

crap font.

This was one of the original designs on which the flag was based. It's based on the heritage colours for those unable to tell the difference between red and white and blue and chocolate brown.

Are the letters supposed to be wonky?

Oh Wonky Wonky.................

Are you gonna create a really scary name as well?

Whatever we're called, I hope we can have avatars with skulls on them.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, aggressive.

Or Lions....raaaaaaarrrh

Stop it, children read this forum, that's terrifying.

Well this is all aimed at our young teenage supporters after all. Can't believe anyone old enough to legally drink a pint would be in the least bit impressed with all this talk of brigantes and vigilantes and whatever other thrilling names these kids like to be known as. It's just a way to appeal to the geeky youths who would otherwise be playing war games or spotting trains

What is exactly?

Its just a flag at the end of the day, like the many that adorned the back wall of the popular side at Knowsley Road for years? There are several more designs in the pipeline that will hopefully add even more colour to the existing ones and as the flag above hints at, help to provide a link to the club's past as it moves into its new home.

I appreciate there was talk of an 'Ultra's' type group on here and Redvee a while back, which was (perhaps rightly) derided and criticised by many because of both the tag used and the inevitable link to the 'Brigantes' over at Wigan. However, reading between the lines, I suspect that the sentiment of most of those involved (or in favour of the idea) was more to do with helping to see the return of the old atmosphere of 'the scaff' after a season at Widnes that saw the various vocal groups and individuals that had previously congregated on the popular side spread sporadically across the three stands at the Stobart. It has been acknowledged that the use of the term Ultras was somewhat misleading/misguided.

Back to the main point though, the flags at Saints are there for the enjoyment, benefit & in many cases recognition of everyone involved in the club - whether that be the supporters, the team as a whole, or for individual players & important figures at the club like Eamonn.

Non of the planned new flags are efforts at self-promotion nor are an attempt to create a 'brand'.
The design, manufacture and purchase of flags & banners is not exclusive to, or governed by any one particular group. However if someone does have an idea for a new flag but doesn't know how to go about creating or buying one, then there are a number of friendly people in the Saints community with experience and contacts that can offer advice and help, as well as provide a means (hopefully) for their flag to get displayed alongside the others.

to be fair i think sommerset saint was having a pop at wigan, not ski's efforts

Well done guys and dolls. Great idea and hope you pull it off.

Where were you when I was trying to explain the 'Ultra St Helens' thread on redvee a while back?

Stick it on there! One read of this and everybody would've been on board,

Quality post!

I think you've totally missed the point of his post TBH, he was talking about the Brigantes which absolutely WAS an attempt to create a 'brand'.

Nobody is bagging these Saints flags, or the people investing time and money in them, they're great. And not a skull, lion or silly moniker in sight.

Why the problem with the Brigantes emblem's? If they as a group feel it's a tool in which they can use to gather resources and spread the word, great. I can understand why they need their own identity. For the two reason's already listed, plus it's to differentiate themselves from the club, so fans know what their donating towards.

Just for the record I'm not affiliated with the Briangtes in anyway shape or form. So I probably shouldn't be jumping to their defense, no matter how gay their moniker's may be.

(That last sentence was a tongue in cheek comment before anyone starts.)