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Aye, it's just free advertising. Only thing yoiu can do is actively promote his competitors for the craic realy.

cool as fuck yee mate

Probably a clause in his contract stating that he has to change his name to Sports Direct if he scores less than 20 in a season.

Erm, aye, and that's the point.

FC Dallas, founded 1996 (wiki) Bit of a differance like

"The Sports Direct Arena Story" This is utter shit like

Not entirely true, most of our football clubs are as old as any professional football club in England. Sydneysiders are a bit different, though. No offence sydneycove. I had a quick look and most I saw seemed to be founded around the 40s/50s?

Pretty much garentee every club in England won't be doing this like, especialy not the likes of Old Trafford, Anfield, Hillsbrough, Villa Park, White Hart Lane, the Boleyn etc. Even Elland Road has maintained it's name, despite been owned by that fucking idiot Bates. I just guess due to the age and nature of the grounds/clubs in England it just means more that it would in Australia or the USA, where 'sports franchising' is much more common. That isn't meant with any disrespect, I just know that 99% of fans from those grounds would be equaly annoyed if there owner changed the name. EDIT: I don't know if "sports franchising was the right term or not", i'm fucking shattered in fairness.

I would have no problem with it had it been a modern stadium. But St James' Park has allways been the home of Newcastle United, and it all ways should have been (unless it came to a point where we actualy had to move). The fact it's just the name change isn't the point, the signs will come down, and with it a massive part of the clubs history, I cannot stress how genuinly pissed off I am by it. The fact we wont see a penny of the money raised just rubs salt into the wound.

It's been St James' Park for 120 years man, then some fat muppet comes in and turns it into his own personal advertising board. People are rightly angered by it like. I'd imagine you would feel similar if some tubby tycoon bought the Sydney Opera House, renamed it Jimmy's Tool-Shed and smeared it from tip to toe in his own shit.

Jumped on the Kitbag wagon

I wouldn't say it was as much him wanting to piss people off, he just doesn't give a fuck if he does or not if there's even a sniff at making an extra dollar. We can only hope that he eventually goes too far and some Geordie nutter takes him out. My money's on Martyn.

Not me mate, when clubs started to be operated like businessess that was when i started to worry, for me it was when Karren Brady went to Birmingham, nowt to do with football but all to do with profit, football sold its soul a long time ago, Sky's money lead it too, the best and the worst thing to ever happen in equal measures. I just keep on kidding myself that every cuntish thing he does will be the last cuntish thing he does. It appears that he actually goes out of his way though to out-do his previous cuntishness' with an even more emphatic display of cuntishness. This been the biggest load of cuntishness thus far. I'll no doubt forget once we win a few games, and then be stunned in a few months time when he flies a plane into the Milburn stand or summik

Tbh, the kit change isn't that far fetched, a few years back i'd have fucked me dar if someone correctly called that we'd change the name of the stadium.

Even the photo they've chosen man. As if this isn't one big fucking pisstake. fuck me, minutes silence They've got some fucking cheek like

I think it was more along the lines of 'reminding' fans of the 'great' financial model we've go in place etc. I wasn't really listening tbh as it was boring as fuck, but I heard a lot mentioned about the financial side of things. A lot of fans would have lapped that up tbh

Howay man Decky, not EVERYONE on the show had to apart of some secret pact or anything like, it's not that hard to imagine Mike making a deal with the producers of the station to run a show on 'Newcastle's revival' and promote his business model as much as possible, they organise a few guests to appear and voila, you have an "NUFC Love In" that thousands of Geordies would have tuned in for, positively promoting Mike Ashley a day before this news was set to go out.

Organise a march to "rid those blacks from our streets" and they'll probably turn up like

Probably just iron on a picture of Mike's fat grinning face to the chest of every shirt.

Aye, it's actually pretty scary tbh. Local press, and even the national press is one thing. But an organised radio show on one of the biggest sports stations in the country? Even getting Alan Shearer involved (though I doubt he knew the intentions)

No doubt the league table won't matter now like "hahahahaha top dogs in the north east again. mag kernts @ sports direct arena"

I hope this is a piss take like. I would be physically sickened if even 1 fan genuinely held this view.

120 years man, this is actually fucking disgraceful.

Someone bought a lanky bell end off us for £35 million and that was spent on fuck all, I doubt we'll see anything from this farce.

This is at the top of the list of the things that is wrong about the modern game like.