Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Quite enjoy being sponsored by virgin money. No chance of the name being tarnished really. There are some really crappy sponsors in the league. Tombola I don't believe things like Alcohol and betting organisations should be allowed to advertise, especially on Premiership club shirts. Fair enough kids shirts can't have those sponsors on but it doesn't really help when it's on pictures of their favourite players, on TV all the time etc. You might as well just never let your kids out if that's your attitude. Like I give a fuck about Brown Ale when I was 7, I didn't even know what it was. To be honest it's not really children who I think this effects the most. I was just using how pointless it is that they ban those adverts on Chidrens shirts. If you look back at clubs who have had advertisement like that through the years then 9/10 it's clubs based in areas with high levels of alcoholism and gambling addictions. Sunderland - Tombola Hull - betting company Stoke - Bet 365 (next season) Blackpool - Wonga (the worst of the worst as they take advantage of the poor specifically) Wigan - betting company Liverpool - alcohol Everton - alcohol (not as serious as the alcoholic firm they were sponsored by didn't have their stuff on sale in the UK) You have some mad political veiws you like Stifler. Alcohol/Betting Site sponosorships on the front of football shirts isn't going to drive people to beer & a gambling adiction. It may make people think "Hmmm, I might give that beer a try instead of the usual Carling" or "Hmmm, I may try that betting company out on the weekend, i'm getting a bit sick of PaddyPower" it's not going to have people thinking "Well, I was going to stay in today, but after seeing that Brown Ale logo on my sons footy strip i'm going to grab me sell a crate of mad dog and slap the wife about". As a whole, we as a race just aren't that fucking mental. Its hardly been a secret how heavily betting companies have invested into advertising between football games now. I'm not too bothered, but its the tag lines that annoy me: "BET NOW!" Would Alcohol adverts be allowed to flash 'DRINK NOW!' on their adverts? I doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NufcBano Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Opta Sports @OptaJoe 37% - Papiss Demba Cisse had the best chance conversion rate of any player in the 2011-12 Premier League. Settled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest je85 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Football loses a big name https://twitter.com/#!/JanVofH/status/202469014008643584 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmsy10 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 It's Harry Greig's testimonial tonight. Man Utd against an Irish league select team. Was 1-0 to Man U at half time but they have some big names playing. This man is a hero. Pulling his team mates out of the plane crash took massive balls! Deserves all the praise. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18071418 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Anyone know of any regular NUFC podcasts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 around 20,000 (Swansea) and 26,000 (Cardiff) i.e. too small Luckily the biggest competition so far is Georgia. They have exactly one stadium larger than 30K. Turkey will probably jump in again if they haven't already, but I'm not too sure how keen UEFA is on giving them a tourney right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Moving this from the St. James' Park thread as it has no business in there: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18069127 Would all three have enough stadiums? Scotland: Celtic Park Ibrox Hamden Murray Field Wales: Millennium Stadium Ireland: The Aviva Croke Park (assuming they'd be allowed use it). Assuming all those stadiums qualify they're still 3 short. Any other stadiums big enough. Of the top of my head the next biggest stadium in Ireland would be Semple Stadium (would need temporary seats in place of terraces and permission from the GAA to use it but even at that I doubt it passes UEFA regulations) http://www.ruckingball.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/stadium1.jpg holds 50,000 -55,000 but that's with terraces. Thoman Park in Limerick is still smaller iirc thought of another, the gaelic grounds in limerick and if the gaa ever got around to fixing up pairc ui chaoimh either could serve as a smaller venue, both hold around the 40k mark iirc (even if the pairc is falling apart) not all stadia need to be huge a number around 30k and 40k are acceptable to Uefa. above all else the main problem is a 3 way bid won't be looked on favourably by the suits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Random thought just popped into my head. Attendences dont reflect the true amount of people in the stadium. Couple hundred more working. Interesting, I know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Anyone know of any regular NUFC podcasts? This is the True Faith podcast, although I've never managed to get into it myself: http://nufcpodcast.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 around 20,000 (Swansea) and 26,000 (Cardiff) i.e. too small Both are looking at expanding.. Especially Swansea.. Tickets don't even make it to general sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I have said this on another forum in regards to the bidding for Euro 2020 and Turkeys bid. UEFA are in a difficult position. FIFA a year or so ago were slated for being corrupt for giving the world cups to the two nations out of all the bids who should never have got them are renowned for being being corrupt/elitist nations. If UEFA then give the Euro's to a nation thats riddled with corruption within football then it's going to open up a whole can of worms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 pairc ui chaoimh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/tkIUT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FbgWz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lNmAm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2MtzZ.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/tkIUT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FbgWz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lNmAm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2MtzZ.jpg GAY! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Gervinho has got one messed-up big toenail there like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Lucky Newcastle http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/9258810/Manchester-United-have-cause-for-complaint-as-unique-survey-highlights-Premier-League-errors.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0xmh6rCEq1qbnggp.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Lucky Newcastle http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/9258810/Manchester-United-have-cause-for-complaint-as-unique-survey-highlights-Premier-League-errors.html Love the comments at the bottom discrediting it for the shite it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Gervinho reminds me of the guy with the dreadlocks off Cool Runnings in those pics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Gervinho reminds me of the guy with the dreadlocks off Cool Runnings in those pics. Sanka Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 "Sanka, ya dead?" "Ya man." He's more Nathan Dyer, if you ask me: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54722000/jpg/_54722596_cdf_mf_swansea_v_wigan23-1.jpg http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sanka.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Great shout Rich, I still think their smiles are similar though. http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc0MjM5NDkyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDY1MDU5NQ@@._V1._SX466_SY500_.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Thought it was R Truth and Little (big) Jimmy myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby_solano Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Quite enjoy being sponsored by virgin money. No chance of the name being tarnished really. There are some really crappy sponsors in the league. Tombola I don't believe things like Alcohol and betting organisations should be allowed to advertise, especially on Premiership club shirts. Fair enough kids shirts can't have those sponsors on but it doesn't really help when it's on pictures of their favourite players, on TV all the time etc. i'm not arsed about alcohol being advertised on shirts, as most of our iconic shirts had the blue star/brown ale logo but i do hate to see gambling websites on shirts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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