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Bolton new stadium name..

AFKABartram
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The Toughsheet Community Stadium

and if you don’t like it, well tough sheet

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  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,975
    Up there with Southends Rose West Stand.


  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,618
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,593
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
    Have we got a soul to sell? Everything else has gone.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,618
    guinnessaddick said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
    Have we got a soul to sell? Everything else has gone.
    I’d say we at least have soul.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
    Agreed, but it's different with new grounds that have no historic name. That will be the 4th name Bolton's stadium has had
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,194
    I didn’t even know it wasn’t the Reebok any more.  
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    Uboat said:
    I didn’t even know it wasn’t the Reebok any more.  
    Which is the problem with sponsored stadiums, as the first name sticks. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,241
    Reebok, Macron, University of Bolton, now ToughSheet. All for one stadium that's been open less than 30 years
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,664
    Hideous stadium, hideous name.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    What was the first sponsored stadium in this country ?

    Britannia ? 
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  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 727
    MrOneLung said:
    What was the first sponsored stadium in this country ?

    Britannia ? 
    I'd have a guess at the mccains stadium..Scarborough. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    The Theatre of Chips as it was known.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,517
    My fave is still the Ice Cream Van Stand at The Mornflake Stadium. 

    Not a patch on The Valley, though. 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    charlton_hero said:
    Hideous stadium, hideous name.
    Not quite sure what is hideous about the stadium.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    one thing is sure we won't get a BBC drama sponsorship, Happy Valley we ain't
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
    Yeah ‘The Reebok’ had such tradition, rooted in the club’s history. 
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,393
    There was once I think a ‘Bell End’ at Port Vale named after the owner.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    The Red Robin said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
    Yeah ‘The Reebok’ had such tradition, rooted in the club’s history. 
    Sure, but in fairness, Reebok was a company founded in Bolton.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Didn't it get changed to the Macron Stadium when they changed kit suppliers?
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    killerandflash said:
    Uboat said:
    I didn’t even know it wasn’t the Reebok any more.  
    Which is the problem with sponsored stadiums, as the first name sticks. 
    And not a problem that it does, I will never call the East Stand the Alan Curbishley stand the same as I would never call the covered end the North Stand.

    Naming stands and grounds gives the clubs a few bob and an ego trip for for sponsor, true fans carry on and don't even notice it. Having said that I would not be happy if The Valley was changed
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  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,166
    I’d be happy with The Valley of Dreams (sponsored by the bed people)…
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    my favorite is the Tony Macaroni Arena, nicknamed The Spagettihad by Livi fans
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    It'd be interesting to see how much they're getting for this naming deal. This is a club who were in the Premier league as recently as 2012.

    "Bolton said the partnership with the company, based in Westhoughton, represents the largest sponsorship deal in the club's history."
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Maybe the Valley Cafe Stadium would beat that deal?
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I’d hate The Valley to be changed. Selling the clubs soul if you ask me. 
    Have we got a soul to sell? Everything else has gone.
    I’d say we at least have soul.
    Are souls in season?
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Almost any commercial revenue for a club at this level is fine, a means to an end and as long as the name doesn't sound stupid when read aloud (toughsheet  :D) job's a good'un
    We're obviously drawing the line at saudi, omani, russian etc blood drenched money, tobacco, alcohol and gambling companies
    If they've got the readies The Valley Café Stadium or the Makro Valley would be all good - it's far more important that the egomaniac tosspot in charge of spending the money spends it well and stops signing crocks, has-beens or muppet managers.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Chad Valley (we're just a plaything)
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    I’ve commented on other threads before that the day The Valley is renamed is the day I stop going (albeit sporadically). I know others don’t get it but to me it’s an integral part of what the club is and why I support it. 

    Melodramatic perhaps, but some things are sacrosanct in my mind, and “The Valley” is one of them. I think it stems from the exile years and the fight to get back. It’s probably closer to many Charlton fans than, say, The Reebok would be to Bolton (although I’m sure many of them felt the same - but the reality is that for every one of me there are many more, including potential new fans, that couldn’t care less).
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,194
    SporadicAddick said:
    I’ve commented on other threads before that the day The Valley is renamed is the day I stop going (albeit sporadically). I know others don’t get it but to me it’s an integral part of what the club is and why I support it. 

    Melodramatic perhaps, but some things are sacrosanct in my mind, and “The Valley” is one of them. I think it stems from the exile years and the fight to get back. It’s probably closer to many Charlton fans than, say, The Reebok would be to Bolton (although I’m sure many of them felt the same - but the reality is that for every one of me there are many more, including potential new fans, that couldn’t care less).
    I absolutely get that, but as has been mentioned above, everyone would continue to call it The Valley. 

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