Is it time to rename the West and East Stands?

[McTavish]

Yes.

Corrected for you...

 

[el punal]

The Kemy Agustien Stand

Wow! Are they going to put another tier on the West Stand?

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Think everything is fine as it is myself

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I'd change. It's not like it's the Goldstone or something meaningful, so if AE stopped paying, I'd call it the new sponsors name (within reason). And if we didn't, new sponsors would give up paying for the right after a while, meaning the club would lose out.

Would they though? The media would be obliged to call the stadium by whatever the sponsors wanted to call it, and I guess any new fans would probably fall into line. But for all of the current fanbase, 'The Amex' is a convenient shorthand term for the stadium. And IMHO I don't see that changing anytime soon.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

How about you don't count your chickens mate., can't stand it when people tempt fate !

Me too Alf mate, me too,

 

[Triggaaar]

Would they though? The media would be obliged to call the stadium by whatever the sponsors wanted to call it

True. But if social media and videos of fans chatting always referred to it as the Amex, surely that would piss off a new sponsor? The coverage they get is not just on SSN, but also the fans talking about it.

and I guess any new fans would probably fall into line.

Well we're not about to lose Amex, so I don't expect a large influx of fans in the future.

But for all of the current fanbase, 'The Amex' is a convenient shorthand term for the stadium. And IMHO I don't see that changing anytime soon.

I don't see it changing because we're not about to lose American Express. But if we did, although the Amex is a short and convenient term, it is a brand, so I wouldn't feel right saying it if they weren't our sponsor.

 

[AmexRuislip]

I believe the Amex needs an uplift in time for our journey into the Premiership. I would think Tony Bloom is too much of a shrinking violet to have the West Stand renamed after himself.If not Tony, maybe former directors,managers,players or local landmarks. How about The Goldstone Stand or The Martin Perry Stand in honour of his long standing work in acquiring the Amex Stadium?
Please don't go down the lines of a sponsored stand though.I can see Paul Barber licking his lips at the very thought.I know it will require a considerable outlay to change signage inside and out on concourses but would be swallowed up by our Premiership windfall.
Let's hear if you think this is a good idea or your names please?

A NO from Tony Bloom, 59 minutes in.

 

[super-seagulls]

How many more times its The Premier League not the Premiership.

How many more times it's it's not its!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

True. But if social media and videos of fans chatting always referred to it as the Amex, surely that would piss off a new sponsor?

Pretty sure that the current sponsors are pretty pee'ed off at us all sporting our SKINT etc. tops. Wasn't there a World Cup Finals match sometime recently where fans wearing the non-current logo were actually refused admission to the game? Wasn't it something to do with the Dutch national team? Or have I gone wrong?

 

[Triggaaar]

Wasn't there a World Cup Finals match sometime recently where fans wearing the non-current logo were actually refused admission to the game?

sad times.

Or have I gone wrong?

I think you may have been born wrong, but that's another subject.

 

[alfredmizen]

Reckon we'll never call it anything other than THE AMEX now, no matter who the future sponsors are.

True

 

[Sussexscots]

Talking of naming things after former players, perhaps Old Trafford could be renamed Ji Sung Park?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

I believe the Amex needs an uplift in time for our journey into the Premiership. I would think Tony Bloom is too much of a shrinking violet to have the West Stand renamed after himself.If not Tony, maybe former directors,managers,players or local landmarks. How about The Goldstone Stand or The Martin Perry Stand in honour of his long standing work in acquiring the Amex Stadium?
Please don't go down the lines of a sponsored stand though.I can see Paul Barber licking his lips at the very thought.I know it will require a considerable outlay to change signage inside and out on concourses but would be swallowed up by our Premiership windfall.
Let's hear if you think this is a good idea or your names please?

I think if we do rename them we should call the East stand 'the West stand', and the West stand should be renamed as 'the East stand' just to mess with people's heads

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Alternatively you could rename one as 'We're too old to' stand and the other as 'We're only sitting because we're not allowed to' stand

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

I think if we do rename them we should call the East stand 'the West stand', and the West stand should be renamed as 'the East stand' just to mess with people's heads

People's heads already messed with due to the orientation, west stand is more to south than to west

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Let's just name the East Upper: The Simmo Stand.
I'm sure everyone around me will agree with this

Apart from LamieRobertson who is up the other end from me - thankfully

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Let's just name the East Upper: The Simmo Stand.

Actually I prefer the name Bens Grandstand

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Pretty sure that the current sponsors are pretty pee'ed off at us all sporting our SKINT etc. tops. Wasn't there a World Cup Finals match sometime recently where fans wearing the non-current logo were actually refused admission to the game? Wasn't it something to do with the Dutch national team? Or have I gone wrong?

You've gone wrong.

Any old ACTUAL Dutch shirts would have been allowed in. What were refused entry, were a big group (of fit blondes, I seem to recall) resplendent in bright orange 'fake' Netherlands shirts emblazoned with the logo of a competitor to the 'Official beer' (or something similar).

 

[Bognor Bystander]

No it isn't time to rename any of the stands.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Actually I prefer the name Bens Grandstand

Shirley he is in the West Stand tho - hip hip hooray