View Full Version : Blasphemy!! Newcastle rename St James' Park
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 06:02 AM
Newcastle rename St James' Park the Sports Direct Arena
Absolutely disgraceful....Why can't Mike Ashley simply sell up and go back to the area his beloved Tottenham Hotspur play?
Cockney (unprintable word)!!
Newcastle United have renamed St James' Park the Sports Direct Arena after owner Mike Ashley's company.
The club say the change is a temporary measure to "showcase" the sponsorship opportunity to "interested parties".
However the St James' Park title has been dropped as the club does not think it is "commercially attractive".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15668207.stm
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/373960981.jpg
Herr-Berbunch
11-10-11, 10:18 AM
@Neal - can you change Jim's name to SportsDirect, although thinking about it maybe JJB would be better! :D
If Sports Direct is more commercially attractive than St. James' Park then I feel for you. Sports Direct, in my mind, is associated with cheap tee-shirts, cheap trainers, and huge advertising in the windows for 24/7 sales -
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5457/sportsdirect.jpg
papa_smurf
11-10-11, 10:46 AM
Poor Newcastle......:har: You get a name change, and Fergie (Alex Ferguson) gets a stand named after him for 25yrs in charge.
Although I do agree that Ashley should bugger off, he is a bit of a twonk.
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 10:53 AM
@Neal - can you change Jim's name to SportsDirect, although thinking about it maybe JJB would be better! :D
If Sports Direct is more commercially attractive than St. James' Park then I feel for you. Sports Direct, in my mind, is associated with cheap tee-shirts, cheap trainers, and huge advertising in the windows for 24/7 sales -
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/5457/sportsdirect.jpg
We've wited years for a billionaire to come along and put the club to the heights it's supporters deserve.
So along comes said billionaire who promptly starts stripping the clubs assets and uses it to promote his other business ventures :stare:
Poor Newcastle......:har: You get a name change, and Fergie (Alex Ferguson) gets a stand named after him for 25yrs in charge.
Although I do agree that Ashley should bugger off, he is a bit of a twonk.
Oh I can think of far more descriptive names for the anchor :yep:
nikimcbee
11-10-11, 02:07 PM
@Neal - can you change Jim's name to SportsDirect,
:hmmm: I dunno, Herr-Berr, that's a lot of letters to type?
Well, look at the bright side, It could be called:" Heinz Spotted dick field.":hmmm:
Commercial naming of stadia gives me the Tom Tits. We've had one stadium with 5 names in the last 10 years FFS.
I'm supporting the name change proposed for Jimbuna though:hmmm::D
Additionally, someone who is tight with money and can make up for any renovations, :hmmm:
frau kaleun
11-10-11, 04:45 PM
Commercial naming of stadia gives me the Tom Tits. We've had one stadium with 5 names in the last 10 years FFS.
The are many "iconic" venues here in the States that I don't even know are being discussed any more when big events happen there because they are now called "Product X Stadium" or "Product Y Arena" and I can't keep track of what places those names refer to year in and year out.
I don't know how many times they've changed the name of the Riverfront Coliseum downtown, and I don't care. Nobody's paying ME a million dollars a year to call it something else. :haha:
It's a disgusting trend in British football. Can you imagine someone at Barca suggesting that the Camp Nou be renamed? Or the Bernabau?
Coming so recently after the scandalous nature of Man City's utterly transparent use of the same maneuver to get around UEFA's upcoming changes to team funding and competition entry (made worse by the fact that Man City don't even own their stadium,) it makes you aware of how little so many of these owners care about the fans.
The Toon deserve something far better than Ashley's repugnant hustling. What's the alternative, though? The entire sport is dieing. See FIFA's reaction to England's request to wear poppies on their shirts for the game at the weekend.
We've wited years for a billionaire to come along and put the club to the heights it's supporters deserve.
So along comes said billionaire who promptly starts stripping the clubs assets and uses it to promote his other business ventures :stare:
You should see the situation here in Los Angeles. A wealthy East Coast millionaire named Frank McCourt came to LA, bought the Dodgers baseball team, carved the organization into various fragments, siphoned off money from the business to support an extravagant lifestyle (e.g., he and his wife [they are now divorcing] actually had adjoining mansions/beachhomes in Malibu while still married), reduced security at the ballpark resulting in a near-fatal beating of a fan from another team, and generally screwed-up the entire Dodgers organization. The team and McCourt are now in bankruptcy and Major Leaguge Baseball is selling off the team to the highest bidder. I'm quite sure the Dodger fans (which I am not, BTW; I'm a San Francisco Giants fan) feel just the same as your situation...
Jimbuna
11-10-11, 06:18 PM
It's a disgusting trend in British football. Can you imagine someone at Barca suggesting that the Camp Nou be renamed? Or the Bernabau?
Coming so recently after the scandalous nature of Man City's utterly transparent use of the same maneuver to get around UEFA's upcoming changes to team funding and competition entry (made worse by the fact that Man City don't even own their stadium,) it makes you aware of how little so many of these owners care about the fans.
The Toon deserve something far better than Ashley's repugnant hustling. What's the alternative, though? The entire sport is dieing. See FIFA's reaction to England's request to wear poppies on their shirts for the game at the weekend.
^ :sunny:
papa_smurf
11-11-11, 06:16 AM
It's a disgusting trend in British football. Can you imagine someone at Barca suggesting that the Camp Nou be renamed? Or the Bernabau?
Coming so recently after the scandalous nature of Man City's utterly transparent use of the same maneuver to get around UEFA's upcoming changes to team funding and competition entry (made worse by the fact that Man City don't even own their stadium,) it makes you aware of how little so many of these owners care about the fans.
The Toon deserve something far better than Ashley's repugnant hustling. What's the alternative, though? The entire sport is dieing. See FIFA's reaction to England's request to wear poppies on their shirts for the game at the weekend.
If Old Trafford ever changes name, I'm off to join the Green and Gold of FC United (Green and gold colours were the original colours of Newton Heath, before changing to Man Utd)
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 06:26 AM
If Old Trafford ever changes name, I'm off to join the Green and Gold of FC United (Green and gold colours were the original colours of Newton Heath, before changing to Man Utd)
Yeah...I was in a Manchester pub a little over a year back and a few people were wearing them as well as replica shirts (tie straps up to front collar).
I asked what they were wearing and got the history about the resistance to the Glazer family etc....very interesting, there are a lot of them worn at home matches apparently.
Herr-Berbunch
11-11-11, 08:32 AM
They're all at it now!
I've just hear that Norwich City's Carrow Road is to become the Hovis Stadium.
Probably because they're all in-bred. :har:
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 08:38 AM
LOL :DL
My ex-colleague originally comes from Norwich and is an ardent fan....you should se some of the pet lips he puts on if anyone ridicules his beloved canaries :DL
Herr-Berbunch
11-11-11, 08:48 AM
....you should se some of the pet lips he puts on if anyone ridicules his beloved canaries :DL
Or their hallowed cook -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8JLkwzpd0
:Kaleun_Cheers:
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 09:36 AM
Or their hallowed cook -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8JLkwzpd0
:Kaleun_Cheers:
Classically....embarrassing!! :DL
If Old Trafford ever changes name, I'm off to join the Green and Gold of FC United (Green and gold colours were the original colours of Newton Heath, before changing to Man Utd)
Well, this has reared it's ugly head with my beloved Rangers, with a 'fans spokesman' apparently claiming that although most fans wouldn't like to change our name from Ibrox we'd go along with it because we know how skint we are. Riiiiiiight......We might be about 10 minutes from going into administration but I don't know a single hun who would be willing to change the name.
You think you guys with your premiership riches have problems? Oy...I think we're paying our players with Irn Bru bottles.
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 02:08 PM
Well, this has reared it's ugly head with my beloved Rangers, with a 'fans spokesman' apparently claiming that although most fans wouldn't like to change our name from Ibrox we'd go along with it because we know how skint we are. Riiiiiiight......We might be about 10 minutes from going into administration but I don't know a single hun who would be willing to change the name.
You think you guys with your premiership riches have problems? Oy...I think we're paying our players with Irn Bru bottles.
Well I'd settle for Newcastle being the English Premiership equivelant of what Rangers are in the Scottish Premiership any day of the week.
My daughters boyfriends father is Scottish and a Celtic supporter, so I'm confident you can imagine the fun I have when we meet :DL
Well I'd settle for Newcastle being the English Premiership equivelant of what Rangers are in the Scottish Premiership any day of the week.
Your not far off it this season, though! What are you, third placed and still unbeaten? Not bad at all.
My heart felt condolences for your daughter's other half's unfortunate family ailment. :DL
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 03:38 PM
Your not far off it this season, though! What are you, third placed and still unbeaten? Not bad at all.
My heart felt condolences for your daughter's other half's unfortunate family ailment. :DL
LOL :DL
MothBalls
11-11-11, 05:57 PM
It could be worse. For instance, what would they name the field if they got sponsored by a company that made spotted dick or haggis?
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 06:57 PM
Ayersome Park :DL
Jimbuna
11-11-11, 07:14 PM
No....smoggies :yep:
BossMark
11-12-11, 03:02 AM
Sid James park would have been better :haha:................
But seriously that Mike Ashley should take a running jump preferably off somewhere very high :yep:
Jimbuna
11-12-11, 07:57 AM
Sid James park would have been better :haha:................
But seriously that Mike Ashley should take a running jump preferably off somewhere very high :yep:
There is another side to it I suppose.......
He is a businessman, doing what all businessmen try to do, make money.
The club is also his to do as he would with any other business asset he owns.
What rankles the fan base is the arrogance and timing of every juncture of his actions.
He'll never be forgiven for stripping us of a major part of our heritage :nope:
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