Superphil
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Saved us from going into oblivion, got us 3 promotions and planning permission for a new stadium, all while potless'. Albion, legend in my eyes, deserves to have some sort of major recognition at the new stadium.
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Should we have a Dick Knight Stand in the Amex?
- Thread starter Icy Gull
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Saved us from going into oblivion, got us 3 promotions and planning permission for a new stadium, all while potless'. Albion, legend in my eyes, deserves to have some sort of major recognition at the new stadium.
Wrong way round. The track from the station should be called "Perry Ferry" and the cycletrack to Moulescoomb named "Knight rider"
Marshy
Well-known member
No, as much as i appreciate eveything DK did for the club.
Further down the line maybe, but for me there is significant money to be made in naming rights to the stands.
Further down the line maybe, but for me there is significant money to be made in naming rights to the stands.
magoo
New member
Don't think that's true. Only a few mindless idiots say that just to get a rise.
fire&skill
Killer-Diller
Absolutely. And if Bournemouth can have THIS monstrosity, I think it's the least he deserves
Seagull on the wing
New member
Remember when Dick Knight used to stand in the Northstand at the Goldstone so naming the Northstand at the Amex would be a fitting tribute. It does not have to cover any advertising boardings.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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You clearly don't appreciate it that much then, just imo like. It would be quite easy to have it as the Dick Knight Stand sponsored by *******, so we may not get top dollar but we'd still get local companies willing to go down that road, I think
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
That is hilarious. A complete class by-pass.
Seagull on the wing
New member
On the poll see 3 voted against and one not fussed either way...yet there is so far only one antiposting on here...somebody not got the courage of their convictions.
Phat Baz 68
Get a ****ing life mate !
- Apr 16, 2011
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101% without Dick Knight there simply wouldnt be a Brighton & Hove Albion NUFF SAID !!!
The Large One
Who's Next?
No there isn't - according to people who've been on the stadium tours, they haven't been able to sell the naming rights.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
And we certainly wouldn't have had a Supporters' Bar without him.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Generally, I don't think chairmen should have stands named after them. Football is about players, and I just feel long-serving playing legends is more appropriate. Maybe I'd name one of the better dining/conference suites inside the West Stand after him instead. But I do accept that this could be an exceptional case, and Knight did more as chairman for this club than many elsewhere, even if the job wasn't quite finished until Bloom came along.
Tooting Gull
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I'm no brand expert, but I would have thought naming rights for individual stands would have a lot more value if the whole stadium wasn't so associated with another brand, so you may as well do a couple for Knight/playing legends.
I'm sure the club said that they would never sell the North Stand for advertising rights, so if they called it the Dick Knight North Stand or something that would solve the problem.
Or just keep it as North / South / East / West which sounds better anyway.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
The exit road from Sussex University is already called Knights Gate Road. And has been for years.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Quite - imagine sitting in the The John West West Stand Upper.
Marshy
Well-known member
Well if that is the case then Im happy to name one after him.
I personally dont think DK would want it anyway, If we as Fans connot appreciate what Dick did for us over the years and need a Stand named after him to remind us then thats a pretty poor show