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City Voice - Name the stand
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LadislavMplmx
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good shout....why not re-name the east stand the fuckin platt lane end while their at it...........The Club are asking for ideas about officially re-naming the South Stand. Whereas some of us may occasionally refer to the East Stand as The Kippax that is an unofficial reference amongst,probably, not that many. I take your point, the East Stand is opposite the Main Stand (West Stand,Colin Bell Stand) and originally was occupied mainly by fans who had transferred from Maine Road`s `New Kippax`. The `singers` for want of a better word, will mainly congregate behind the goal in the currently named South Stand. In the spirit of The Kippax, why not recognise the name formally,forever, and why not now for the new South Stand?
jimbopm
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I'd like to think that We could have Joe Mercer Way, The Colin Bell Stand, The Bert Trautman End, The Kippax and finally when he retires you name the North Stand either the Sergio Aguero or 93:20 end.
FootballSense
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good shout....why not re-name the east stand the fuckin platt lane end while their at it...........
What are your suggestions for the re-naming of The South Stand ? Or, do you think it should remain as The South Stand?
FootballSense
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I'd like to think that We could have Joe Mercer Way, The Colin Bell Stand, The Bert Trautmann End, The Kippax and finally when he retires you name the North Stand either the Sergio Aguero or 93:20 end.
I agree that the Club should think about the names of all the stands now even if they are not actually re-named at this point in time. We need a suite of names that make sense, have longevity,resonance and meaning. Names that not only recognise what CITY and reflect the spirit of the club but send out a message to the football world that we are original modern.
ell
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Some kid fresh out of uni with a shite degree in marketing who clearly has no idea about football or what its about
Manchester33
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Flippin' heck, give us a chance mate - it's hard to judge something before we've even had one game as a group in there!Spot on!! Calling the stand 1894 when you are yet to outsung anyone falls short of a guy who helped us to win the FA Cup with a broken neck - or our great owner!
The Bert Trautmann stand would be good, I don't think anyone disagree's with that, I just feel there are more relevant names we could go for as opposed to something that happened in the 50's. Mansour stand would be more appropriate IMO, but I don't think it's his style.
Manchester33
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I think Joe Hart has a good case for having this stand named after himself - more so than Bert Trautmann.
He's been our best keeper since we moved to the new stadium. He's won more trophies than any other keeper in City's history. He's a spokesperson for the club who seems to represent City as well as anyone. He will most probably earn 100+ England caps. He's clearly got a good bond with the fans at that end of the ground (Think of all the songs - Joey do the poznan - where's your dandruff gone - Joey do the samba etc). He's won more Premier League Golden Glove's than anyone else and is the ONLY English keeper to claim the award.
Obviously I wouldn't name the stand after him until he's retired, but if he stays with us for nearly his entire career then he has to be remembered somehow.
I think some City fans on here are trying to hard to prove we have legends and wanting to stay in touch with our history - which is great, but let's not forget about the people who are making the club tick now, in our most successful era!
He's been our best keeper since we moved to the new stadium. He's won more trophies than any other keeper in City's history. He's a spokesperson for the club who seems to represent City as well as anyone. He will most probably earn 100+ England caps. He's clearly got a good bond with the fans at that end of the ground (Think of all the songs - Joey do the poznan - where's your dandruff gone - Joey do the samba etc). He's won more Premier League Golden Glove's than anyone else and is the ONLY English keeper to claim the award.
Obviously I wouldn't name the stand after him until he's retired, but if he stays with us for nearly his entire career then he has to be remembered somehow.
I think some City fans on here are trying to hard to prove we have legends and wanting to stay in touch with our history - which is great, but let's not forget about the people who are making the club tick now, in our most successful era!
jimbopm
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I think Joe Hart has a good case for having this stand named after himself - more so than Bert Trautmann.
He's been our best keeper since we moved to the new stadium. He's won more trophies than any other keeper in City's history. He's a spokesperson for the club who seems to represent City as well as anyone. He will most probably earn 100+ England caps. He's clearly got a good bond with the fans at that end of the ground (Think of all the songs - Joey do the poznan - where's your dandruff gone - Joey do the samba etc). He's won more Premier League Golden Glove's than anyone else and is the ONLY English keeper to claim the award.
Obviously I wouldn't name the stand after him until he's retired, but if he stays with us for nearly his entire career then he has to be remembered somehow.
I think some City fans on here are trying to hard to prove we have legends and wanting to stay in touch with our history - which is great, but let's not forget about the people who are making the club tick now, in our most successful era!
Fair comments Manchester33, At the age of 28 you could argue that there is the potential for Joe to spend another 8 to 10 years with the club as long as he retains his ability. If it does pan out that way then you're looking at undoubtedly one of City's all time greats, surpassing Trautmann, Corrigan and Swift.
I'm sure he will be honoured in an appropriate manner when the time is right.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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good shout....why not re-name the east stand the fuckin platt lane end while their at it...........[/QUOTE
The only name suitable for the family stand would be the "Sit here if yer want to win the end of season free season ticket, trip to Oz, Abu Dhabi 'cos nobody else sittin' anywhere else ever wins it Stand"!
I haven't read pages 2-7 as I can't be fucked what others think but I think the Cityzen Stand is ok. Bert Trautmann, otherwise, if they don't choose The Dave Ewing Own Goal Stand!