So what? If it adds 25mil to revenue plough on I say. Seriously guys Highbury was iconic far far longer than Anfield was imo. Anfield is our home and I'm glad we are staying but you do realise don't you that famous tunnel is actually going in this rebuild You do realise that it's not the place it's the people? The fans make the place rock. The grass is always that bit greener when you walk up out of the stairs than anywhere else. Calling it McDonald's won't change that one jot imo. It'll still be my cathedral
We'd already won 4 league titles before they moved to Highbury from Woolwich, their first league title at Highbury came 30 years after our first at Anfield.
so? Was highbury an iconic structure or was highbury an historic structure? the only iconic feature of anfield was a giant pile of dirt.... and its fans..... they knocked it down for apartments. anfield despite what we might like to think was nothing special in terms of buildings and frankly even in the 1980s and 1990s was nothing special. As i said it was the people who made it what it was then and its people today who make it what it is now. Just as people make the emirates a soulless, joyless place for harvesting cash. ouir new stad is mostly new premium fans who's sole job is to give the club money and sit silently.
Going to Anfield still means an awful lot to most Liverpool fans. It wouldn't be the same going to the Kit Kat stadium. Also once they change the stadium name they won't stop. We'll be Liverpool Red Sox before you know it. I know you'll say it's about getting money for transfers and to compete and that the fans will get lower ticket prices because of it but that's not true. I've seen all these Tv deals, massive sponsorship deals & really profitable Far East tours but I've never made a saving myself.
Seriously?? That would be really selling your soul. I'd rather get Fowler, Rush, Carragher .... heck even Molby out of retirement and play them rather than have anything with utd's name on in the ground. But that's just me
Gordon also confirmed that the club are speaking to interested commercial partners over naming rights for the new stand, although reiterated that stadium naming rights are not up for sale. He explained, “Candidly, we’ve had a lot of interest in this area from third parties. While Anfield will always be Anfield, we are in fact in the market for a naming partner for the new Main Stand. “Thus far we have had a number of very interesting conversations encompassing a wide range of partnership options. In reality, any Main Stand commercial sponsorship will ultimately depend on what potential partners are looking to achieve from such a relationship. “I believe we at FSG have been clear all along that we intend to be creative and bold in all of our commercial activities in an effort to generate more revenue, which in turn is used to increase funding to those parts of the club that help us win football matches.” - http://www.thisisanfield.com/2015/0...ack-naming-rights-likely-investment-possible/
How many real fans (rather than just idiots on twatter) are actually bothered by this? Not many would be my guess.
No we won't... LFC owners are just slightly more wise (and maerican marketing is generally) than the tans of this world. don;t think small time like hull city and cardiff.. LFC are in the category of the giant clubs and with the giants you don't need to cover it in chrome and give it a silly name to sell. you need to polish it. its like this... get some no brand super car and they'll stick weird exhausts on it and a few arabs will buy them but a Ferrari is a ferrari... and a lot of arabs buy them. Like i said is stnadard charters all over the centenary stand or not.... is was warrior on the main stand.. was reebok all over the anfiled road end? Its just a name.... as i said if they say welcome to the grand opening of the the simply sausages stand at anfield i could not give a crap.
I would guess that most real fans are worried about getting in now what its called given the amount of premium steats in the new stand. they are selling out those packages i hear.
I alwasy said that I wouldn't give a **** if they sold the naming rights to Stamford Bridge, call it whatever the **** you like, I am still going to call it Stamford Bridge.
I think renaming the stadium could be an issue for some, but naming a stand shouldn't. Easy money really.
I agree.With the emirates and the Manchester city debacle.... and west hams soon to be ex-olympic stadium they have nothing to fall back on. they have been branded as new. with anfield you've an icon.. same as old trafford. there's no way you can name the stuff any other way.
I agree. Nobody I know is bothered about naming rights for the main stand but renaming Anfield is a different matter.
I think most know that's my view by now anyway. A name is just that, a name. Even if it were to change, we'd all call it Anfield still anyway. It would only change in official stuff
