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On the wikipedia page it has it down as being "Ashburton Grove" but refered to as Emirates Stadium for sponsorship reasons. Does that mean the official name is still Ashburton Grove?
Also as we are now officially in Holloway how about calling the stadium that much like the old stadium was called "Highbury" because of the district it was in?
Rocky Number Seven wrote:On the wikipedia page it has it down as being "Ashburton Grove" but refered to as Emirates Stadium for sponsorship reasons. Does that mean the official name is still Ashburton Grove?
Also as we are now officially in Holloway how about calling the stadium that much like the old stadium was called "Highbury" because of the district it was in?
It's called Ashburton Grove on CL nights I think, because you can't use sponsored stadium names or some shite. Allianz Arena is "Munich Stadium", Man Shitty's Etihad is named Eastlands on CL nights etc.
Martin Tyler on FIFA 12 tells me that it should be called "New Highbury"
Rocky Number Seven wrote:On the wikipedia page it has it down as being "Ashburton Grove" but refered to as Emirates Stadium for sponsorship reasons. Does that mean the official name is still Ashburton Grove?
Also as we are now officially in Holloway how about calling the stadium that much like the old stadium was called "Highbury" because of the district it was in?
Good idea!! We can than hire the Blackpool manager and get the same symmetry as we currently have with Arsenal and Arsene!!
Rocky Number Seven wrote:On the wikipedia page it has it down as being "Ashburton Grove" but refered to as Emirates Stadium for sponsorship reasons. Does that mean the official name is still Ashburton Grove?
Also as we are now officially in Holloway how about calling the stadium that much like the old stadium was called "Highbury" because of the district it was in?
Good idea!! We can than hire the Blackpool manager and get the same symmetry as we currently have with Arsenal and Arsene!!
Hmmmm.....at the end of the season, coming 4th with the chavs picking up the cup (thereby us ending up in the "thursday cup") it could well name itself......"crybury"
Edit: By the way where can I start a Friday joke thread? Does it have to go in the basement?
Rocky Number Seven wrote:On the wikipedia page it has it down as being "Ashburton Grove" but refered to as Emirates Stadium for sponsorship reasons. Does that mean the official name is still Ashburton Grove?
Also as we are now officially in Holloway how about calling the stadium that much like the old stadium was called "Highbury" because of the district it was in?
It's called Ashburton Grove on CL nights I think, because you can't use sponsored stadium names or some shite. Allianz Arena is "Munich Stadium", Man Shitty's Etihad is named Eastlands on CL nights etc.
Martin Tyler on FIFA 12 tells me that it should be called "New Highbury"
LeftfootlegendGooner wrote:Hmmmm.....at the end of the season, coming 4th with the chavs picking up the cup (thereby us ending up in the "thursday cup") it could well name itself......"crybury"
Edit: By the way where can I start a Friday joke thread? Does it have to go in the basement?
No, you can keep it clean if you like!! Seriously though, it's best if any joke thread goes into the Cannonball section of the forum.
LeftfootlegendGooner wrote:Hmmmm.....at the end of the season, coming 4th with the chavs picking up the cup (thereby us ending up in the "thursday cup") it could well name itself......"crybury"
Edit: By the way where can I start a Friday joke thread? Does it have to go in the basement?
No, you can keep it clean if you like!! Seriously though, it's best if any joke thread goes into the Cannonball section of the forum.
Cheers IHH, clean one below:
I was at the baths today and decided to have a sneaky pisss in the deep end, the life-guard must have noticed. He blew his whistle so fuking hard I nearly fell in!!!!!
HashKads wrote:I don't see why they don't just call it Highbury?
Would the fans not be annoyed at that? Maybe they wouldn't mind like but for me there's only one Highbury, and the Emirates is an incredibly poor substitute for it, I don't think it deserves the name, but that might just be me!
Tbf, most people I speak to still refer to it as Highbury. As Reb pointed out, it was never officially called Highbury so we may as well make this official
Although, I would put money on it that when the contract runs out with Emirates, it will be another major American brand. With Kroenkes ties to Walmart, I can see it being the Walmart Arena.
aye you're probably right. Its a pain when you get a shit name for a stadium but it seems to be rife nowadays (hell, we get a shit name and we dont even get sponsorship money from it!). I'll just always think of highbury as being the old ground (even though it wasnt officially called that). I'd hate to be telling someone that I loved highbury only to have them say "yeah, the seats are so comfortable"
Bradywasking wrote:Players are holding interviews with Citrone next week. Throw in Wenger's handbrake and empty petrol tanks statements we can see where this is is going.
So the Citrone Stadium for under-used, cumbersome , high maintainence, over-priced Cars (Players)
Going back to another thread Boomers new identity has been unearthed
Bradywasking wrote:Players are holding interviews with Citrone next week. Throw in Wenger's handbrake and empty petrol tanks statements we can see where this is is going.
So the Citrone Stadium for under-used, cumbersome , high maintainence, over-priced Cars (Players)
Going back to another thread Boomers new identity has been unearthed