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History of the Send United Badge
Many of you have enquired about the origin of the badge that Send United uses. In August 1987, a small delegation from the club asked its Patron, Lt Col J W Molyneux-Child, Lord of Dedswell & Papworth, if it was possible for the club to display his coat-of-arms on the club football kit, as apparently Send United were the only organisation in the league without a club badge at that time. They did not want to feel like poor relations! Colonel Molyneux-Child said at the time that the shield of his heraldic arms was not appropriate, particularly as the details were too complicated to reproduce on the shirts and other club items. However, he offered the club the use of his family heraldic badge, which Send United have now proudly displayed for two decades.
The badge, which depicts a sword for justice – rather appropriately for a club which believes strongly in abiding by the referee’s decision; two peacocks’ feathers with the whole bound by an ancient crown. The local manors of Dedswell & Papworth which cover parts of Send, Ripley, West Clandon and Merrow employ this heraldic device, as do a few select organisations who have been granted the privilege of the distinctive insignia and with which Colonel Molyneux-Child is associated as their Patron or President.
Send United were also granted the right to use the Latin motto Vivere Sat Vincere and for some years it was reproduced at the foot of all the stationary and appeared on some small pennants ………or probably fell into disuse because few in the club, apart from the Colonel, knew what it means!
Two years later, in November 1989, the Colonel presented the large yellow
and green club banner on Send recreation ground in the glare of BBC TV
cameras, with the item appearing the following day on the South East news.
Not too many boys’ football clubs have been lucky enough to be featured
on BBC1.