Guest smoggeordie Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Is a fucking class name for a stadium, one with real history to it. Bloody hope Ashley doesn't rename it. Sports Soccer Arena etc..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Wouldn't matter. Well it would, but it'd still be St James'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smoggeordie Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Wouldn't matter. Well it would, but it'd still be St James'. It'd be disgusting hearing a shit name like that though in the media etc and all the plastic fans calling it that etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufcandy Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 it wont change man, no panic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 The Donnay Superdome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 The Freddy Shepherd Tribute Plaza Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE5 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 don't think so, as he's called his company St James Holdings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I wouldn't mind if we had to raise some extra money by 'renaming' it. It'll still be known as St James' Park to most people I would imagine. It's not like with Arsenal where they were building a new stadium therefore there wasn't a name that had yet stuck to the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 'The Northern Rock' anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 'The Northern Rock' anyone? sounds like we are playing inside a giant stone or some sort of music venue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 "The House, The Jesus Built" is more fucking like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'd agree that the link with history adds something, and we shouldn't change the name. Having said that, I've always thought that St James's Park sounded slightly wussy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbelcher11 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Wussy??? No way. It's class. It's history. It's everything a club should be about. Not huge million dollar sponsors that want an advertisement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I couldn't care less what they call it, it will always be St James' Park to me in the same was as the Leazes will always be the Leazes, no matter what they call it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Wouldn't matter. Well it would, but it'd still be St James'. It'd be disgusting hearing a shit name like that though in the media etc and all the plastic fans calling it that etc. would it even take two hands to count the # of plastic geordies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fraser Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 The Freddy Shepherd Tribute Plaza The Freddy Shepherd Tribute Pizza Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I can't see it - there would be riots in 99.99% of cases. I can only think of one exception and that is if a Company called "Fortress" spent millions to have it renamed "Fortress - St. James." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 sell the name if it brings in cash for quality players,we'll still call it St James' park. just like i still sit in the gallowgate......i'd have to check last seasons ticket book to remember what it's now called. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_NUFC Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It's should always be St James' - lets not sell out. It's our history. The whole likening SJP to a Cathedral is an uber-cliche, but it's as important to me as some church. You'd never get the Church (Catholic or Protestant selling out). You'll never see the Coca-Cola St Mary's Cathedral or the Pepsi Cathedral of St Nicholas - why, because it would be a disgusting insult to those who hold them and their beliefs dear. I hold NUFC dear to me and I would find any re-naming a disgusting, degrading insult to the NUFC cause. If other clubs want to sell out, let them. It's easy for the new-stadium brigade because although they're not all of the cloned, bland, stuck on a retail park on the outskirts of wherever - they're soulless arenas devoid of tradition and history. In time, they will build that up, but when you finish a new stadium, it's easy to call it something like the Aldi Arena. With a stadium like SJP, which has had the same name for over 130 years - outdating even NUFC itself, it's so much harder because it's a landmark, stepped in history and memories - it's people's second home, they're attached to it, you can't go wiping that away for a few quid. Aside from that, you hear the names of these places and they sound comical and fake. I find myself devaluing the relevant club, as if they've sold themselves like a cheap whore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I wouldnt mind, as previously mentioned, "The Northern Rock" tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I've never much cared for the nickname Sid James' Park tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I wouldnt mind, as previously mentioned, "The Northern Rock" tbh Heh, I wasn't being serious. I hope we never sell out, stadium expansion or no stadium expansion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I've never much cared for the nickname Sid James' Park tbh St Hotch Potch Park is the one that makes me wonder. What does it even mean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It wouldn't matter anyway. Who on earth refers to the Newcastle Brown Ale Stand? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It wouldn't matter anyway. Who on earth refers to the Newcastle Brown Ale Stand? No-one. It's the Gallowgate. No better place on this universe tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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