https://www.change.org/p/donna-jone...&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=DefaultBet the Skates are up in arms!
https://www.change.org/p/donna-jone...&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=DefaultBet the Skates are up in arms!
Would we be annoyed though if it was the other way round? I can imagine a landmark being painted blue without too much of a fuss.
On a side note...I like this tower. You can see it from the Island...more attractive than Fawley![]()
I have to agree that going into Portsmouth on a cross channel ferry is quite a grand thing these days.
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Put some blue on the top, leave the middle white, and then the bottom can be red. It'll match a Pompey kit, and keep some red and white.I did sign that petition too. I was quite pleased to see that a few Saints fans and/or Southampton based people didn't want red &white on the tower, but that it should be blue if any colour other than white. I was also pleased to see that the word scummer barely appeared more than once.
Put some blue on the top, leave the middle white, and then the bottom can be red. It'll match a Pompey kit, and keep some red and white.![]()
Emirates have apparently agreed to incorporating the colour of the city's crest, football team and navy to the previous design.No blue in Emirates colours.
Ok, I think that I have an acceptable solution. Clearly the sponsors are going to insist on their corporate colours, but why not use lighting to diffuse this problem?
I propose that at night, the tower be floodlit in red lights, which will make repainting unnecessary and look highly impressive.
Then, to recognise local sensibilities, the tower could be floodlit using blue lights during the hours of peak daylight. Fair enough?
Why would Arsenal want to play in Southampton?I have a better solution.
Why don't Emirates build a flippin' big 55,000 stadium about 17 miles West of that tower thing and they can paint it red and white until their hearts' content.

Why would Arsenal want to play in Southampton?![]()
Why would Arsenal want to play in Southampton?![]()
