mongbird 0 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Dear Sir / Madam, As a lifelong fan of Sky Sports, I was looking forward to staying at home and watching Newcastle vs Arsenal and Newcastle vs Sunderland in the coming days. However, my excitement was replaced by shame, horror and sadness this afternoon after reading the 'Newcastle vs Arsenal Preview' article when you referred to our stadium (SportsDirect.com@St James Park) as simply 'St James' Park'. Our stadium is both a commercial and a footballing fortress and it needed a name which reflected this. It was why I was so delighted when Mike Ashley boosted our reputation and renamed our stadium 'SportsDirect.com@St James Park'. Every time Sky Sports (Or even any other broadcaster, for that matter.) refers to it as St James' Park, it undermines the football club. It undermines the amazing owner and it undermines the Toon Army. In future, I would appreciate it greatly if you referred to the stadium by it's proper title. By this, I don't mean referring to it in an abbreviation. It is not the DW Stadium and we are not Wigan. We are Newcastle United and we are SportsDirect.com@St James Park. It would bring a tear to my eye if I were forced to boycoutt Sky. I would miss the in-depth analysis and would, more importantly, miss Andy Gray and his fantastic touch screen. Please don't make that happen. I wouldn't be able to cope with hearing the term 'St James' Park' when we're playing in the Champions League next season. Kind Regards Francis Todd Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Cheers for that then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26605 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hilarious. Clearly we should have renamed it the San Siro or the Nou Camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac-Toon 1 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I'm not even biting or nowt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongbird 0 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Hilarious. Clearly we should have renamed it the San Siro or the Nou Camp. Fook aye forgot you are the Barcelona of the north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WDP Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Pipe down eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongbird 0 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Pipe down eh? Reet mate was a tad childish .....ANYHOO Hello, as a proud geordie who has followed Newcastle United since they were founded in 1993, I feel I must object to the continual mispronunciation of the name of our ground, sportsdirect.com@st.james parkstadium, by your broadcast journalists. This is an exciting new era in the glorious 17-year history of our club, but constantly referring to our ground by its previous name associates the club with a period of time we are frankly trying to get away from, and undermines the good work done by Chris Hughton, Mike Ashley, and especially the 'founding fathers of Newcastle', Mr. Tony Jimenez and Mr. Jeff Vetere. Additionally, everyone knows that the name 'St. James Park' is most closely associated in English Premierball with Exeter City, and the new name is part of a concerted effort on the part of Newcastle Utd to finally step out of their shadow. With your help, I know we'll get there. Yours, Frankenstein Trevor Millivanilli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 trying too hard tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12799 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6441 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Clearly spending time on here and not doing home work. Oh, half term aint it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38939 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Estadio da Luz. Oh the delicious irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WDP Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 trying too hard tbh. Far too hard. See when we abuse mackems it's from the heart, it doesn't need contriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Have you lot given up writing to Match of The Day about how biased there coverage is like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Davey 0 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Have you lot given up writing to Match of The Day about how biased there coverage is like? They're still writing crayon-scrawled hate mail to Sugar Puffs lot, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38939 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 trying too hard tbh. So hard he posted it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix 0 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 'Songbird' a type of thrush I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan1990 0 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 trying too hard tbh. So hard he posted it twice. It wasn't funny the first time. Fuck knows what he was trying to achieve by posting it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 trying too hard tbh. So hard he posted it twice. It wasn't funny the first time. Fuck knows what he was trying to achieve by posting it twice. That's what happens when you're born with six fingers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 trying too hard tbh. So hard he posted it twice. It wasn't funny the first time. Fuck knows what he was trying to achieve by posting it twice. That's what happens when you're born with six fingers! On one foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Dear Sir / Madam, As a lifelong fan of Sky Sports, I was looking forward to staying at home and watching Newcastle vs Arsenal and Newcastle vs Sunderland in the coming days. However, my excitement was replaced by shame, horror and sadness this afternoon after reading the 'Newcastle vs Arsenal Preview' article when you referred to our stadium (SportsDirect.com@St James Park) as simply 'St James' Park'. Our stadium is both a commercial and a footballing fortress and it needed a name which reflected this. It was why I was so delighted when Mike Ashley boosted our reputation and renamed our stadium 'SportsDirect.com@St James Park'. Every time Sky Sports (Or even any other broadcaster, for that matter.) refers to it as St James' Park, it undermines the football club. It undermines the amazing owner and it undermines the Toon Army. In future, I would appreciate it greatly if you referred to the stadium by it's proper title. By this, I don't mean referring to it in an abbreviation. It is not the DW Stadium and we are not Wigan. We are Newcastle United and we are SportsDirect.com@St James Park. It would bring a tear to my eye if I were forced to boycoutt Sky. I would miss the in-depth analysis and would, more importantly, miss Andy Gray and his fantastic touch screen. Please don't make that happen. I wouldn't be able to cope with hearing the term 'St James' Park' when we're playing in the Champions League next season. Kind Regards Francis Todd Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Your're? The wanker bit still stands ofc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Your're? The wanker bit still stands ofc. I didn't make it, I just found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 85 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 good call by the mackems tbf - bastards mind and i hate them all but you cant blame them for that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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