Rodders Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 sorry just seen post above mine..... ... .. . :crylaugh: :crylaugh: :crylaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2009 And the new name of the ground is sportsdirect.com @ St James' Park Stadium ? Oh my God :shock: Did I slip into a coma and wake up on April 1st???? What do Ashley and his mates do, sit around and try and think of ways to piss off the punters? I fully expect to find out sometime in the future that Mike Ashley is a secret life time Sunderland fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 4, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2009 That doesn't even make sense. Richard Keys: Well here we are for our live game. Jamie joins me here at Sportsdirect.com@St James' Park Stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2009 The media will ignore it and continue to call it St James' there is no way they will call it that other than to report the story in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 That name as got to be a joke? Bwwhahahahhaha brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 4, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2009 PLus surely for the time being he's just using it as free advertising for himself? I assume putting the name of his own firm up there he isn't going to pay the club money (essentially giving money to himself) so how will it produce revenue. Ok you could say it would reduce his advertising budget for SD so he can put more money in, but seems a bit stupid to me. I could understand if, like next year, they'll get millions from it being called the Cadbury's Creme Egg@St James' Park (speculation of course;)) but it doesn't make much sense now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 The media will ignore it and continue to call it St James' there is no way they will call it that other than to report the story in the first place. Indeed. How many sponsored grounds are there? I think the only one that really holds is the Reebok stadium, and that benefits from Reebok's association with the town of Bolton and the fact that the place was built as the Reebok. Every other ground? They just get called by their old names. Off the top of my head I know that Southampton, Wycombe and York City have sponsored grounds. I still think of their grounds as St Mary's, Adams Park and Bootham Crescent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2009 Ashley won't be paying Newcastle to have his firms name on the ground this season its a bit of free advertising for him and in the warped minds of those running the club a way of attracting potential sponsors for next season. They are though it would seem totally clueless to the fact this yet again makes them look like an inept bunch of fucktards and all they are going to do is gain more adverse publicity making it even less likely some company will put money up for naming rights next season. What company in their right minds would put their name to that stadium knowing its going to go down like a shite sarnie with the locals, get ignored by the press and its going to be the second name change in a short space of time. The people running Newcastle are idiots, total and utter idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 4, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2009 I agree Rev. Usually it's only the new stadiums with sponsorshp names that keep the names (Ricoh, Emirates, Reebok, Walkers) purely because they've never had another name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2009 Just popped in to ... laugh at Newcastle Trent I'm not sure the meeja will be allowed to ignore the ridiculous new name. They have to play the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2009 The media will ignore it and continue to call it St James' there is no way they will call it that other than to report the story in the first place. Indeed. How many sponsored grounds are there? I think the only one that really holds is the Reebok stadium, and that benefits from Reebok's association with the town of Bolton and the fact that the place was built as the Reebok. Every other ground? They just get called by their old names. Off the top of my head I know that Southampton, Wycombe and York City have sponsored grounds. I still think of their grounds as St Mary's, Adams Park and Bootham Crescent though. Its odd really there are a fair few around but as you point out most are new grounds and as such the new artificial name sticks. Out of interest I'm assuming The Riverside is no longer the BT Cellnet Riverside or whatever it was called when they opened it. When clubs rename existing grounds it simply doesn't get picked up in the same way by the media. Case in point, without cheating folks what is the name of Walsall's ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 4, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2009 Isn't it the Banks' Stadium. Or is that an old one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted November 4, 2009 Isn't it the Banks' Stadium. Or is that an old one? Smart arse Most people when asked don't know that and still say Bescott but there is always one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 How many sponsored grounds are there? I think the only one that really holds is the Reebok stadium The Emirates? The most lucrative stadium in the country if reports are to be believed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walesavfc Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 am sure Mike Ashley is just taking the piss out of Newcastle, am sure he knows he is deliberatly winding up the fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 his only calling it the sportsdirect@stjames for the rest of the season to show potential investors how it will work, its not a full time thing, according to the paper i read this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Just when the laughs were drying up, they do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Ah, Newcastle... you couldn't make this shit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 How many sponsored grounds are there? I think the only one that really holds is the Reebok stadium The Emirates? The most lucrative stadium in the country if reports are to be believed. The JJB was widely called that, not even sure if it had a non-commercial name. But it's called the DW now anyway. The McAlpine was always known as that too, think it's the Galpharm now, or something like that anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiganvillain Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 As for the JJB They've changed all the road signs but everybody round here still calls it the JJB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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