Many football clubs make very good use of heraldry and, if they have a competent lawyer on their Board,can so so legally in Scotland when the coat of arms has been registered at the Lyon Court. The oldest Football Club in Scotland is also the only amateur one in the Scottish Professional Football League. It was founded in 1867 and was granted a coat of arms in 1929.
Here is the arms it was granted:
The "Blazon" or description of the arms is "Barry of twenty-four Sable and Argent within a bordure of the Second" which means that the arms have twenty-four black and silver stripes and then a silver border round it.
Here is how Queen's Park uses the arms in its home strip and then on its shop:
