Mick Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I wonder if the City council has any hold on the name of the ground? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Absolute cunts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 The Tiote sale in Jan will be painful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 If we're going to be completely honest to ourselves if (and it's a bloody big if with this lot in charge) we do sell the rights for next season and we bring in a sizeable chunk of cash p/a then it can only be beneficial to the club. We may be the first to rename a classic ground but we'll not be the last. That's not justification, like. I'm sick to my stomach but you knew it was coming. It's been an SD billboard first, stadium second for two years now. It'll always be St. James' Park to me regardless of who sponsors it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I wonder if the City council has any hold on the name of the ground? If they do then they are ok with it, it's all but confirmed by the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wally_McFool Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I'm expecting the FCB to change the clubs colours to red and blue. Really! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Same as the Sir John Hall stand. No one - over the age of 25 anyway - acknowledges it. He can call it what he likes, it's still St James'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I don't even live in the area, but this has honestly hit me hard. Speechless and pretty upset right now tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I don't care how this get's dressed up, I am fucking gutted. People will say 'arr it's always St James' man' well its not is it. We will be watching MOTD and Gary Lineker will be like 'and our reported at the Sports Direct Arena, was Guy Mowbray' and it will make me sick. Fucking arseholes. Yep. Jeff Stelling said last time that it was staying St James' Park as far as his show was concerned but that won't remain across the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I honestly can't be happy about anything we achieve on the pitch anymore as long as the current regime is in charge. Instantly just saps all the joy out of everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 That Times article mentions the end of the Northern Rock deal and the want to do stadium/shirt double. Expect SportsDirect.com to be our next shirt sponsors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Just a proper cuntish thing to do... No real need I know just as relations were starting to thaw as well. Talk about a sense of timing ffs, all he had to do was avoid doing anything cuntish while Pardew bossed the team up the league and all would have been well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Tin hat on. What if someone does but the naming rights for £15m a year that is to be spent on transfers ? Why don't Man Utd and Liverpool rename their ground for a bit of cash? Fancy renaming a stand after Sir Alex Ferguson, fucking mugs, should have whacked First Allied Corporation on the top of it. Clubs are about more than money, or cheap tracksuit bottoms. Because they bring in more money globally than we ever can/could as it stands, especially in Asia and with Man Utd America as well now. I hate saying this but the new fair play rules prevent owners from putting cash in for transfers, you have to generate money somehow, not this shit we are seeing as i hate it but just saying like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I don't care how this get's dressed up, I am f***ing gutted. People will say 'arr it's always St James' man' well its not is it. We will be watching MOTD and Gary Lineker will be like 'and our reported at the Sports Direct Arena, was Guy Mowbray' and it will make me sick. f***ing arseholes. Yep. Jeff Stelling said last time that it was staying St James' Park as far as his show was concerned but that won't remain across the board. Aye, I trust him to not change it but the rest probably will now it's shorter and more manageable than the last shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 From that Mirror article, a club source: "We are not disrespecting the history or heritage or the fans" Fuck off and die. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What page is that photo from inside the stadium and during a match with the SD signs on overdrive all over the place? Can't find it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What page is that photo from inside the stadium and during a match with the SD signs on overdrive all over the place? Can't find it! Don't post it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 MsiDouglas Mark Douglas One question: if it had to be sponsored, why couldn't it be called the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation Arena in the interim? #nufc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Commentators reading this out is going to be like a punch in the stomach every time I watch or listen to a match or highlights. Does make you wonder if there's any point to football except money any more. I'd gladly be relegated or sent down to League 2 to avoid shit like this. Maybe over the top but that's how I feel right now. Football clubs have to have a soul or they're meaningless. So depressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 It's a name that will always be synonymous with nufc If we want to compete with the big boys and keep our best players this move is a must Tradition has to make way for turnover It's the nature of the beast! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What page is that photo from inside the stadium and during a match with the SD signs on overdrive all over the place? Can't find it! Don't post it. Wasn't going to actually. Just want it for keeps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Tin hat on. What if someone does but the naming rights for £15m a year that is to be spent on transfers ? Why don't Man Utd and Liverpool rename their ground for a bit of cash? Fancy renaming a stand after Sir Alex Ferguson, f***ing mugs, should have whacked First Allied Corporation on the top of it. Clubs are about more than money, or cheap tracksuit bottoms. Tbf, Spurs and Chelsea are looking for sponsors for their Stadium as well, sign of the times as Derek says. It's horrible like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What page is that photo from inside the stadium and during a match with the SD signs on overdrive all over the place? Can't find it! Don't post it. Wasn't going to actually. Just want it for keeps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Come on Mike, go on a hectic burger diet. Set us free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 If I was Pardew, I'd be absolutely foaming about this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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