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Title: Stadium sponsorship?
Post by: Jimmydee on June 10, 2016, 06:01:57 pm
I assume that the stadium name sponsorship by Keepmoat was for 10 years, I heard that Keepmoat won't be continuing so I guess that it will be known as the Comunity stadium from then on unless another company is stepping in.
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Post by: DonnyOsmond on June 10, 2016, 06:04:33 pm
And with our Thai ties...
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Post by: Glyn_Wigley on June 10, 2016, 07:16:41 pm
Viking Stadium has a ring to it... ;)
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Post by: jonnydog on June 10, 2016, 07:26:36 pm
And with our Thai ties...

LadyBoy Stadium
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Post by: MrFrost on June 10, 2016, 08:14:40 pm
Wonder what the cost is for the naming rights. I believe the sponsorship with Keepmoat ends in December
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Post by: afro goal machine on June 10, 2016, 09:14:35 pm
And with our Thai ties...

Maybe the 'what went wong last season stadium'
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Post by: Sad-Rovers on June 10, 2016, 09:18:41 pm
The 'Micks Mini Cabs Stadium' has a ring to it.
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Post by: turnbull for england on June 10, 2016, 09:27:52 pm
Quasimodo's head had a ring to it
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Post by: Jenny on June 10, 2016, 10:48:14 pm
Wonder what the cost is for the naming rights. I believe the sponsorship with Keepmoat ends in December

Not a lot! I was party to the deal that involved the naming rights being granted to Keepmoat and was surprised it wasn't more but then again they dont exactly benefit that much from the deal.

I'd like to think the club could negotiate better than the council mind
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Post by: Dagenham Rover on June 10, 2016, 11:13:34 pm
Wonder what the cost is for the naming rights. I believe the sponsorship with Keepmoat ends in December

Not a lot! I was party to the deal that involved the naming rights being granted to Keepmoat and was surprised it wasn't more but then again they dont exactly benefit that much from the deal.

I'd like to think the club could negotiate better than the council mind




reckon so  FBT Stadium here we come ???
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Post by: RobTheRover on June 10, 2016, 11:31:11 pm
Thank god Earth Finance arent still going.....
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on June 11, 2016, 12:31:14 am
It will be named The Ledger mobility stadium, after drawing it out of a hat....
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Post by: Al4475 on June 11, 2016, 07:22:14 am
The fella who used to run Ledger Mobility - posts on here! He's a mate of mine.
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Post by: Donnywolf on June 11, 2016, 07:25:52 am
It will be named The Ledger mobility stadium, after drawing it out of a hat....

... to be avoided at ALL costs.

I reckon it is that connection that persuades a lot of the population of Donny that our greatest claim to fame - the Worlds Oldest Classic Horse Race - should be spelt St Ledger and not St Leger

Maybe a 1D Band Member can go the whole hog and get the naming rights .... a bit like personalised Number Plates for him surely ?
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Post by: The Red Baron on June 11, 2016, 07:42:03 am
Don't tempt him, Wolfie!
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Post by: Nudga on June 11, 2016, 07:43:50 am
Grandad Len Stadium.
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Post by: GazLaz on June 11, 2016, 07:45:21 am
Did the Ledger Mobility man intentionally opt for Ledger over Leger or is it a typo?
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Post by: IDM on June 11, 2016, 08:19:48 am
Did the Ledger Mobility man intentionally opt for Ledger over Leger or is it a typo?

Or a copyright issue??

Back to the OP this is a good opportunity for extra revenue, would be better if we were in a higher division mind.  As we haven't had a long history of knowing the stadium by a traditional name - unlike at Belle Vue - there is no issue IMHO with having a sponsor name.
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Post by: idler on June 11, 2016, 08:26:29 am
How about The Ann Summers stadium?
We could make a fortune if we let her design the kit as well.
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Post by: Al4475 on June 11, 2016, 09:15:12 am
Did the Ledger Mobility man intentionally opt for Ledger over Leger or is it a typo?

Actually I have no idea! LOL - I'll ask him!

Let's not forget though that Ledger Mobility were the very clear main club and shirt sponsors of DRFC in 2002/03 when we got back into the league! Bit of kudos there for sure!
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Post by: colincramb on June 11, 2016, 09:56:37 am
Solutions for cleaning stadium
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Post by: Al4475 on June 11, 2016, 10:47:10 am
How about The Ann Summers stadium?
We could make a fortune if we let her design the kit as well.


I've often wondered whether or not Ann Summers was a real person or just a brand name.
According to Wiki - she was but was called Annice!

The company was named after Annice Summers, the female secretary of the male founder, Michael Caborn-Waterfield.

Annice Summers, who was born Annice Goodwin in 1941 but took her stepfather’s surname, left the company soon after it opened following a row with Caborn Waterfield. She went to live in Umbria, Italy, two hours from Rome, and died of cancer in October 2012.


And she looked like this:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=annice+summers&biw=1280&bih=899&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiRyb6p2J_NAhUoJcAKHdOZCBkQsAQIGw#imgrc=_hOKsxA43Ua43M%3A
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Post by: Sad-Rovers on June 11, 2016, 10:52:26 am
And she looked like this:

Would.
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Post by: Donnywolf on June 11, 2016, 11:48:01 am
Did the Ledger Mobility man intentionally opt for Ledger over Leger or is it a typo?

Actually I have no idea! LOL - I'll ask him!

Let's not forget though that Ledger Mobility were the very clear main club and shirt sponsors of DRFC in 2002/03 when we got back into the league! Bit of kudos there for sure!

Yes I still have a Boys sized one when I attempted to get one of each for the Bar I was going to have at home - I never did get it though I still have the Beer to go in it !
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Post by: Colemans Left Hook on June 11, 2016, 11:53:58 am
Wonder what the cost is for the naming rights. I believe the sponsorship with Keepmoat ends in December

Not a lot! I was party to the deal that involved the naming rights being granted to Keepmoat and was surprised it wasn't more but then again they dont exactly benefit that much from the deal.

I'd like to think the club could negotiate better than the council mind

they had very "blunt pencils"  for the avoidance of any doubt the use of the word "blunt" relates only to pencils (I used the word sharp pencil on my last post elsewhere) and not to any individual past or present.


can I go back into "hibernation" now
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Post by: WheatleyRover on June 11, 2016, 09:13:33 pm
Would feel weird been called something else now, feel like i would still refer to it as the keepmoat.
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Post by: Al4475 on June 11, 2016, 09:16:04 pm
Current deal has another 5 years to run anyhow I think!
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Post by: Nudga on June 11, 2016, 09:51:34 pm
Belle veiw sounds and looks shite
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Post by: idler on June 11, 2016, 09:55:25 pm
How about Belle Vue?
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Post by: Nudga on June 11, 2016, 10:52:34 pm
I see someone removed their belle veiw idea. Now it looks like that I can't spell Belle Vue.
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Post by: idler on June 11, 2016, 11:47:04 pm
I saw it nudga. 🙂
Maybe I should have added a winky as I was only having a laugh rather than trying to be clever.
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on June 12, 2016, 01:40:54 am
Did the Ledger Mobility man intentionally opt for Ledger over Leger or is it a typo?

Actually I have no idea! LOL - I'll ask him!

Let's not forget though that Ledger Mobility were the very clear main club and shirt sponsors of DRFC in 2002/03 when we got back into the league! Bit of kudos there for sure!

Please no, i suggested it as a joke, because that's how our shirt sponsorship was decided!, They have been involved with us a lot of years,so of course i appreciate that, but surely any stadium sponsorship deal would need to be big amounts of money, or just do the right thing and name it 'The Robin Hood stadium'.........
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Post by: RedJ on June 12, 2016, 01:50:06 am
Why would that be "the right thing"?...
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on June 12, 2016, 01:51:56 am
Why would that be "the right thing"?...

Because the airport is called that, a bit of sarcastic humour?.
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Post by: RedJ on June 12, 2016, 01:53:27 am
Ah yes, the best jokes are always the ones you have to explain.
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on June 12, 2016, 01:54:44 am
Ah yes, the best jokes are always the ones you have to explain.

Not many people get my humour, nothing new there.
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Post by: The Red Baron on June 12, 2016, 08:10:06 am
If Robin Hood airport stump up the money, I don't see why not.
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Post by: RedJ on June 12, 2016, 08:28:49 am
But that isn't what was suggested. The suggestion was just not sell the rights at all and for no apparent reason name it that.
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Post by: Nudga on June 12, 2016, 08:46:40 am
I saw it nudga. 🙂
Maybe I should have added a winky as I was only having a laugh rather than trying to be clever.

No need for winkies mate, I'm not that precious.
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Post by: Donnywolf on June 12, 2016, 08:52:42 am
Imagine the possible clichés if it was Robin Hood Stadium

Rovers in terminal decline .... Run (a) way win for Rovers ... our Season has taken off .... Rovers last stand .... Rovers aPEEL for snow shovellers .... Rovers approaching Play offs .....

oh and Taxi for Ferguson (and me) in the future sometime no doubt
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Post by: The Red Baron on June 12, 2016, 08:55:37 am
Was thinking more of Merry Men style puns. As in "Rovers Friar Tuck it up."
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Post by: Donnywolf on June 12, 2016, 09:03:51 am
... and in FA Cup Round 3 .... even "made Marian" Fellaini look good !
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Post by: idler on June 12, 2016, 05:06:39 pm
I saw it nudga. 🙂
Maybe I should have added a winky as I was only having a laugh rather than trying to be clever.

No need for winkies mate, I'm not that precious.
I meant for the original post that you replied to Nudga not yours.
I didn't think for a minute that you'd be upset. 🙂
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Post by: bobjimwilly on June 13, 2016, 03:33:56 pm
I see someone removed their belle veiw idea. Now it looks like that I can't spell Belle Vue.

are you sure it wasn't you Nudga, in some crazy dyslexic daze?  :P
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Post by: Mike_F on June 13, 2016, 11:02:27 pm
And she looked like this:

Would.

Absolutely no danger.
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on June 14, 2016, 01:32:25 am
I'm not attached to the keepmoat name, it means nothing to me, it's just a firms name, so whoever bids highest will do me.
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Post by: Donnywolf on June 14, 2016, 09:28:15 am
Will we always refer to it as Keepmoat I wonder - or will it take a couple of generations for it to fade from the vocabulary ?

Belle Vue was always that to me and always will be and I think Keepmoat even after any renaming will probably still be what people use - or say maybe are you off t'Rovers next Saturday.

Lets say we changed to "Whitbys Fish and Chip Restaurant Stadium" for the sake of argument - or the shorter "Peglers Stadium" the Club would do their best to promote that name of course but would we as fans still refer to it as the Keepmoat anyway ?

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Post by: The Red Baron on June 14, 2016, 09:34:25 am
I wonder if Huddersfield Town fans still call it the McAlpine? Shortened to the Mac.
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Post by: DonnyOsmond on June 14, 2016, 10:10:46 am
I never minded the name Keepmoat, keep and moat are both castle related and we were hoping for a fortress...
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Post by: Donnywolf on June 14, 2016, 10:17:31 am
... switch to Ben "Bailey" Homes then to keep the Castle theme going ?
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Post by: The Red Baron on June 14, 2016, 10:22:00 am
... switch to Ben "Bailey" Homes then to keep the Castle theme going ?

Sadly it would just remind me of a not particularly successful former chairman of DRFC.
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on June 15, 2016, 01:48:55 am
Will we always refer to it as Keepmoat I wonder - or will it take a couple of generations for it to fade from the vocabulary ?

Belle Vue was always that to me and always will be and I think Keepmoat even after any renaming will probably still be what people use - or say maybe are you off t'Rovers next Saturday.

Lets say we changed to "Whitbys Fish and Chip Restaurant Stadium" for the sake of argument - or the shorter "Peglers Stadium" the Club would do their best to promote that name of course but would we as fans still refer to it as the Keepmoat anyway ?

Most of us will call it that out of habit, even if it changed name. I can't remember anybody calling belle vue, the earth stadium, most of us just p..sed ourselves because it didn't fit the club, anything that improves the club finances, but one i wouldn't agree to is changing the club name.
Title: Re: Stadium sponsorship?
Post by: RoversAlias on June 15, 2016, 12:24:43 pm
If it wasn't to have a sponsor name I'd have called it the Lakeside Stadium. Ultimately it doesn't really matter as it isn't as if we'll be losing a historic name when a new sponsor comes in, like when Mike Ashley tried to rename St. James' Park.