Holte End to be renamed?

[SashasGrandad]

How many under 30 still call it the Witton Lane Stand? How many still call it the Witton End instead of North Stand? I always say North Stand as that's what it has been called all my Villa time as an example.

Geographically the North Stand is more West than North so if any stand needs a new name it's that one.

Also the Witton Lane stand faces the M6 (and the railway line) so a sponsors name on that in bright lights would be more prominent.

[Breezeblock]

It will be the end of the "The Holte End - the 12th Man" banner. Can't see a sponsor standing for that unless you change it to "The $SPONSOR stand - the 12th man" and that doesn't have quite the same ring to it somehow.

[silhillvilla]

They will use the Witton Lane facade for when they rename the ground which is surely not far behind this "test the water" stunt
Tom Fox at work it seems .

[olaftab]

So how many other "stunts" Fox has pulled off that we should know about?

[bertlambshank]

They will use the Witton Lane facade for when they rename the ground which is surely not far behind this "test the water" stunt
Tom Fox at work it seems .

I have no problem with them renaming the stadium it's where the money is.If Mr Fox wants to rename I just wish he would come out and say it.
He doesn't know the good folk of Birmingham very well,we don't need a lot to moan about.

[MarkM]

Let's face it, the largest amount of sponsorship would come from the renaming of the ground not the stands.

If they do rename the stands it will be a short step to giving Villa Park a new name.

[peter w]

But before you rename the ground you test the water by mentioning sponsoring the most high profile stand and observe public opinion.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Seen on another site -

""Yippee-ay-eh, yippee-ay-oh, Poundlanders in the sky ."

Made me chuckle !

[john2710]

Some people won't be bothered, others will say they'll never set foot at Villa Park again. You'll never get consensus on something like this.

Personally I couldn't care less what they call it, as long as we get some decent revenue from it & that revenue is well spent. The Holte End is the same as The Kop at Liverpool, I couldn't name the other stands, that's why we would get more revenue for the Holte compared to the other three.

Whatever, it will always be the Holte End.

[Risso]

I don't have a problem with this in principle, I just hope it's a company that we have no good reason to dislike or be ashamed of.

Let's hope it's not Aston Villa who sponsor the stands then.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

I'd prefer that part of our history wasn't officially erased in the futile pursuit of 'success' in a fixed competition.

[dicedlam]

Personally it doesn't bother me that much. However, what does bother me is that it seems that Lerner will be sticking around a lot longer than we thought.

I would of presumed any potential buyers out there would have liked the fact that Villa Park is still a blank canvas in terms of any re-naming commercial rights?

[dave.woodhall]

I'd prefer that part of our history wasn't officially erased in the futile pursuit of 'success' in a fixed competition.

I'd prefer that the competition wasn't so fixed, but it is, so if we're going to be in it we might as well give ourselves a better chance.

[Ian.]

So how many other "stunts" Fox has pulled off that we should know about?

The latest trick I heard was he's learning how to perform the bicycle kick. Doug's a bit old to explain so he's learning from YouTube self help videos.

[Gregorys Boy]

Its a no from me.  I'm not convinced how much money it would really raise and there are plenty of other ways to raise income which don't involve messing with our history.  I can't see Liverpool doing the same with the Kop.