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Aren't Arsenal getting about £8m a year for there shirt & (new) stadium sponsorship from a Dubai based airline?

Will they not just buy http://sportsdirectarena.com/ ?

Erm, ner Derrick you fucking pleb, you NEED to buy more players, it's your job you daft twat.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football-sport/ballon-d%E2%80%99oh-nominations-2011-newcastles-daft-as-a-brush-sammy-ameobi/

I heard that it's just the pitch the council owns, also something about cows been able to graze on the turf if they want too?

I guarantee you'll never ever hear that I've seen and heard it about 40 times today Bollocks (whoosh)

I guarantee you'll never ever hear that I've seen and heard it about 40 times today

Most may still refer to it as St James' Park, but i'll still die a little inside every time I see/hear "Sports Direct Stadium" in it's place.

I'm doubtful he even wants someone to pay for stadium rights. £10mil is f*** all. It'd cost him a lot more to get his brand on an equally visible and respected location. He's saving money I'd assume. Totally agree. This is merely a stunt to justify using the club's upturn in fortunes to market his dogshit brand. It's very simple to see. In isolation and disregarding the emotional attachment I feel towards this issue as a supporter, it's a masterstroke from his business perspective. Simple as that. Aye, basically in Mike's mind he has a massive advertising oppotunity that was just sitting there not been used.

Hows that? I would be class advertising, will be great for our future spending power etc Howay man. Sorry, got you mixed up with Baggio. Agree with your following post

Hows that? I would be class advertising, will be great for our future spending power etc

Lush

He's wearing shorts I think, he wraps a Newcastle flag around his waste though to create some sort of skirt. He's a mong like.

I'm expecting a statement released in the coming weeks from Mike stating that he's sacked himself like.

For fuck sake man, can we not get this idiot sectioned or summit?

Love Stelling like, nice words

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.