Questionnaire for City fans on the significance of football stadium names

[Fame Monster]

I call it Eastlands cos it sounds the best, not a fan of COMS or the Etihad

 

[wagonman]

A rose by any other name...


JJ

 

[Fraserja]

Done. We're in an unusual position in that the Etihad didn't really have a name prior to the Abu Dhabi takeover.

Thanks. So before it was called the Etihad, did City fans not call it the City of Manchester Stadium?

 

[Fraserja]

Done.
Good luck.

Thanks a lot!

 

[paulchapo]

I used to call it Maine Road for years now I just call it going to the match.

 

[trotsky]

Thanks. So before it was called the Etihad, did City fans not call it the City of Manchester Stadium?

No, not many at all. The most common name was Eastlands - I'm pretty sure it was widely used by the media too. The Blue Camp was used by a few - a take on Barcelona 's stadium (Barca were our first opponents too).

 

[Thomas Hearns]

I still call it Maine Road by accident ocasionally.

I liked the name Eastlands for this ground and I didn't mind CoMS either, took it as a veiled dig at the trafford rags

 

[citytill1die84]

Done

 

[pirate]

i have completed the survey, but the questions on page 8 are bollocks. the answers are more nuanced than choosing one or the other and would require at least 200 words to explain.

 

[Banshee]

Done...good luck!

 

[manchester blue]

Thanks. So before it was called the Etihad, did City fans not call it the City of Manchester Stadium?

I’ve never really heard anyone give it the full name. COMS and Eastlands more. As I mentioned in the survey because it’s relativly new stadium I didn’t mind the name change. If I was a Liverpool, Unitrd or Newcastle fan I would most likely not want to change via naming rights. The Etihad will probably stick long after it changes again for some.

 

[cyberblue]

Hi, I am Fraser, a third year student at the Manchester Metropolitan University carrying out my dissertation project on the significance of football stadium names within fan culture. It would be greatly appreciated if you could click on the link below to answer a questionnaire, it will only take a couple of minutes. Thanks ever so much for your help.

https://goo.gl/forms/mS0bzGJMIIDu5sUE2

Done good luck

 

[Mike N]

Done

 

[BlueNirvana]

Done GL

 

[Mhh1960]

Done. Good luck, just should have been a third option or opinion on Q8.

 

[s1ty m]

Done.

 

[McfcJ]

Done

 

[Rolee]

Remember what Etihad means in Arabic!

Unison

 

[thekippax]

Done

 

[easyken]

Dunne