Flag of Spain - Unofficial Flags

Unofficial Flags

• At some point during the 1990s an unofficial version of the Spanish flag sporting an Osborne bull superimposed as some sort of "coat of arms" began appearing in football arenas. This usage has become increasingly popular and this flag is easily seen nowadays during sports events, football or others, which include a Spanish team, player or the Spanish national team itself.
• The flag of the Second Republic, with the indigo strip, is often seen in rallies organized by those closely associated to the Spanish Communists or Republicans such as anti-NATO demonstrations and other leftist causes. In this context, sporting this flag is often perceived, not only as expressing a Republican sentiment rejecting the Monarchy, but as a reaction against the Franco regime, because the Francoist regime restored the design of the old Spanish flag by force in the civil war and with the democracy back the tricolor flag was not restored.
• A Spanish flag with a superimposed kicked football was used as the emblem of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
• The yellow and red colours used on the "pecten" logo of Royal Dutch Shell are thought to relate to the colours of the flag of Spain, as Shell built early service stations in the state of California which had strong connections with Spain.
• The Spanish flag is used in the reverse of the Texas state seal as one of the Six flags over Texas.