AS SOON as devoted Wanderers fan Eddie Skelly turned 18, he proudly had his club’s crest tattooed on his left arm for all to behold.

Little did he know that just three months later, Whites bosses would swap the 15-year-old crest for a new ‘dynamic’ design.

But die-hard Whites fan Eddie says he will still wear redundant ribbon-style crest with honour — and may even have the new design inked on his other arm.

Eddie, who works as a computer processor for the NHS, said: “I only had the tattoo done in February for my 18th birthday but it doesn’t make me like it any less because it’s changed.

“I’ve been a Whites fan all my life, as are my family, so I’ll still be really proud to show my tattoo off.”

The new design sees the reintroduction of the Lancashire rose alongside the founding year of the club, 1877, in a reworking of the club’s popular crest from the late 1970s.

“I actually think it’s really good for the club and for the fans to have a new design, “ added Eddie, who lives in Brownlow Road in Horwich.

“I think it’s a really good thing to have the Lancastrian badge. It looks good and I like the fact they have gone down a more traditional route with it. I would even consider having it tattood on my other arm in the future.”

Eddie was not alone in his approval of the badge as fellow fans took to Twitter to voice their praise for the design — despite the backlash of the QuickQuid sponsorship debacle.

The club say they chose new badge based on feedback from fans.

A Whites spokesperson said: “The more modern, cleaner and dynamic design has been created following feedback from supporters, who expressed an overwhelming desire to see the long history of the club reflected in the crest.”

The previous “ribbon style” emblem was adopted a few years after moving into the Reebok Stadium and will remain, for now, as the official stadium crest.