Newcastle United announce new stadium name

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Post by officer_dibble » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:10 pm

Athers wrote:Mate of mine reckons it's a piece of misdirection to stop everyone talking about how he's taken the club off the market.
Dunno I think he has a death wish myself!
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Post by Village_Idiot2 » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:33 am

To be totally honest, I'm starting to feel bad for that lot. That's pretty humiliating. It's even worse that if they just changed the name outright to Sportsdirect Stadium, the owner is rubbing it in their noses while all the country laughs at them.
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Post by Prufrock » Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:39 pm

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Zulus Thousand of em wrote: I automatically turn Talk Sport off. Works for me! :D
Me too, except for when Ian Collins is on. :D

The stadium naming issue is apparently setting out a precedent in terms of format, in that whoever does take over the naming rights will have to adhere to the company/brandname@St James' Park style.
The think I read suggested it wasn't quite so rigid as that, just that any future name must include 'St James' Park' in it somewhere. Why they just couldn't call it 'St James' Park sponsered by Sportsdirect.com' is beyond me. Still rubbish but way less so.
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