Toast
Player Valuation: £80m
What do you call Arsenals ground ?
If I get in a cab at Lime Street.I will simply say Bramley Moore.Got a feeling they will know.
Strange name for Arsenals stadium
There is a stadium in Melbourne, originally called Docklands. Due to sponsors changing it has been called Colonial stadium, Telstra dome and is currently called Marvel stadium. Yes - Marvel stadium, after the kids movies.
I still call it docklands
I call it Ashburton Grove because I am simply a pure traditionalist footballing scholar and above you modern day plebs.
I'll be calling it 'Goodison by the water', keep it simple.
Edit 'Goodison Waters', even more simplerer.
Edit 'Goodison Waters', even more simplerer.
chrismpw
Player Valuation: £70m
It is what the fans call it. No sponsor can change that. At least that's how it should be, sadly too many humans are easily led.
I will only call it a sponsor's name if the sponsors agree remuneration with me personally to advertise for them.
andy4efc
Player Valuation: £60m
Goodison Wet for short.
Newcastle’s ground is officially called St James Park. It was only called the Sports Direct Arena for a year or so - during which time nobody used that name.
The whole thing is a bit weird.
It was called the Sports Direct Arena ostensibly as a way to advertise the naming rights to a company willing to pay for them. Of course, Mike Ashley won’t turn down a bit of free temporary publicity for his brand, either.
The fans hated it (obviously), but when Wonga became shirt sponsors, they also received the stadium naming rights as part of the package.
Wonga were the ones who decided to forgo this and revert the stadium name back to St James Park - and it’s been that way ever since.
Renaming old grounds is a bad idea. I think you can only get away with it properly when you’re moving to a new ground.
I think now, personally, Arsenal's ground will always be called 'The Emirates' because it took the name prior to opening, so it's became the norm for the public.
There'll be a few who call it Ashburton Grove but not many; in fact, I bet most non-Arsenal fans have no idea of it's original, non-sponsored name.
I remember Kenwright saying he wanted to call Kings Dock “Goodison on the water,” at the time - but even he recognised there’d have to be a sponsorship name.
Unwittingly aligned myself to Kenwrong ffs!
We can all wish that the stadium does not received a sponsored moniker, but in reality we all also understand that the funding of this stadium means its unlikely.
Unofficially, we might (probably will) still call it Bramley Moore yet there'll likely be an official name. A good compromise would be 'The USM Bramley Moore'.
USM could quite easily be slipped away over time.
Steve Wigan
Player Valuation: £35m
Goodison Waters sounds like a kidney problem.
Steve Wigan
Player Valuation: £35m
I hope you don't get the chills when that wintery wind comes swirling in off the river....
