AI predicts what Plymouth Argyle's next club badge could look like | OneFootball

Plymouth's badge has hardly changed in over 40 years, but with relegation comes an opportunity for rebirth, so we asked AI to design them a new one.

Plymouth Argyle have just been relegated back into League One, and at such times reinvention feels high on the list of priorities.

Such changes can include rebranding, and Plymouth have certainly had a few different looks over the years. Since 1982, the club's badge has featured the Mayflower, the ship that took the first Pilgrims to the USA from the Devon port in 1620. The Mayflower had first been used as the club's badge in 1964, only to be dropped on their shirts nine years later in favour of their initials.

The club's redesigns of this badge since 1982 have been subtle, and there haven't been many of them. They've only changed it three times since then, and one of those was a 125th anniversary edition, which was essentially the same badge that they already had, but with a mention of the anniversary added.

ChatGPT brings Plymouth's identity into the 21st century

But with relegation back to League One comes an opportunity for a fresh start, so we asked AI to design a new badge for the club, and the result that ChatGPT gave us would represent the biggest change to Argyle's identity in more than forty years.

AI decided to replace the fairly minimalist plain green background behind the Mayflower with green and white stripes, made the sea itself more prominent in the overall design (fittingly, given its long history as a port and naval base), and added the club's full name and year of formation.

Perhaps most notable is the shape of the badge, which changes to a more angular shape from the shape it's had since 1982.

Plymouth's new badge is modern twist on a familiar design

ChatGPT decided to stick with the club's current dark green main colour over the emerald green that they wore from 1949 until 2001.

The use of green, black and white ties in with the club's history, because Plymouth have worn various combinations of these three colours over the years.

When they had their epic run to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1984, they were wearing green shirts, black shorts and white socks, but a season earlier they'd been wearing all-white with green trim, and by the end of the decade they were wearing green and white stripes.

What is truly noticeable about Plymouth's history is how little their badge has changed over the years since 1982, especially in comparison with how many times they changed it around prior to that.

There would doubtless be some degree of grumbling, should such a radical new design be brought in after having had essentially the same badge for more than forty years. But other clubs have seen more radical redesigns than this accepted in the past, and Plymouth's turn will probably come around again at some point in the future.