Why Is There A Star & Crescent On The Portsmouth Logo?

In today's era, we must be familiar with the crescent and star symbols. Images of the crescent moon and stars are used by several countries in the world and are attached to their national flags. The ranks of countries that use this symbol are Turkey, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Tunisia, as well as several other countries.

There must be a certain reason why the country put the image of the crescent moon and star on its national flag.

Not only on the national flag, images of the crescent moon and stars are also found on the football club logo. Images of stars on football club logos are common. As contained in the club logos Galatasaray, Anderlecht, and Atletico Madrid.

However, it turns out that not many clubs use the image of the crescent moon and star simultaneously on their logo. Unlike the Irish club, Drogheda United, the club embeds the image of the moon and stars on their club logo.

History begins when in 1845, there was a disaster called the 'potato famine' in Ireland. Understandably, because at that time potatoes were the staple food in Ireland.

As many as one million people died in the disaster. The Turkish state, through Caliph Abdul Majid who heard of the disaster, then provided basic food assistance and some money. The Caliph had sent 1000 pounds and 3 ships filled with food.

Helped, the Irish people did not want to forget the caliph's kindness. They then embed the Turkish star moon symbol on the logo of the Drogheda football club which was founded in 1919.

Besides Drogheda United, there is also Portsmouth. This England-based club embeds a crescent moon and star on the club logo. Portsmouth FC was founded on 5 April 1898 by Sir John Brickwood, a local brewer and Frank Brettell. Brickwood then became chairman and Bretel became the first coach of the team nicknamed The Pompey.

Portsmouth is a club that has a long history in English football. Along the way, they have been poor across various divisions of English football. Portsmouth won the Premier League in 1948/49 and 1949/50, as well as the FA Cup in 1938/39 and 2007/08. In addition to having won prestigious competition titles in the land of Queen Elizabeth, Portsmouth have also won the second division, third division and fourth division of the English League.

Speaking of the Portsmouth logo. The crescent and star are not commonly used symbols in England. However, the city of Portsmouth used the coat of arms since the 12th century. Portsmouth is a port city located in the southeastern part of England.

Although the football club was founded in 1989, Portsmouth FC only got the crest in 1913. Since then, they have changed the logo eleven times and most of Portsmouth's crest is in the form of a shield with a crescent moon and star inside.

The Portsmouth FC logo is taken from the coat of arms of the city of Portsmouth. The city of Portsmouth has an eight-sided golden crescent and star in a blue shield. There are two versions of the history of the crescent and star on the Portsmouth logo.

The first version states that the coat of arms used for the city of Portsmouth, was a gift from King Richard I or better known as Richard the Lionheart which was taken from the flag of the governor of Cyprus of the Byzantine Empire, Isaac Komnenos after his defeat in 1191. King Richard himself gave the coat of arms. to the city of Portsmouth on 2 may 1194.

Later versions mention the relationship between the city of Portsmouth with Turkey in the mid 1850s. At that time, the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid I sent naval officers to England using two ships for navigation and artillery training. Arriving at the port of Portsmouth, Ottoman sailors welcomed citizens who wanted to visit their ships.

However, at that time a cholera epidemic was occurring in the city of Portsmouth. The epidemic is growing in port areas, which have no sewer systems and where port workers coexist in misery.

Several of the Ottoman crew fell ill, and 26 of them died. They were then buried in a special room at the Royal Haslar Military Hospital in Gosport, which is opposite the city of Portsmouth. The tomb was later moved to the Clayhall Naval TPU on the shores of Lake Alver. This is due to the construction of the Zymotic Hospital in 1902, which is where the tombs of Ottoman sailors with crescents and stars currently stand.

The tombstone also bears the Quranic verse: "Every soul will have a taste of death," as well as the name of the sailor and the date of death. Turkey renovated the cemetery in 1985.

It is this story that is alleged to have been the beginning of the Portsmouth logo with a crescent and a star.

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