Renaming of St James’ Park…
Personally speaking, I like them about as much as I like any other team wearing black and white stripes, but I’ve got a huge amount of sympathy for their fans right now.
“What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city.”
Read the full article from today’s Times here.
Not in favour but what the heck its only a name at the end of the day however, only if the white knight business came along and offered a large sum of money for two or three years.
But it isn’t going to happen.