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!