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Ashley ends 120 years of history by changing St James Park to the Sports Direct Arena

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  • #102
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,424 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Lansdowne Road is still that to me.

    I dont blame Newcastle fans for being annoyed.

    Get as much sponsorship as you like, but dont change History.


  • #103
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Lansdowne Road is still that to me.
    .

    It's a completely different stadium. It's not like the same stadium with a new name.


  • #104
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,424 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    It's a completely different stadium. It's not like the same stadium with a new name.

    So is St James compared to thirty years ago.


  • #105
    Paully D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    All it is is a PR move by the club and Wonga to deflect from the **** storm that is/would have been coming with regards to their sponsorship. It'll more than likely work too.


  • #106
    kitakyushu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,465 ✭✭✭kitakyushu


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    It's a completely different stadium. It's not like the same stadium with a new name.

    That's just part of the corporate hard sell. For all intents and purposes it is the same stadium. It's built in the same location, the pitch points the same way and the stadium hosts the same teams as before.

    If the IRFU/FAI were so worried about making the slave name stick then they should have built a new stadium somewhere else, rather than on the same plot of land with 100 years of history and memories. I reckon it's a losing battle but hopefully people will keep referring to it Lansdowne Road no matter how much the corporate interests and media try to brainwash us into doing the opposite.


  • #107
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,050 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    Can't say I was ever fond of having our national stadium named after a former British Prime Minister from the beginning to be honest. Could we not have picked someone who actually did stuff for Ireland from the get-go? As such, learning this as a kid, I never really developed the same fondness for the stadium name as I have with other stadiums. It just seemed kind of...pointless.


  • #108
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,429 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Lansdowne Road is still that to me.

    I dont blame Newcastle fans for being annoyed.

    Get as much sponsorship as you like, but dont change History.
    I have noticed a trend in the past while around here where 'The Aviva' seems to be used more than Lansdowne Rd , even though most in this bastion of football tradition said they would never use the name.

    I'll back it up with examples tomorrow

    Evidence
    Between 30/09/2011 and 30/09/2012 the word Aviva was used in 217 posts in the Soccer form
    In the same period the words Lansdowne or Landsdowne were used a total of 182 times, Lansdowne 137 times and Landsdowne 45 times

    So much a people hate to admint it the corporate giant is once again winning


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