naming of the ground

[Phil from the upper holte]

Naming rights in the Championship would be the square root of fuck all.

It's so you can generate more cash?

[Villa in Denmark]

I love Villa park, but really it's just 4 identikit stands, the oldest of which was built in 1977 and is a bit of a monstrosity.  It does still have the feel of a traditional stadium, but times move on, just as they did when the historic stands of old were replaced with what we have today.

I wouldn't sacrifice the name for trifling amounts of money, but if it was necessary for a major investment - the sort that took us back to European glory, then yeah, you would be mad not to.

Name me another stand like The Holte End.

I used to have a picture of the Holte as my wallpaper at work. Everyone who saw it said a variation on "what the fuck is that".

[Stirchley Villain]

I love Villa park, but really it's just 4 identikit stands, the oldest of which was built in 1977 and is a bit of a monstrosity.  It does still have the feel of a traditional stadium, but times move on, just as they did when the historic stands of old were replaced with what we have today.

I wouldn't sacrifice the name for trifling amounts of money, but if it was necessary for a major investment - the sort that took us back to European glory, then yeah, you would be mad not to.

Name me another stand like The Holte End.

I used to have a picture of the Holte as my wallpaper at work. Everyone who saw it said a variation on "what the fuck is that".

Seated or standing?

[flybo]

i still call a stand the witton lane will always be Villa park to me

[Musicmaan]

It will always be Villa Park to the fans, regardless if any corporate renaming.

[Dave]

Naming rights in the Championship would be the square root of fuck all.

It wouldn't be much more than that in the Premier League.

[Villa in Denmark]

I love Villa park, but really it's just 4 identikit stands, the oldest of which was built in 1977 and is a bit of a monstrosity.  It does still have the feel of a traditional stadium, but times move on, just as they did when the historic stands of old were replaced with what we have today.

I wouldn't sacrifice the name for trifling amounts of money, but if it was necessary for a major investment - the sort that took us back to European glory, then yeah, you would be mad not to.

Name me another stand like The Holte End.

I used to have a picture of the Holte as my wallpaper at work. Everyone who saw it said a variation on "what the fuck is that".

Seated or standing?

The back of the current Holte End.

Mind you similar has been said when explaining up to 18,000 people in the old terrace at the end and over 20,000 when I started going, or showing pictures of the Holte against Inter or the Liverpool cup tie in '88.

I always used to enjoy telling the stripeys we could get most of their ground on the old Bolts.

[Nelly]

I'd love to see those pictures if you still have them, Villa in Denmark.

[Chris Harte]

Well they tried to change the name in its first year of existence 1897 from Aston Lower Grounds to Villa Park but the public didn't like it.It took ten years to get it officially accepted!

I wonder which faceless corporate entity is willing to pay for the naming-rights to the ground only for everyone else to still call it Villa Park for a decade?

I wonder what St James Park (or is it still The Sports Direct Arena?) Is called by barcode fans?

[Stu]

I want a winning team.  If part of that is having to adopt a new name for the stadium then so be it.  Everyone will still know the real name of the ground.

Is now my feelings on the matter, It's not ideal but if it brings in money for new players then so be it. You have to move with the times

Do you really?  Is it law now?

Devil's advocate a bit here, but....

...or we don't move with the times and the same generation of fans keep banging on about the 1976-1983 Villa teams.

We've heard enough about that, surely. We last won a trophy 20 years ago; playing nice and acting like gents is for losers in this game, sadly.

[class-of-82]

Stu
The same generation of fans will keep banging on about the 76-83 teams because they were quite simply the finest That they have ever seen at vp.magical times magical players that I hope one day that I see again and I know that I will never stop going on about those teams for as long as I live.
Can you ever imagine man yoo fans getting fed up of hearing about best law charlton etc
I can see what you are saying that where's the awesome villa team for our generation to talk about for years to come.
But 40 years later I am still waiting to see a better right back than gidman or a left back like Charlie aitken or midfielder better than Cropley or a front two that can match gray and little in there prime so sorry mate until those come along we will still have to bang on about them

[David_Nab]

Naming rights will just be a way around FFP , no one will ever call it by its new name.

Naming rights only work on new grounds ie The Emirates as thats all its ever been known as.

[castlefields_villan]

Stu
The same generation of fans will keep banging on about the 76-83 teams because they were quite simply the finest That they have ever seen at vp.magical times magical players that I hope one day that I see again and I know that I will never stop going on about those teams for as long as I live.
Can you ever imagine man yoo fans getting fed up of hearing about best law charlton etc
I can see what you are saying that where's the awesome villa team for our generation to talk about for years to come.
But 40 years later I am still waiting to see a better right back than gidman or a left back like Charlie aitken or midfielder better than Cropley or a front two that can match gray and little in there prime so sorry mate until those come along we will still have to bang on about them

Fully agree, they were days we shouldn't stop going on about and to a slightly lesser extent the SGT/Big Ron/Brian Little days of the early-mid 1990s, where we both had a team to be proud of and actually won something.

[footyskillz]

I'm reading about this lotus health and the opportunity for villa park to be rebranded as lotus villa park.  I think that's interesting and very business like by the dr

[Phil from the upper holte]

Lotus Villa park is hardly the end of the world is it ?