Once in a while, a DF competition (stage) is announced and is eventually won by the very first entry uploaded.

That’s exactly what happened with the 280th stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW), which focussed on Swedish side Örebro SK.

As we continue our looks back at the final Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) stages of 2021, 279 was a particularly interesting one.

The delightfully named SV Robinhood was the “client”, with the Surinamese side being bestowed with an array of thoughtful entries.

As DesignFootball.com enters the 15th year of its existence - yeah, we were shocked too - the site is still being propelled by the talent herein.

Closing back on 14th November 2021, the stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly focussed on Singaporean side Lion City Sailors FC (278) was eventually won, thanks to our own particular brand of democracy, by site royalty Rabbi.

Democracy has decided the winner of another Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) stage. This week it was 277, dedicated to Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) Premiership side Crusaders FC.

Honestly, the existing crest and a few of the entries could be mistaken for part of the masthead on the Daily (and Sunday) Express, but one can only work with an identity and not change it entirely.

DF’s members haven’t been overawed by their crest-designing tasks in recent weeks, embracing the brief to supply, in theory if not practice, both the DFB and giants of Argentine football Club Atlético River Plate.

That said, plenty of the entries for the 276th Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) stage clearly came from a thinking that the iconic current crest is too appropriate to abandon.

The Crusaders stage and voting on the River Plate chapter are about to close but pierrelapa was a few days ago announced as providing the best German national team crest.

The Crest Redesign Competition Weekly is an eclectic rolling challenge which occasionally, as in this case, takes on a mammoth task. The DFB is one of the most iconic associations on the planet and the branding its representative side carries is instantly recognisable.