Welshtel
Vital Football Hero
We're coming closer to the time when White Hart Lane as a Club Stadium identity is reportedly going to disappear and a new name will be brought into being. What do we all think about the prospect of losing part of our identity? The good old stadium has been (for me anyway) one of the main names that represents the club. Tottenham Hotspur FC is of course the Club's full identity but the stadium's name is synonymous with where we play at home and holds much of our identity, being who we are.
The search for a sponsor, who will undoubtedly want to change the Stadium's name to reflect its own ambitions, will be the big talking point.
I know we've discussed some of this on the forum under, 'The Stadium' but now that it's nearer to the time, what is our reaction like to losing our old location as a name?
I for one will be gutted to lose what for me is a large part of our identity. I LIKE the name, A WHITE HART, probably there's a link to our club colours right there and lent some of that to the Lily-whites nickname. I don't know why as the club progressed from it's birth, it didn't use the deer as a symbol rather than the cockerel but still, I like the name and because it is still going to be our location, I don't really want to lose reference to it. We're one of the oldest clubs in the league, there are few older. So from a tradition point of view, I would NOT like to see the name lost. SURELY commentators will refer to it and it's new sponsor as, The ***** Stadium at White Hart Lane.
SO HOW are YOUR feelings running? Can you see us losing our location name altogether in the future? AND do you fancy having a new name for the stadium that may take over some of the club's identity? After all, our 'neighbours' are spoken of as The Emirates. And what about a foreign image? THE 'Qatar Investment Agency' could render us 'The QIA ARENA'. Now that would not sit well with me.
OK, 'He who pays the piper.....' but what about this tune? Do we want to sing it?
The search for a sponsor, who will undoubtedly want to change the Stadium's name to reflect its own ambitions, will be the big talking point.
I know we've discussed some of this on the forum under, 'The Stadium' but now that it's nearer to the time, what is our reaction like to losing our old location as a name?
I for one will be gutted to lose what for me is a large part of our identity. I LIKE the name, A WHITE HART, probably there's a link to our club colours right there and lent some of that to the Lily-whites nickname. I don't know why as the club progressed from it's birth, it didn't use the deer as a symbol rather than the cockerel but still, I like the name and because it is still going to be our location, I don't really want to lose reference to it. We're one of the oldest clubs in the league, there are few older. So from a tradition point of view, I would NOT like to see the name lost. SURELY commentators will refer to it and it's new sponsor as, The ***** Stadium at White Hart Lane.
SO HOW are YOUR feelings running? Can you see us losing our location name altogether in the future? AND do you fancy having a new name for the stadium that may take over some of the club's identity? After all, our 'neighbours' are spoken of as The Emirates. And what about a foreign image? THE 'Qatar Investment Agency' could render us 'The QIA ARENA'. Now that would not sit well with me.
OK, 'He who pays the piper.....' but what about this tune? Do we want to sing it?
