We want to flog the main stands name.
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Because a lot of business is done in London and it makes practical and financial sense to be on the spot for it. Our HQ will always be in Liverpool.
@Silver Sean Maybe because in this world of corporate whoreing LFC is a brand and Having a London based office is more practical. It's not ideal I agree but im afraid that's how the wind blows.
I agree that selling naming rights to the Kop should never be done, but the rest of the stands or the pitch itself really shouldnt affect how people refer to the stadium in general parlance.
For example, the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL play at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome. Everyone just calls it the Metrodome. I have never heard anyone refer to the Green Monster at Fenway as the CVS Green Monster.
If we have the Corposlime Pitch at Anfield it would be the same thing.
For example, the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL play at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome. Everyone just calls it the Metrodome. I have never heard anyone refer to the Green Monster at Fenway as the CVS Green Monster.
If we have the Corposlime Pitch at Anfield it would be the same thing.
Yeah I guess if you rename a stadium no-one calls it that unless it's a new stadium like Arsenal or Leicester
MOTD and Sky would still call it McAnfield though
MOTD and Sky would still call it McAnfield though
It's bad enough that all of these gormless twats insist on always referring to the premier league as 'the Barclays premier league'. Welcome to the spirit of Shankly, brought to you by Bodyform pantyliners. It wouldn't be so bad if clubs just took the money, jumped through a few commercial hoops, and let the fans continue to ignore the new names, but most of the feckless feckers seem only too keen to adopt all of the soulless commercial frippery that comes their way. Banks! People are actually promoting banks!!
The difference is that Arsenal named the stadium itself Emirates Stadium. If they had called it Emirates Field at Highbury, no one would call it the Emirates except the Sky announcers at the beginning of matches.
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I can just hear George Sephton solemnly announcing: 'Will Trevor from Thetford, who is sitting in the Cemen Dip, please report to the Shitto Lounge'
I'm well into maturity but those brand names made me snigger.
I disagree. We should be a calling card for the city itself and the area as a whole. We are called Liverpool for a reason. It may be handy to have an office in London but I'd prefer we stayed different, unique, and promoted our own city as a place to do business.
I know it was absolutely idiotic of the BBC news dept to head up to Salford (when most of their interviewees now have to be interviewed down the line in London). But I don't know about commercial businesses - do they really need to be in London to discuss deals with, say, Asian airlines or US drinks companies? I bow to those with superior knowledge on that. But so long as we get a BETTER set up than we currently have, it's progress.
Ha. Naming stands doesn't really bother me but yeh you have to draw lines somewhere. The stands will still be called the same things in conversations. Christ I still call the centenary the Kemlyn. Showing me age there...
We're lucky the stadium is still in Liverpool. As if some lizard from thousands of miles away would want to come here 9 to 5. It's a nice thought, but really... it's been ages since we were owned by anyone who would let the accident of our location get in the way of a life on expenses in the west end.
I suspect it's not so much a question of whether they really need to be in London, more one of whether those they're dealing with think they do. This is one of those contexts in which perception = reality.
Stadium naming rights are one of the worst things in modern day sport. I've gotten accustomed to it here in the states but a lot of the stadiums with the ridiculous corporate names are new or fairly new.*
As far as football goes, slapping these ridiculous stadium monikers onto stadiums that are decades old and filled with history just gives me massive douche chills.
*It really annoyed me when the Denver Broncos built a new stadium and renamed it. Their original stadium had always been known as Mile High Stadium. When they built a new stadium they named it Invesco Stadium at Mile High and now it is known as Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Just awful.
As far as football goes, slapping these ridiculous stadium monikers onto stadiums that are decades old and filled with history just gives me massive douche chills.
*It really annoyed me when the Denver Broncos built a new stadium and renamed it. Their original stadium had always been known as Mile High Stadium. When they built a new stadium they named it Invesco Stadium at Mile High and now it is known as Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Just awful.
Please let it be sponsored by one of these fine companies:
I can just hear George Sephton solemnly announcing: 'Will Trevor from Thetford, who is sitting in the Cemen Dip, please report to the Shitto Lounge'
Bring the megapussi along for a golden gay time!
Think big mate. Calling card for Liverpool can extend a bit and set up global bases to reach out more.....
It's like tourism boards of countries having offices in different countries.
Mmm maybe. I shall defer to your being a king.
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If you're into the whole brevity thing.
If you're into the whole brevity thing.
Please let it be sponsored by one of these fine companies:
I can just hear George Sephton solemnly announcing: 'Will Trevor from Thetford, who is sitting in the Cemen Dip, please report to the Shitto Lounge'
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