City Voice - Name the stand

Bill said:
She was there in the mid 60's, I was only a boy but I knew what I wanted to do with that fucking bell.
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I agree, but the letter was from a woman called 'Mabel' who lived in Clayton, travelled home and away (including Europe) and questioned Helen's support. It just shows that fans have so many different views that it's impossible to please everyone. Mabel ended by saying "I can name a lot of number one City fans, but they don't like the limelight - we like our team to have all that." I guess, regardless of whether she was right or wrong about Helen, that line is appropriate for the naming of the South Stand. Let's keep it as the South Stand and give it its own unique identity.
 
Gary James said:
If we have to rename the South Stand (and I don't think we should) how about the Gorton Stand or Gorton End - remembering our birth and also it is actually the end nearest Gorton (and you can see the old Fujitsu tower out of the back of the stand where our research shows our 1st pitch was, close to Thomas St and Clowes St)
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(1) We are all agreed that the South Stand should definitely not be named after a fan/Cityzen for each PL home match.
(2) Whereas a number of names of former players have been suggested, there seems to be a consensus emerging that one individual player should not be singled out and the South Stand named after him as so many have contributed to the team and club in different ways during different eras. Furthermore choosing just one player creates divisions. Lets recognise former players through statues, mosaics,hospitality suites, bars, roadways within The Etihad Campus etc.
(3) Should the stand remain named as The South Stand ? Some think so, others not. The current name is not original,unique or have any special resonance. Nor does it yet have a particularly special identity. Half of it has been given over to away fans on a regular basis for PL games and the entire stand allocated to away fans for some Cup matches. It just happens to be one of 4 stands which were called North,South East and West for ease of reference when we moved from Maine Road to the City of Manchester Stadium.
(4) Adding a new third tier, reducing the band widths of the away allocation and expanding the `singing`
section along with added impetus from the 1894 Group,means that it is right to now consider if the stand can be given a real identity and with that,
a new name - a name which has meaning, not just a point on the compass, but relates to our history,our area,where we come from.
(5) I have thought about your suggestion of -`THE GORTON END` and it makes a lot of sense. It is growing on me more and more.
(6) I believe it is the right time to re-name The South Stand for the reasons stated.
 
Filled this Survey bollocks in today, i told them in no uncertain terms, that it is the worst idea i have ever fkn heard! Seriously who are these fkn idiots that come up with these ideas!
 
Everyone sounds like we should return back to the 70's and dont touch or change a thing as change is bad. Why should the club even think about a creative idea or asking opinion. You're acting like spoilt children. The club is only canvassing opinion, I am sure they will take the majority view if people have been as obnoxiously rude and forceful in their views on the survey replies.

I think the south/east/north stand names need addressing. The difficulty in naming a stand is the finality of the whole thing, so it has to be something that really resonates with the club and fans.

The Mercer Allison stand (however we have areas of the campus already registered in their honour)
the Anna Connell Stand (the college is named in her honour)
Roberto Mancini End (maybe a bit raw yet for some club insiders)

TBH it could be a vote for a different payers name each year as far as I am concerned, its only a fecking name
 
pellers_tastic said:
the Anna Connell Stand (the college is named in her honour)
Roberto Mancini End (maybe a bit raw yet for some club insiders)

TBH it could be a vote for a different payers name each year as far as I am concerned, its only a fecking name
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Probably best not to name it after someone who, evidence suggests, didn't directly play any part in the development of football (talking Anna Connell, not Mancini of course!). Have a read of Amazon product ASIN for the latest research on that period (you can even read the relevant bit for free on the 'look inside' function).

I don't believe we should name stands after people as I explained earlier, but if it has to be a name and we want to recognise the club's formative years then it would have to be either Joshua Parlby (basically the man who made MCFC, though he was only one man of course!), Lawrence Furniss (a constant presence from Gorton in 1880s through to 1940s - he was our president when we won League for 1st time in 1937), or the Alexanders (a presence from 1894 to today).
 
If we named it after a keeper it would be a tough choice between Bert or Frank; personally I'd go for Frank Victor Swift
 
definitely " the Gorton end "

lets honour our roots.sounds great to me,like the song

we were born in Gorton ,we moved to Moss side

from there our name spread far and wide

everybody seen a sky blue shirt

from old aged men with hair like snow

to five year olds who beg to go

stood side by side,they watch their team with pride

and people ask you who you support

and you tell em and they don't why,,,,why ?

doesn't matter if we won or lost ,just as long as we tried

no man u or arsenal for me

its Bell Lee Summerbee

I'll be a kippax kid until the day I die

na naaa na nana na na,na nana na City !
 
Whilst I don't like the idea of naming it after fans and every game at that... I do like the idea it being named after someone special to club on an annual basis as a honour (or perhaps as an induction to a city hall of fame)

It's a progressive idea an allows us to provide a tribute to many names that have served the club
 
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