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BuddyBoy

BuddyBoy

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Mar 3, 2013
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Call me old fashioned but it does get to me how grounds are named by the sponsor nowadays. Our stadium is Falmer. Emirates should be called Drayton Park, Leicester and bloody Walkers etc etc.

Am I the only this gets to or do others have similar thoughts sometimes?
 




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dougdeep

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May 9, 2004
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SUNNY SEAFORD
Shall we hand back the money then?
 


Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
I actually like the name Amex Stadium.
 


brightn'ove

brightn'ove

cringe
Apr 12, 2011
9,137
London
Bit it has never been called falmer officially has it? ???

And hasn't it been called the 'Brighton community stadium' for the rugby World Cup?
 


Everest

Everest

Me
Jul 5, 2003
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Southwick




CorgiRegisteredFriend

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
8,317
Boring By Sea
I refer to it as 'Falmer' because that's what we fought for. Where were American Express during the Withdean years?
 


JOLovegrove

JOLovegrove

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Jan 30, 2012
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I think it will always be known as the Amex to the fans, even if we change sponsors.
 








Easy 10

Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
61,752
Location Location
Falmer sounds shit. Its a shit name.

The Amex is cooler than a lime Calippo.
 


Stat Brother

Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,667
West west west Sussex
I think we got pretty lucky with AMEX.

As corporate tie-ins and brand awareness goes (oh sorry I've been channeling my inner Barber, a lot today) it could have been a whole lot worse.

Reebok will always have the edge.
But you can stick your Emirates, Etihad, MaCain up your arse.

I'm more than happy to go to The Amex every other Saturday.
 






Cowfold Seagull

Cowfold Seagull

Fan of the 17 bus
Apr 22, 2009
21,622
Cowfold
BuddyBoy said:
Call me old fashioned but it does get to me how grounds are named by the sponsor nowadays. Our stadium is Falmer. Emirates should be called Drayton Park, Leicester and bloody Walkers etc etc.

Am I the only this gets to or do others have similar thoughts sometimes?
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Well, we know its IS Falmer really don't we?. It wont be called the Amex forever after all.
 






BuddyBoy

BuddyBoy

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Mar 3, 2013
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brightn'ove said:
Bit it has never been called falmer officially has it? ???

And hasn't it been called the 'Brighton community stadium' for the rugby World Cup?
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As far as I know, no, it's never officially been called Falmer.
 


BuddyBoy

BuddyBoy

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Mar 3, 2013
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dougdeep said:
Shall we hand back the money then?
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I don't think that's a fair comment. Yes, sponsors generate a lot of revenue and that's the case across pretty much all top two division clubs. However, it's set a precedent, a bar if you like, where now all clubs rely on the sponsorship money, or else be left way behind. The point was not to attack the sponsor or the cash, but to give thought to the identity of English football stadiums.
 








catfish

catfish

North Stand Brighton Boy
Dec 17, 2010
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Worthing
I always thought of it as Falmer until we started playing there but since then I've become quite used to calling it the Amex.
 




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