Stupid football ground names

[Seagull73]

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

so what is a GROUND then?


a non-enclosed sporting area?

 

[ali jenkins]

Well the goldstone was called a ground but withdean is a stadium.

Its all verry confusing this!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Well the goldstone was called a ground but withdean is a stadium.

Its all verry confusing this!

yeah but withdean is fully enclosed (its a natural bowl)

the goldstone had GAPS in it and stuff


(i think thats why ANYWAY)

 

[Man of Harveys]

(that's what that geek MoH told me ANYWAY)

 

[Bluejuice]

What's wrong with Gay Meadow?

I'd love a stadium called the Gay Meadow, I think it is interesting, different and unique. Certainly everyone remembers it rather than just any old road name.

I always thought Layer Road was particularly lame

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

so, what is a BOWL


when is a BOWL not a STADIUM?

 

[crodonilson]

Davey Fort, home of our very own Lyme Regis FC

The Lamb Ground - Tamworth

 

[Berk (of 'Trapdoor' fame)]

When it's indoors, i.e. not like the misnamed Ricoh Arena.

Then why is the Birmingham Indoor Arena so called? Surely the Indoor bit is superfluous?

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

The Wankdorfstadion, in Switzerland
The Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai, disappointingly pronounced waan-KAYday. And also a cricket ground -- but why let the facts get in the way of saying "wank" on NSC?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Then why is the Birmingham Indoor Arena so called? Surely the Indoor bit is superfluous?

It's a bit of tautologousness. It's HYdromatic. It's GREASED LIGHTNIN'

 

[withdeanwombat]

Vanilla Park?

The Whorethorns?


Up the Albion!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Surely there's a little space on here for the Wankdorf Stadium, which is somewhere in Austria.

Also in Austria, the Arnold Schwarzenegger Stadion.

Nice.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Ricoh Arena
Sincil Bank
Saltergate
The Shay

What is wrong with The Shay?

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Surely there's a little space on here for the Wankdorf Stadium, which is somewhere in Austria.

FIXTURES!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I am not very keen on calling grounds by a sponsors name although in these days of corporate naming rights, I can understand why we do it.

Old Trafford
Anfield
Goodison park
Tanadice
The New Den
Leeds Road
Highbury

Now we have

The Reebok Stadium
The Galpharm Stadium
The JJB Arena
The Emirates Stadium


The thing is , they could be anywhere. If Wigam change their sponsors, the ground will not be JJB, it could just as well as be Heinz Cheezy Peez stadium.

I am from the old school....Falmer to me will always be the New Goldstone, never teh Amex Arena, or Phoenix Brewery Stadium

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I am not very keen on calling grounds by a sponsors name although in these days of corporate naming rights, I can understand why we do it.

Old Trafford
Anfield
Goodison park
Tanadice
The New Den
Leeds Road
Highbury

Now we have

The Reebok Stadium
The Galpharm Stadium
The JJB Arena
The Emirates Stadium


The thing is , they could be anywhere. If Wigam change their sponsors, the ground will not be JJB, it could just as well as be Heinz Cheezy Peez stadium.

I am from the old school....Falmer to me will always be the New Goldstone, never teh Amex Arena, or Phoenix Brewery Stadium

I agree with most of that, but when we move into Falmer it will not be called The New Goldstone, I've got a feeling it will be called The Community Stadium.

 

[Statto]

How about The Lawn. Forest green rovers used to play there. Seems a strange name.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

How about The Lawn. Forest green rovers used to play there.

Forest Green Rovers still play there.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I agree with most of that, but when we move into Falmer it will not be called The New Goldstone, I've got a feeling it will be called The Community Stadium.

Nah

We have already saidthere will be some sort of naming rights