In a move deemed heavy-handed Tottenham Football Club contacted the Non League side via solicitors and ordered them to change their crest.
The Spurs crest shows a cockerel stood on top of a football, where the Fleet Spurs have an identical cockerel with a difference of the feet being on display and stood next to a football.
Fleet Spurs were founded in 1948 and have now been hit with a likely bill of around £4,000.
Fleet's chairman Bryan Sheppard stated that they had no choice but to agree to the order that deemed the sides crest damaging to their own identity, however I believe that considering their position financially we could have helped them out.
Here is what the Chairman had to say;
“We haven’t got a penny to our name, we couldn’t afford to fight it,” he said. “It’s been quite stressful, we just felt really intimidated by the heavy-handed approach. But I can see where they are coming from.”
Let's hope that common sense prevails.
COYS!!!!
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