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Im not sure you were joking but anyway, if your from western Russia then politically you are from Europe. Political borders determine where a country is more so than geography. Hence Alaska is a US State and not a province of Canada. Whether your from St. Petersburg or Magadan youre from Russia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
Tomorrows lesson will be on maths.
I'm hoping this "Aviva" nonsense doesn't catch on and we still call it Lansdowne
Why you so attached to the road the ground was on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scram
Oh and the UEFA 5 star grounds thingy is gone. UEFA now rank grounds Category 1, 2, 3 or Elite
Wiki gives you the basic of an "Elite" stadium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Stadia_List
UEFA.com gives the details
http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/551788.pdf
I'm not, just opposed to people acting like sheep and calling something by the sponsor's name. I like the link with past stories, glories and failures!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
35 years of history? (and yeah I know we played there earlier but its really only 35 years as a regular ground)
Nothing sheeplike at all in calling a ground by its name.
arent ticket prices frozen for the next few years?Quote:
Originally Posted by CarrickFan
Exactly what I was thinking. Think people get too hung up on sentiments and in Lansdownes case there's not that much to be sentimental about. It was a rubbish stadium anyway and the less links we have to it the better in my opinion. Some good times obviously but if we played our home games in a caravan park for 35 yrs I'm sure we'd have some fond memories from there too. Aviva is fine by me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
In other words "viva l'Aviva"!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
I'd be more opposed to the idea of naming grounds after large face-less corporations, not for me. I'm sure that those evil capitalists would love it if they could spread their message at every juncture. It'll remain Lansdowne to me but to each their own.
As opposed to what Lansdowne Road was named after?Quote:
Originally Posted by Docboy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Lansdowne
I suppose it depends on which of the two is the lesser case of prostitution. Naming something after a person seems more innocuous than the naming after a company. For better or worse, Landsdowne has a historical link with this country (judging by that provided link & hell, every facet of our modern nation is defined by those times, not least the language we're debating in), so I have no problem with the roots of the old stadium's name. "Aviva" on the other hand means nothing.
Subsidiary titles: Earl of Kerry (created 1723 in the Peerage of Ireland); :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Aviva it is so!!
Any association with Kerry should be erased from memory.