Anderson Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Aye, Palace is comfortably the worst ground I've been to for that. Even Goodison's miles better. Getting turned over 5-1 by the King probably added to my dislike of the place, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Aye, Palace is minging. People were just moving to wherever they could when I went. Thankfully we were fairly near the front. Felt like a pain in the arse to get to as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 15 minutes walk from my house, unfortunately I'd never go again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Palace's view is wank, was there for the 5-1. In terms of SJP, while they couldn't be moved pitchside anyway because of how it's configured I personally would like away fans kept up in L7. Moving them pitchside would give the away team an advantage; home fans across the country are usually much quieter than away fans and having the usually louder away fans closer to the pitch gives the opposition an advantage. Keep them up there iyam. Focus on improving the atmosphere amongst ourselves instead of using away fans outsinging us to 'improve' the atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Put the away fans in the East Leazes Corner/East Stand imo. Would improve the atmosphere significantly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Fuck it, ban them and give the seats to Toon fans, wa gonna win da league man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 what would people think if SJP was renamed Saudi Aramco St James Park, or something similar, if it meant trying to get round ffp? you reckon fans would kick off? i wouldnt be too bothered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 If it benefits the club yes. If just the owner no. Ideal world no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Doesn't even have to have SJP in the name. Just call it Saudi Aramco Park if it means more money for us. People will still call it SJP anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 what would people think if SJP was renamed Saudi Aramco St James Park, or something similar, if it meant trying to get round ffp? you reckon fans would kick off? i wouldnt be too bothered. I mean no one gave a fuck when Ashley did it and gave the club zero cash so why would they care now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t00nraider Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 what would people think if SJP was renamed Saudi Aramco St James Park, or something similar, if it meant trying to get round ffp? you reckon fans would kick off? i wouldnt be too bothered. I mean no one gave a f*** when Ashley did it and gave the club zero cash so why would they care now? I'm presuming that's a joke. There was hell on. We've missed out a lot of millions over this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 It wasn't just the name change. It was that the new name was so outrageously bad, in such poor taste and on top of it all we didn't get a penny out of it. I could live with Aramco St James' Park I suppose. Just a name then St James' Park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 what would people think if SJP was renamed Saudi Aramco St James Park, or something similar, if it meant trying to get round ffp? you reckon fans would kick off? i wouldnt be too bothered. Dead against it. Can’t believe people would swap heritage for a few quid to get around FFP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 what would people think if SJP was renamed Saudi Aramco St James Park, or something similar, if it meant trying to get round ffp? you reckon fans would kick off? i wouldnt be too bothered. I mean no one gave a f*** when Ashley did it and gave the club zero cash so why would they care now? I'm presuming that's a joke. There was hell on. We've missed out a lot of millions over this. Must have missed the bouycott and walk outs etc. My bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Oh come on, there was hell on over that - which is why he changed it back. The reason people were pissed was the name change was to benefit him, not NUFC. Presumably ppl are saying they won't mind a name change that actually benefits NUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I honestly don't think fans would be that bothered providing there was transparency, if they said the name change would bring in say £15m per season (just a random figure, no idea what the going rate is) then people would mostly accept it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 No issue if it’s funding the club’s ambition. That kind of money is a signing, academy scholarships, etc etc etc. If you’re still hell bent on the name of the stadium being more important than the actual point of the club - which is being the best it can be - then you’ve gotta really rethink what football is today in 2020 and beyond and not what it was in 1995. Which look, sadly, that ship has sailed. Respect the history by putting a proper name and honoring it right - use the money to better the institution and be transparent about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Want to agree, but I can't. It's St James' Park, it would be like having the Carrefour Supermarkets Tower instead of Eiffel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Could do like we do here in Denver. The football stadium is always “Mile High” (the original name of the original stadium) and everyone here calls it as such but it’s official name due to sponsorships is always along the line of “Invesco Field at Mile High” so we always have that name in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Could do like we do here in Denver. The football stadium is always “Mile High” (the original name of the original stadium) and everyone here calls it as such but it’s official name due to sponsorships is always along the line of “Invesco Field at Mile High” so we always have that name in it. Even if it was to be sponsored everyone that matters (the fans) would still call it by it's original name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I have no problem naming a new stadium after a pizza or something but not St James park. Man Utd are a money making machine and even they haven't went down that rabbit hole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Oh come on, there was hell on over that - which is why he changed it back. The reason people were pissed was the name change was to benefit him, not NUFC. Presumably ppl are saying they won't mind a name change that actually benefits NUFC I seem to recall people being pissed off because the name of a ground from 1880 was changed, the double whammy was because the club wasn’t getting any money for it. The hypocrisy of fans to accept a Saudi name change would be something to behold after the various moral debates we’ve had so far. I sincerely hope they wouldn’t change the name and I don’t think they would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 did he change it back over the protests? i don't recall* that at all, i thought it dragged on for fucking ages while they pretended to be looking for sponsors and then just gave up at some point and changed it back *i was miles away at the time barely paying attention tbph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 did he change it back over the protests? i don't recall* that at all, i thought it dragged on for fucking ages while they pretended to be looking for sponsors and then just gave up at some point and changed it back *i was miles away at the time barely paying attention tbph Llambias was looking for sponsors and announced they would showcase the ground to potential new sponsors as SportsDirect@StJamesPark. He gave up after a few months as nobody called it that and there was clearly no takers. Then out of the blue they just changed the stadium name outright to SDA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 did he change it back over the protests? i don't recall* that at all, i thought it dragged on for fucking ages while they pretended to be looking for sponsors and then just gave up at some point and changed it back *i was miles away at the time barely paying attention tbph Llambias was looking for sponsors and announced they would showcase the ground to potential new sponsors as SportsDirect@StJamesPark. He gave up after a few months as nobody called it that and there was clearly no takers. Then out of the blue they just changed the stadium name outright to SDA oh forgot the 2nd one but the first one i remember, and as i said there was noise right but everyone still trundled through the turnstiles filling his pockets Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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