Well, clearly the above banner HAS to go, seeing as it has proved an absolute jinx, has brought us worse luck than any previous banner. When I look at t now, all I see in the amber is a really bad 2011 smell farting from the Bull's . More than that, it is unfortunately a sad reminder of a tragic campaign, and one we could do with forgetting all about.

So, do we get our designer paintbrushes out, or what?

Don't see why not . . . . . . strikes me folks will need something to do on these dark winter nights.

Couple of things that need to be kept in mind:-


Copyright . . . . . [ianything [/iused will need to be the "artists" own work [uor[/u they must be able to provide confirmation of agreement from the copyright holder to say that they are fine with any such material being used. If they can't, it'll be removed and the AUP wafted in the posters general direction.

. . . . so that rules out any T&A pics ([iprobably[/i) and more or less anything else




Size . . . . . [iIS[/i important - don't let anyone else tell you anything different; here or in life



I'd suggest that you copy the current banner and use that as a size template. There's probably a smarter way, but I'm stuffed if I can think of it




Timescale . . . . . post any prospective entrys on FA's thread (this one) =#FF0000Prospective entries / Best and Final offers to be posted on here by 21:00 on Weds 30th November . . . . GMT. - it'll then be locked.

I'll put a poll together, asap, after that so that folks can "vote" for their top three entries. Highest vote on the poll wins the "prestige"

Actual voting to end - it'll be locked - on Weds 14th December @ 21:00 GMT.

Winning banner will the be up as soon as we're able to get those nice people in admin to "do the do" . . . . and, hopefully, it can be your own personal Xmas present from RAB and the "artist"



We're not getting into a debate about "[iwho are we actually sponsoring this year? Shouldn't they be on the banner?[/i" . Been there, done it, got the tee-shirt. It's not happening, don't bother asking



Personally I'm hoping, and looking forward to, BillyRhino's entry this year

Perhaps we'll get in on time



FA - hope you don't mind too much that I amended your title thread. Seemed safest thing to do. . . . .

I hope someone does a classic Northern one with such greats as Nobby, Mumby and Foster featuring.

pretty unlikely I'd imagine as its pretty difficult finding photos that are copyright free.

We have a date and time this time around! Good stuff

What about the wording? Does it have to be the same or what?

Anyway, I'll kick off with this:

Only HAS to have the "Part of the RLFANS.COM network", I believe.

very nice, FA.

not a fan of the text but I like the rest of it

I like that FA and, I think we should stick to not having players past or present on the benner.

=#FF0000SEE AUP - 1.2b. Copyrighted materials - BP

not too sure about this one but I very much doubt it will be my only go

Red, amber and brown?

missed the s off rlfans mate

I'm not much of a fan of the full thing in all honesty

Just make the text absolutely miniscule then. It will still be on there, which is the only stipulation.

I sort of tried a rough-around-the-edges version and not sure if it works, in a funny distressed kinda way, so, here it is

yeh it's cos for two years we've been shoite, and I wanted to reflect this in a subtle way - well spotted

This one has some legs. But i dont like the font of the text and maybe get a clearer picture for the bulls shirt?

<[icough[/i> copyright . . . . . . . . . I'm sure I read [isomething [/ion copyright

. . . . . and I've looked in PM's and not seen any messages saying that owners agreement has been provided ( . . . . for use in education is STILL different for "public domain" consumption as far as I'm aware . . . although I'm happy to be persuaded differently) <[icough[/i>

seeing as the forum sponsered a couple of players last year, maybe the club would be reasonably willing to let some official images be used?

I've had a go:

See AUP - 1.2b. Copyrighted materials - BP

Part of the RLFANS.COM network

Here's my contribution. The border is so it shows properly here but it will work against the grey background of the header without one.

My question would be, is that Andy lynch you've used?