We need a new stadium

[Badboy 1,526]

, Samsung Stadium sounds like a modern name.

:clown:

[Shane 2,275]

:clown:

Fuck off you clueless prick

[Cameron 30]

I'd prefer a new Stadium.

Bigger Stadium = Bigger Income

and we can have a proper shed end without the away fans in there, Samsung Stadium sounds like a modern name.

Ask Arsenal fans if they'd rather Highbury or The Emirates.

Although it'd cost at least 400m to build and there seems no obvious locations for it to be built. We can move the away fans out of the shed now, we don't need a new stadium to do that, trouble is it doesn't look like the clubs planning to do that either.

Samsung Stadium? Get out!

[middleoftheshed 388]

Ask Arsenal fans if they'd rather Highbury or The Emirates.

99% of them would say Highbury

I spoke to an Arsenal fan before the last match we played at SB and he and all his match going mates hate it. Highbury, as we all know, was a library but at least it had character. The Emirates really is horrible.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Although it'd cost at least 400m to build and there seems no obvious locations for it to be built. We can move the away fans out of the shed now, we don't need a new stadium to do that, trouble is it doesn't look like the clubs planning to do that either.

Samsung Stadium? Get out!

Spot on.

[middleoftheshed 388]

New Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has revealed that the club would consider naming rights for Stamford Bridge.During an exclusive interview with Chelsea TV tonight, his first since succeeding Peter Kenyon, Gourlay made it clear that such a deal would be possible on the proviso the name Stamford Bridge was retained in any agreement with a suitable blue-chip company.

'Retaining the heritage of the stadium is paramount to considering such a move but we think that is achievable and on that basis we would enter into discussions over naming rights with the right partner for Chelsea,' said Gourlay.

'We understand that this is a sensitive issue for our fans and that is why we would keep the name Stamford Bridge in any deal.

'What we are not prepared to happen, and I am sure our fans will appreciate this, is allow our rival clubs in England and Europe to gain a competitive advantage over us in terms of the revenue they can generate through either expanding the capacity of their existing stadia or moving to a new stadium and then invest that upside in their team or the club.

'Those possibilities are not open to Chelsea for the foreseeable future because of the restrictions in expanding our stadium and the issues around finding a new site, so that means we have to be creative and look at our sponsorship architecture and see if we can create new value and new opportunities that keeps us competitive.

'Our stadium does very well at the moment in competing with the bigger, and in some cases newer, stadia of our rivals. But they have more possibilities in the long run than we do. We cannot sell anymore tickets to Chelsea fans as we sell out virtually every match within our limited capacity.

'The match day experience at Stamford Bridge and the relationship with our fans has improved greatly through initiatives such as our flexible ticketing policy for all cup matches, the freezing of non-hospitality ticket prices for the last four seasons for Premier League matches and subsidised or free travel to a significant number of away games.

'But we need to keep evolving and move the business forward to support the football side and the club generally. This is a potentially realistic way of doing that.'

get fucked

[millzy_chelsea_fan 4]

this is bull shit

[Cameron 30]

It's good he understands the importance of 'Stamford Bridge' to us the supporters, and it'll always be in our name (at least while we stay at the current ground). Considering any sort of a deal would still have it in, I can't imagine it making too much of a difference to the name and all us would still refer to it as SB anyway. Football's becoming more and more about business, and I guess we'll just have to accept that notion.

[Kez 2,727]

Fucking joke.

[Blueboy 14]

No, no no no:fainthv9:. For fuck's sake.:censored:

[warnie_666 1,081]

Samsung Stamford Bridge!!!

or Addidas Stamford Bridge!!!

Crazy Crazy decision according to me. But its all about money. Atleast they have the sanity to keep Stamford Briedge...unlike Arsenal's Emirates and Bolton's Reebok.

[Term-X 7,891]

and to think things where going so well...

man-utd & liverpool are not considering this, only the small clubs like spurs are.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

It's good he understands the importance of 'Stamford Bridge' to us the supporters, and it'll always be in our name (at least while we stay at the current ground). Considering any sort of a deal would still have it in, I can't imagine it making too much of a difference to the name and all us would still refer to it as SB anyway. Football's becoming more and more about business, and I guess we'll just have to accept that notion.

I absolutely agree there. If it brings in a nice sum of money to splash out on players, what would be so bad about it?

[chrismada9 1,948]

Give me a fucking break!!

Ron Gourlay has only got here 5 minutes and he's already talking out of his arse.

Everyone are pretty much getting a new stadium, even Portsmouth, and all we could be getting is the word "Adidas" in front of Stamford Bridge!?

Fucking cunt :mad:

Edited November 6, 2009 by CJ Revo

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

Just so, so wrong. On one hand, Ron ''I'm a cunt'' Gourlay says its paramount to keep the heritage of Stamford Bridge, yet in the same breath he's advocating it being allowed to be called the Tampax Arena or Pringles Stadium ..or who ever pays the most cash.

Our Summer tours of Californian and other US Stadia with names to make you cringe gives an insight to where we're heading. Mc Burger Disney Arena etc.

Gourlay has proven he's worse than Kenyon so far. Stamford Bridge it should remain -it's not as if we need the cash either. Get a grip Roman, and remember its the fans that made what you bought.