Nottingham Forest fans and supporters of other clubs have been reacting to rumours that the City Ground could be renamed to bring in sponsorship cash.
Here's a selection of what you've been saying:
- 007Red: "Derby fans will be laughing at us Again ! U Redssssss"
- Clint_Poppy: "Kuwait city grounds has a nice ring to it....Forest fans have been waiting(or is that Kuwaiting) years to get into the premier league....so this renaming of the ground might sheik them up into finally going up next season or will it be a mirage on the sand dunes of the Kuwait City ground once more?"
- Afropaddy: "Unlike other stadium name changes (e.g. King Power, IPro) if this rumoured name change does happen at least it retains "City Ground" in the title. Everyone will still call it the City Ground anyway. Is it likely that an actual government would sponsor a football team?"
- Short_Legs: "Everybody who's moaning about this must have very short memories. Think back to the state we were in just over 3 years ago before Fawaz took over. If it wasn't for him your beloved City Ground may now have been the Tesco Car Park and Nottingham Forest a fading memory."
- Tbickle: "A step too far?"
- Paperface: Unfortunately, Financial Fair Play has made things like this a requirement in order to spend any money (unless you have Parachute payments). That's why more & more clubs are doing it. Football has changed and we need to keep up if we want to compete. Whilst I would prefer it to remain 'The City Ground', I also understand the need for proof of income, in order to satisfy the FA that we are not maintaining a wage structure, etc...that we cant afford, as a business. If you're not happy about it and want to blame someone, blame the people who created Financial Fair Play!"
- Paul1897: "Heritage? In 1897 we called it the Nottingham city ground in celebration of the city charter and for 100 years we abbreviated it to the City ground. Now we can abbreviate it for another 100 years to the City ground. Money made, heritage saved and we didn't have to call ourselves something to stupid. Works for me."
- Mikkee1: "As long as we stay red and don't do a wimbledon fc. And are called nottingham forest. I trust fawaz to do the right thing for the club. We have a lot of things that are positive for the club. People should be focusing on them.. and in a lot of fans this is a positive so COYR.."
- Kapucheen: "If the suggestion had arisen to change the name when we were at the Baseball Ground, with all its history, then I would have been aggravated. Pride Park as a stadium is "home" in a shallow sense so the change of name to generate income for the greater good of the club feels OK. For me it's not just the fact that the City Ground remains akin to the BBG in history terms, that will hurt enough on its own, its the lalleged name and the connotations that go with it, especially given the money the owner is supposed to have. I don't think any fan deep down would disagree with the principle if it ensures the club clearing the forthcoming financial minefield of court and ffp. It just hurts full stop when you see something you love forced to change. I'm sure we all spare a thought for Cardiff and Hull and the ridiculous lengths their foreign owners are going to, fully applying business revenue
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tactics and screwing with the clubs in the process. In that respect we got off lightly with iPro and Just eat. Juat hate it when it all becomes a "means to an end". Roll on the new season."
