Match Day Thread Official stadium name change; Sports Direct Arena

What SJP sign?

 

He said something like: just remember its always a soap opera at newcastle utd... And they all said he was being cryptic

 

The new italic one over the main stand? We were complaining about them not reusing the old letters when they unveiled...

 

Just as well your phone doesn't go out of the window, could prove to be quite expensive.

 

Aye but that says "Newcastle United" the name of the actual club isn't changing, although I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

Oh yeah it does doesn't it... We should probably have seen this coming shouldnt we...

 

I was tempted to have a bit of a frisk given the crap some of you lot have been dishing out but at the end of the we're all just footy fans following our teams and I'm surprised to find I take no pleasure in this.

The guy is an absolute shower and the success you're having is probably as much of a surprise to Ashley as it is the the TV pundits. So for what it's worth I ain't gonna take the piss and the real and genuine Newcastle fans who are upset by this have my commiserations.

One day Ashley will be gone and (hopefully for you lot) the new ownner will see naming it back as a great way to win you over.


p.s. I do reserve the right to have a pop at some of the Ashley apologists when they come up with their dispicable defences of this blot on the face of football.

 

Soon all the press will start referring to it by this name.

The young ignoramuses will follow suit.

Non-Newcastle folk who aren't hugely interested will follow.

The big TV companies will continue.

In five to 10 years' time, everyone will know your magnificent stadium by its awful, rented-out corporate name. Even most Newcastle fans, I reckon. If this doesn't call for some sort of demonstration from your fans, I don't know what does. I'm living in Toon and would happily join in for the simple sake of showing that football fans aren't there to get their club's history pissed on by awful, self-centered owners who think of football as a business.

Sad to see this happen to any club.

Hope this ****-stain leaves your club in the near future and normality is restored off the pitch.

 

So who do you play next at the SDA?

SunDerlAnd

 

Soon it will be the team names that will be changing as well. Newcastle United? It's so 'yesterday' isn't it? The Sports Direct Stompers anyone?

 

I'm annoyed and saddened by this, it's an insult to the club and to the city, we were told when Ashley bought the club he wanted to use it as a vehicle to make sports direct a global brand. This story is making headline news on Sky, they've been inundated with tweets and emails,
looks like it's all going to plan for the fat man.

 

I'm livid, my daughter txt me last saying it was all over twitter. For me though it will alway's be St James' Park.

If anyone is interested Llambias is on Radio Newcastle after 8am.

 

I bet it's not a phone in, now that would be interesting.

 

IMO if anyone on here' ever refers to SJP as the Sports Direct Arena they should get a permanent IP ban!

 

I'm off today going on holiday so I'm going to listen. Just wish the dog would let me have a lie in.

 

Also, people WILL call it the Sports Direct Arena. People only called it SJP before because the official name was too much of a mouthful and still had SJP in it, but now the media will start to use it, and over the years it will get less and less known as SJP by normal people, and more and more known as the Sp**** D***** Arena.

 

It will always be SJP no matter what Ashley does, he's just too thick to realise it.

 

SSN already using it now. Definitely will stick with news outlets etc. Always SJP to me mind. I just hope it doesn't rock the boat too much and we don't drop like a rock in the league.